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Summary: FINAL Update to "Free At Last!" - No longer good!
Review: My ultimate review (Final update to "Free at last") showed my experience with the latest edition of this access point, the infamous V2. It's NOT good. The V2 has problems with WEP, that is, wireless encryption.I found the latest Linksys product is crippled (I tried 2 of them) and the SMC product is the better alternative (I'm using it now). So, for all you who chose to purchase based on my old review (of an obsolete model) - I apologise.
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Summary: Used different brand cards successfully
Review: I set this Linksys WAP-11 up in about 20 minutes with a D-Link-DWL650 pcmcia card. I've heard a lot of people have problems with the Linksys pc card, but the D-link worked inside a 109 year old building, through several walls - provided it was mounted 6'-7' high. MY I.T. department ordered a D-Link access point, but I'm going to send it back and get another Linksys instead. All your range problems are related to the Linksys pcmcia card. Someone dropped the laptop on the wireless pc card from a table and the D-link card still worked. I still can't get WEP to function though, even with a Sr. Network IP engineer giving it a shot. My successfull config: Linksys AP in infastructure mode with ESSID of 'linksys' DLink DWL-650 sameasabove, with DHCP and their link quality meter application running in the system tray. Note: Turn off your 'standby-mode' on the properties/settings when you right click your desktop. The DLink card will cause your laptop to reboot EVERY time it goes to sleep. It's annoying, but turning off your power management will fix it. The Linksys AP occasionally needs to be power cycled. If you lose your connection, unplug it and plug it back in. This has happened twice with two different units, in two separate offices. If anyone knows where I can get a good wireless electricity product that delivers 110 vac, with a decent indoor range please e-mail admin@libertywire.com
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Summary: WAP11, WPC11, and BEFSR41 installed!
Review: I was happy to find these reviews to look out for possible gotchas ahead of time. My experience was favorable. Install of the router (BEFSR41) happened a few days ago. Documentation is confusing, not explaining what is required vs optional. In my case, install would have taken 20 minutes except I missed detail on cloning my MAC address from workstation (runnning Win98) to the router. Even though I have BellSouth.net ADSL (running at consistent 1.2 Mbps) it is bridged (not PPPoe as stated for .net in Helper CD and online at linksys site) and the need to clone MAC address is required. WAP11 and WPC11 arrived yesterday and I could not believe I was configured in 5 minutes. Removing hardware from the box took longer than getting it hooked up. But the reason for 5 stars is this: In my 3000 sq-ft 2 story house, with WAP11 in office hallway, I get signal throughout house with minimum of 40% and throughput on internet of 1 - 1.2 Mbps. Even outside (front and back yard) while signal strength goes to N/A, I get 400KBps surfing minimum. Sitting at my furthest point on half acre and I still get connectivity. Now that's what I was looking for. I would tell people to focus less on the Utility's signal strenth meter. Linksys: Please improve the documentation.
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Summary: Great Gazoo styling and works fine too!
Review: I gotta admit, my favourite thing about the WAP-11 is the cool stylish look. With the cute little antennae sticking it up it sort of looks like a blue version of the Great Gazoo. Bought the WAP-11, a WPC-11 PC card, and a WUSB-11 to attach a laptop and a Windows PC to my home lan. No real problems setting things up, including configuring wep encryption. Things don't always match up with the documentation and other linksys products 100%, but close enough that it isn't too tough to figure things out. For example, the wap-11 and wpc-11 let you enter the encryption key using a pass phrase, but the wusb-11 makes you type in the actual keys in hex. I find the range to be perfectly reasonable - at least I can work all over my house. Even when the link quality and signal strength meters drop down to below 20% I get fine performance. The install and configuration is Windows centric - this can be an issue if you are (like me) mostly linux. You need a windows box with a usb port to do initial configuration - fortunately I have one (whew). Once you have this done, you can use snmp for subsequent configuration, though even then by far the easiest approach is to use the provided windows based client software. It would be nice if the unit picked up an IP via dhcp and had a linux client for lan access - thus dispensing with the need for the usb/windows hokiness. From their site, it seems that this may be coming. All in all, the blue gazoo has me writing this review from the comfort of my living room where I get to hang out with my wife - instead of trapped by a wire in the office. What could be better than that?
