Recommend a windows 8 compatible Wifi modem with router ADSL 2+?

Adsl Wifi Modem

I have a 6 year old Netgear router and a Comcast modem/router. I have zero problems connecting a Windows 8 laptop to either one of the with the correct encryption key that I setup on both. I have not personally seen a router that was not Windows 8 compatible. Not saying it does not exist, just have not seen a limitation for Windows 8 WiFi connections.

WiFi is usually pretty easy with the pass phrase or hex code.

I am suspecting possibly an overlapping WiFi signal from neighbors or something is the issue. Try the WiFi analyzer app if you have an Android phone, tablet, or IPhone or IPad. Look to see if something is on the same WiFi channel. If you cannot run WiFi analyzer, try changing the channel on your router.

WiFi should be OS independent, except when certain Apple iOS versions did something funky (we could not connect iPhone 4S or iPads to our office WiFi until they updated their iOS elsewhere).

My Win8.1 work PC had no trouble at all connecting to that old Netgear wireless-g router that would initially not work for those Apple iOS devices.

So maybe you are just not properly setting wireless security settings (check its settings in the Netgear and make sure wireless is enabled). You have not said if your computer can see the new SSID and just will not connect when you enter the security key, or some other issue. In some cases an overzealous 3rd party firewall or security suite could interfere.

The router isn't going to care that you are connecting with Windows 8, 7, XP, Linux, OS/X or whatever.

If you need to configure the router, you might need a wired connection.

As long as Windows understands your NIC, you should be able to connect.

http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/DGN1000...

see if you have it in flight

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