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Summary: It's the specification
Review: Some other reviews are complaining that if there are 802.11b and 802.11g cards in the area, the access point drops to 802.11b speeds only. This is NOT the fault of the router or access point. The 802.11g specification requires that behaviour. The Apple AirPort Extreme does the same thing according to the fine print on their web site.So...if you want g speeds you need to convert all of your equipment to g cards...or maybe have a b and a g access point.
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Summary: Buggy configuration interface, lousy support
Review: If I were you, I'd wait before buying this or else look to another 802.11g vendor. The problem I have is that if I reconfigure the device via the web interface (say, to change the password or SSID) then the WAP dies. Wireless seems to still work but I can no longer connect to it via the LAN port. Hard reset is the only fix. I suspect this is a simple firmware bug (v1.05), but it's a good reason not to buy the product. The other problem is that Linksys support is awful. The website doesn't even have support pages yet. Calls to the 1800 number indicate "heavy call volume" no matter what time of day or night. Their email support guy in the Phillipines ignored my detailed request for confirmation of this bug and just gave me the generic "reset your device" instructions. Not helpful.
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Summary: Buy the AirPort Extreme instead
Review: Connecting a single 802.11b client drops the entire network to 802.11b speed, according to CNet's review of the item (which another person here mentioned). That's disappointing, to say the least. Most people buying 802.11g probably have some 802.11b equipment already. So without the ability to support mixed networks well, this is just an overpriced 802.11b access point. In contrast, an AirPort Extreme base station will continue to give 802.11g cards faster connections than 802.11b ones, according to Apple's knowledgebase document 107372. This difference is more than enough to justify the AirPort Extreme base station's higher price.
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Summary: Backwards compability is a joke
Review: CNet reviewed it and found that, if you had any 802.11b clients, the access point forced everybody into 802.11b mode. I'm not touching this puppy until it can have b and g running simultaneously (just like having 10Mbps and 100Mbps devices hooked up to the same Ethernet switch). It ought to be possible, after all, even if it has to run them on separate radio channels.
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Summary: Interface is a bit flaky but so far so good...
Review: I just got this for my work, and have set up using the web-browser based setup interface. It's a bit flaky user interface, but gets the job done and is straight forward. Also, it seems to have lower sync rate than SMC 802.11b Barricade wireless access point I have used before with my Netgear MA401 card. It takes a while for the computer to recognize (like 20 seconds instead of instantaneous) that it is receiving a good signal after waking up from a standby. The signal strength is excellent, though I will be increasing that with their optional signal booster WSB24. Tech rep said that 802.11b signal booster also works fine with this 54G access point to increase the signal strength because both protocols use the 2.4GHz range, which is a definite plus if you need good coverage. I will be getting their 54mbps card within a couple of days, so this will be interesting, as I am using the Netgear MA401 card right now and experiencing this slight delay in re-synchronizing after a wake up from standby. I've had problems making Macintosh to access with the WEP enabled (both 64bit and 128bit), but may be likely that is a Mac problem. All in all, it is so far an excellent value, should be interesting to see what the signal booster and a 54G card should do in addition to this access point...
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Summary: I think you meant to say the 2nd to go 802.11g
Review: If I'm not mistaken, Apple was the first to put out a 802.11g wireless router in their Airport Extreme unit released this past MacWorld (Jan 7).
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Summary: It should have been increased to 5 GHz
Review: Although the new 802.11g 2.4GHz is backward compatible with 802.11b 2.4GHz it is NOT compatible with any 802.11a 5GHz network. Even though it is 5x faster at 2.4 GHz its range is still 100-150 feet.
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Summary: New Promising Technology
Review: Many different wireless technologies have emerged over the past years. The first one to be seriosuly adopted as "main stream" was undoubtely the 802.11b standard. It allowed many homes to jump on the bandwagon of good networks, but without having the mess of ethernet cable webs. Despite 802.11b popularity it was insufficient for some cases. While it was perfect for sharing an internet connection over multiple computers, it was missing good speeds needed for example to have one of your computers store all music/movie files and constantly listen to it while never copying over the file to your computer. The connection couldn't simply keep up with the needs. So there came 802.11a, same idea as the B version - but much faster and doing practically anything you would want in a home office or a private residence. Even on corporate locations it did a great job, just required more powerfull access points (the "broadcasters" of the signal). 802.11a is a great technology, but it has one significant weakness - it's fairly expensive. A counterpart of 802.11 standard is almost twice as expensive as the B version, and if you shop around. Here is where the new emerged 802.11G standard comes in. It allows speeds sufficient for majority of tasks (of course, transferring a backup of your entire harddrive isn't going to happen in a millisecond.. but that's to be expected even on a wire connected network). And the best part its only slightly more expensive then the B standard, while delivering a whole lot more. Speed is increased drastically, and the distance covered is also bigger. The product htis review is supposted to focus on, apologies for getting slightly carried away, is the 54g access point by Linksys. As you probably know if you've been looking around different reviews is that LInksys is undoubtly one of the best providers of wireless network technology. They provide good drivers, excellent hardware, and fair support all at competing pricing. So going back to slight general info about networking... a signal is broadcasted by the Access Point, which will be your primary device in a typical small network. This product does an amazing job at it. It's very failry priced and it packs all of the great new features of 802.11g. So, the soon you order, the faster you'll get it! :)
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Summary: nice and smooth
Review: The new Linksys 54g products work very well, as advertised. I am using the access point and pc card, very smooth transition, excellent signal quality. I also am using an SMC, and Orinoco 802.11b pc cards with this, it is great to be able to get all these devices together talking. One thing to watch out for is antenna atitude. The dual antenna system works best when straight up and down, I got over a mile range outside, very satisfying. You cant go wrong with these products, also very reasonable price for a new line.
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Summary: Simple to setup, fast, and with good coverage
Review: Received this today and was up and running in less than a half hour. I live in a three story brick row and the wired router and wireless access point are in the basement in the center of the house. My notebook worked well from throughout the house with the signal getting a bit weaker as I went to the back of the yard but I still had coverage. I would attribute the weakening to the placement of the access point as its around the corner from the backend of the house. I chose WEP encryption, configured it with no problems. I recommend it
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