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Summary: Microsoft is on top of the pc game!
Review: This wireless station is near perfect in all aspects:
-price
-set-up
-ease of use
-performance
-tech support
You won't regret buying this and other MS wiresless broadband products!
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Summary: GET THE NEW FIRMWARE !!
Review: Very simple: With the original firmware 1.00 this product is complete ... ! Base station will loose wireless connections, switch ports will play dead, autodetecting 10/100 cards will fail etc etc. BUT, with the new firmware 1.08 (download and microsoft.com) all these problems disappeared and it works VERY GOOD !! Better performance, stable connections and it still looks very nice. Thumbs UP ! It's a shame microsoft is still not selling these in europe...i took one with me from my last visit to the states.
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Summary: Really great, really surprised....
Review: I decided to go with the Microsoft setup after reading some of the other reviews, and I am so pleased! I had the whole thing set up in abouot half an hour and it works so well. Microsoft has made it very easy to set up a network. I'm Microsoft certified, but not everyone is...my parents could probably set this equipment up and get it working easily. The price is also pretty great...I didn't expect to be able to set up a wireless network so cheap, but I did. Microsoft has done well with their first venture into broadband hardware...the only warning I would make is immediately download the firmware update for the base station. I would definitely recommend this setup!!!!
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Summary: Have no fear!
Review: After days (weeks) of online review of most popular/available wireless products, I finally settled on linksys line-up. However, the sheer variety of Linksys products is easy to confuse their own marketing department. (Warning: most stores still cary old and new versions of the same produts side by side - i.e. PrintServer EPSX3 versions 1 and 2 and many more). After much confusion, I purchased Linksys dual band (2.4GHz .11b and 5 GHz .11a plust the USB network adapter and the wireless PC card adapter). Then realized that .11a/5GHz spec has a very limited range. Since 11Mbps rate of .11b (2.4GHz) is still much faster than the fastest available internet connection, didn't need the headache of .11a (5Ghz) "dual band" option, and linksys boxes still unopened, found out about the MS wireless products. I liked what I read about it from other reviewers and bought MN-500, MN-510 and MN-520.
Over the X-mas break, I settled in to install my new MS network (with a brand new XP Pro installation on the computer). Things went pretty well until the setup finished and I discovered that I had . . . no internet connection. Tried many things (every time restoring a virgin XP install from a DriveImage backup). Nothing worked and I was just about to give-up after several hours when I decided to give the "tech-support" a chance (something I hate doing). This is what happened:
1. The first tech-sup guy listened to my venting patiently for about a minute and a half without interrupting, and very politely informed me that he was a customer rep and proceeded to ask a few questions to start a "case". The guy sounded like he had a psychology degree - very nice.
2. I was trabnsferred to "Bill" who again patiently listened and took m ethrough the steps (no frustration). Againg everything was as it should be but no internet connection.
3. Finally, he suggested removing the power from the *cable modem*. After that, everything was up and running beatifully. The problem all along was the cable modem not releasing the IP info to the new base station (the reset took care of that).
4. "Bill" suggested to stay online while I connected the USB adapter on the other computer. Without exagerration, this took about 3 or 4 minutes to get online.
5. My connection on the second floor was 4 bars out of 5 with "Very Good" rating (I stashed the base station into a cabinet to test it). When I took it out, I get 5/5 bars and "Excellent" rating on the utility. It reports 11Mbps ( I don't know what the real throughput is), but I am not worried, This connection is faster that my T1 at work.
It'works as billed and it's great. Linksys is going back. After seeing the setup of Linksys PrintServer I have, I realized what other HW manufacturers miss. The SW that makes the product . . .
