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Summary: Decent range for the price
Review: I purchased this card after first trying out the Linksys WPC11. This is the card I should have bought in the first place. Not only does it trump the Linksys in range (the Linksys card couldn't even keep a signal at 5 feet away), the setup on XP was a breeze too. Another thing that had bearing on my decision to buy this card was the 5 year warranty. Netgear is obviously a company that stands behind its products, unlike most of its competitors who only offer a 6 or 12 month warranty.
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Summary: Install easy, but problems with XP (hibernate & resume)
Review: I bought this along with the MR814 access pt/4-port router. Both installed very easily -- one of the most plug-and-play experiences I've ever had. The MA401 also works well with the Linksys access pt at work.All isn't rosie though. I agree with another reviewer that this card doesn't seem to be 100% compatible with XP. When I hibernate XP with a wireless session active and then resume XP, the card can't seem to find the gateway to negotiate a new IP address even though it has a strong connection to the access pt. Tech Support was essentially useless after 4 tries. The first wanted me to update MA401's driver, which didn't work according to the instructions. The second wanted me to upgrade MR814's firmware. The third says that MA401 isn't supposed to work with XP hibernate. The forth (in level II) simply suggested that I exchange the card. Gee, thanks.
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Summary: Expect a stress free and easy setup with this card
Review: My wife wanted to be able to use her laptop from work, with our broadband connection at home. We chose to use a Linksys BEFW11S4 router because it was being recommended by ever computer expert we knew. The Linksys Wireless PC Card had been getting mixed reviews though, it generally seemed like an okay card, but setup seemed to be an issue with several people. So, following the advice from one of the reviews, I chose to go with the Netgear MA401 802.11b Wireless Card. The setup on a laptop running Windows 2000 was so easy I thought I must have missed a step. But everything is working perfectly and we're yet to encounter any problems. There are detailed instructions provided on how to install the card, with each screenshot you can expect to see during the process. When we installed the driver from the CD it also automatically downloaded the other software that was needed. Once that was done the laptop had a broadband connection. The range and quality of the signal that the card receives seems to be good. But seeing as this is our first wireless card setup, I have nothing else to compare it to. I would definitely recommend this card to any family and friends, just because it was so easy to install, and it does its job.
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Summary: Works good, but other products are better.
Review: This product does work well. When I got mine, the install software did not work on my computer. But, a newer version is out now that works fine. I have used other brands of this kind of card and they got much better reception than this card. I'm a big fan of Netgear products, but this is something I wish I had bought from another company.
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Summary: Not XP fully compatible
Review: I first bought the product few weeks ago and has exchanged the card twice already.
This product is not really compliant with Windows XP even though it said so.After installing, it'll run a week or so, and then start having problems and finally doesn't work at all.
Calling the customer service won't help at all.
They only follow procedures as what's written in the installation guide...no more than that. When I told one of the tech. service that this is the second time I have the problem (with the same type of card), he blamed the computer and operating system.
I didn't think that the computer and OS is the problem...and after reading several reviews, I really believe that this card is just not completely compatible with XP.
One more thing, after suggesting the same procedure several times the tech. support asked me to exchange the card...but exchanging several times in a short period of time, I don't think a good idea for me and for the store.
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Summary: Best hardware purchase I ever made!
Review: Not only is this a fantastically capable card, but when I had to contact Netgear to resolve some issues (my existing equipment was at fault), the service operators were incredibly knowledgeable and very professional and friendly. I would recommend this card to every friend I have! In conjuction with the Netgear router, I am able to get acceptable reception using this card to take my laptop upstairs and leave the router downstairs! No smoke or mirrors required. Buy this card!
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Summary: Great Card, Easy to Use
Review: First, I am not a computer guru, but can follow instructions fairly well, but was hesitant in trying to set up a wireless network. I purchased D-Link wireless system and could never to get it to work with my cable modem, even after many calls to D-Link. I returned it and got the Linksys wireless port and card. The wireless card worked fair in my laptop, but was poor or did not work in my daughters sub-laptop. I purchased the Netgear card for her computer. The card almost installed itself, worked great with the Linksys access wireless port. When we are sitting side-by-side, the Linksys signal is low to good and the Netgear signal is very good to excellent. I highly recommend this card over the D-Link(I never got to work) and the Linksys(which I am using), both for ease of use and signal. I like the Netgear so much I am now shopping for one for my other desktop.
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Summary: Good for Linux
Review: The orinoco_cs driver supports this card. One advice that worked for me: When you see error messages like "writing Tx descriptor to BAP" on the log, go to the orinoco driver home page http://ozlabs.org/people/dgibson and download the latest version.
For Windows, I had no trouble at all connecting this card to a DLink 614 router - it worked much better than DLink's own dwl650.
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Summary: works great with linksys wireless router (802.11b)
Review: Installed on IBM T21 running win2k pro.
The installation took less than 5 minutes.
Installed the software from the cd. Plugged the card, the installation continues and that's it. After seeing that it works, i configured WEP and changed the SSID on the card + router. I've also baught the WUSB11 from linksys for another computer at home. I've connected it to the laptop to compare to the netgear card. the range and singal quality of the usb adapter is much much better than the pcmcia card ! and now that linksys has the WUSB12 compact USB adapter, you might consider that one instead of the pcmcia card.
All in All a good card that works just right of of the box.
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Summary: Pretty Good
Review: A well designed card. It seems to have better signal strength than linksys' wireless card when used two rooms away from the WPC11 linksys base station. But, still not as good as orinco's wireless cards, since it doesn't have a plug for an extrenal antenna and since the drivers on the CD package didn't work (had to download from netgear's website)
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