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Linksys WPC54G Wireless-G Notebook Adapter

Linksys WPC54G Wireless-G Notebook Adapter

List Price: $79.99
Your Price: $49.99
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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Jiggle the card people. The problem is in the housing.
Review: I have lost a day of my life trying to get this thing to work and in the end the problem was... <drumroll> THE CARD HOUSING. Eternal thanks to whoever wrote the review pointing out this problem.

If I pushed it up while the card was in the upper slot, I could get intermitent signal, when I moved it down to the lower slot it started working reliably.

Shoddy, very shoddy Linksys. I had two Linksys hubs die on me before, so I should have known better than to buy this thing, but I figured what the hell. Well, once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is enemy action. I won't buy another Linksys product again.

I also find it ironic that even if they know about this problem, they'll never put it on the support website, since that would be admitting to a design defect. Oh well.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Easy setup, no problems
Review: Great card! I'm using it with the Linksys wireless G router and have had no problems. Setup was a breeze: didn't even use the included install disk. Windows XP did it all for me. Also picks up wirelss B networks without a problem. I highly recommend it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent PCMCIA Card Wireless Adapter
Review: This is the best PCMCIA card Wireless Adapter you'll find. As you know, Linksys makes the best Networking products around, and the WPC54G is no exception. This Wireless-G Adapter is very fast, especially when combined with the Linksys Wireless-G Router, the WRT54G. Also, because Wireless-G is backward compatible with Wireless-B, which is what is used for Internet "Hot Spots" you can access the Internet at Wireless Hot Spots around the world. These can be in anywhere from a coffee shop to an airport. Wireless-B and -G are also called 802.11B and 802.11G respectively. If you are deciding between -B and -G, I would recommend -G. It is about 5 times faster than Wireless-B. Wireless-B runs at 11 Megabits, while Wireless-G runs at 54 Megabits. This is especially great when you are doing file sharing over your network, and as I said before, -G is backward compatible with -B.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Works great right out of the box!
Review: This card is great! It worked right out of the box with no problems. All you need is about 2 minutes of easy step-by-step configuration with Windows XP Home and you're all set to go. The CD-ROM sets everything up for you, if you're not too sure about setting it up yourself.

I give it a 5 out of 5 stars. It works perfectly all the time no matter where I go in the house with my laptop.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great
Review: Sometimes when windows xp is booting and the card is inserted, windows freezes. So i have to take the card out and restart the machine.

the signal reception range is not so great, i dont know if its beacuse of the WRT54G Wireless-G Access Point + Cable/DSL Router or this card, but 4 walls away from my room in my house, i start to lose the signal.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Works great!
Review: I have purchased three of these and they work great! I've been able to walk down the street 300 feet and stay connected at 1 Mbps. I've connected at multiple Starbucks and airport lounges. Seemlessly switches between B and G.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Bad experience!
Review: I've had to put forth herculean efforts to get any resutls out of this card. Aside from the fact that it initally locked up my HP laptop (until the beta drivers arrived), I still can't get it to reliably connect to the WAP.

What is most frustrating is that the adapter often "sees" the network, but won't connect. When it *does* connect, I only get a range of about 10 feet before the signal drops off.

Overall, this has been a nightmare. Avoid!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Died!
Review: I bought the whole package, router, wireless NIC card for a PC and a wireless PCMCIA card for my notebook. Installation is pretty easy on all and the 1st 2 are still up. However. the WPC54G died and I'm playing hell trying to get it replaced.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Flawless and quick setup, great performance
Review: I'd been using a LinkSys 802.11b adapter for a while, and when I converted my house to 54-megabit, I purchased this adapter. Truly excellent and flawless setup (though you MUST resist the urge to shove the card in your laptop and let XP or 2000 set it up -- run the setup CD FIRST, then insert the card AFTER the drivers are installed! I can go to my girlfriend's house and pick up on their WAP with no snags and little reconfiguration. Throughput is good, reliability excellent, and the card can be had pretty cheap.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Easy, Easy, Easy
Review: I really expected the installation and setup for this adapter to be much harder... I blocked out an entire Saturday to setup my Linksys wireless router and my laptop with this card. So there I was after 15 minutes, DONE. Completely. Up and running...

I have a small house -- but I have been able to go all over it with no problems. I have spent sometime out in the yard, but I have not needed nor tried to test the boundaries.

I will say that I am sold on the ease of use of the Linksys products. This has been the best new technology I have used in a long time.


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