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Summary: after 8 hours, finally wireless
Review: Trying to get this item to work with a Orinoco Silver card proved to be impossible; the Linksys people blamed Orinoco, Orinoco blamed Linksys, and it just never worked. Linksys tech support was useless; they seem to be prepared to deal with a certain set of key issues, and anything outside of that box absolutely confuses them. They don't appear to take notes of the calls, or if they do, each rep cannot view other rep's notes - so if you talk to two different people, you'll end up repeating *everything* already discussed. Ultimately, got the WAP11 working with a Cisco card. net net - the access point is finicky, the tech support is lousy.
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Summary: Great product -- I don't know how I lived without it
Review: Being able to walk around the house with my laptop and not getting disconnected from the internet is absolutely amazing. The signal is excellent throughout the entire house, but is quite flaky outside (probably because I have aluminum siding which interferes with the signal). Overall, I think it's a great product and would highly recommend it.
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Summary: Beware!
Review: For me this product was a massive waste of time. I purchased a Linksys WAP11 and WMP11 to connect a win98 PC to an existing (and fully functional) 100BaseT network. The network uses an XP box for routing and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). The WAP11 was connected to the network via a SohoWare hub and was easy to access and setup. At first I could get no connection between the win98 box and WAP - so contacted linksys support. After 45 min or so on hold the representative revealed a complete lack of understanding of ICS and said the problem is a network issue not covered by their support. I later discovered that the old network card in the win98 PC was causing problems. After removing the card I could ping in both directions but lost about 50% packets and could get no sharing to work. A further e-mail contact to linksys resulted in a suggestion to install network drivers on the win98 box - not helpful. In the end I could share files from the win98 to XP (when no-one is logged into the win98 box - as soon as some logged on sharing hung) and do nothing except DNS/DHCP in the other direction (including no ICS). A further e-mail to linksys was unanswered after 24 hours. So I returned the product having lost about 24 hours of my time struggling to get the products to work.
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Summary: Won't Bridge
Review: Don't believe the packaging and spec's. The new WAP 11 V2.2 will not operate as a client or multipoint access point. Don't waste your time trying to make it work - tech support from Linksys was no help as it took three calls to finally be told that the feature is planned for a future software release with no promised delivery date.
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Summary: Works great and a snap to setup
Review: I honestly can't understand the negative reviews. I've never used any wireless network equipment before, and I had no problems at all in setting up the WAP11 with a Linksys WPC11 network card; everything works flawlessly. Nothing to it ... it truly is "instant wireless." The range and strength of signal are superb, plus you can easily configure the secure, 128-bit encryption feature. What more could you ask for? So if you're even thinking about setting up your own wireless network, don't hesitate to buy Linksys; it won't disappoint. By the way, I already had a cable modem router (Belkin), or else I would have gotten the Linksys router/access point combo.
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Summary: Great Product But...
Review: It is an excellent product but I'm a little disappointed in the range. For NIC cards to be at full bandwidth you must be able to visibly line up the card and the WAP (with little or no physical obstructions). If I take my laptop upstairs or just to the other end of the house, I keep getting disconnected. They really need to come up with a signal amplifier or just a more effective WAP.
All in all it is a great little device to allow mobility with your laptop and still browse the internet and write email. I can watch my kids outside and still do my work.
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Summary: total piece of crap
Review: I bought this thing and a Linksys wireless card as well, and set it up and configured it and everything setup perfectly without a hitch. However, the computers wouldn't connect. When I tested with a script that pinged the computers across the wireless connection I had 90% packet loss at 3 feet! When I moved the computer from the office to the living room I had 100% packet loss and 26 percent ("poor") signal strength - only two rooms away! Email to technical support went totally unanswered. So I can only assume that this product is a joke and that linksys will put out a real product soon and apologize for ever shipping this thing. I'd give up on them completely if their DSL/Cable router wasn't such a great product.
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Summary: Piece of junk
Review: Spent many hours tinkering with the WAP11. Waited 90 minutes on hold to Linksys tech support only to be disconnected (!) Finally got through only to be told the W.A.P. is N.O. G.O.O.D.
and needs to be sent back. Forget this, I'm gonna stick with wired ethernet for now. P.S. If you are considering wireless - do your homework. These devices are not at all secure despite what the manufacturers would like you to believe.
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Summary: Easy set up, poor performance
Review: The configuration was simple. Just left it as it was coming out of the box. I used the Linksys card in my portable W2K computer. The operational distance I get is the only problem I have with this product. If you are with 30 feet of the unit it works great, but if you move beyond the it becomes useless. Linksys does not officially support any other antennas that will provide better gain. Other companies do. So if you are thinking about sitting out at the pool, with this box in your office, forget it.
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Summary: Great Performance at a pretty decent price
Review: I found the Linksys Access point to be easy to configure and use. I set up a wireless network in less than an hour. I think it only fair to mention that I am a network technician professionaly. Linksys writes their technical materials assuming that you understand networking. This makes it tough for a non technical user to understand. Wireless networking is not an easy subject so be prepared to work through some challenges along the way. Initial set up is as easy as plug in the unit, load the software on your administrative machine and you are in business. You need to update the firmware to the latest releases for all wireless adapters used in computers as soon as you get them installed after that you are home free. I have two laptops and 1 workstation on this wireless portion of my network. They have excellent speed and are very reliable. I highly recommend this product to anyone interested in wireless networking. ... I have installed 5 large wireless networks for a client using the WAP11 as the access point to the wired network and it works great. There have been no problems with any of the hardware I have installed. The secret is to get the WAP as high as possible. I put them up inside of the false ceiling as a way to get them up. Computers 100 feet away in a concrete building with tons of stainless steel get excellent reception.
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