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Summary: Wanted to like it....
Review: I think SMC is dumping the pictured version of this card (the one in red and white). (...) They have now come out with version 2 of the card. Go to the SMC site, and you'll see that the card is now blue and grey.Version 1 of this card is simply not good. As the other reviewers stated, it frequently disconnects with the router under XP Pro. I've tested this on an SMC7004AWBR router. I've followed all the suggestions I received from SMC tech support. They were quite helpful, but I wound up getting a replacement for the 1st card, and now and getting the 2nd card replaced. I have a similar SMC2632 (version1) card that has absolutely none of these issues. You may have good luck if you get version 2 of the card, but if you're running XP Pro stay away from version 1!
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Summary: Basically Unusable
Review: I used this card with a Netgear MR814 802.11b wireless router. As many other reviewers state here, connectivity is lost pretty frequently. If you are doing actual work over a VPN and are logged into several boxes, there is nothing more infuriating than having to reestablish connections everytime this ghetto card drops. I actually moved my laptop about 3ft from the router, and still observed the same behavior...range didn't seem to matter. I went out and bought a netgear card......works beautifully...my company's vpn will drop before my connection to the router...i've stayed connected literally for *days*.
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Summary: Could not get drivers installed.
Review: IBM T21 w/ WIN 2000 Pro. Could not get this thing installed to save my life. SMC customer service was useless, for that matter so was IBM. Turned out the problem was a Microsoft issue [shocking I know]. After I ran windows update and installed a system patch everything installed properly. So far the card has been working fine.
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Summary: work great in linux
Review: ingles:
It works great on linux, the wireless I bought was gray on the bottom and its chipset was not amdTek's that's found on most of the forums. I downloaded the driver from http://rt2400.sourceforge.net/ compiled and it was ready to rumble.... I luv Linux!!
espanol:
funciona bien en linux, la que me mandaron tenia gris la parte de abajo y no es el chipset amdTek que se encuentra en la mayoria de foros, solo es de descargar el driver de http://rt2400.sourceforge.net/ se compila y listo
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Summary: Disconnect also occurs with XP Home
Review: Some report that XP Home does not have a disconnect problem with this card. My experience of over a year's usage is that on a Toshiba laptop (Satellite 3005) with XP Home this card disconnects every ten or so minutes, then eventually (about 30-60 seconds later) reconnects without intervention. Because of this flaw it is frustrating and annoying to use this card; I do not recommend it.
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Summary: works, but bad client software
Review: The client software/driver for this wireless card is the worst I've ever seen. The configuration utility is not very user-friendly and not very robust. I had to remove and reinsert the card a few times to get it to work properly. I recommend either the Netgear or Orinoco wireless cards instead.
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Summary: Frequent Disconnections Ruin a Good Product
Review: This card has only one flaw with it: it loses connection very frequently, no matter what the range is. Approximately every 10-15 minutes, my connection will flicker off and on rapidly. The only way I can fix this is to go in the SMC software and hit "Apply Changes" to reset the connection properties until the connection is restored. This gets very frustrating. I am using the card in a Toshiba laptop and have tried it with both a Netgear 802.11g router as well as an SMC 802.11b router; the problem exists in both cases.
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Summary: Short Range and Untable
Review: This card is easy to install. Works fine with WinXP on my Dell Inspiron 2560. However it has weaker range/reception comparing to the Belkin card I had before. It drops the connection pretty often at 50ft with one wall in between. The included software utility shown 95%~100% signal level and link quality at the time. The reading drops to 0% straight, I have hardly seen any other %number between 0% and 95%. Once in a while I lose connection in very close range of less than 10 feet! I do not think it is very reliable product.
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Summary: Not worth the money
Review: This card is not very good. It has probelms picking up some wirless networks and DOES NOT HAVE WPA capabilities - the description given is not true! The software supplied in near to worthless. You may think that maybe I have a bad card but that is not the case - I bought 2 of these and they are both 'low rent' - maybe it is my computer - no again tried another card (belkin) and a centrino and a laptop with wireless included and they all worked without problems.
This is a lemon - walk on by!
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Summary: Great Product
Review: This is a great card, absolutely no problems. I'm running XP Pro and I haven't had any of the connection problems that others have mentioned. I can surf while streaming music for hours and never get disconnected. Easy install and was running in minutes.
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