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Summary: Intel Anypoint Adapter
Review: I have four computers networked and working very well with this adapter -- for more than a year. There are some bugs. You need to use Intel Connectivity Suite 2.20 for the best stability and ease of use on the Windows 98 platform. You need to manually give the computers IP addresses for the local network (LAN) -- 192.168.01, etc. for the best stability. If you have one computer on XP, then you must use version 2.30.02 (downloadable from Intel) on all of the computers. If XP and 2.30.02 are in the equation, then I would suggest you use Microsoft ICS instead of Intel ISS for Internet Sharing -- again, it is just more stable and you then do not need to manually give the local comptuters IP addresses. Unfortunately, this product has been discontinued. However, Intel support -- both website and phone -- is still great for this product. ptb
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Summary: Intel Anypoint Adapter
Review: I have four computers networked and working very well with this adapter -- for more than a year. There are some bugs. You need to use Intel Connectivity Suite 2.20 for the best stability and ease of use on the Windows 98 platform. You need to manually give the computers IP addresses for the local network (LAN) -- 192.168.01, etc. for the best stability. If you have one computer on XP, then you must use version 2.30.02 (downloadable from Intel) on all of the computers. If XP and 2.30.02 are in the equation, then I would suggest you use Microsoft ICS instead of Intel ISS for Internet Sharing -- again, it is just more stable and you then do not need to manually give the local comptuters IP addresses. Unfortunately, this product has been discontinued. However, Intel support -- both website and phone -- is still great for this product. ptb
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Summary: Good with DSL -- if you do it right
Review: I run the Anypoint phone line system with a DSL and it works very well. However, when I installed it, I put both the DSL and the Anypoint network on the same phone line -- this, on the advice of my DSL provider, who said the two would get along fine in the same piece of wire. Don't know why, but it simply didn't work -- the computers couldn't find one another on the line. I then switched the Anypoint network to our second phone line, and it works like a charm -- no degradation of speed most of the time, and just a little bit of hesitation when all three computers are actively downloading data. If you are going DSL, however, I recommend two phone lines.
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Summary: Not a very good product
Review: I should begin this with a disclaimer: I work for Intel and love the company. Having said that what I am about to say pains me. Anypoint is not a very good product and I do not recommend buying it. (Granted from discussions with others all of the HomePNA [phone line] products on the market seem pretty lousy.)My story: I ordered Anypoint to network two brand new high end computers (a Win98SE PC and Win2000 laptop) together so I could share the DSL connection. The PCs sit on opposite ends of the house and I didn't feel like crawling around with cables or spending a lot of money on a wireless network. I dutifully downloaded all the latest software updates. I am familiar with networking so I carefully checked all of my settings. Fact: My DSL connection slowed to a crawl or stop at times. I called the Intel tech support several times and every one of time they said, "we hear lots of complaints, it just doesn't work well with DSL.." Fact: My computer crashed with alarming frequency (a problem recently fixed by a driver update that caused my computer to spend about 7 minutes booting up). Fact: Anypoint did not work well with my Norton Firewall and it took a lot of tweaking of advanced settings before I could get it to (barely) work. Fact: Anypoint doesn't work well with Win2K and despite claiming to support it the drivers just aren't healthy. I was told by a tech support person that "it is really best to have only Win98SE computers on an Anypoint network." To top it all off, I never got the full... rebate I earned for buying two Anypoint products. First of all I never got my rebate. I called to see what was wrong and they told me I had not included the UPCs. I told them I knew they had the UPCs because I taped the receipts, UPCs, and rebate forms to once piece of paper. I spoke to a 'supervisor' and told her that I worked for Intel and would walk across the campus and into the cubicle of the senior manger in charge of the home networking products if they continued to play games. They quickly changed their tune and promised my rebate was on the way. Finally a check arrived for half the amount!.. I complained to Intel through the official website and the company processing the rebates. It turned out that no one was getting their full rebate! The rebate company blamed Intel saying that is what they were told to do. I was promised that this would be fixed and that everyone would get their full [refund]. Well I never got mine and I doubt anyone ever got theirs. I should have raised a fuss, but frankly I was tired of the whole deal. Most of the fault lies with the company processing the rebates but I hold Intel's Home Networking group responsible for hiring such a lousy outfit. I think this product will work well if you have a 56K modem because the lag caused by the Anypoint probably isn't noticeable. However there isn't enough bandwidth on a 56K modem worth sharing, so I don't suggest you try that with any product on the market today. It might work better for DSL users without a firewall, but a DSL line without a firewall is a hackers dream. If you don't want to share an internet connection then Anypoint might be worth a shot. So if you have DSL, or Win2K, stay away!!! How did I solve my problem?
I disconnected and uninstalled the whole mess. Instantly my Internet was faster and my computer booted in the usual 30 seconds. I went out and bought a Compaq Ipaq CP-2W and Compaq wireless networking PCcard. It was very simple to setup and the Internet just screams. It cost about three times as much and was worth every penny. You can save some money and buy your wireless products from Linksys but the drivers and firmware aren't as robust (my partially informed opinion) and it isn't as user friendly (100% sure on this point). By the way I still believe that Intel designs great products; this just isn't one of them.
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Summary: Works great for a simple home network.
Review: I've been using mine for over a year with no problems. The adapters work great in my place, and I have some *old* phone wiring.
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Summary: Great Product
Review: No cables running throughout the house. Just plug into the phone lines. Easy installation, and the network is up and ready to go!
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Summary: Complaint
Review: The product is ok. howewer the Cd.Supposedly containing the instalation software Version 1.10 does not contain the instalation program for the Intel Anypoint Phone Line 10 Mbps USB Adapter I purchased.It simply does not recognize the product.
I would greatly appreciate Your assistance in getting the aproppiate software so I could install the modems.
Thank You in advance,
Adalberto
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Summary: Hardware conflict
Review: There is an undocumented conflict between this device and some Intel chipsets which you may or may not have on your motherboard. It will cause the device to stop functionning at random intervals. Problem is similar to a documented issue with an Anypoint Wireless device which has a hotfix (this one remains undocumented because no hotfix is yet available).
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Summary: Good, once you get it set up
Review: When I first installed the anypoint network it worked fine except for Intel's Internet Connection Sharing. The performace degraded so bad that I was running less than a 14.4K modem speed on my ICS clients. I re-installed it with everything except the Internet Connection Sharing. Then I ran Microsoft's Home Network Wizard. It has worked up to par ever since.
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Summary: Great for Home use
Review: Works effectively at home. Easy to set up. Make sure you get the latest software from the Intel website. I needed to call Intel support and was disappointed that their rep told me to delete files that then required me to reload windows......... Notwithstanding this I highly recommend the product for Internet and printer sharing.
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