Question about 2.4GHz 802.11b wireless router...

Is it compatable to a sony vaio T5600 P.C or do i need to upgrade my router????? Thank you for your time!!!

I had trouble finding the specs for your system.   Sony uses the T5600 designation for several different models.  The T5600 actually refers to the Intel Core 2 Duo processor that the computer uses, so it is not actually the model number.
However, this is a fairly new computer, and this line generally comes with wireless b/g, so I feel fairly safe in saying that the computer should probably work with your wireless b router.   If you could give the exact model number of your system, I could be certain.  Since wireless g and wireless pre-n are all backward compatible with wireless b, almost any wireless card in your computer should work with your wireless b router.
One warning:  Your new computer probably runs Vista.  The setup software that came with your router was never designed to run in Vista.  So you will probably need to set up your router manually, by pointing your browser to 192.168.1.1
Message Edited by toomanydonuts on 04-02-200704:11 AM

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