Cisco-Linksys WMP54GS Wireless-G PCI Card with SpeedBooster
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Customer Review: Encountered problems with Windows XP Home, SP2
Summary: 2 Stars
Overall I was pleased with this network adapter (connected to a Linksys WRT54G wireless router) and it was working well...that is, until I installed Windows XP SP2 (service pack 2). Once I had installed SP2 the connection died. After a call to tech support I was told that the latest drivers for the network adapter weren't compatible with SP2 and the only solution was to uninstall. The rep said that he wasn't sure if Linksys would come out with drivers that worked with SP2 so I had no choice but to uninstall SP2. I find it poor that Linksys doesn't adequately support their product, especially since SP2 wasn't just a trivial release by Microsoft. I have seen some reviewers who got it working with SP2 but from what Linksys told me it sounds like you are on your own if you attempt it!
Good product, bad support!
Customer Review: Flaky, I'm afraid
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm a professional IS person for a national company and have a home LAN with five wireless clients, Macs and PCs. It's interesting how many people posting to this "forum" have had the same problems I have had -- hours or even days of reliable operation followed by infuriating and persistent refusals to connect to a network the device can plainly see and detect (and all the other wireless computers in my home can also connect -- and the wireless router is a LinkSys WRT54G!). I've opened my network wide, used MAC access tables, various encryption security schemes -- the device is always the same -- infuriatingly inconsistent. After reading so many reviews consistent with my poor experience -- I guess you'd say "mixed" but in this context "mixed" = "poor" -- I have to conclude there's some QC flaw in this device.Customer Review: 100% PERFECT IN EVERY WAY
Summary: 5 Stars
Installation: Quick and Easy, loaded the drivers, installed the PCI adapter and Windows recognized it. Wireless Connection detected as soon as I quickly configured the settings to my preference.
Performance: FAST, FAST, FAST! I can't stress FAST enough! I was able to transfer huuuge files throughout my other 3 PCs with no delays, skips, lags, or slowness. I am an extremely happy camper! I use the SpeedBooster router too and it even increases the speed of my regular 802.11g PCI adapter. Way to go Linksys!
Range: WIDE!!!!! It has a HUGE antenna, larger than any other antenna I've seen from other mfgs. I bought the Netgear and D-Link prior and they both sucked big time in range.
Bottom line: BUY THIS IF YOU WANT 802.11G AT ITS BEST!
Customer Review: Thoroughly adequate
Summary: 3 Stars
Good price and quick ship from Deal Barn.
I don't think (but don't quote me) that the Boost thing works on Vista / Win7. Just XP/2K, according to one of the blurbs on the box.
Like another reviewer or two mentioned, I got a number of exceptions and crappy, non-working installs using the included CD and the Linksys instructions. So I just uninstalled the whole damn thing, removed the driver, turned things back on and let Win7 figure it out. And everything worked fine. I wish I had done that the first time.
Net - perfectly good hardware, supported in Windows better than by the proprietary driver / network manager. Not an -n card, but only $20. Works better than my Dell 1450 USB piece of junk adapter that it is replacing.
Customer Review: Easy to install, couldn't keep connection
Summary: 2 Stars
When you get the correlating linksys speed boost router, you do get the advertised 50mbps.
I found it fairly easy to install.
Once setup though, I found I lost the wireless connection. I would then have to drag an ethernet cord from my computer to the router, and go thru the wizard to re-set it. This happened probably once a day for a week.
A 10 minute hassle that I wasn't willing to go on with. I still am not sure if I should blame the card or the router
Also, I use my computer for gaming and decided that 50mbps wasn't good enough for me. (ironforge lag anyone?) So i returned the wireless card, and kept the router. I'm using it like a regular-old router with an ethernet, and it works just fine.