Rating: 
Summary: Really fast
Review: I bought this card along with the linksys wireless-G router/4-port switch and now I am able to go anywhere in my house and be linked to my home network and the internet. Its 54MBPS speed doesnt let my broadband connection go to waste. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Hi Please Help
Review: Hi Everyone! I am recently interested in purchasing
a laptop. A Sony Vaio may be what I eventually
go for. However, there are things I need to consider
before purchase. One of the things, which seems to
bothers me the most, is that I wonder how I can
go online wirelessly using DSL connection.
I have been reading a lot about products offered
by LinkSys, and I do realise this product accepts
dual connections (b and g). At home I have use Earthlink
DSL, and if I have a Wireless-G router at home and a wireless
-g Notebook Adapter, how far can I stay connected? What is
the range? Also, any of the users here have any suggestion
about using DSL connection with a notebook? Any product
out there enables us to stay connected anywhere? Please give me some suggestion. thanks. P.S. uh, one more thing: what should I look for particularly when I buy a notebook, in terms of wireless card? Thanks, any common would help.
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Summary: Excellent range. New security features. Easy set up
Review: I bought this along with the Linksys WRT54G wireless router. I have a Sony Vaio laptop with Windows XP. The setup was easy using the included instructions and Windows Zero Wireless Configuration. New drivers (ver3.20.21.0) are available from Linksys. The range is excellent in my house, at about 100feet through 1 wall the signal strength is good at 48Kbps. Using it outside I can connect at 11Kbps at about 200 ft from the house. The provided instructions are horrible for configuring security other than WEP 128 for WIndows XP. Linksys supports the newer more secure WPA protocol and I highly recommend using it since WEP 128 is almost useless to prevent specific attacks against your network. You should use WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key) with TKIP encryption on the router and on the properties of the wireless card. Though Linksys has supported WPA since May you won't find anything about how to configure it on the card and router in their knowledge base. The Key can be any letter, number and a few symbols from 8-63 characters long. You can also set the Group Key renewal 0-99,999 sec. I set it to 0. Under the IEEE 802.1x authentication set the EAP type to PEAP and uncheck boxes for "Authenticate as computer when information is available" and "Authenticate as guest..." unless you use these features. Also, change the SSID and don't broadcast it and use MAC filtering to lockdown your network.
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Summary: plug and play networking
Review: I have this card installed on two laptops. Basically, we turn on the machine and we have access to local LAN and high speed access to the Internet via a cable modem. There is nothing to making this card work besides installing the driver and starting to work. The best speed achieved so far is 54 MbS whilein the same room with the router, 48 MbS when located on a different level and two rooms down. Speed drops off when distance increase to over 100 feet and there are ubstructing walls, including an exteriior stucco wall that has signal eating chicken wire. However, multiple machines are hanging and banging on this technology without incident. The best thing: NO MORE CABLES!
Rating:
Summary: Great range. Easy Set up. Small problem with signal loss
Review: I'm using this card with the associated Linksys WRT54G wireless router and a Sony Vaio PCG-GR250 laptop running WinXP SP1. The range is good/low at 35Mbps at 120ft with 2 walls. The installation took 3 minutes using Windows Zero Wireless configuration. The instructions seem to be updated by Linksys judging from previous posts on this card though it still needs work. Pass phrase is not supported by XP and if you manually input the 26 hexidecimal WEP 128 key what is not stated is that the key can have letters from A-F, numbers 0-9 and some symbols. A new driver is available from Linksys than the one that was shipped with mine and install is painless. I did have a small problem with the signal cutting out every 3 minutes. This problem is because of IEE 802.1x authentication being enabled by XP and not the fault of the card. Every time I changed the SSID XP defaulted to enabling the 802.1x authentication. To change the authentication: Control Panel>Network Connections>rt click Wireless Network Connection select Properties. In the new window, tab to Wireless Network. Under the Preferred networks pane select your wireless network and hit the Properties radio button. In this new window, tab to Authentication. The "Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network" box should be unchecked. IEE 802.1x authentication is for port controlled server authentication and is not needed in most home networks. For security, under your network Properties window you should have WEP 128 enabled and the Network Authentication should be "Open". Also, change your SSID to something obscure and do not broadcast it.
Rating: 
Summary: Not ready for public use
Review: I purchased the WPC54G and spent several hours trying to get it to work by: - downloading drivers
- speaking with tech support
- trolling online for other reports
- installing/rebooting/uninstalling/repeating I tried the card on my Thinkpad R32 and Thinkpad X20 both running windows 2000. The R32 uses the TI cardbus chipset, and the X20 uses the Ricoh. In both cases, the card drivers freeze the laptop completely, both the standard driver and the "beta" TI version. Linksys finally acknowledged that the card doesn't really work very well and I should return it to where I purchased it and get a different model. On 2 out of 3 calls to tech support I was promised that a newer, better driver would be mailed to me, but never was. I've been working with computers for over 20 years, I've owned several dozen in my time, and I know what I'm talking about when I say this product is not ready for commercial release. Unbelievably shoddy, and unacceptable. Linksys should be punished in the marketplace. Don't waste your dollars on this...
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Summary: NEED LATEST DRIVER AND FIRMWARE
Review: I CONNECTED TO PC CARD INTO MY LAPTOP COMPAQ PRESARIO, IT DETECT HARDWARE AND INSTALL, BUT NOT WORKING. REBOOTED, TO SEE COMPUTER FREEZE. REMOVE THE CARD, FREEZING IS OVER. I CONTACT COMPAQ, LINKSYS, NO USE. TRY 2 DAYS, FINALLY REMOVE ALL DRIVERS AND DOWNLOAD LATEST DRIVER AND FIRMWARE FROM INTERNET, IT WORKED. THE CD SUPPLIED WITH ROUTER WRT54G, AND PC CARD WPC54G IS NOT GOOD. IF YOU EXPERIENCE SIMILAR PROBLEM DOWNLOAD FROM LINKSYS SITE.
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Summary: No drivers for Linux!!! And no plan to provide...
Review: Broadcom (the chipset producer) has no intention of releasing the info for their adapter. They don't want to provide drivers for Linux. A good reason to buy a different product. But if it's too late for me, probably you are still in time... PS: even for different products, check the chipset on board
Rating:
Summary: Reliable and functional, with a few rough edges
Review: Gets the job done, about as well as it could be. My range is fantastic. The software could use a bit of improvement -- as long as it's working, it works great, but when something goes wrong, it's hard to fix. But for most users this will give them all they could ask for from wireless networking.
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Summary: DOESN'T WORK, ISN'T SUPPORTED
Review: Linksys can't tell me how to make this product work with a wireless LAN. I purchased the WPC54G Notebook adapter, the Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router and a Linksys WMP54G Wireless PCI Adapter. The cards can link with the router, but not send any data. Furthermore, the wireless link doesn't work unless WEP security is off. You have to broadcast your data in the clear! With an all-Linksys solution, you would think Linksys could make this work. Nope. Linksys tech support can't offer any solutions that you can't read off their website. If the website was helpful, that wouldn't be a problem. Don't even think about purchasing this product!
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