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Summary: Microsoft Enters Wirless Arena in Style
Review: Having been a previous owner of a Linksys ethernet DSL/Cable router, I had high standards. The linksys was flawless to setup.. very easy.. and worked with my PPoE account information at SBCYahoo.But rather then go with the Linksys wireless, I had some gift cards and decided that change is fun when it comes to computer stuff. I was correct. This MS product is sweet. It worked easily. I've had great reception. The base unit is downstairs and the USB adapter is upstairs. Excellent to Very Good signal strength.
Laptop PCcard works just as well. I think the floppy based configuration information and the broadband networking CD for setting up additonal computers really makes this very easy for the average user. I'd have to say that this wireless product is much easier then the competition. So far, this is a 5-star product.
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Summary: Did not work after 4 hours playing with it
Review: I'm not sure why others seemed to have a much easier time getting this installed and working. Microsoft is the devil.
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Summary: It really works...
Review: I had doubts, but I installed the cable modem to the base station to an XP machine plus a laptop running XP and it really only took about 10 minutes per machine. XP really makes the install easy. I loaded it to a third machine running Win 98 and here's where I had problems...the software install had glitches and it just wouldn't load certain info until I called tech support. We downloaded a new update to the base station, and did an un-install/re-install of the software to the Win 98 machine and it worked. I can see files and printers and I am really glad with the results and the convenience. I now have computers connected to the Internet, where I want them, not where the phone jack is. I'm writing this review from a laptop using the wireless connection in the kitchen...
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Summary: EXCELLENT- better than SMC range
Review: I used to own an SMC AccessPoint (AP). I bought the Microsoft AP as a second AP to extend the range of my SMC by daisy chaining it with my SMC. This was going to require a lot of drilling and wiring to my house. But before doing this I decided to check out the range of the Microsoft AP. I installed the Microsoft AP and switched off my old SMC AP. It works about the same. But then I installed the firmware upgrade for the Microsoft AP. Wow what a difference. It now has sufficient range to cover my whole house, saving me the trouble of all the wiring work.
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Summary: Wireless for Mere Mortals
Review: I'm not a networking guy. I'm not capable of drawing you a network diagram of my "home LAN" and don't really care to be honest. A DMZ to me is a military term. I wanted 2 things only: I wanted a wireless LAN at home and I wanted some reasonable security in front of my PC. I'm not too concerned about hackers sitting outside my house with wireless NICs trying to establish a connection...my PC would be the last thing I would reach for if I encountered that situation. Now, I have no real point of comparison (Linksys, Netgear, etc.), but I believe Microsoft hardware products are typically a higher quality than other brands (I'm a little biased since I used to work there). The ONLY problem I ran into setting up was my SBC DSL software had a firewall application that conflicted with the router. Once the software was disabled, I connected without a problem. I also bought the Microsoft wireless NIC for my laptop and so I can surf from anywhere in my house (1 level ~1,650 sqft.). The occasion that I had to call tech support at MS was a breeze. They are AWESOME! They had me up and running in no time (I called SBC half-a-dozen times and after 4 hours they were still clueless). A co-worker of mine just recently bought a Netgear setup and he had the same software/hardware conflict, so it's something to be aware of. All in all:
This router performs beautifully and is all I could ask for.
The menu is easy and intuitive.
Tech Support is GREAT!
Price is competitive.
What else is there? I highly recommend.
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Summary: A snap!
Review: I live in a townhome with 3.5 bedrooms (approx. 1700 sq feet). I bought the Microsoft home base unit with 4 Microsoft Wireless USB Adapters. We hooked up all 4 units with ease. The wizards worked flawlessly. I have the base unit downstairs, and 4 machines upstairs, and all of them are receiving signals just fine... a "Very Good" rating instead of Excellent when upstairs though. It's good enough to watch a movie wirelessly. I took my laptop outside to see how far I could go... went to the curb, which is about 15-20 feet in front of the house. It's good enough for me. Also, I have a computer hooked up to it by ethernet cables, a laptop with integrated wireless, and 2 Xboxes hooked up. All 8 machines are working fine. Caveat... all machines are running Windows XP.
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