Cisco-Linksys WPC300N Wireless-N Notebook Adapter by Linksys
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Digital camera reviews of Cisco-Linksys WPC300N Wireless-N Notebook Adapter
Digital camera Review: Linksys wireless N
Summary: 5 Stars
Have an Acer laptop with built in wirless. Not good. This Linksys "N" works great.Digital camera Review: Look out, a stinker here!
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm a fan of Linksys since before the days of Cisco acquiring them. This past year, I overhauled my home network and put newer technology from Linksys into use. WET610N to get the gaming console on the network and WRT410N to provide better wireless. So far, so good. Opted for the best wireless security choice right now; WPA2 AES. It's all good. 5 laptops, a iTouch, and a wireless bridge all humming along nicely. I have one laptop that has historically been twitchy (yes, technical term) with the internal wireless G card. So, I decided to go for a replacement wireless card and figured if I was going to spend some money, let's give the laptop access to Wireless N (albeit draft-N and only 2.4Ghz range). I read the reviews here. A mix of happy and sad comments. I decided to roll the dice and take a chance.
Should have been painless. Right? I mean, Linksys PC card connecting to Linksys router. No potential conflict because of different manufacturers, and I like Linksys anyway. Instead, I spend the better part of 5 hours trying to get this piece of (fill in your favorite expletive) to work. I wanted support for WPA2 AES, and this unit is supposed to support it, but, it won't negotiate an IP address with my router. In 5 hours of attempting to use this hardware, I obtained an IP address for about 20 minutes, and it eventually slowed the laptop down to a crawl. I spent an hour with Linksys tech support to no avail.
I give this no thumbs at all. It's bad enough to not even garner a thumbs down. It's a stinker. I had hoped that the negative reviews here wouldn't be the case for me. Not so. AVOID this if you want to use any form of new and secure wireless encryption, and yes, I did download the latest and greatest drivers from Linksys - they're 2 years old and this unit is obsoleted. There is no firmware update posted, or any glimmer of one having been released anywhere on the internet.
Fortunately, I will be able to return for refund - its going out in the mail as soon as I can get it reboxed.
Digital camera Review: More Hype than function!
Summary: 1 Stars
I really wanted the distance but, it was all hype. My Cisco B card had better distance. Without the distance, I didn't care about the speed; what's the point of speed without a connection?
The blue, bulky plastic end, sticking out of your machine is a magnet for disaster!
While everything installs well, you really just want the driver only and let windows handle network connections. I wish they would stop packaging their own interface (Microsoft's does a fine job) and spend their R&D dollars on delivering what they advertise.
Their customer support is EXTREMELY BAD. However I bought this ( WPC300N) from Amazon several years ago when very little was known.
Digital camera Review: Nice Adapter for the money
Summary: 4 Stars
I have an older Dell laptop running XP using a linksys WPC 11 V4 adapter trying to connect to a Netgear N router. I uploaded the latest driver for the WPC 11 that supports WEP security and it still didn't work. So I purchased this WPC300N and it worked fine with WPA security. The only problem is that I don't get the extended range I'm suppose to get with a wireless N router.Digital camera Review: No real problems here
Summary: 4 Stars
After upgrading my laptop to Vista Business, my old Linksys 802.11G adapter decided to become flaky and only connect to my wireless LAN when the moon was in the 7th house and Jupiter aligned with Mars (Everyone sing along!). I like Cisco products, and have been using Linksys equipment for years. I ordered one of these adapters and followed the directions. First mistake. Don't follow the directions, just plug the thing in and let Vista find the right drivers. Vista doesn't like the install and tells you that there are compatability issues (see some of my other reviews) and stops the install. So I downloaded the latest Vista drivers from Linksys and tried using those. Vista took one look at them, turned up its nose and stated that the installed drivers were newer and won't even consider using the ones you downloaded. By the way, while I was downloading the drivers, Vista used my old settings and connected to my network, without my looking. Sneaky. I unplugged the hard line and have not experienced any issues. I also use my laptop with my Boy Scout troop, and it attached to my church's wireless LAN easily. I now have to install the 802.11n wireless router to gain the other advantages.