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Summary: Slap 'n Go - Or was that Plug and Play?
Review: I had my laptop (Win2k) hooked up to my cable router that the cable company installed, and was surfing quite painlessly. Except that my only cable outlet was in a small nook behind my TV in the living room, and the six foot network cord left by the technician was a far stretch from reaching to my home office up a flight of stairs, on the second floor of my house. That's when I knew - I had to go wireless.At first I was reluctant - I'd never set up a network before. Even though my cable company partnered with LinkSys, there was all sorts of caveats, and warnings, and I just wasn't sure it would work - not to mention if I could even figure out where to plug what in. But I knew I had to have something, so I placed the order. When my card came in, I slapped it in my laptop, powered up, and I was surfing without having to configure a single thing (I installed the LinkSys Network Access Point prior to use). To test out the range, I took the laptop upstairs, into a bedroom, and closed the door. I connected to Atom Films.com and was watching a high-resolution streaming video without a single hiccup for over 20 minutes. Then another video, and another. Man this wireless thing ROCKS! Bottom line is that if you have a LinkSys connection point, you'll be hard pressed to beat both the value and quality of this card.
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Summary: Linksys WPC11 Wireless Network PC Card
Review: The good: Excellent piece of hardware. Fast and reliable connectivity. I've been using it with my clients for months with no complaints whatsover until... The bad: This card has some issues with Windows ME. In most cases it can be installed without glitches. In some cases, however, it fails to bind to the TCP/IP stack. Linksys is already familiar with this issue and has a new driver for it. The problem is: Try to request it. I was in Truckee, CA, far away from PC civilization as we know it working for a client. Linksys promised to e-mail me the driver within hours. After 2 days of waiting and many, many calls to an unresponsive and sometimes arrogant tech support department, I had to drive 1 hour and go to Reno, NV to get a different card. It was after 8 days and a threat to report the issue to PC Magazine that I received the driver within 2 hours. Summary: The wireless card as well as many other Linksys products like routers, switches, print servers, etc. are GREAT. But pray that you won't have to call Linksys for assistance.
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Summary: Works well with an Airport
Review: If you are going to use this with an Airport make sure you are using the same SSID in the "Configuration" tab of the Configuration Utility. once the network names match youshould be able to just hit "rescan" and have it work. I have an Airport providing DHCP and NAT, and I get good range.
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Summary: Decent performance, easy setup.
Review: I bought this card with the Linksys WAP, and hooked into my Linksys 4-port Cable/DSL router. Setup was quick and easy, with not much effort under Windows 98. (I am probably more technically savvy than the average end user, though.) All in all, I got the network set up in under five minutes, WAP and card configuration combined. The drawback (and the reason why the fifth star wasn't earned) was due to the dropoff in transfer rate. I can go through a couple walls through my apartment, but it definitely falls off quite rapidly. Anyone have experience getting this card to work under Linux?
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Summary: Linksys Wireless Is Not a Good Choice
Review: I purchased a WPC11 Wireless card and a WAP11 Access point, both by Linksys. The Access point is easy to use, and traditionally I really like Linksys products - BUT - Neither of these products works well with WinME. There is a problem with the Linksys installer that causes rundll32 crashes during installation. You must contact Linksys support and they must email the corrected drivers to you. Unfortunately, If you already have a failed installation, it can be very difficult to get the install to work. This applies to BOTH the Wireless Cards and the Access Point. When installing, you MUST give the full path to the drivers for Win9x and if asked for a ncdprn****.sys, skip that file. NONE of this is documented on the Linksys support site NOR knowledge base. Once running, the Access point works well and is easy to use. However, I strongly recommend the Lucent Orinoco Wireless cards as they have MUCH better range. Also, look at the DLINK Wireless gear - I have not tried it, but they have good reviews.
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Summary: Great for Home Use
Review: I bought this card for my wife's laptop so that she can roam around the house and stay connected to the Internet. I had no problems installing this card on her laptop, a Dell Inspiron 5000 running Windows 98SE. I also installed it on my laptop without problems; I own a five-year old Texas Instruments Extensa 900CDT running Windows 95 (OSR2).
The performance of this card is great. Even though the Linksys utility reports poor link performance in the rooms furthest from the access point (one floor down and three rooms over), my wife always maintains Internet downloads speeds of 200-300 kilobytes per second. (We have a cable modem connection.)
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Summary: Good product, but not for the novice
Review: I got the Linksys pc-card adaptor and Access Point. Installation: The documentation is not up-to-date. Files on the CD are not where they say they are and the actual procedures you have to perform are not well ordered or explained. Be sure you install the (somewhat hidden) configuration software on the pc-card side. Otherwise things just won't work. Performance: Once you get it working, it works pretty good. I don't think the range is as good as advertized but it does work throughout my house and I get full bit-rate in the next room (though, not upstairs at a distance of about 40 feet from transmitter.). Beware that the PCI card is just an adaptor and will not work without the PCcard plugged in.
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Summary: Works fine I'm sure, but watch out if you're using Windows M
Review: I bought this card along with the neat Linksys Router/WAP and went to install it on my Win ME equipped notebook. After many frustrating attempts to get it to work, I had to call tech support where the various reps I talked to were generally rude. The first one I spoke with actually hung up on me! Nonetheless, turns out the card has issues under Windows ME (even though the manual clearly has Windows ME installation instructions?) so I wouldn't recommend it unless you are using another operating system. I purchased a D-Link DWL-650 and it works like a charm under ME.
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Summary: Best bang for the buck...much improved
Review: I bought this card with anticipation and hesitancy as most of my research showed this card to have mixed reviews. I have been very happy with Linksys' product over the past year especially with the Linksys BEFSR41 4-Port Etherfast Cable/DSL Router. With 2 PCs and 2 Laptops, I figured it was time for me to upgrade it to another Linksys, Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless Access Point & Cable/DSL Router w/4 Port Switch. When it came to the Wireless PC Card, WPC11 was my first choice due to my past experience with Linksys, best bang for the buck and simply the idea of using same company's products in the network. I was, however, worried a little with reviews stating issues with performance and installation of drivers. I got it over the weekend and it took me about 15 to 20 minutes to install it and get it running on my Win2000 Pro laptop. The CD and installation manual contained worked as it should. The instruction included Win 2000 information that some reviewers stated were missing (it's probably due to the time difference). The drivers loaded on my first try. BTW, I definitely recommend using the configuration utility. It's simple to install and works great...makes life a little simpler. As for performance/range, I am getting DSL access all over my property of 1/2 acre lot. Now if I can just get Pacific Bell to open a new Central Office closer to my house...I dream. So far I have not had a reason to call the tech support, so I can't provide any feedback on this subject. On a side note, I will be getting a Cisco Aironet PC Card (AIR-PCM342) from work in few weeks. I will test out the performance between them at that time. In summary, I have been very satisfied with all the Linksys products so far.
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Summary: Works well for me
Review: I am not sure why the reviews for this item have been so universally poor. I bought this unit to replace a defective D-link card. I liked it so well I kept it and bought another. Granted I am probably a little more experienced then a normal user but I found it installed easy enough. The biggest negative I found was its lack of monitoring software and inadequate documentation. Performance wise I think the unit actually outperforms the D-Link card. I am using a SMC wireless router and had not trouble hooking the card up. I use the D-Link monitoring software with this card and it seems to work fine. I feel that I can recommend this product with little reservation. The only thing any of us usually have to fear with Linksys is there notoriously poor customer support and documentation. If you can deal with these two things this might be an economical choice for a wireless LAN.
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