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Linksys WMP54G Wireless-G PCI Adapter
Binding: Electronics
Format: CD
Platform: Windows
Manufacturer: Linksys
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Average Rating: 3.5
Total Customer Reviews: 216
List Price: $57.99
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Product Description
The Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter installs in most desktops and lets you put your computer almost anywhere in the building, without the cost and hassle of running network cables. Now you dont have to drill holes in your walls and climb through the attic or cellar to get connected to the network. Once youre connected, you can keep in touch with your e-mail, access the Internet, use instant messaging to chat with friends, and share files and other resources such as printers and network storage with other computers on the network. The Wireless-G PCI Adapter connects you with Wireless-G networks at an incredible 54Mbps And for added versatility, it can also interoperate with all the 11Mbps Wireless-B (802.11b) products found in homes, businesses, and public wireless hotspots around the country.
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Users Product Reviews: |
Product Review Summary: Linksys WMP54G Wireless PCI adapter This card is very easy to install. It has great signal strength and is very easy to configure.
Product Review Summary: No surprises Everything worked as advertised: just followed the instructions in the box, and it was smooth sailing.
Product Review Summary: Preparation is everything The adapter I received did not look like Amazon's picture, was a half-height card. No matter.
Requested one-day delivery and it was here in 24 hours; $17 extra. Very pleased.
Installation went perfectly and the card is working perfectly, BUT not until I uninstalled through all normal means (Control Panel Programs, Device Manager, etc.) all signs of previous Linksys programs and drivers. Then, with Regedit, did repeated 'finds' and removed (deleted) EVERY Linksys reference - keys and values, etc.
Then simply followed Linksys directions (Software first, then card) and all went without pause.
Was surprised that the network connections to Internet and other computers in the house were not affected in any way - all were present as before with the old 802.11b card as soon as entered the SSID and 64bit WEP (went to the right channel automatically).
Won't even say how many days I spent learning this procedure with another card (which I now think would have worked just fine if I had known what I know now).
I don't think there is any way of installing a new different wireless adapter card without going through the steps I outline above. I guess Linksys is afraid of recommending any procedures involving modifications to the Registry, but I see no choice.
Product Review Summary: It works. I've had to re-setup twice, in the past month, but it's easy enough to do, and I don't know whether that was caused by the adapter or my modem/router, which has its own problems.
Product Review Summary: There are far better solutions than this... My experience with this card is while repairing and updating a 2006 Dell Dimension 3000 (after a reformat and complete reinstall of all original XP software.) It worked with Service Pack 2. When I installed Service Pack 3 I immediately began to get an error message on boot: "Access violation at address 004074CD in module 'WMP54GSv1_1.exe'. Read of address 00000368". This is a reference to the driver for the model I had: WMP54GS. Went to Dell site and did a reinstall of Wireless drivers recommended for this system. No improvement. When I tried to use the Windows uninstall utility to uninstall this driver, the UNINSTALL LOCKED UP AT 30%. No wanting to abort, I looked at the task manager and discovered a new task running -- "Aegis protocol - installation". I suspect this was initiated by the Linksys driver. (Other than the OS there is almost nothing on my system.) I deleted this task and the uninstall unlocked and went forward. After rebooting the "Access violation..." error disappeared. I now have connectivity to my wireless network but it is not nearly as good as the connectivity from my Dell laptop. (Connection tends to break much more frequently.) I am ommitting the extensive research I did (many people are having the "Access violation" problem with this card under a variety of circumstances) and the extremely polite but totally useless chat session I had with a Linksys representative in India, who immediately told me that this product was no longer supported and so they could not tell me whether it worked with SP3 or not unless I was willing to pay for support.
Cisco is an excellent company. I have two Linksys routers I am very happy with but I think the technology of this card is too long in the tooth.
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