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From:TRENDnet
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User Rating: Amazon Sales Rank:#5137 |
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 Works well, easy to install, 2008-10-24
Running on a Windows XP machine, this TRENDnet Wireless N PCI Adapter seems to work very well. Physical installation of the card was a little annoying because of the odd triangle shape of the card (pressing down on an angled surface tends to distrubute the force on an angle rather than straight down), but once in place I haven't experienced any problems.
I did attempt to run this card with only installing the drivers and not installing TRENDnet's own wireless configuration software, but I couldn't get it to connect to my Linksys Wireless-N router like that. I had to install the wireless configuration software that came with it to get it functional. Once the software was installed, I configured my encryption keys, and I was up and running in no time.
This little card seems to pick up a few more surrounding wireless networks than my old Netgear G card. For the price and quality, I'd recommend this card to folks looking for a decent wireless PCI card on the cheap.
Won't connect faster than 130Mbps, 2008-10-21
I called tech support to try and get this issue fixed, but they kept giving me the runaround. Most users state that they get somewhere close to 300Mbps, but I'm not even close to that. Decent buy if you just need plain old wireless. Terrible ping for gaming as well.
Not the best N adapter for the money, 2008-10-17
Although this card does a great job of connecting you to any far away networks like a good N card is required to do, I would highly recommend searching for another version.
On the plus sign, installation is simple and easy. The instructions are a page long (per operating system), and are all obvious steps.
On the other hand, this card takes an eternity to find the networks when the computer first boots up, while a G adapter will do so almost immediately.
Also, if your SSID is not being broadcast, there is no option of searching for that specific SSID, so you are required to use another computer (or adapter) to make it viewable, connect, and then hide it again.
Again, this product does do its job, but not to the satisfactory level that most customers would desire.
 No better than my G adapter, 2008-07-03
My experience was not good with this adapter. My G adapter got better reception. good luck. If you have any wireless problems try a Megaplug - it goes through your household wiring - works better than most wireless systems.
3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
 Works great, and a good price, too!, 2008-01-11
Works well, good speed, connected to a trendnet "N" router. The only thing that you should know is that it does not appear to be configurable using a "hidden" SSID. I had to broadcast the SSID, configure the card, ensure that the feature was active that tells the card to connect to the network even if it's not broadcasting, and then hid the SSID on my router. It's a big of a quirk, but easily worked around. The price can't be beat!
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