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Summary: Linksys WAP11 Wireless Network
Review: My internet access is limited to dial-up. I have two children who are avid web surfers. I connected the WAP11 to a Windows 2000 laptop using Internet connection sharing and a phone line. Two other laptops have IBM or Linksys Wireless PC cards. Setup was easy and the whole system works well. It's great to work on the PC in the yard, no wires!
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Summary: Operation "Free Linksys Customers"
Review: If selling crap to customers were a human rights violation, then America would be going to war against Linksys!The Linksys WAP11 ver 2.2 is without a doubt a consummate piece of crap. This access point has been a major headache from the moment I first connected to it with my laptop. Sure the setup was easy (in fact, instant, just like the box says), but this WAP seems to love dropping all wireless connections every 9 minutes or so. I first thought this might be due to the distance between my laptop and the WAP, so I sat down right next to the WAP. The result, perfect signal strength, yet the connection is always dropped after about 9 minutes of activity. I know my WiFi card is not the problem, because it connects to every other WAP on campus, even the ones that are suppose to be out of range. I have a Cisco Systems Aironet card, and anyone who knows anything about WiFi knows these are the highest of high-end WiFi client adapters. I can always see that the Wireless LAN provided by the Linksys WAP11 exists, but for some unknown reason, I'm never able to connect to it immediately and stay connected, once the WAP starts working. So unless you are looking for slick new bookend, pass on this device !!!
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Summary: EASY SETUP, WORKS GREAT!
Review: I set the WAP up in a matter of minutes. I used this with my linksys switch that I already own and it works great. Anyone that has problems with installation or set up did not read the instructions or has faulty computer equipment. When I added the wireless card to my computers they picked up the WAP signal right away.
The signal works great and is strong anywhere in my apartment. Definitely worth using in a wireless architecture.
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Summary: This works great
Review: I purcashed this wireless router at Compusa and had great results with it. Within an hour and 15 minutes I was online at superfast speeds on my patio. I can share printers and files and setup is somewhat easy. You have to be better than a beginer to set this up. What is tricky is the setup wants you to plug computers into the router when its all wireless. The setup is quick though and fairly easy. This product works great.
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Summary: Great product, great value but know what your doing.
Review: Mixed reviews for this product. And its hard to tell if they are referring to a early version or the current versions. But I'm currently using the WAP11 v2.2 and it works flawlessly. But I caution users that networking of any type can be frustrating so if you're not sure what your doing, ask somebody for help. Don't expect much from Linksys or any company for that matter. 1)Setup: For me it was plug, configure WEP, and play. But I have an existing network. A RR cable modem into a NetGear router. The Router feeds a Linksys Switch and between them I have 10/100 wired Ethernet in every room of the house, 2 jacks in the den and a dedicated print server. So I just plugged in the WAP11, it got an DHCP IP address from the router and it was up. It immediately talked to the IBM nic in my ThinkPad and the Netgear MA401 in my other notebook. It took a little bit (30min) to get the wep going (I think I was entering in a invalid hex key) but I now have 64bwep and mac filtering for the 2 nics. Easy huh? But other situations can be different and end up bringing a lot of frustration. 2)Range: I get a usable signal all over the house and outside on the deck. It varies from room to room and placement of the WAP can mean everything. 2.4ghz phones and the microwave cause interference so be prepared for that. And Linksys sells a booster for the WAP11 that gets great reviews. 3)Support: None really. And the documentation is useless. It is web configurable but linksys provides no help in how to do it. In short, know what to do with this before you buy it. Don't depend on Linksys for support. In my case, I didn't need them and I give it 5 stars. Others needed help and now give it 1 star.
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Summary: ok, but will try something else
Review: I have 3 hardwired PCs and one wireless laptop. I bought the Linksys laptop card and the wireless/dsl router. Installation was easy, however, one must be aware of some of the complexities of Windows networking (not Linksys' problem) especially when using different Windows operating systems. I have my DSL connection in my home office. My daughter wanted to use her laptop wireless about 20-25 feet away from the bridge. The signal that she receives is the weakest possible. I've twisted the antenna's but with no luck. For the signal to reach her laptop, it must go through about 2 walls. Her room is the closest to my office, and I'm afraid if I don't ante-up and buy an 802.11a router that I'll never get complete wireless networking in my home. Being cost conservative (especially since I'm hardwired most of the time), I'm going to return this and try the Netgear wireless. I currently have a Netgear dsl/router and that has worked great (although their firewall software is only for digit-heads). So, if you're in a situation where you don't have to deal with too many walls then maybe this is ok. However, for those of us with homes, our options are limited especially when considering a wired/wireless combination. I'm going to explore other options. I did like the setup software for the router firewall, however.
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Summary: It takes patience
Review: I purchased this WAP because of it had an affordable price and adequate performance for my needs. I have a laptop, but I didn't want to be tethered to my Linksys BEFSR41 4-port Cable DSL Router. I purchased the WAP11 Wireless Access Point along with my Linksys WPC54G 802.11g PC Card (802.11g is backwards compatible with 802.11b) so that I could move freely around my apartment and still have access to both the internet (via my cable modem) and the files on my desktop PC. I could also use the wireless network at work. Now that things are working well together, I'm glad, but the devices weren't cooperative at first. For the better part of a week, I was playing with the settings for my WAP, my router, and my wireless card. What I have found works is changing the default profile's SSID in the Linksys Wireless Connection Manager (I installed it in Windows XP because it seems to be handling connecting to multiple access points better than Windows XP) to "any." This will allow the card to connect to the closest access point. Using encryption was a little troublesome, as well. The WAP allows you to enter a passphrase from which the WAP calculates the key. The Windows wireless connection manager only allows you to enter the key. This is not an easy task with a 128-bit key. The Linksys manager, however, does allow you to enter the passphrase and calculates the key for you. This was much easier, and I now have encrypted wireless communications. One last thing to think about is the use of a 2.4GHz cordless phone. Our cordless phone will occaisionally use the same channel, which kills the connection between my laptop and my WAP. After forcing the phone to find another channel, my connection is restored.
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Summary: Worked perfectly right out of the box
Review: After getting my Linksys cable modem and my Linksys router/switch to connect all the wired systems in the house together and onto the Internet, I bought this and a couple of USB wireless network adapters to connect the computers that weren't wired. This smoothly connected right to the router/switch and immediately began working, and in a few minutes I had customized it just the way I wanted.
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Summary: I Live In Constant Fear That Any Second It Will Stop Working
Review: I don't know if its the WAP11 or if its the WUSB11 or if Linksys makes garbage, but the wireless network I set up is totally unreliable. I've spent the past 2 days on the phone for an average of 5 hours a day trying to get this thing to work and it still doesn't. It's all the more frustrating since I HAVE NO IDEA WHY IT DOESN'T WORK. It gets two stars because for the 5 minutes a day that it works, it works great. It's faster than the wired connection I used to work on and the ability to work in a different part of my house is invaluable to me. Which makes me so mad that it doesn't work reliably enough. After reading some of the other reviews, I'm not the only one who has gone through this, so it's not just me. Good luck trying to find support on the web, especially at broadbandwhatever.com as those guys are no help. And although Linksys's tech support people are very nice, they take forever to get to the root of the problem and THEN THE PROBLEM COMES BACK! Plus you spend 2 hours on hold waiting for somebody to get on the phone. My goodness, I'm returning this tomorrow and trying a different company.
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Summary: Easy to setup
Review: The configuration was simple and easy to implement. Out of the box, following the simple insturctions the system was up and running in few minutes.
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