TRENDnet 54Mbps Wireless G PCI Adapter TEW-423PI
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Customer Review: Great performance and inexpensive
Summary: 4 Stars
This card replaced AT&T wireless card and works flawlessly but only after latest drivers are installed. Problems experienced by MO reviewer may be due to not installing latest drivers, not disabling Windows wireless configuration software suggested by another review or bad location of card. Moving my PC just a couple of feet improved signal strength from 55% to 80%! I've had the card a couple of years, and the only problem I encountered was changing routers resulted in failure of Windows 98SE system to connect to web which was resolved by Trendnet tech support in just 5 minutes. The issue turned out to be Windows 98SE requirement to run Winipcfg and do the "release" and then "renew" that's brought up by Winipcfg and click "apply." This is a Windows 98 issue and no fault of the card. This device would get 5 star rating from me except for limited tech support hours Monday through Friday 8 AM to 6 PM Pacific time. I can find no faults with the card, would buy again and would recommend to everyone.Customer Review: Great for the price
Summary: 5 Stars
I read all the reviews here before I purchased these. I have to agree with most of the others. The cards work great and installation is very simple. Just make sure you install the software first. That's very important. I kept forgetting that and couldn't figure out why Windows XP couldn't see the card. If you follow the installation directions the card works flawlessly.
I have this card installed in a Windows XP SP2 Dell workstation, one in a Compaq PC and one in a Gateway PC. All PC's work fine. I also used it in a Windows 2003 server and it worked. I'm using a Linksys router.
Another good piece of advice. Make a copy of the installation CD and keep it in a safe place. I misplaced mine and had a tough time finding the right drivers from the TRENDnet website. Luckily I found it in a file cabinet and was able to reinstall it after rebuilding my workstation. I now have a copy of the CD on the harddrive, a copy with my other CD's and the original in a file cabinet.
Customer Review: Excellent Product!
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent product especially for the price = excellent value. It works automatically with Windows Vista - automatically installed the driver. That's not easy for me to say considering I hate Windows Vista, but was installing this product for my parents.
Installation would probably be easier if the computer I installed it on was a "normal" desktop size. I installed it on a Dell that is 1/2 the size of a regular desktop (space saver type thing). I had to unscrew the card from the included bracket and reuse one of the existing brackets in the computer. After that was done, no problem! My guess is a regular desktop computer would have taken 5 minutes to install instead of taking me 10 minutes and I don't have much experience dealing with computer hardware.
I would definitely recommend this product to anyone and everyone looking for a cheap (in a good way) wireless networking card for a desktop computer.
Customer Review: Piece of Junk
Summary: 1 Stars
This product isn't even worth the time for a review. I just want to help those who are thinking of buying it...DONT!!! My computer is right beside the router...1 foot away...signal strength 80%. Move to 10 feet away and signal strength is down to 50 - 60%. Go round the corner and you've lost the signal. I wanted to move my desktop into the other room. This piece of junk isn't going to facilitate that.
I had no idea a product of this type could be so poor. Wireless technology isn't rocket science anymore. Every cellphone or laptop i've seen or heard of does a better job. I didn't read the poor reviews because I assumed they would be people trying to use the product 50 meters away with lots of walls in between. I though that it should at least let me move to the other room no mater how bad it is...boy was I wrong. Needless to say, i'm throwing it out.
Customer Review: Incredibly poor quality!
Summary: 1 Stars
The Trendnet TEW-432PI (B1 build) is an incredibly poor quality piece of hardware. I have tried multiple methods to get it to maintain a consistent signal or at least stay connected to my router (which is less than 25 feet away through a wall) more than 10 minutes to no avail. I have tried to use the latest drivers, use the bundled software, change my router's channel signal, use WCZ to override the bundled software and connect via Windows XP's own methods, etc. and nothing has managed to get this card to work.
It is completely unreliable, and technical support is absolutely worthless and rude. I would rather pay 5x the price and buy something reliable. Don't waste your time, or even the small amount of money you will spend to pull your hair out and end up returning this wireless adapter. 0 stars for a terrible experience.