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Summary: Linksys Card compatible with MAC
Review: I purchased the Linksys Card in November last year to find out how we get a useful configuration between the Macintosh OS-10 and WIN 98 + What can I say the results are excellent. Goo product
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Summary: Works great on my wireless campus
Review: Was a little worried when I bought this for my Dell laptop because I've read that lots of wireless cards don't work well with Windows XP. This card was a snap to install and had me on the web within 2 minutes from the box. My campus has Lucent access points and this card gets me very good range. Don't spend more than this for a wireless card if you just want one for use on a wireless campus (meaning you are not trying to set up an access point) because it will work fine for what you need.
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Summary: Superb, I love wireless.
Review: This card works seamlessly in my notebook when connecting through the Linksys router. I achieve high speeds through my broadband connection that are comparable to those that I receive through my wired PCs'. If you want to go wireless, get this card for your notebook. Many of the other reviewers here have complained about the card, but if you read the manual that accompanies the card, you should have no trouble setting it up.
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Summary: Tough to setup and bad support
Review: I bought a Wireless router and Wireless card WPC11 from Linksys. Router is working fine. But the PC card is a piece of junk. I have Windows 2000 on Toshiba laptop. Initially it didn't installed drivers. I tried for 10times without luck. Try to install drivers first and if it is not successful again double click the Newtork card in device manager and slect update driver. Don't select automatically select suitable driver. Select the other option "Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver" and in the next screen don't bother anything, just choose have disk and put the CD and select "D:\wpc11\win2000". It worked for me this way. And the speed is also good. Support for the product is bad. Min 30min waiting time.
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Summary: Not as bad as everyone says....
Review: I ordered the WAP11 and WPC11 on Monday 2/18/02 and they just arrived this evening. "After" ordering the products I decided to read some of the customer reviews. Man, was I frightened! I almost cancelled my order but decided to give them a try anyway. I develop Windows software for a living but don't know a lot about networking. I had everything up and running in about an hour. The speed and range is very acceptable. I live in a 2,300 square foot house. The WAP is in my office, I can sit on my bed and surf at lightening speed. The signal drops to about 50% but the download speed is still very good. The reason this is impressive is because I'm going through 1 closeted wall and a regular wall for a total distance of at least 30'. I mean hey, for [the price] what else could you ask for? I also tested taking the notebook outside on the patio with the sliding glass door closed. I can get a good distance out in the yard as long as the card is facing the house. Turn the notebook so the card faces the yard and I'm toast. Anyway, I'm glad I decided to give it a try. The product was a little difficult to setup but I think that would be true with any wireless LAN devices. For those considering a purchase of a wireless device, don't let the horror stories here frighten you. The majority of all problems are user error!!!
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Summary: Get the new v2.5
Review: I just ordered this recently and received the original version and not v2.5 which I thought I was getting. While it worked and installed fairly easily, reception was terrible. I went out to a local (nationwide office supplier) store and was able to purchase v2.5 version and it's GREAT! A few problems using under WinXP but got them fixed with tech support. Much much better reception so don't get the old one.
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Summary: It works - but not the best card out there for the money
Review: I first purchased the WPC11 Linksys card to run with my Linksys Wireless Router. It worked, but the range was not what I had hoped for. The wireless router was upstairs and when I was working downstairs in my family room, (for reference, my house is 2800 sqf), the connection many times slowed to a crawl, (throughput definitely was less than 1mbs). So I began researching and learned of the Linksys WPC11v2.5. The kicker is that this is the same but upgraded version of this card. Linksys obviously realized their card did not perform as well as competitors, thus they came out with WPC11v2.5. (...it is sold for the same price as the older WPC11, so you really should look for the WPC11v2.5 card which does have an extended range. There is a lot of confusion about this card...). Well, I brought the WPC11v2.5 card home and the range was improved. I would guestimate that the WPC11v2.5 card had about 25 feet of extended range "indoors" over the older WPC11 card. Unfortunately, after installing the driver for v2.5, my computer at times began to freeze. So off to the store I went again. After much research I decided on the NetGear MA401 Wireless PC Card. I got home and installed the card. It works great. Even better than the Linksys WPC11v2.5 card. I was really happy with the range of the WPC11v2.5 card and would have kept it had it not caused problems with my computer, (Windows 2000 OS). Still, I am glad I returned it and got the NetGear MA401. The Netgear card has a better range than even the WPC11v2.5 card, (I would guess about 10feet more of inside range) and absolutely no problems with my Windows 2000 OS. I now can get access in every single corner of my home. Many times you have to find out these things on your own, but my advice would be to save yourself the hassle and just buy the Nergear MA401. And, yes, the Netgear MA401 works GREAT with my Linksys Wireless Router upstairs.
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Summary: This is the Best Wireless Solution at this price point
Review: I got 2 of these to go along with the Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless 4-Port Cable/DSL Router which I bought primarily for it's support of IPSEC pass-through so I can connect to the corporate VPN through my private LAN, wireless was secondary. I replaced my old Dlink 701 (no IPSEC support, otherwise a great device) with the Linksys unit. Then I was able to get my Windows 2000 work laptop up and runing with no hassles. It only took me 2 hours to get my other laptop running on wireless (Toshiba Tecra 8100 with Redhat 7.2). I can see where others have trouble because there are several configuration parameters that must be set. If you are not familiar with how a wirless LAN works, do some research on the Internet, it will pay off during install. I am going to experiment with external antennas to see how far around my neighborhood I can go and stay connected. My neighbors have already seen me walking around outside with my LINUX laptop (testing max range), when I show them that I am on the Internet they are amazed. I have again proved that I am the biggest geek on my street. --Spencer Suderman, CCIE #5761
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Summary: Doesn't work with WinME
Review: This card will not work with WinME. On setup, it won't find the drivers. Downloading drivers from linksys SHOULD have solved the problem, but did not as it would not configure. The TCP/IP Adapter will not permit configuring with WinME. Overall: LOUSY !!!!
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Summary: DON'T USE NEAR A 2.4 GIG TELEPHONE and other thoughts.
Review: They don't tell you this in the manual, but this card seems to be on the 2.4 gig band or at least is subject to big time interference from the phones. I went nuts trying to figure out why I had such low transmission rates, until someone here on Amazon mentioned that the 2.4 telephones interfere. We unplugged our 2.4 gig phone, which was about 5 feet away from the laptop, and speeds increased 50 fold. Now we get very fast downloads. The card is not duplex of course. By that I mean because it operates on one channel it cannot transmit and receive at the same time, like your cell phone. As a result, wireless networking is a lot slower than the wired network. I would say at least 3 to 4 times slower. Basically, this equates to a few seconds here and there. I would NOT use the wireless card in a desktop PC if I could wire. It is just too slow. Go through the trouble of putting in wires and you will not regret it. But for laptops, where you just want to sit in bed or at the table to compute, it is great and at least 5 to 10 times faster than dialup.
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