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Summary: Simply amazing, THE BEST card out there
Review: ... WinXP already had all the drivers needed. Another 5 minutes to change my ESSID, enable WEP, and set my WEP 128-bit key, and I was securely connected to my network. I know performance while using WEP "should" suffer, but I didn't see any difference - still connected at 11 mbps, and surfing the web at 4.5 mbps via my ATTBI cable. And it didn't change much when I started walking around my house (2 story 2800 sq.ft.). The worst signal I had was in my garage sitting in my car with doors closed - 85%. Can't even compare with WPC11 I had, where my signal and link quality would drop to 15-30% every time I had a wall between laptop and AP. So, don't cut corners and try to save a few bucks by going with cheaper brands - spend extra $20 and you'll be happy you did.
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Summary: Satisfied
Review: A breeze to install at least with XP and an SMC router. I have my router set up in the basement and I have great to good range all the way up to the third floor attic and out on my back deck. (ahh the convenience). Completely what I expected.
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Summary: THE Best, Bar None
Review: By far the best wireless card I've seen in use. I get signals well outside the range of any of my friends and colleagues. Driver support in virtually any OS and its also supported by NetStumbler for wardriving or general network detection. I'd recommend scrapping the software it comes with, and just using the WiFi capabilities of your OS, if they offer them. Also has support for an external antenna, to further extend your effective signal reception. I don't see myself using any WiFi cards aside from the Orinoco series.
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Summary: THE Best, Bar None
Review: By far the best wireless card I've seen in use. I get signals well outside the range of any of my friends and colleagues. Driver support in virtually any OS and its also supported by NetStumbler for wardriving or general network detection. I'd recommend scrapping the software it comes with, and just using the WiFi capabilities of your OS, if they offer them. Also has support for an external antenna, to further extend your effective signal reception. I don't see myself using any WiFi cards aside from the Orinoco series.
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Summary: Works for Mac -- Powerbooks
Review: I bought one for my Powerbook G3 (bronze keyboard) and it slid right into the PCMCIA slot on the left side. Set up my wireless network with a Netgear wireless router (M314) and I was on the 'Net in fifteen minutes. Easy install. (I believe Orinoco manufactured the first Apple Airports cards, too).
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Summary: Zero set up time
Review: I bought the card, put it in my XP Professional and it worked, no fuss, no muss. I can even attach an extension antenna to it. I doubt it makes much difference in range, but it looks very geeky and I like that.
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Summary: Zero set up time
Review: I bought the card, put it in my XP Professional and it worked, no fuss, no muss. I can even attach an extension antenna to it. I doubt it makes much difference in range, but it looks very geeky and I like that.
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Summary: Great Wireless Card
Review: I bought this Orinoco Gold card with a Linksys router.
I instantly enabled 128 bit encryption, disabled broadcast SSID
(switched SSID) and also enabled MAC filering.
This all took less then 10 minutes. The card installed fine
and there was an update from windowsupdate that also updated the firware. Works great!
Rating:
Summary: A great card
Review: I finally got my hands on this one. Even though the support may not be the best, the card is great. It was fairly easy to get the driver updated and also the firmware updated. Works like a charm with Linksys wireless router ...
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Summary: Started working immediately on newer Linux OS...
Review: I got this card to use on a used IBM Thinkpad I got on eBay. Being semantically challenged yet brave to try out new tech toys, I predicted I would have trouble getting things to work, as I can barely operate a can opener. To add to the fun, I quit using Windows 98 in favor of SuSE Linux 8.1 Pro the same week. Amazingly, I didn't even need the included driver CD that came with the card to make it go. I just tweaked the network settings in the Linux setup tool area, and boom... I was on the air talking to my Belkin wireless router at warp speed. If only ALL of my upgrades and add-ons went this smooth!!! I almost opted for Orinoco's Silver card, but paid the extra few bucks for the better encryption security. Now, if only I could figure out how to turn the encryption ON...... =;^)
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