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Summary: Let me say more.
Review: I have Dlink-614+ router, WIFI certified, then I purchased a SMC EZ Connect wireless PC card for my laptop, not certified. They all support 802.11b standard, but they never talk to each other even though I put them head to head. Supporting 802.11b, it's nothing, don't believe that. Certified products are a little bit expensive, but they are reliable. If you need your laptop talk to different networks, you need a certified PC card. If your budget is tight, you can choose non-certified router and PC card from the same manufacture.
The SMC tech support people worked hard to help me, but it just did not work. I sold it and purchased this orinoco card. It's certified, and it works out of box. This is an old card, it needs 5 V to work, so it sucks more power, and it seems to be a 16 bit non-cardbus card, but I did not see any impact on speed or stability. This card is great.
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Summary: Worth the extra money
Review: I purchased this card after failing to get Linksys' WPC11 to work with my Toshiba laptop (a common problem according to numerous users on Toshiba's tech support online forum).Installation is trivial with Windows XP: just plug the card in and watch as WinXP recognizes the card and installs the driver. I've never even used the CD that came with it. Want to upgrade the driver and firmware? No problem again, just use Windows Update. My office-mate has a WPC11 for his Dell laptop and so we can easily compare signal strength. I am able to connect to the wireless network in the next building, and both my building and the other are brick. He's never once recieved a signal from that network. On the network in my building I always have a stronger signal than he does. The bottom line - this is a great card that is well worth the extra money.
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Summary: fantastic, great signal strength, no dropped connections
Review: I read a lot of good reviews about this and went ahead and bought it. Works fantastic. No dropped connections and signal strength is great. I have a Netgear MR814 wireless router by the way. I highly recommend this .
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Summary: Great Item
Review: I recently got this card after hearing the horror stories with the Linksys cards. I love this card it give me great coverage all over my house. I am using it with a Linksys router. Great Buy!
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Summary: Great Item
Review: I recently got this card after hearing the horror stories with the Linksys cards. I love this card it give me great coverage all over my house. I am using it with a Linksys router. Great Buy!
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Summary: Easy to install, works immediately
Review: I recently purchased Dell Inspiron 5100 notebook and LinkSys wireless access point router BEFW11S4 with intention to build a simple network of two computers (one wireless and one direct line). Connected the router with my desktop computer first, followed setup instructions (router manual) and got connected to the Internet in no time (have Motorola cable modem SB4200). After that, I connected the Inspiron (direct cable to the router), run network Wizard in Win XP and established connection between both computers and Internet. As the last step, I installed the Orinoco software, disconnected Inspiron and router and inserted Orinoco Gold card into Inspiron. Again, using Network Connection option in XP, computer practically connected itself to the network and I was able to share both Internet connection and files/printer accross the house. Haven't tried 128 bit encryption yet. After more then a month, network works just fine with the all above components. This card is great.
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Summary: Worth the Price for the Card
Review: I recommend ppl to try out this wireless card. First I bought Dlink DWL-650 for about the same price and the signal reception was really bad. I then returned the card and bought this one as the review was good. And I was suprise to see the quality of the signal reception on this card. I got excellent reception on the same location compared to 'very low' using the Dlink card. I mostly use this card in my university and I am very amazed with the quality. Get this card, don't be fooled by the cheaper price on other products.
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Summary: Very good reception!
Review: I use this card for the wireless network in my law school and get great reception, even when the network node is two or three floors away. One of my friends uses a Belkin card and can only get reception if he's in line-of-sight of the network node. After one week, he returned the other card and got the Orinoco!
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Summary: No dropped signals, Very good buy
Review: Its reviews made me to buy this one and it is really a good buy and an excellent product. I hardly have any dropped signals and range too is very good. Easy setup and nice software bundle.
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Summary: Easy to install, easy to use. in a word... GREAT.
Review: My husband and I spent a lot of time figuring out what kind of wireless card to get for our IBM ThinkPads. After scouring reviews everywhere, I found that this particular card had received a lot of high marks. We ordered one, figuring that we would see how well it worked, and how difficult the setup was. We got the card, and I let my husband have first go at it. It was easy to set up. Within minutes, he was able to connect to the router. Granted we run Windows 2000, and we followed the installation direction to a T. When it came time for me to install it on my computer, it took longer for me to enter in the data to connect to the router than the install did. Neither my husband nor I had any problems with the install, and even after reformatting my computer a few days ago, it took me no time at all to be back in the wireless love. We live in a 2 floor townhouse, and we have no problems connecting to the router no matter where we are. I can easily use my computer on the screened in porch or in the kitchen. The signal is strong, and I've never had any problems. All in all, don't scrimp and save [a few bucks] by buying another card. This card is worth every penny. After reading the horror stories for other cards, it makes me very happy that I did the research and picked this card from the start.
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