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Summary: Not a bad little WAP
Review: I'm a network engineer for a Fortune 500 company. I design, configure, and install 2.4 GHz wireless networks for a living. Since I can't bring the Cisco 2100's home with me, I thought I'd go with a Linksys (now a division of Cisco) WAP11. For me, this product was a breeze to set up and configure. The setup disk wouldn't run on my laptop running Win2k, but ran fine on my home PC running XP Pro. The product description told of a USB port for easy configuration. Perhaps that port is present on newer or different models, but mine has no USB port, which is a bummer because that's how I wanted to configure it. Also, when configuring it over HTTP, which was my only choice, the IP Address had to be static. I couldn't access it when it was set to DHCP. Overall, though, I was clipping right along wirelessly in my home within a half hour of opening the box. The WAP11 doesn't have all of the features I'm used to at work, but it's a great home product and I think, by following the inclosed step by step instructions, it shouldn't take a networking novice to have it up and running in no time.
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Summary: Great...until it broke down
Review: Pros:
1. Easy setup.
2. Pretty good range. Cons:
1. Broke after 1 year warranty ended.
2. Canned responses from tech support.
3. 1 year warranty. This has taught me a good lesson. Don't ignore the warranty
the manufacturer offers. Seek out one that offers at least a
3 year warranty. I know I will on my next WAP.
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Summary: LinkSys WAP11 does the job, but...
Review: As the title says, this product comes with a decent manual for
a great price. Based on reviews in amazon and elsewhere I took
the safest combination of Orinoco (Lucent or Avaya) PC card, and
the LinkSys WAP11 (since I has already installed the LinkSys
DSL router with 4-ports - otherwise I would have purchased
the DSL wireless router). This combo worked fine most of the
time. However, every two days, my wireless card complains that
it is not getting the network signal (there is small icon in
the bottom - comes with the orinoco network driver that indicates
the network strength). Through trial and error I found that it
the LinkSys WAP that was having the problem and not my network
card. The WAP will simply hang if it runs non stop for a couple
of days! I usually resolve it by visiting my basement where my
WAP is installed, by manually unplugging the power cable, wait
for 4 or 5 seconds and plug it back (since there is no on/off
switch in this WAP unit). Interesting, my LinkSys DSL router
had the same problem (router hanging - resolved by restarting
the router by power off-on). Once I upgraded that router to the
latest firmware (which I installed recently), this problem went
away in the LinkSys DSL router - now my router has been running
for weeks without hanging! I assume for the WAP11 too
we will soon get a firmware that will resolve this problem. Until then, I don't recommend this product for industrial uses
like an office. But it is certainly a nice product (for this
price) for home users or soho users like me - I don't think it
is a big deal to power off-on the WAP every couple of days. To give you a better picture, this is how I set up my WAP: [internet] <--> [cable modem] <--> [LinkSys DSL Router] <--> [LinkSys WAP11] <--> {Laptop with Orinico PC card]
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Summary: Dead after 1 1/2 year
Review: Linksys WAP11 worked flawlessly for about 6 month, then it started to drop communication about every couple of days, then it just gradually gotten worse. Before it went completely dead on me, it was dropping communication with my PC about 1 minute after I reset the Access Point. All I could say is that I am not pleased with Linksys products since it is my second Linksys product that went out of commission shortly after the 1 year warranty. I am not sure if I'll buy another Linksys product, but I really like the fact that WRT54G has lots of third party support to add features to the factory build firmware. Naah...I won't give Linksys another chance.
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Summary: Setup in less than a minute!
Review: I have DSL connection with a D-link router. I pluged in the WAP11 v2.8 to switch and then i pluged in my Truemobile 1150 Wireless card into my laptop. As you can see all these products are from different vendors. My Laptop was assigned with a new IP address from the router and then boom! i was wirelessly on the internet and then thru all my home. RX was very good even 33 feet away from the AP. I recommend this product for home or office use. I haven't tested in other modes or even outdoor.
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Summary: Don't Expect Tech Support
Review: I have had this WAP for a few weeks now and only know that the setup is very easy and well documented. As far as knowing how well this item performs, I have no idea. After setting up I tried to attach to my wired LAN through the WAP11. Although the Linksys Wireless CompactFlash Card WFC12 and Linksys Wireless-B Notebook Adapter WPC11 that I purchased with the WAP11 have communications with the WAP11, they can not get to the Internet through the Access Point. My day job is in the computer industry and I pretty much know what I'm doing. I have checked and rechecked all my settings to no avail. If this doesn't solve my problem it usually means that something has been overlooked in the information provided. My next step is to try technical support. Linksys' off-shore tech support seem more interested in getting away from me and will tell me anything to do so. Because of the accents, every sentance has to be repeated several times. It is a very unpleasant experience. The information I have received from them has always been incorrect. I have never had any of my email requests responded to. At this point it looks like I will be returning these 3 Linksys items. They are no use if I can't get them working. I purchased these Linksys products because of my previous good experiences with Linksys. But it looks like their takeover by Cisco Systems has changed their approach to customer and technical support. As with so many other companies, cutting corners by taking support off-shore is costing their customers dearly and will in the end be felt by their penny-pinchers.
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