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Summary: Plug and Play ! - Really !!!
Review: If you want to be up and running in no time, buy this adapter. It takes more time to ghet the product out of the box than what it takes to configure it and get it functional.I bought it in a local store because they did not have Linksys products available - I was anxious to get my home network active but at the same time, skeptical to a brand other than Linksys. After checking the return policy I bought the products (this one plus the Cable/DSL Wireless Router MR814) and I'm glad that I did!. Just FYI, I have an iMAC and a PC Dell, both sharing a cable modem conexion.
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Summary: Not compatible with Windows XP
Review: This adapter works well in Windows ME, but its "network utility" software will not install and run properly in Windows XP. Do not buy this adapter if you plan on using XP.
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Summary: Destroyed my computer!
Review: I've managed to keep my Windows 98 system stable for over five years now, mostly through a rigorous and sometimes annoying process of keeping my system files safe, my registry clean, and the startup files to a minimum. I thought I might even set a world record for "longest use of a Microsoft product without a major system crash." Unfortunately, this diminuitive little terror was too much for my poor system and it finally gave up the ghost. I bought the Netgear MR814 router and two of these MA101 adapters; one for my Win98 system and another for my WinXP system. I will say the router installed without a hitch. These things on the other hand are junk, to put it mildly, and the tech support staff were about as helpful as a blindfold. First off, the Win98 system just could not recognize the device upon startup. It would show up in the device manager but as disabled. The only way to get it working was to remove the device, reinstall it, and reconnect to the network every time I started the computer. Even this process was slow and annoying, taking well over two minutes while the system hangs and tries to figure out what this foreign object is. Based on the other reviews here, you will note that I'm not the only reviewer that has had this problem. Tech support? Well, this can take anywhere from five to forty-five minutes and, assuming you're not hung up on, you might as well start dialing the instant you have problems. Reason? Even though I told the techs repeatedly that I've done all the "basic" troubleshooting like removing and reinstalling drivers, removing, unplugging, and reinstalling the device, etc... they make you go through the entire process anyway. After three separate calls, totalling an hour and a half of hold time and another hour and a half of reinstalling things, the best the tech could say was "reinstall Windows." This is techspeak for "I have no clue." Against my better judgement, I did it anyway except Windows messed up the reinstall. One computer dead, one to go. I'm "happy" to report the WinXP computer did install the device but there was just one slight problem. It could recognize the network and even saw the router's SSID, but it would not connect to it. Here we go again. After two different phone calls, and a lot of inane disconnecting and reconnecting, the best the techs could tell me was it was due to interference. Strange, considering my other computer could recognize the network fine before meeting its untimely death and it's the same distance from the router. Again, techspeak for "I have no clue." Ironically, I did manage to get it to work after I hung up on the tech. Don't ask me how because I really don't know. So now, after the added expense of a Windows XP "upgrade" and the loss of an entire weekend, I have my network set up. One final problem. If I try any WEP encryption keys, I will lose the connections on both computers. I was able to get the router to allow access to these two computers only. Assuming this actually works, that should be secure enough, but I'm still not too keen about all my data passing back and forth unencrypted. Hopefully this review will convince you to look elsewhere.
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Summary: Did not get it to work...
Review: Bought this device to ad-hoc connect my desktop PC to my new Centrino laptop.
I read the installation manual carefully, ran setup first before plugging the device - lo and behold! The configuration utility was nowhere to be seen. Thought it was a glitch and ran the setup in the "utility"-directory on the CD. It only gave me the option to "modify" (resulting in a blank list!), repair or uninstall. Well, repair still did nothing.
Then I look in my programs-folder and found this utility. Wlandfu.exe told me matrix-like that "There is no WLAN-adapter."
WlanMonitor.exe just told me the status and the about. And gave me the red light.
Well, the succeeding driver revisions 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2RC2 (beta!) did nothing to change the situation. I'll return this beautiful little piece tomorrow and get something that works...
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Summary: Exceeds expectations
Review: Purchased two after reading the recommendation from ralphhh and others. Connection and configuration was a breeze. Connected one to Win XP Pro box and the other to Win ME box. Both up and running in just a few minutes. Don't forget to follow the instructions on ME and install the software first. Signal strength on both was excellent. Can't wait to configure a laptop and roam the yard.
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Summary: Mostly great
Review: This works great with my Netgear router/wireless base station, but won't work with my university's wireless areas. I've used the university wireless service with my girlfriend's Linksys adapter, but not even the computing center's gurus could make this play nice with the authentication system. Too bad, I just use it at home on the couch.
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Summary: Easy to Install. Works perfect
Review: I recently installed a Netgear MA814 router and two remote MA101 wireless adapters without a single issue. Being a networking novice, I was hesitant, but I just installed on Windows XP operating systems/Cable ISP and followed the directions and had no issues. Up and running in 20 minutes with a strong signal from basement family room to 2nd floor office. Haven't lost the signal since. Totally pleased...
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Summary: unstable after reboot
Review: I have the same problem list the other user. The MA101 always stop working after I restarted the computer. I have to reinstall the driver and reboot several times before it works again. The problem occurs almost every time I shutdown the PC. I installed the new driver from their website but still didn't help either. It's very frustrating. I rather go back to my wire network. I can't recommend this product.
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Summary: Very easy networking!
Review: I'm good with PCs, building them, fixing them, blah blah but I have NO clue when it comes to networking. This is virtually plug and play with windows XP. I had no problems setting this network up, am getting a signal strength of "very good" from about 20' away from the router in another room. I am however experiencing lag every 60-120 seconds when gaming, something I didn't experience prior to installing this. At this point I'm not sure if it's normal or something wrong with this device. But other than that (gaming isn't everything), it's fine.
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Summary: Not very reliable.
Review: Not very good card. I got this,instead of the MA401, so that I can use it for both laptop and desktop. I have to say it is disappointing and, at times, frustrating to use. It frequently disappear from the desktop and the system reports that it has problem loading the driver. I have to uninstall and reinstall the driver and go through multiple reboots.. Even that sometime fails to help. I sometime spend an hour or so playing with the device and still cannot get the device to show up. Admittedly, when it shows up and stays on, it works just fine. I sometime suspect the its diappearance has much to do with the moving nature of a laptop computer. But this also happened to my desktop computer, although not as frequently... I strongly recommend against it if you intend to use this on a laptop.
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