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Summary: works great!
Review: paired with netgear mr814 wireless router. works smoothly in a crowded apartment building.
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Summary: Great product at a reasonable price!
Review: The Netgear folks have done it well -- a sturdy and aesthetic 802.11b product offering that most of us can finally afford. I didn't even have to use their CD-ROM, instead downloaded the latest driver from netgear.com, plugged in the MA401 (for XP, don't forget to disable your built-in Ethernet card interface), and its MAC was automatically detected by the MR814 wireless router (default configuration has no security or encryption enabled, which I strongly advise to do after successful wireless hookup test "in the open"). Total time to install, get connected and secure the wireless connection: 15 minutes. Then tried it around our two-floor townhome, backyard, etc., and getting very good to good signal strength in the farthest corners. When my DSL only gives me 1.1 Mbps downstream, this signal strength is more than enough for surfing. File copy speed between my laptop and my Linux server was also very decent. Strongly recommended!
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Summary: Stuff that Works with Ease!!
Review: Used the MA401 Wirless card to connect between my MR814 access point and router to my Dell Inspiron. Took less time than cutting the UPC lable off the bottom of the box to claim my [money] rebate from Netgear. Purchased through Amazon.com and shipped free with arrival 4 days. Price, source, and ease of software and card installation are important to me. This has all that and my highest recommendations!
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I bought this for my husband to use so he could work at home. The signal has trouble reaching is work space from the router. If the product is touted as a "home" product I would think they would take into consideration some obsticles for a wireless card. Why go wireless if you have to be so close to the router?
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Summary: Works great with NetGear's MR814 wireless router, But...
Review: Works great with Netgear's MR814 wireless router but my new Compaq 2500 54g enabled laptop does not work with the router. The 54g standard SHOULD work with the MR814 as it is a 802.11b system, but it does not. The card works fine, but do not fully expect Compaq's 2500 54g enabled laptop to work with the MR814 router.
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Summary: Excellent wireless card
Review: After attempting and failing with a Linksys wireless PC-Card, which turned out to be defective, I slipped this baby right in, followed the on-screen instructions and was good to go. It's reception never lets me down. I successfully connect to a Linksys wireless router and a Netgear router on a daily basis without any problems. In fact, I have to do little to no configuring.I run Windows XP Professional Edition on my laptop and it works great with this wireless card.
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Summary: Works well, but not too laptop friendly
Review: Installation was quick & troublefree. I get a little less than 100' range indoors (through a couple of walls & a floor). Biggest problem is lack of support for various laptop power-down modes (e.g., standby) and hot-unpluggability. With this in, my laptop won't standby unless I turn wireless off AND close a bunch of apps. If I need to remove the card (the computer doesn't fit its case well with this sticking out the side) I need to shut the OS all the way down. Odd, for a device obviously intended for laptop use! I figured I just needed to update the driver, but after failing to get it to upgrade & asking the mfg multiple times for help, the eventual response was not to bother, the new driver wouldn't help: standby etc. is not supported.
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Summary: Great Wireless PC Card
Review: Slipped the card in the PCMCIA slot in my laptop. Followed the directions. It pretty much self installed and works as advertised. I recommend it!
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Summary: Range Claims exagerated
Review: I got everything to work right out of the box pretty quickly and easily. Have three computers running through it, one using a standard rj45 cable, which works quite well. The other is using the MA311 PCI wireless card, and a Dell laptop using MA401. At a distance of 80 to 90 feet through the house the MA311 gets a 30% signal at best, and the MA401 gets 0% and will not connect to router. Tech support stepped me though a few things. But ended up telling me it's too far away from the base station, and that it was not really designed to function in a 2-Story Environment. I have limited experience with this type of networking but it seems that with a claim of 500 feet max range, an 80 foot distance should be working much better.
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Summary: Works Well with XP Home, Range Sufficient
Review: It has been a couple of weeks since I installed this on my Dell laptop with XP home. It installed in minutes. I am using the MR814v2 router which I also purchased through Amazon. It works fine with XP hibernate which I use frequently.
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