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| Date Reviewed: 08/31/2004 |
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Strengths: super easy to install
Weaknesses: sticks out almost 3/4 inch from edge
Summary: easy to change setting when roaming on different networks, basic instructions on paper and more detailed on the CD. Works seamlessly changing from 802.11 g to 802.11b.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/05/2005 |
- Shadow_Cloak
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Strengths: gives me access to the Internet from my laptop at school
Weaknesses: power hungry
Summary: This is a great product because it gives me a fairly relible conncetion to my universities wireless network when there so I can look things up on the internet without going to find a free computer. The one big drawback is that it eats my laptop's battery really quickly.
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| Date Reviewed: 02/10/2005 |
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Strengths: Signal Strength, Speed, Brand.
Weaknesses: None
Summary: This is a great wireless G card for notebooks. It works everywhere in my 3 storey house and gives good download speed on my Cable internet connection. Setup was easy and card works as advertised. Although it doesnt have the speedbooster functionality, it works great when paired with a Linksys router. Its a bit expensive compared to other brands but is worth it.
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| Date Reviewed: 02/07/2005 |
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Strengths: Linksys Brand!, very rarely looses connection
Weaknesses: none as yet
Summary: This is my 2nd card, I had one earlier too and it worked great...linksys router and linksys card...It always gave me problems with an SMC router at my uncles place (I really do think the SMC router was crappy), but never ever gave me a problem with the linksys router. Infact even my laptop which has an inbuilt card gave me problems with that SMC router but worked great with the linksys router. If you get the linksys router with speed booster it would only make sense to buy the speed booster card too!
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| Date Reviewed: 12/03/2004 |
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Strengths: brand name, good reception
Weaknesses: none so far
Summary: pretty easy to hook up, no problem w/ receptions around the house parimeter...got price match with circuit city from radio shack and $20 rebate from both the manufacturer and the circuit city....
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| Date Reviewed: 11/24/2004 |
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Strengths: Easy to install. Support software easy to navigate.
Weaknesses: None that I have found.
Summary: I was skepitcal at first when buying this card for my IBM laptop (with TI pcmcia drivers) based on one of the feedback articles written. I had no trouble with ver. 1.2 or ver. 2.0. They installed just fine.
This card works great for the internet and with my work VPN.
The range seems fine in all parts of my house.
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| Date Reviewed: 10/14/2004 |
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 I have to admit that it was my fault for not resea ... Strengths: fairly good range. Fine for surfing the internet.
Weaknesses: no support for network analysis applications due to chipset.
Summary: I have to admit that it was my fault for not researching more on wireless network adapters before purchasing one but this linksys WPC54G adapter uses a chipset which is not supported by most (probably all) wireless network analysis utilities out there. I made the assumption that linksys is well known so support for it shouldn't be a problem but I was wrong! If you are using this for normal everyday use to connect to your local network and browse the internet then this is fine for you but if you intend to use this for network analysis then stay away from this model and go with the Cisco adapter (a bit pricey) or the Linksys WPC55AG.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/11/2004 |
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 Would not recommend to use with Windows 98SE. I h ... Strengths: Works with Windows XP, however not perfect
Weaknesses: Twice crashed Windows 98 SE in my HP laptop, but information on package promiced, that card compartable with Windows 98
Summary: Would not recommend to use with Windows 98SE. I had to reinstalled Windows 98 twice and was not happy about it.
Trendware PC card 802.11g had no problem with Windows 98SE on same computer.
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| Date Reviewed: 11/10/2004 |
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When I was unable to get the card to work, I phone ...
Strengths: Linksys Tech Support and dedication to customer satisfaction.
Weaknesses: Would not work with my IBM laptop because it was not compatible with the Texas Instruments PCI CardBus Controller.
Average transmit power. Range is OK, not great.
Summary: When I was unable to get the card to work, I phoned Linksys support. They agreed to replace my Ver. 2 card with an older Ver. 1 which works with my Texas Instruments controller. Check with Linksys before ordering this card if your PC uses a TI PCMCIA contoller.
After all that, the performance of the card is not great anyway, on either B or G networks. I now use a USB adapter instead, attached to the back of my laptop with Velcro. Ugly, but the range is better.
Sad that more manufacturers don't advertise transmit power. SMC builds some of the only products I see it listed on.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/19/2005 |
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After days of trying, and numerous calls to Linksy ...
Strengths: Seems to have adequate range,
Weaknesses: Setup/configuration utilities are incompatible with Win98 SE.
Summary: After days of trying, and numerous calls to Linksys Tech support (in the Phillipines) I still could not get the included configuration software to let me set the adapter's IP address or DHCP settings. Apparently these just don't work under Windows 98 and Linksys isn't really interested in fixing it for that "mature" segment of the market.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/22/2004 |
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Strengths: Great signal receiving, easy from home to office
Weaknesses: none so far!
Summary: This has been a great card. I move easily from my house (802.11b) to my office (802.11g). Good range around both, but not great. Worth the money spent!
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| Date Reviewed: 02/25/2005 |
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Strengths: Price (or at least the final price after rebates), easy to set up (Software CD included)...
Weaknesses: Weak led signal...
Summary: Using it with Windows XP, so... no problems at all.... I'm not sure if there's any difference within brands... just happens that for some reason I like Linksys brand for my Windows based devices (so far, router, range extender, pci internal card for my desktop and this one for my laptop, my PowerBook comes with an internal one, lol)...
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| Date Reviewed: 03/23/2007 |
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Be sure to get rev. 3 of the card. It's only mark ...
Strengths: Easy to install. Fairly good signal reception.
Weaknesses: Earlier rev, before 3.0, didn't work right. See comments. LED indicators are also very dim.
Summary: Be sure to get rev. 3 of the card. It's only marked on the card, not the box so it was a problem when looking on the store shelf. Since earlier revs. are now obsolete it shouldn't be a problem at retail anymore. Earlier rev. (before 3.0) didn't work properly with encrypted signals but ok on open sites. Now own 3 cards, all rev. 3 and all work properly.
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| Date Reviewed: 05/14/2009 |
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Strengths: Works just fine. Since it is wireless, it is somewhat dependent on signal strength.
Weaknesses: None
Summary: I purchased the WPC54G to use in an older Sony VAIO. It brought it into the wireless world. It is dependent on signal strength, but appears to work at least as well as built-in wireless.
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| Date Reviewed: 07/14/2008 |
- iluecht
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Strengths: Easy to use and set up
Weaknesses: none
Summary: Linksys products are always the easiest and most reliable to set up a small home wireless network. Great product and support. Use with the Linksys Wireless Router.
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