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Summary: Works as described: No problems!
Review: Reason for purchase:
I bought the WG121 as I required a wireless USB card, preferably 802.11g with better range than the 802.11b pcmcia card I had previously. I chose netgear as it is the same brand as my router.
Installation:
The install CD installed onto WinXP-pro flawlessly and easily following the web-based installation instructions. This adapter DOES NOT work on win98 first edition - a fact verified by support. Attempts to do will result in a BSOD.
Features: Worked with WEP and 802.11g via a USB2 port. Speed is limited to <14mps if using USB 1.0. Back-compatible with 802.11b. Comes with own wireless-detection and configuration software.
Range:
Unless you are within a few metres of your AP, do not expect full transmission speed. However, an acceptable and reliable signal between 18-24mps was achieved at a range of 20 metres through 4 walls. For ADSL purposes, this should provide mroe than satisfactory range and speed throughout the average house.
Support:
Netgear have 24/7 support via their phone-line for the first 90 days purchase. 1 year warantee.
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Summary: Netgear WG121 Wireless 802.11g USB Adapter
Review: Setup was fine. But after a few days, the computer would freeze up. It took awhile to determine the cause. I finally found that it was the wg121 causing the issue. It's a random occurance, basically it could happen in a few minutes or several hours. Tech Support is a shame. Still trying to get it to work, but from the www.broadbandreports.com forum, it doesn't look good. This seems to happen if you have an AMD motherboard.
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Summary: Computer freezes
Review: Setup was fine. But after a few days, the computer would freeze up. It took awhile to determine the cause. I finally found that it was the wg121 causing the issue. It's a random occurance, basically it could happen in a few minutes or several hours. Tech Support is a shame. Still trying to get it to work, but from the www.broadbandreports.com forum, it doesn't look good. This seems to happen if you have an AMD motherboard.
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Summary: Simple but Expensive
Review: The Netgear WG121 is a wonderful adapter. Looks great, silver casing. Powerful antenna, goes through brick walls. Great software, no hunting through XP's set up, Netgear's configure for dummies interface. Works great with the new Super G router. Four stars because it's not as small as the Linksys or as cheap.
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Summary: Netgear Equals Superb Service
Review: This holiday season I was a good santa and purchased numerous wireless networking products for my various family members. Sure it was partially a selfish act as I wanted to be able to easily connect when I went to visit, but for the most part it was just an act of giving. I purchased mainly G products and they varied from routers to USB adapters to PC Card adapters. I did also purchase a couple of B products for those in the family that already had some wireless networking products (yes, I know they are backwards compatible but I didn't want to take any chances).
Only two members of the family had installation problems (considering my family is very non-technical I was quite impressed) and those two people both had yet to upgrade to Windows XP SP2. The rest of the family members were up and running within minutes.
As for the couple of family members that did have problems, well they called me first (of course) and I told them to just run back through the installation procedure again. This solved the problem for Uncle Dennis but Grandma Joyce still couldn't get it to work properly. I reluctantly told her to call Netgear's technical support (hey the reviews on Amazon haven't been too pretty for their tech support). I however was quite pleased when an hour later I got an email from Grandma Joyce thanking me for the great gift. I called her back and she told me that after fiddling with the settings with the Netgear people she was up and running within 30 minutes.
Overall, I consider this the ultimate test of product quality and support and I would give Netgear two thumbs up.
I hope this review was helpful to you in putting your mind at ease regarding ease of setup and trust of technical support if needed.
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Summary: Product stopped working after 3 days of use.
Review: This product was a simple install software and plug into the USB port. However after three days of use it started acting very sparatic. It was not only not getting connected but the indicator saying it was plugged into the USB port won't even light up now. This unit died in less then a week. We have tried it on 3 different PC's. It's not even heavy enough for a good paper weight now.
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Summary: easy
Review: This was the simplest connection to my dsl wireless system. It took less than 5 minutes to connect. I am using a d-link wirelss router, works very well.
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Summary: Netgear WG121 Wireless 802.11g USB Adapter
Review: This works great with newer computers utilizing windows xp. Have been using 3 in my home with a netgear wgt624 v2 wireless modem for months with trouble free daily usage. Set up was a breeze.
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Summary: O.K. with Windows - Crap with Linux
Review: When I installed it on my computer, things werent so easy. I had to boot my XP into safe mode a few times just to get it to work. Then by some miracle, things start to work flawlessly. When I moved it to another machine, the software refused to remember the WEP key.Next comes Linux...
I had an old Linksys WDT11-WPC11 (PCI-to-PCIMCIA Card [802.11B]) that would work, but barely got the signal. I bought the Netgear WG121 because it was external, it was cheap (rebates and how it was .G, so it was a good buy), and it was good if and when I upgrade to 802.11G. So now I install Linux, and the card does not work, following the linux-wlan-ng guide. Suggestions:
-If you need 802.11 and want USB2.0, go ahead!
-If you are a power user (e.g. you want to build an antenna and use linux), this product does not allow for a seperate antenna (unless you maybe disassemble) and it does not work with Linux... yet.
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