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Buffalo Technology WLICBG54A Wireless, Notebook Adapter,
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Everything I look for in a wireless adapter
(5 out of 5) by Bryan Herbert on Mar 5, 2005 (Ridgecrest, Ca.)Doesnt overheat
Communication range - 65ft @ 54Mbps / 1870ft @ 1Mbps
supports multiple encryption standards from WEP64 to WPA-AES
Compatible with other Buffalo AOSS products
pigtail connection for external antenna in fringe areas
Wardriver friendly, works with netstumbler and PGP
Comes with AirStation Client Manager and JIwire HotSpot Locator software (system resource friendly programs)
I use the card solely with my IBM Thinkpad T20 running Win2k on 512MB of RAM. It has been running nonstop with absolutely no dropped connections for 25 hours now. Im very happy with this card and highly recommend it to others.
Communication range - 65ft @ 54Mbps / 1870ft @ 1Mbps
supports multiple encryption standards from WEP64 to WPA-AES
Compatible with other Buffalo AOSS products
pigtail connection for external antenna in fringe areas
Wardriver friendly, works with netstumbler and PGP
Comes with AirStation Client Manager and JIwire HotSpot Locator software (system resource friendly programs)
I use the card solely with my IBM Thinkpad T20 running Win2k on 512MB of RAM. It has been running nonstop with absolutely no dropped connections for 25 hours now. Im very happy with this card and highly recommend it to others.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Great card for a great price!
(5 out of 5) by MvsR Hollywood on Sep 15, 2003 (Northern California, USA)if you want to get on board with wifi, this is a great way to do it. as another reviewer mentioned, it doesn't come w/ an external antenna (btw, it also doesn't say that it does, go back and read the description) but has a jack for an external antenna if you wish to purchase one separately (in case you want to connect to networks that are very far away). the card works great, very reliable. word of advice, like any piece of hardware you install, check the manufacturers website for updated drivers and client manager software as the version in the box tends to be a little old (though fully functional).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Fast and Reliable Wireless 54G
(4 out of 5) by John Thomson on Feb 19, 2004 (Kansas City)This is a nice little wireless card for a notebook computer. It installs quickly and easily, and worked perfectly the first time. It hooked up with my 802.11b home network beautifully, and I've used it successfully at several (b) wi-fi hotspots.
The drawbacks are all in the software. I thought the software interface was kind of clunky, and I had a lot of trouble getting it to successfully use WEP encryption on my home network, although my Linksys wireless (USB) unit worked perfectly with the encryption.
Overall, though, delivering wireless this quickly and easily (and portably) is a great effort. I'm very pleased. Plus, the 54g is lightning fast if you can find a 54g hotspot to connect to. But I'm guessing it won't be long until that's the norm, so this card is a choice that offers a lot of versatility going forward. Four stars for the ease and reliability...only wish the software was a little better.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Solid 54g performance; Airport software crashes though
(4 out of 5) by Uncle Foobar on May 31, 2005 (Brookline, MA USA)Hi: i bought the Buffalo card because it uses the same Broadcomm Airforce chipset as the Apple Extreme airport card.
This makes it so using it with a Powerbook just works with the software.
I've used it with a dozen base-stations, all types of connections and find it
a great performer. (...)
My only complaint: if you pop the pc-card out without turning off the airport software or putting the powerbook to sleep, it crashes into some weird command line thing that asks for a debugger.
Oh well, then don't do that!
Jim
This makes it so using it with a Powerbook just works with the software.
I've used it with a dozen base-stations, all types of connections and find it
a great performer. (...)
My only complaint: if you pop the pc-card out without turning off the airport software or putting the powerbook to sleep, it crashes into some weird command line thing that asks for a debugger.
Oh well, then don't do that!
Jim
It's decent...
(4 out of 5) by J. Roberts on Mar 28, 2006 (New York)Good:
*When it's getting a signal it's fast
*Has an external antenna connection (MC-style jack)
Bad:
*Didn't fair much better at finding signals than my built-in wireless adapter on my Compaq laptop which is more than a little disappointing
Overall it's a good card. If you are close to the router or hub this card is really fast. However, I was expecting it's range to be much better than my laptop's built-in wireless adapter, which it wasn't. I was also having installation issues, but it had nothing to do w/ the Buffalo card -- I had to disable my built-in adapter in order to get the Buffalo card working.
*When it's getting a signal it's fast
*Has an external antenna connection (MC-style jack)
Bad:
*Didn't fair much better at finding signals than my built-in wireless adapter on my Compaq laptop which is more than a little disappointing
Overall it's a good card. If you are close to the router or hub this card is really fast. However, I was expecting it's range to be much better than my laptop's built-in wireless adapter, which it wasn't. I was also having installation issues, but it had nothing to do w/ the Buffalo card -- I had to disable my built-in adapter in order to get the Buffalo card working.