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Summary: Poor reception and speed.
Review: I recently purchased this notebook adapter with the Linksys BEFW11S4 router. Setup was simple for both the router and he network adapter. However, the signal was poor. It would spike, and then drop to zero. Often times I couldn't connect with the router at all and when I did, download speeds on my broadband connection were worse than a dial up connection. I tried switching through the different channels to no avail. I have cordless phones, but they were not in the room or in operation when I was trying to setup my connection. Needless to say, if they interfered when not in use, I wouldn't want to keep this product anyway. I didn't bother to call tech support. Instead, I packed it up and sent it back. I replaced it with a Netgear Wireless G setup for about $20 more for both the router and adapter hoping to find a better solution. To make a long story short, the Netgear package was just as easy to setup and worlds better with signal strength and download speeds. In fact, I can't even tell I am on a wireless network.
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Summary: Avoid this Linksys product
Review: I have networked with WIRES and through ROUTERS for quite a while without a problem. Then I thought I would go WIRELESS with the relevant Linksys router and the WPC11 PCMIA wireless adaptor.Now I am sure there are many lucky people for whom installation panned out OK. But my own experience is that this product is too bad to have been released to the market, even in Version 4. Basically, installation and connectivity ...... If you want to spend a couple of days fiddling without success, this is THE product.
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Summary: Rocks dude....
Review: NO Problems installing on HP Notebook
signal is 100% best
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Summary: This card is terrible!!!
Review: I bought this card for my new dell inspiron 1100 laptop b/c we have a linksys router. This card is terrible. My laptop is 2 rooms away from the router. Signal barely got above "low." Worst though is that the signal was dropped every 30 seconds. Literally. I called linksys support and received little help. I wound up calling 2 times and both times the service tech told me that she was emailing "firmware" for my router and that was the problem. (Neither tech followed through and actually emailed the firmware.) This was after they changed numerous settings on both my router and pc card to no avail. ...
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Summary: BEWARE THE VERSION NUMBER
Review: Linksys uses the same number WPC11 for all of their cards, and then updates the version number. Their support only goes up to version 3, but they are selling version 4. The newer version contains an entirely different chipset, and is not compliant with linux.
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Summary: Great at first, not good for long term
Review: I've had this wireless access card for about 2 years... and I don't know whether its age or design, but now it fails every few hours and has to be disconnected and reinserted. The installation was clunky and troublesome, but once I got it up and running it worked well until recently.
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Summary: Great wireless card
Review: I needed this product for my laptop which I used inside my "very wired" university campus. This card is a definite winner, just plug-and-play with my Sony Vaio FXG210. The setup is simple and the driver interface is very user friendly. Plug this into your PCMCIA slot and wait for the OS to detect it. Then run the installation program from the CD. My only complaint was that the software sits in your system tray and can't recognize when the card is no longer in the slot. The card worked beautifully - it tries hard, even picking up a signal from a wireless access point across the hall. 4-stars
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Summary: online support [is bad]but PC card ok
Review: Linksys systems are not bad and fairly easy to set up. But if you have an "older" PC with e.g. WIN98 you better upgrade to WIN 2000 or else the card won't work. Online customer support took 2 weeks and ONLY 3 emails!, sending me around the world to different support centers, just for me, myself and I to come to the conclusion that they could not help me in the first place. Tech Support is lousy and they do not get back to you when they say they will. Being a nosy-body and a technician by trade I finally, after numerous trials and errors, ended up installing WIN2000 as a last resort. After that the card was plug and play (the wireless 4-port router just lit up and went to work...). Why didn't the T-Support advise that in the first place. I don't know... But all in all Linksys does have good products but has to work on their support. And for what I'm using this get-up it's more than I need for my home environment.
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Summary: Will Not Work with Window XP Home Edition
Review: Do not buy this card if you have Windows XP Home Edition. I would recommend Microsoft's wireless adapter card if you have Windows XP. It works great, it has never disconnected, and always has 'Excellent' strength.
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Summary: Terrible
Review: I bought this card and within 24 hours of receiving it, I was contacting J&R for a RMA number. Installation was fine with my Windows XP laptop, but using it was another story. Anywhere in the house, even two feet from my wireless router, there was no signal. This was odd considering I had 4-5 computers at seporate ends of the house successfully receiving full wireless-B internet access. So, I gave up and for the heck of it, slid a Netgear card in. Well, it worked great! I could be anywhere in the house and receive near-100% link-quality/signal. If you're in the market for a card like this, I would highly recommend going with it's Netgear counterpart.
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