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Summary: Great card, but be prepared for installation trouble¿
Review: I purchase the Linksys WPC11 Wireless Network PC Card a few weeks ago; this is the second wireless network PC card that I have owned. In all, I must say that I am happier with this network card than my first wireless network card.I am thoroughly satisfied with the stability of the connection and its throughput. In my previous experience with wireless network cards, I had difficulty connecting through walls, and the further I got from the wireless access point my bandwidth dropped markedly. Although I do find that obstacles between my new Linksys card, and the wireless access point does slow my connection minimally, I have not noticed difficulty maintaining a connection. For this I am ecstatic! One thing that I did have trouble with was installing this card. Although I am no networking genius, I do have multiple high-end computing certifications in both networking and programming. Before installing this card, I skimmed through the installation guide and then proceeded to install the PC card and drivers. Following the directions to the T, bad move, caused me to install the wrong driver on my system (Win2K on an HP Pavilion laptop). It was easy for me to solve the installation issue, but I had to reboot my machine, which made the entire process that much longer. In all, I am satisfied with the Linksys WPC11 Wireless Network PC Card's performance, but less than satisfied with the ease of its installation. I definitely recommend this product, but again, watch out for installation troubles. Hope this helps, and good luck.
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Summary: Easy install, fair range
Review: I go the version 3 card. Install was simple in a Win 98 laptop. It took less than 5 minutes. Some have said not to let the card automatically install new firmware. I let it and it woked fine. Setup was easy, and reception from the wireless router covers my house. I could even carry my laptop outside on my front lawn and surf the net. It doesn't get the advertised distances, but seems OK for my purposes (around a 50 foot radius from the router). Some people have said the netgear card is better, but I have had no problems. It is important to play around with the location of the router. A slightly different router spot will dramatically improve the range of the card. Overall, because of the range I'll have to give this 4 stars, but this is a very good product and works fine with Win 98.
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Summary: Good card if you don't have to go far away
Review: I like my Linksys equipment. But in my cinder block Hawaiian house, the wireless hub is on one end, and not more than 40 feet away, I can't reach the dining room table or the kitchen, where I prefer to watch movies stored on my Linux machine. I even got past the problems with the XP install and it works like a charm sitting right by the hub. This card needs some more boost.....
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Summary: POOR RANGE
Review: THIS CARD DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO THE ADVERTISED RANGE.
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Summary: Cover range is too SHORT!
Review: I have left a review on the wireless router as well that the cover range could only go less than ten feet in door without any blockage in between. I returned both back to [amazon.com].
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Summary: Great Stuff But Needed Technical Support for WinXP
Review: I read the reviews before I decided to buy the wireless card and the router. All the reviews were very helpful. Both card and router work great. I had no problem setting up the router with wired lan for both the desk top and notebook. I did not have to call the ISP (I am using Comcast cable). I only had problems installing the wireless card myself but after downloading the Win XP driver and a phone call to tech support fixed everything and internet connection is fast for both computers. Just a note - the drivers in the CD does not have Win XP driver - so you have to download the XP driver from the website. Don't hesitate to call tech support - they will walk you through installation of the drivers and configuration of the IP and DNS address.
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Summary: Get v3.0
Review: I've benefited from all the prior commentors, so I'll do my part. First, be sure that you get v3.0 of this card. v1.0 has very limited range even in ideal circumstances. It also has problems connecting to their WUSB11 in Ad-Hoc mode, so if you are building an "ad-hoc" network, be sure to get 2.5 or 3.0. The range on v2.5 and v3.0 also seems to be much better. I also have to defend Linksys tech support. I had problems with my 1.0 card, and tech support was quite helpful. I know other folks had different experiences, but mine was fine. They acknowledged when they could not solve the problem and took the card back Now, on to 3.0. ***Do not, under any circumstances, allow the config program to update your firmware.*** This is a flaky process, and if it hangs, the card becomes useless. The story behind the firmware update seems to be this: v3.0 is preloaded with firmware to support Windows XP. If you have Windows 2000 (and possibly others), the config program tries to "downgrade" your firmware to an earlier version. When I allowed it to do this, it hung in the middle. Nothing I could do made my machine (or several other laptops) recognize the card after that. Linksys exchanged the card no problem, and when I installed the next card I simply said no the firmware upgrade. Now everything works and I get a good, string signal an excellent range. Bottom line:
Linksys has lots of kinks to work out of their setup, drivers, documentation, and support, but once you get this card working, it works well. And the problems I had and others have experienced do not seem to happen to every user, so you may actually be lucky enough to have a completely smooth install and be left wondering what we are all griping about. Good luck!
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Summary: Nice functional product if you don't own XP
Review: A great little card for the dollars you pay, however, operation with XP has been troublesome. Firmware Update are due to be out "soon" says Tech support, but for this reviewer who is running XP, power management and dropped packets have been a problem... Looking forward to the imminent updates.
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Summary: poor reception
Review: I bought this Linksys wireless card. It is advertised as "over 300 ft. indoors". However, I only got less than 10% signal strength 30ft. away from the access point (whic is linksys BEFW11S4), and there is a wall and a wooden door in between. This performance is totally unacceptable. I returned the linksys card and bought a Netgear instead. works much better. Unless you use your wireless PC card close to the base (w/o any wall or door in between), stay away from this card...
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Summary: Useful add-on to your laptop
Review: I found the Linksys card capable of providing extremely good data transfer speeds without having any interruptions. It's also a great value for money.
Installation on Windows XP was not smooth though and I had to visit the website and download the latest drivers. After the rather glitchy installation, the card has been in great shape providing seamless connectivity. Also, it is fully compatible with Linux which makes this card an all-rounder.
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