Cisco-Linksys WMP54G Wireless-G PCI Adapter by Linksys
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Digital camera reviews of Cisco-Linksys WMP54G Wireless-G PCI Adapter
Digital camera Review: A Clinic in Self-Immolation
Summary: 2 Stars
I've set up 3 Linksys wireless adapters now -- two of these and one Linksys WPC54GS Wireless-G Notebook Adapter with SpeedBooster to work with my Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster. The first one of these and the Notebook Adapter had serious issues in handshaking with the router and required significant time on the phone with Linksys to set up, and I'm still not completely happy with their functionality.
Surprisingly, this second WMP54G that I installed had no issues whatsoever, and setup was a breeze. Too bad it only lasted 3 weeks before "frying" itself.
Am waiting now on a replacement from Linksys.
Digital camera Review: A decent wireless card
Summary: 3 Stars
I installed the Linksys card into my Dell Dimension desktop and was able to quickly connect to my wireless LAN. My only problem is that it never maintains a strong connection. The built in wireless (Cisco 1350) in my Latitude notebook has no problems with signal strength and can pick up the same signal from well over twice the distance away as the PCI card. Overall, I am please with the purchase and would recommend it as a good cost-effective wireless investment.Digital camera Review: A little time-consuming to set up but works great...
Summary: 5 Stars
For a part time geek like me, it's always a little challenging adding networked devices to my wireless set up. But that's not the product's fault. Arrived quickly in great condition and within a couple of hours, had it going. The desktop I installed it in is only a few walls and about 25 ft away but the signal strength is always 98+%. Very satisfied and I would recommend to anyone.Digital camera Review: A red cent is worth more.
Summary: 1 Stars
How anyone could put a product like this on the market beats me. I have never been so frustrated in installing a piece of hardware into a computer in my fifteen years working with them.
You can toss a coin and come up with the probablity of whether or not it will work in your computer. I tried it in my second one at the suggestion of linksys support (I never talked to anyone in India before)and it worked, whatever that was supposed to prove. The one that it wouldn't work in was the one I wanted to install it into and that one wasn't complyin'. And Linksys support was no help whatsoever. All they did was prove that their was nothing broken on their adaptor. If you buy one of these, make sure you get a list of the computers that it will work in. This card is priority to the nth degree. I tried to install mine during a moonless night and now I'm waiting for a full moon to try it again, before I consult with my vodoo oracle.
Or maybe I'll try to get it exorcised. Seriously! don't buy one.
Digital camera Review: A work in progress, I hope
Summary: 1 Stars
Like some other reviewers I had a world of problems. The install went fine. However, with the router and the PCI card in separate rooms but at most 20 feet apart, the wireless unit kept losing the signal and dropping the network connection. We have no other computers running, no 2.4G phones, no other nothin' that would have caused interference. Three calls to Linksys yesterday (I can't wait to see the phone bill - the 800 number is a big waste of time so it was on my tick); we changed default settings, channels, upgraded the firmware to the 1.01 version, and finally moved the router and the unit about 1 foot apart. It still kept dropping the connection. The signal strength was always very good or better, and the base PC work fine through the router. The tech finally concluded that the card was faulty, so I'm returning it to Amazon. Now: should I order another one? I hope that the problem is a one-off type faulty card, but I'm suspicious, given some of the other reviews here. Nevertheless, I'll probably go for it because I have got to get this thing running. Hopefully, Linksys will put some people on OT to sort it out if it isn't a card manufacturing problem.