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Summary: Did not work with Compaq/HP and WINXP (until BETA DRIVERs!)
Review: As already mentioned by other reviewers, this card does not work on my Compaq Presario 900 running WinXP. The laptop freezes with 100% CPU utilization as soon as the card is installed. I've tried all the suggestions ranging from the latest drivers, disabling various items in the device manager and configuring WinXP zero config. wireless service. All to no avail! Customer support was sub-par, with the representative basically reading off a script. If you own a Compaq or HP laptop, please save yourself the trouble and DO NOT buy this until someone releases a fix!!!UPDATE 4/1/03!!: This is no April Fools, Linksys has released a beta driver that did work for my Presario laptop. It can be found on their driver download page. In small print it says: "If you are having problems using this Adapter and you have a Texas Instrument CardBus Controller, please download this driver here."
I needed to install the driver in safe mode, but now it's smooth surfing!
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Summary: Great Product
Review: Great Product, quick setup, I have A belkin wireless 802.11b router, (not highly recomended) running the b speeds of 11 MB/S I got this card becasue the network card I had died and needed to replace it, I found this one and read about the G networking and had to have it. I don't understand how people are having trouble with the instalation, it is a breese, I uninstalled my previous drivers for the other card I was running and recomend doing so if you have on as well because they could be conflicting and it would screw up your configuration. Great Product and I highly recomend it with a Linksys G access point/router.
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Summary: Doesn't work on my HP ZE4145 Either
Review: I was running the linksys A+B card (which worked fine but had terrible reception...could barely go to the next room without getting "poor" reception). I then decided to try out the wireless G system, So I bought a wireless G router...which I wasn't going to hook up until i could see the reception of my G-card on the A+B Router. It worked really really well...From the same room I wanted to use it in, I went from "below average" reception to "very good." I was impressed...then after I restarted my machine about ten minutes later, I had the same exact problem that another reviewer noted with his HP ZE4125 (which is the same machine with less ram--i think). Basically, when the card is inserted, the system hangs up (100% of the processor is used so you can't do anything). As soon as you disconnect the card, bingo...your system is back and runnning...but without your network capabilities (unless you have a wired lan). It really bummed me out because I am in the Caribbean, and I can't exactly go to the nearest bestbuy and get a replacement. I decided to give the linksys 3 stars, even though It's not working because a customer service rep is trying to be as helpful as he can. Plus, I did see the card in action for about ten minutes...and it worked really well. I'm not sure if this is just an HP laptop issue...I'm going to try it on my dad's laptop tomorrow. Bottom line: If you live in the US...get this card (if you don't have an HP) and try it out. stick with the tried and true "b" cards...they're slower, but they've been around for years now...and all the bugs are worked out. I will post an addendum to this review as soon as I resolve it with Linksys. BTW...the linksys G router works really well...My fixed wireless internet connection (we don't have cable or dsl here) detects it!...and my desktops were all connected without a hitch.
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Summary: nightmare
Review: Linksys obviously doesn't have all the bugs worked out. I followed the documentation that came with the card for windows xp. The driver install brought my laptop to its knees. I too am running a compaq presario 900. After several pointless calls to Linksys tech support ("Well, maybe try it in another computer.") I did manage to get the card to work for about 5 minutes. Then the system continued to reboot with the card in. I tried the new drivers from the linksys web site and various permutations of the correct install procedure, all to no avail. Looks like I'll have to stick with a tried and true card until someone figures this out.
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Summary: Wireless in less than 5 minutes
Review: I own a Linksys as well as a D-Link PCMCIA wirelesee network card. I baught both of them in January. The Linksys was installed in less than 5 minues. The D-Link took about 30 minutes. Both products work excellent in my home (2 story building). I checked the reception with both products in all rooms and both work outstanding. However if I had to buy another one I would definitly I definitly prefer the Linksys as it searches the network itself, the D-Link has always to be manually restarted after the Notebook comes back from hibernation.
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Summary: Simply Wireless
Review: Extremely simple to install and immediately useful on an upgraded Win2K laptop. The install was literally inserting a CDROM, clicking through a couple of screens, rebooting. I did get slightly frustrated that it did not work immediatly, but reading the user guide directed me to right click an icon for the card in my system tray and I was wireless connected within minutes.
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Summary: Not plug and play.
Review: I bought this card with the hopes of an easy installation on my W2K notebook. Getting it to work with a non-Linksys wireless hub took several frustrating evenings. The documention that came with the device and on the Linksys web site was absolutely useless. The installation software had conflicts with the firewall software so I had to remove both the firewall and linksys software and reinstall the software. Getting the 128 bit WEP configuration to work required asking a consultant for help. Apparently, you must enter the long security code versus the network access password. This obscure nuance was not obviously noted in the manual or on line documentation. I'm sure it is a little more straight forward if your network is all one brand but getting this device to work in a mixed brand environment was difficult and I should have listened to the consultant and bought the NetGear card.
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Summary: Great Product
Review: I recently installed an entire wireless network using Linksys 54g products. The installation took place in one room. The router was to sit in the room with the desktop, but I also installed the laptop in that room because it was easier than walking back and forth to install the software. (by the way this was on a Win2k system) Anyways, the laptop software was very intuitive to use and easy to install, the laptop worked perfectly. The desktop on the other hand did not, see my review there. I recommend this product, but not it's desktop counterpart.
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Summary: No Problems using as 802.11b
Review: Had a card die in my 11b network, figured I would go the slow upgrade path and go with a 11g card. No intall problems and it works fine in both infrastructure and ad-hoc mode. My only side note is to remember that is this based on the DRAFT version of the 11g spec. Should be fine with flash upgrades in the future but that remains to be seen.
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Summary: No Problems Here!
Review: Bought two of these and had them up and running on an IBM T20 Laptop with Windows 2000 Server and a Toshiba Tecra 8100 with XP. Didn't run into any problems, but be sure if you are using it with XP, you follow the quick setup guide. Do not install the Linksys admin tool, XP uses it's own interface.
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