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: DOESN'T WORK WITH LINKSYS ROUTER
Summary: 1 Stars
I can't really rate this adapter since I can't get the wireless LAN to work. But what good is a wireless adapter if it won't work with Linksys own router (WRT54G).The documentation that comes with the card isn't correct, the Linksys website is no help and Linksys Tech Support is staffed with unqualified technicians who can't do anything but read canned responses off a checklist.
Run away. Try a different product from a different company.
Digital camera Review: Delicate antenna
Summary: 4 Stars
Easy to install. Works well. The antenna does not appear to be very "rugged" so be careful.Digital camera Review: Device Driver Install Fails
Summary: 1 Stars
While the card is found at boot, my XP system gets "invalid data" error during the installation process. I have uninstalled and installed it a number of times and changed PCI slots as well -- all to no avail. My search on the internet reveals two camps, 1) one that has installed it and love it, and 2) the one I am in -- it can not be made to work. Very disappointing. I am now prepared to go down to the "B" PCI adapter.Digital camera Review: Does NOT work with Win2K
Summary: 1 Stars
I have a Linksys wireless G router so I thought I'd buy this G PCI card for a Win2000 PC which is in another room. 1st I tried the card with WinXP (same room) and got it to work, but there was a lot of fooling around that needed to be done 1st (download drivers, docs don't correspond to what needs to be done, etc). So I then tried to get it to work with the PC that I really needed to hookup which is Win2K. I could not get it to work no matter what I tried. I called tech support and they were very helpless, because the person that I spoke to was just reading from the manual. Several long phone calls and still no joy. So I then tried emailing tech support. This produced weeks of useless interactions because the tech support person would not/could not read the stuff that I wrote down. The same stuff repeated over and over, and no responses to direct questions. She could not grasp the essence of the problem: card hardware works but software does not work under Win2K. She kept telling me how it worked fine on her WinXP machine. My guess is that the Win2K driver is for the draft G protocol, and not the approved/final G protocol. I updated the Linksys router to the approved G protocol, and did not want to go back. Since it was impossible to get the most basic concepts across to tech support, I finally I just gave up. They can only help you if you have very basic problems like the device not having problems, or not loading up the drivers.DO NOT buy this this card if you want to use it for Win2K. BTW, Linksys only supports WEP under Win2K. To get WPA you will need WinXP but that's not in any of the documentaion.
Digital camera Review: Does Not Work with XP SP3
Summary: 1 Stars
I typically do not like giving bad reviews but since Amazon keeps sending email reminders about reviewing purchased products then here we go: great price, very fast shipping, great packaging, arrived in perfect condition. Installed but Windows XP would not recognize that adapter is present, had to "force" XP to recognize there is a card in there by doing a manual install. Then of course a yellow exclamation mark shows up so tried various drivers: from the ones provided on the Linksys CD to the Linksys.com online v4.1 to the ones from Ralink, nothing worked.
I did read the reviews prior to purchasing this item but since I had worked in tech support and have been using Linksys for years I figured "Ehh, it'll be fine, I'll figure a way to make it work." I guess I'll figure it out eventually but for now this Linksys adapter is an expensive dust collector.
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