| Linksys WPC11 Wireless-B Notebook Adapter |
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Model: WPC11
Brand: Linksys
Manufacturer: Linksys
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 416
Platforms: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 3.5, Windows NT 4, Windows NT 5, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000 Server, Windows
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
Form factor: Plug-in module
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: IEEE 802.11b
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| Features: |
11 Mbps high-speed transfer rate
Advanced Power Management features conserve valuable notebook PC battery life
Compatible with Windows Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
Rugged metal design with integrated antenna
Works with all standard Internet applications |
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| Description: |
| A IEEE 802.11b wireless Type II PCMCIA-type network card giving you wireless Ethernet access up to 1,640 feet away / For Windows Rugged metal design with integrated antenna Advanced power management features Compatible with Windows 95, 98, Millennium, NT, & 2000 To use with your desktop PC, add the Linksys WDT11 Instant Wireless PC Adapter |
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| User Reviews (416 total): |
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Highly reliable, easy to setup., June 8, 2008
By A. Thomas (San Diego, CA)
Title says it all. Linksys/Cisco is also great for providing driver and bios updates for their devices, so I highly recommend Linksys adapters and routers.
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Excellent, January 18, 2008
By Helio (yousaw (USA))
I donno if this is the best in the market but go for it if its still cheap. I use it with my 7 yr old 'monster' Dell laptop. Works perfect.
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Un producto estable bien elaborado, April 5, 2007
By Mario H. Alvarez
Este producto y marca son lideres en el contexto de las conneccines wifi
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Average capabilities, December 12, 2006
By rodgera (Pittsburgh)
This unit worked as advertised but short on distance. I have 98 SE and this unit was the only one that worked for me. I tried others but 98 would not run them. I'm satisified with the results but wish it had more range.
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Works with Linux!, August 29, 2006
By cooljames (Seattle, WA United States)
It's not without a little pain, but it does work. You have to pull down the Windows driver for the card, then use your distro's 'ndiswrapper' to emulate the Windows driver to the Linux OS. With that done, it works just dandy.
On top of that, it's a nice card. Whatever, it works. Nothing special, but worthy of a positive review.
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Don't expect any support when it stops working, July 14, 2006
By maryg (usa)
I bought version 2.5 of this card to run on XP. Linksys claimed that they really support XP, although the install told me to ignore the warning that XP was not supported. After a few months, the card suddenly stopped working, I tried downloading the drivers, uninstalling and then reinstalling. (The only download available was the 3.0 version, which I think may be a prolem.) The setup program would not even run! I then spent an hour and a half doing on-line chat with a support rep. His advice had the same results -- the set up would not run. He had me try the card in another laptop with the same downloaded drivers. Same result. After all that time, he just told me that something must be wrong with the card and to buy another one. There was no diagnostic that I could run to determine if the card was indeed defective. I would not advise anyone to buy this card. Linksys clearly does not care whether the cards work or not, as long as they can continue to sell them to unsuspecting buyers.
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Linksys can['t make it work, June 12, 2006
By PeteC
I would strongly advise against purchasing this item. I just bought one and spent nearly five hours trying to get it working. That includes 1.5 hours on the phone with a Linksys representative. When he said I had to reformat my hard drive, I terminated that conversation.
Then I tried email support. After following two or three links they sent me, which essentially had me repeat what I had done over the phone, I gave up.
Then I got a call from Linksys and spent another 45 minutes with a representative. In the end he said he couldn't make it work on my computer and I should return the item.
I have used this same computer with a "generic" USB wifi stick for over a year. After the representative gave up, I borrowed a D-Link wifi and installed it without any problem.
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Good cheap wireless card, February 28, 2006
By J. Saei
Although it is based on the old 802.11b standard, it works well when web surfing. It it a little slow when transfering large files or printing, but makes up for this with excellent range.
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Doesn't work well with XP, December 9, 2005
By C. Safdie (Earth)
If you thought the Windows 2000 install and performance were bad wait until you try it under XP!
I should have spent the extra dollars and gotten a decent card.
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Works well on windows, has driver problems in Linux, November 11, 2005
By vjee
The card does a pretty decent job on windows box. No installation problems. Works very well.
