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Summary: It works well, it installed easy. What more do you want?
Review: Like the title said, it does what it's supposed to, and installation was a snap. I use this card both in my iPaq and my laptop, and it works flawlessly in both.
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Summary: Stay away from this card!
Review: Stay away from this card. I purchased one of the these linksys cards for my wireless LAN and the range was absolutely terrible. Now I have a D-Link card and I can actually use my wireless LAN without getting a poor signal all the time. Linksys also has terrible drivers. Stay far away from this card.
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Summary: Worked for me
Review: Got this card with the Linksys wireless router. Popped the cd in then the card and let xp do the rest. Plugged the router in and saw an x over the network connection. Opened up network connections and found it was dissabled because of a security issue. Checked a box that asked me if i wanted to use it anyway and bang, up and running. It took longer to unpack the card and router than it did to set the network up. Now it's time to wrap up all this cable in my apartment.
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Summary: Not for XP
Review: Simply put, this card is not for XP users.
I followed the included directions and installed the card drivers and the included configuration software. The installer did not work correctly, and would skip the interface where I chose between "infrastructure" and "ad-hoc" modes. After I installed this software and the drivers, the card would not work. It would lose the connection every 5 seconds. I could not change the network name (I am using the Linksys 4 port wifi router which I bought at the same time), and the configuration software could not find any networks automatically.
I downloaded the appropriate software and drivers from Linksys just to be sure I had the latest ones. After about an hour of de-installing and reinstalling the software and drivers, I finally installed JUST the drivers.
Well, now the card works, but I can't use any of the XP built in features to find networks, etc. For some reason this card leaves most of the palettes greyed out (disabled). So this card is essentially worthless to me if I leave my home.
I am returning this junk tomorrow and ordering a Dlink setup, which I should have done in the first place. Argh.
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Summary: What's Da problem?
Review: Got a couple of these cards with the WAP11 and setup was quick and easy. If anyone is having problems may I humbely suggest checking channels as well as typo errors for encryption I believe it is called the SSID and the WEP KEY values.
I can not say these are as fast as 100Mbps switched lines because they are obviously not but this was definitally better than rerunning lines after my wife decided to move her office. Now she and I can go anywhere in our small ranch house and we be connected. I have the WAP in the basement and I will try positioning it higher and reorienting the antenni as suggested.
I will in upcoming weeks try first to play games on it with my son while he remains wired and if this works I will suggest installing one on my neighbors machine for gaming. If anyone has tried this and was successful please let me know.
One final word that I believe is worth repeating again and again. Remember it is a wireless connection and anybody can (and probably is) "listening" in on it. So keep that in mind if your business/office is using sensitive data. Doctors/Lawyers etc.etc. Paranoid??? maybe just a little :)
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Summary: Try something else
Review: I spend 6 hours speaking with the folks at Linksys, trying to get the adapter to work on a Sony Vaio running XP. Nothing worked. The software which came with the card was buggy and appeared unstable
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Summary: GARBAGE
Review: I have purchased three of these, and one PCI card for my dad's computers.Guess what... Like my experience with ALL OTHER Linksys products, it didn't work. Locked my dad's PC up, and the cards were insanely difficult to get working, and two DIDN'T work at all. Considering that I've been doing Networking for over 10 years and wireless for over two, I figured it would be a breeze. WRONG. Called tech support, and what a joke. Waited over an hour, got hung up on, called back and waited over another 1 1/2 hours before I gave up and returned ALL of them to the store. Purchased a Netgear USB adapter for my Dad and Lucent ORINOCO cards for the laptops and they worked FLAWLESSLY. Better range, too as with the linksys, I could only wander on one floor. With the Orinoco I can go to the pool which is across the street and have access. STAY AWAY FROM LINKSYS!
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Summary: Some things you may need to know
Review: When I first installed my card I was getting 100% link quality and 100% signal strength, yet my connection was slow and frequently dropped. I moved it from my Sony Viao F580 (running Windows 98 SE) to my IBM ThinkPad X20 (running the same OS), and was getting the same results. Since I was connecting to an SMC Barricade Wireless 4-Port Cable/DSL Router I thought there may be a compatibility issue, but the SMC's management tools didn't indicate any problems. The problem turned out to be the traditional Ethernet interfaces that I had in each machine (the X20 has an integrated interface and I was using a Linksys PCMCIA 10/100 card in the Sony). In theory the extra card should not have caused the problem because in each system I tested the wire-based cards were not connected, and were not indicating IRQ, memory or I/O address conflicts when I checked in the control panel. In practice, however, they do cause problems. By disabling the X20's Ethernet interface via the control panel I was able to achieve consistent, stable wireless communications with my wireless router. I got the same results by merely removing the Sony's Ethernet card from its PCMCIA slot. During my investigation I discovered a few other facts that may help anyone who is getting less than optimal performance from their card or wireless network. First, if you have a 2.4 GHz cordless phone, you are probably going to have problems with this card because it uses the same part of the frequency spectrum. Second, try to place your wireless access point or router away from outside walls (much of the signal could dissipate outside of your building), or near water vessels (water heaters, aquariums, etc.) because they absorb signals. Also make sure that your PC is not too close to the wireless access point with which it's communicating because that will also cause a degradation in performance. After I got my card working I have been exceptionally pleased. It's fast and reliable, and the software that ships with it installs easily.
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Summary: Impossible to set up
Review: I bought this card together with a LinkSys wireless access point to replace an older D-Link combination. Tried to install it on my laptop under Windows XP. The bottom line? After 16 hours of trying, multiple visits to the LinkSys website, multiple converasations with their tech support, installing new drivers, installing new firmware, attempting to reinstall it more than 10 times, I gave up. Reinstalled my old stuff and sent this thing back. The most aggravating part was tech support. All I got was "you need new drivers" even though the stuff was BRAND NEW. The install procedure in the manual is wrong (according to tech support). How can they sell stuff like this?
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Summary: Got XP? Stay away.
Review: The WPC11 is not well-supported for use in Windows XP. Today, I finally gave up on the beast after numerous efforts with Linksys tech support to get it to work (and after getting one replacement). I also replaced my Linksys 4-port router, because it stopped working after less than a year of use (got a D-link, with the added bonus of a built-in print server, for only $... more). The Linksys corporate web site raves about its explosive growth rate. For me, that's meant a real loss in quality, long wait times for help, and a web support site lacking in current information. My advice: stay away from Linksys. I got a Microsoft USB wireless adapter today. Worked right from the start, and got excellent reception.
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