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Summary: Great wireless card. Upgrade drivers didn't work though.
Review: The card works great with WinXP. When I tried to upgrade it using the drivers from linksys website, it bombed. use the original driver disks that come with the card, they work great.Overall, decent performance for a PCMCIA wireless card, good range and strong signal pickup.
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Summary: What's the fuss? Easy as pie!
Review: I have a cable modem hooked to a Linksys BEFSR41 (4 port non-wireless) router which is in turn connected to a Linksys WRT54G (Wirelees Access Point) router which is located more in the core of my house for optimum reception and signal strength where I am most apt to want it. I also have the Linksys WPC54G card plugged into an old Compaq Presario (Model: 12XL125) running Windows XP Home Edition. No problems at all getting all this to run, take your time and read the manual just a little and understand what needs to be set and why! You'll not only know what your doing but you will garner and understanding of how vulnerable ANY wireless network can be, and how you can safely plug those vulnerabilities. The 402.11g (aka 54G) wireless standard wasn't even finalized and formerly adopted until mid June 2003! - Before this it was a "proposed" standard and undoubtedly had it's issues. It may still have issues yet to be discovered as more of the public utilizes this new standard. Linksys seems to be staying on top of the issues with their software/firmware upgrades. Because the 802.11g standard just became official these routers and cards using this standard will need to have their firmware (for routers) and drivers (for cards) updated for optimal performance and continued trouble free operation. I bought my Linksys WRT54G (Wirelees Access Point) router and Linksys WPC54G card here at Amazon.com in early Sept. 2003. The router arrived and it was about 2 firmware upgrades behind, and the card one or two driver upgrades behind. The Linksys website has these upgrades available and easy to find, and are keeping up with the inevitable changes that need to be made. Downloading and installing these upgrades is pretty darn easy. Linksys has also made the installation of these updates quite easy. The Linksys WPC54G card has performed flawlessly when hooked in infastructure mode (connecting to an access point), and in ad-hoc mode (peer to peer). The accompanying Linksys software provides easy access to settings, and the constantly displaying of detailed information on signal strength in the system tray. Lastly, Linksys is a division of Cisco Systems. They are a leader in computer networking. I think you can rest assured they will be around tomorrow, that they know what they are doing, and will continue to support their products.
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Summary: Wonder Card
Review: An excellent product, gives amazing speed for net browsing. Also very easy to install. Great service from Amazon, the product was delivered to me much before the expected delivery date.
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Summary: Avoid this product at all costs - it's not too late for you
Review: Don't waste your money, it will has issues that you can't imagine. I have a Dell laptop with XP that is otherwise perfect. The card slows it down to a crawl when opening certain pages and entering msn services. It also freezes programs that don't use an internet connection. Avoid this product at all costs.
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Summary: Happy w/ Wireless Router -- Unhappy w/ Support & Manual
Review: Setup of Wireless Router & Wireless Adapter Card took 4 long evenings. Installed on Dell laptop running W2K Pro. Technical support was generally poor. Experienced very long wait time on hold only to have call dropped. Same result on second call. Irate tech support staff member disconnected me! Got better support from Verizon DSL supplier vs. Linksys tech support line. Over 6 or so calls to Linksys support, often could not understand their instructions (they're evidently located somewhere far outside US and have3 trouble with the language). Initial install resulted in "Continuous Blue Screen Rebooting of laptop" (not a fun thing. Took about 30 hours and 20 or so calls to tech support, to resolve. Once installed, wireless Linksys system is running very well. Once first laptop was set up, second install and setup on laptop with Win XP was a breeze. Net, net: very happy with hardware but unhappy with poor tech support and hard to follow manual. p.s. Feel "blue screen continuous reboot" issue on W2K Pro likely a software issue that may not exist on XP. Be sure to follow instructions for W2K very, very carefully.
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Summary: Wireless in your house?
Review: Why would I want wireless in my house? I have a desktop! I just can't get it to work in marinas (as advertised) throughout the Pacific Northwest. It's good for about 50 feet (sometimes) from the antenna. I don't know what the range is supposed to be but it definitely is low-end. I made a mistake-I admit it! Now I have to buy one that will work the way it should.
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Summary: Installation problems and constant disconnection.
Review: I installed the BEFCMU10 with the WRT54G Router on my XP desktop, which went without a hitch. The problems started when I tried to use the WPC54G notebook adapter on my laptop, which was also running Windows XP. According to the installation instructions, I was told that everything should work without the installation disk if I was using XP. That was not the case. As soon as I placed the card into my computer (HP ze4101), it froze. Restarting the computer did nothing. My first call to customer support revealed that I needed to update the drivers. Once that was done, my laptop did not freeze, but now it would not communicate with the router. A call to customer support showed that my adapter was assigned "a bad IP address" and they gave me a number to manually enter. Apparently, this is a common problem...so maybe it would have been a good idea to put something in the installation instructions. After correcting the IP address problem, the card would connect for about 2 minutes then drop the connection, despite being about 3 feet from the router. Another call to customer support, and about 30minutes later, I was told to return it. Once you get the replacement card working, it is not so great either. My router is in one room, and when I am in an adjacent room, I can surf the net for about 10-20 minutes before I lose the connection. I have not been able to surf for longer than half an hour. I remove the card and stick it back in and it usually picks up the connection again. Annoying. This is the only notebook card I have ever used, so I don't know if the others are better. But installation should not have been this problematic.
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Summary: Limited range
Review: I'm disappointed with the range of this device. It works fine in the same room as the router and in an adjoining space. It does not work throughout my house as I expected.
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Summary: Cheap and durable but limited range
Review: The linksys Wireless PCMCIA Card is one of the cheapest you will find, but as with other things, you get what you pay for. I forgot this simple truth when I purchased this item, and I desrved what I got. The card fitted to my laptop works great in the same room with the wireless AP I use, but leave the room with the lap top and signal strength quickly downgrades. If all you want is a wireless system that lets you update files on your lap top without re-connecting cables all the time, then buy this card. It works. But if you want to use the Internet and access a home network seemlessly and wirelessly anywhere in your house, buy the Orinoco Silver or Gold PCMCIA card instead. It costs a bit more, but the range is easily double that of the linksys. By the way, the only differance between silver and gold is its encryption ability. If you don't care about encryption, save some money and go for the Orinoco silver card. Reviewed by Mark E. Cooper
Author of The Warrior Within (0954512200)
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Summary: NOT compatible with older hardware!
Review: Before buying this card, think about the laptop you're going to put it in. If it is a P3/800MHz or older machine, this card will probably NOT work. The reason is older laptops built to the PC97-99 laptop specs often used TI Cardbus PCMCIA controllers. Despite half-hearted attempts by Linksys to write a good TI driver, this card is INCOMPATIBLE with TI cardbus controllers! If you get it to work, it's a fluke. If you call tech support, they will tell you to return it and buy a different brand. Believe them. ;)
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