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Summary: No Problems
Review: I purchased this product in conjunction with the Linksys Wireless 4-Port Cable/DSL Router.After setting up the router, I installed the PC card into a Dell laptop with XP Home. XP easily loaded the drivers. My only problem was that I had a typo with the WAP key value. After correcting, I was connected to the Internet. Range is good, with strong 75%+ signal strength downstairs and in the the back yard. Never needed to read the .pdf manual.
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Summary: Works as advertised
Review: It works better than I had hoped. I was a bit concerned after reading the other reviews but I haven't had any problems. (WIN XP Home on a Toshiba laptop). I get an 11 Mbps connection everytime anywhere in my house.
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Summary: Average performing card
Review: This card offers acceptable performance for the price. I was able to establish a wireless link between a laptop and Linksys WAP on floor and a laptop on another floor, but the signal does deteriate quickly and you won't get much more distance than that. If you want the best performing wireless card, I've found Lucent Orinoco cards offer superior performance to the Linksys cards in idential environments. However, the Linksys is more affordable, so if you just need a basic card, this one might do the trick.
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Summary: Reoccurring annoying problem
Review: I purchased this card about 6 months ago. I had no difficulties setting it up, but on the other hand I have a lot of computer experience. However, I believe that even with limited computer experience one can set this card up pretty easily. Windows installers are rather self-explanatory nowadays, and LinkSys' installation guide is decent. Even post-install the card works pretty well. However, I have been having a problem with the card occasionally not being able to connect to my LinkSys wireless router. This happens once every 5-6 laptops start-ups/stand-by resumes. Once I go into card properties and change the Transmit Speed, from say 'Full Auto' to '11MB' it finds the router and all is well. But this keeps happening over and over again. It becomes very annoying after a month or two. I am using the card with a Toshiba Tecra 8100 laptop, running Win2k, with all the latest patches, etc. The card driver is the newest available. With the on-network/off-network problem regularly coming up and annoying me, I would not purchase this card again. However, I don't know whether other brands like D-Link would work any better, but just maybe it would. So try other brands instead, especially if you have a Toshiba Tecra 8100.
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Summary: Poor Quality Product, Bad Technical Support,
Review: This is the third linksys product that has failed on me. This card slowly had a harder and harder time keeping a good signal until finally it failed completely. While it was working, it's impossible to get better than 40-bit WEP security running on this with a Linksys WAP. They claim it's still a 'beta' feature (over a year after I purchased it). The overall knowledge level of their support people is very poor, so unless you are extremely savvy, you wouldn't even stand a chance with them. Try D-Link, their products seem much better.
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Summary: pretty
Review: This Linksys product is perfect for your home. I just got one, along with the PC card, and I love it. They corrispond great with eachother. I can be anywhere in my home or near it and have high-speed internet access. I did have a poblem, though. It took hours for me to get the network working with my laptop. I was on the phone with them for hours and hours. But when it did work, I loved it. I have heard other people who said that the instillation is great, I dont know. Its great for people who are willing to spend a little time for a great system. (the reason i gave it 5 stars is to make the overall rating higher because what its at right now is unfair)
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Summary: Piece of Cake
Review: so i got this today for christmas, even after reading reviews that were less than positive. i have to say, after setting up the Linksys Wireless Access Point (version 2) which took a few minutes at most, i inserted the card (version 3), installed the software USING windows XP, and bam, it worked, and now i'm using the internet provided wirelessly by my new stuff. so it was basically flawless!!!!
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Summary: Easy setup
Review: Set this up and Linksys 4 port WAP Router in 15 minutes on Win 98 to ATT broadband. Only hitch was network did not work till I unplugged the 3com NIC PCMCIA Card in my computer. Works perfectly and range is as stated in my house. Poor directions I imagine if anything goes wrong.......
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Summary: Piece of cake
Review: Installation under Windows XP on my Athlon XP notebook PC was a piece of cake. Remember, under XP you don't install the drivers using the utility that came w/ the card. Instead, you plug in the PCMCIA card and XP will recognize it and request the location of the drivers. You can then put your Linksys CD in and browse for the driver. That is all there is to it. For card configuration, you use the wireless configuration tool in XP, not the Linksys app. Make sure you set up WEP, otherwise your network belongs to anyone w/in range. Range for any wireless card is not great. I live in an old house with thick, plaster walls - I get somewhere around 30 ft of range through multiple walls. I don't know anyone who gets the claimed 100 ft of WiFi range, or even half of that inside of a house. Still, no reason not to set up WEP. That is done through XPs wireless configuration utility as well. The card has 2 LEDs - one indicates it has power, the other a sync. But I have lost the signal completely and both LEDs still glowed. There is a firmware upgrade, which I have not applied. I am thinking I might leave well enough alone. It works. Don't expect wired performance. Wireless is great for internet connection sharing, but for file sharing I still prefer wires, for both speed and security.
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Summary: Did not work with Windows XP Home
Review: I bought this card to work with my Sony PCG-NVR23 laptop with Windows XP Home and had very little luck trying to get it to work. The WPC11 itself was not defective since it worked with my Windows 98 laptop at the office. I called Linksys customer support 2 times and at one point was sent new software to use with Windows XP. This helped slightly in that it would connect intermittantly with my WAP11 and eventually just not work. I tried every combination of settings possible without any satisfaction. Being that we are Linksys resellers, I called their Tech to Tech hotline and asked if there were any issues with the WPC11 and Windows XP and was told they knew of no problems what-so-ever with that combination. They told me to re-install Windows XP with the recovery disk that came with the Sony laptop. I reluctantly did this and the reslults were the same. I called the Tech to Tech hotline back and told them that there wasn't any way I could recommend this product to anyone. They then told me if the card worked with Windows 98 to install Windows 98 on my new laptop and try it again! I bought a new card, the Orinoco Gold. Placed the card into the Sony, it said, "Found new Hardware", "Installing the Driver for your new Hardware". That was it. I am now wireless. I've never had a problem with any other Linksys product except for the WPC11. I hope Linksys resolves the problem and continues to enhance it's good name.
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