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NETGEAR WMB521NA 802.11b Wireless Kit for Notebooks
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Most Helpful First | Newest First | + Share5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Awesome and easy
(5 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Jul 17, 2004I have to say, I was a little concerned about this product after reading about some of the difficulties other buyers have experienced. I was also a bit nervous about installing it myself, since I am not what you would call a computer expert.
From Day One after installing it, though, I have been impressed. It gets fantastic range throughout my entire house, even through walls and heavy, metal objects. Signal strength on my computers is almost always between 90-100%, and has NEVER dipped below 73%.
As for the network installation itself, it was easy and took a total of about an hour (and that includes installation and configuration of wireless cards on 2 computers).
And you can't beat the price on this thing. I highly recommend this and other Netgear wireless network products.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Good features; may have quality issues
(3 out of 5) by K. Fong on Sep 12, 2004 (CALIFORNIA)The wireless router/ap include good logging features. Many entry level units of this type do not have these funtions. This is very easy to setup for the novice.
I am partially convinced that these units have quality issues. The wireless portion on a friend's Netgear MR814v2 stopped working. The router that I purchased was returned due to a similar problem; there was definately a malfunction as some LED lights stopped working after several days. The switch portion remained active, however. If the units did not have any problems, I would have given this 5 stars.
I am partially convinced that these units have quality issues. The wireless portion on a friend's Netgear MR814v2 stopped working. The router that I purchased was returned due to a similar problem; there was definately a malfunction as some LED lights stopped working after several days. The switch portion remained active, however. If the units did not have any problems, I would have given this 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Not only works great it also looks nice
(5 out of 5) by Earth Worm on Aug 11, 2004I have purchased one for my office since the first one I have at home was so good. I recommend this to every one. Specially the PC card has a low profile and does not stick out 2 inches like some other brands. Setup was a snap butI ended up using the Windows XP wireless setup vs Netgear's.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
good buy!
(5 out of 5) by Jin Wu on Jun 19, 2004 (usa)I bought this a few days ago, it is easy to setup with the instruction, and works fine. Also the range is good for me.
anything we can ask more for this price?
anything we can ask more for this price?
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Not a long lasting product
(2 out of 5) by J. Gulati on Jan 9, 2005 (Pasadena, CA United States)Easy to setup and use. Good connections _initially_. However, product quality is low and support is horrible. After 4-5 months of use with this router, I am going back to my old Belkin router. The reason being dropped connections and expensive support options with the Netgear router.
Recommend this for short term and experimental usage.
Recommend this for short term and experimental usage.