Cisco-Linksys WPC54GS, Solid Adapter
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Solid Adapter
This is another solid product from Linksys. The adapter functions like an adapter should function. The installation was simple and free of complications. I have not experienced any break in communication between the laptop and the router.
For your information, this card is installed on a Dell Latitude C610 laptop. The operating system on the laptop is Windows 2000. The other components of my network are as follows: A Dell Dimension 8200, with a Linksys desktop adapter(with Speedbooster also). The Dell is running with Windows XP Pro. The second PC in the system is an old IBM 300PL, which is connected directly to the router through ethernet. A Linksys WRT54GS (Speedbooster) ties it all together. The network has been solid. No drop-offs.
There is really only reason that this adapter did not get five stars from me. In my opinion, the range of the card should have been greater. Even with a straight line of sight from the router, I cannot go far without losing a high percentage of the signal. So far, that has not caused any issues. However, I probably cannot go to the garage and surf the internet, for example.
I can recommend this card to a home user. In a home environment, the limited range of the card should not be an issue at all. For business use, I would probably try to find a Cisco Aeronet.
Update (2/7/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen. I also found some auctions for this item here.
The featured review for this product, Cisco-Linksys WPC54GS Wireless-G Notebook Adapter with SpeedBooster Electronics, was written by citan-uzuki.
The average rating for this item is out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.
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Posted on: April 21, 2010
Filed under: Reviews
Reviews (3)
citan-uzuki
April 10th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Solid Adapter
Rated 4 stars.
Christopher Wanko
April 13th, 2010 at 1:28 am
I’m actually… pleased!
I’ve taken Linksys to task on the 54GS series in other reviews, and I did not think highly of their install software for the WUSB11 either. So, when I needed a laptop card to connect to my home network, I bought the WPC54GS expecting some installation challenges… and didn’t have any.
I mean, I had absolutely no problems with the installer this time around. Linksys puts “Run CD First” stickers on the card, on the CD, all over the box. So I ran the CD first. It installed all of the software, exited. Then nothing, as in, “what next?” I inserted the card, and several Microsoft digital signature warnings later, my card found my access point.
I had to log into my router from another machine to add the laptop’s MAC, then key-in the password on the laptop for access to the router… and that was it. A fully encrypted connection, pretty fast from what I can tell, and no drops. I don’t get the 125% speeds I should be getting (my other wireless link is the internal PCI card, and it goes 108Mbps almost always), but I’m satisfied.
One star withheld for the lack of Speedboosting, but the improved installer and sticker madness made me feel better about Linksys gear.
Fred
Geoff Oleszkowicz
April 13th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Great g card but Customer Services drops the ball
Well, I purchased my card (WPC54GS) and the router to match (WRT54GS) last Sunday for my work computer and after a week I finally got it to work no thanks to customer service at Linksys. There only help was to tell me the card was broken and I had to reinstall my operating system after 4 hours on the phone with them trying the same thing over and over again. But I’m sure that if you have windows XP or 2000 you wont have any problems but, my company gave me a great laptop but with windows 98SE which for those of you who have moved on to XP as I did with my home PC remember what a piece it was. If any of you purchase this card with 98SE and get stuck you can e-mail me at GEO1277@comcast.net and I can help you get it up and running. But as far as the product goes it gets great reception and as long as one of the antennas is pointed in the direction you are using the laptop or pc you can go through 3 well built floors and at least 100ft that I know of from my experience. Oh one more down side to this card if you have Windows 98SE you can’t use the SpeedBooster unless you are using XP or 2000 just some info that I think was left out on this website but will be on the box when you get the card or router. I would give the Router 5 stars the Card 4 Stars and the customer service negative 5 stars.
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