This card is WPC11 v4... this means it has a different chipset than the older versions, so it is not identified on Linux box. But there are ways to get it done...(thats the fun in linux :) ) with some difficulty and lots of googleing. I finally did it.
Although Linksys does replace your WPC11 v4 with older WPC11 v3 if you send it back to them requesting the same.
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Efficient seller, October 7, 2005
By C. Todecozy (USA)
I blinked and the item was at my door step; fast transaction. The item arrived as expected and in great condition. Good job...
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does its job but not worth it, August 24, 2005
By S. Nguyen
For the price that Linksys charge this adapter is a can-do-without. Priced at 40 bucks, you can buy yourself a way better card. I already had a pc card (an airlink wireless g one $13) but this card was put on sale at staples for 5 bucks, without rebates. If you see this deal again and your network is wireless-b, I say go for it. Being so expensive elsewhere, I thought I'd go for it as a backup, or a main one if the quality is near its price (my network was -b so the -g from airlink was not needed). It was worth five dollars, but no where near 40 or even 20. When upstairs connecting to my downstairs network, the signal was poor or good at 2 bars, while my airlink could go at 4 bars without very good signal and fast speed. The speed was not needed for internet because my dsl only goes 1.5 mbs, but I transfer large files through my laptop, mostly vids, and the slowness was just not tolerable. Plus, I thought that this card could go on linux and run airsnort, but this failed me too. For five dollars, this may be a worthy investment for connectivity, but if you buy it for anywhere near what other stores are selling it for, you should go back, demand a refund, and slap the spit on the salesmen ;).
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Linksys WPC11 Wireless-B Notebook Adapter, August 2, 2005
By crow (USA)
It took a looooooooooong time to let us know they did not have this product.
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Dissapointed, August 2, 2005
By D. P. (MN)
Purchased this product and never recieved it, money was refunded but I am still unhappy.
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Worked for me - Windows 2000, 4 year old IBM thinkpad, March 9, 2005
By Armani (NJ, USA)
Lotsa folks seem to be having a problem with this card.
Worked for me even with an older laptop and an ancient install of Win2k. Took me 5 minutes to select the right settings. After that I was up and running. I walked around the house with the laptop; signal strength was solid.
I guess this card works well with some laptop configs and not with others. I got lucky.
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Pain with Win XP (home), February 1, 2005
By Anshuman Rawat (Columbia University, NY, USA)
For some reason, the version 4 of this card never worked with my Win XP home edition. The driver Linksys provided would cause my laptop to, at best, to stall and crash at other times. I just could not get it to work. My room-mate also had one (Win XP Pro). The driver didn't cause any problem on his system but he had other problems. For one the card would not find or connect to the access point if it's right next to it!! I would strongly suggest products of other brands as opposed to Linksys (I had a linksys access point which I got rid off!!)
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Horrendous, January 19, 2005
By J. Perez (Falls Church, VA)
Apparently, the dowloaded driver created an MSVCRT.DLL:rtlgetntversion error message which froze my Win 98 machine upon restart. Three hour-long conversations with hardworking Compaq support staff in India and my poor machine remains stuck in some form of safe mode. I await a call from "second-tier" support.
Linksys staff were quick to blame Windows and offered no support.
Buy something else.
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Frustrations galore, January 9, 2005
By S. Mayo
Signal strength starts to drop off after just 10 feet, and the access point seems to randomly lose contact with the internet even when wired connections using the same lines have no problems. Extremely frustrating - you need to reset the connection frequently and on an hp PC with XP, using "repair connection" seems to hang the system more often than fix the problem. I'm in the market for something - anything - else.
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Fine product, but range of Access Point has disappointed, December 26, 2004
By Alexander Krem (New Zealand and the US)
I have used this product for several years with no problems. I have found customer support to be helpful, available and (usually) knowledgable.
(Linksys wireless access point has also been fine, although I have been a little disappointed about range. We get a low signal (but still usable) at 50 feet. Not impressive, but servicable.)
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Disconnects, November 12, 2004
By Billy (Selden, New York)
Drops connection at times. ipconfig /renew sometimes works to correct things. Most often, I have to reboot the computer or reboot my linksys access point. I do not recommend this adapter (or for that matter the base access point).
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