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I had a Linksys G card before installing this N card. I get a low to none connectivity with my G router. With the N card I get a low connectivity. I cannot even get a connection with the new N router which I ended up returning. So, with their claims of 3 times being better range is not true. I would expect a good to excellent connectivity... For the price of $99+.

I purchased two WMP300N's for two computers. One is a stock Dell Dimension and the other is a custom computer with an A8N-SLI Deluxe MB.

BOTH COMPUTERS BLUESCREEN after random amounts of time. I've tried the new and old drivers from Linksys.

These cards are going back.

I bought this adapter for the kids' computer (an old Dell Optiplex GX110,) after I got the WRT330N Wireless-N Gigabit Gaming Router. The adapter would not work at all, even when NOT installing the Linksys drivers as suggested by other reviewers.

I called Dell for suggestions, but they didn't know of any incompatibility. I called Linksys, and one of the technicians I spoke with suggested something rather smart: to try the card in a different computer to discard if the card was bad or not. So I installed it in a Dell Dimension 9100. The card worked seamlessly (no installation of Linksys drivers). So the card worked fine; I'd say more than fine, just not with the old Dell computer.

I returned the card and instead installed the USB version (Linksys WUSB300N Wireless-N USB Network Adapter). I've had no problems with the new adapter since I plugged it in. My kids want a newer computer, but that's another issue :-).

I am loyal to Linksys. I think they sell good products, and I was happy to be able to get a solution within the same brand.

9/13/2006: I plugged this into my computer and got the lockup that is widely reported on the Linksys tech support forum. I did my best to follow the suggestions: #1 Install the software before installing hardware. #2 disabling the linksys monitor software. #3 uninstall the software/driver and re-install just the driver. None of this worked. One other suggestion about disabling the power save feature I wasn't able to try because the computer would lock up before I could navigate that deep into the settings every time. The computer would lock up the instant the DNS address was aquired from my router (a Microsoft brand 54G router). Before aquiring a DNS address, I would see the link bounce rapidly between 25% and 100% quality, which is even worse than my old Microsoft 54G PCI card did.

I promptly returned the card and the act of removing/reinstalling my old Microsoft card has boosted signal quality by just barely enough that I don't need the replacement anymore. Thanks Linksys, you just saved me $100.

I am not a computer whiz. I installed this product and the drivers on the CD on my XP system. The product seemed to work fine. Soon after, I noticed the computer was freezing up. Foolishly I didn't put 2 and 2 together, and assumed that the computer was overheating, because I'd had another do this. I began fiddling with the heat sink, and ended up screwing up the computer. I ended up getting a whole new computer before I realized that it was this product that was bad. My new computer began freezing up, too. Doh. I finally got it. So beware!

PS Looking back at the reviews (1/09) I gather that it works better on Vista, but I am amazed at how many people give it 5 stars, though noting that they had to do a custom install, evidently because of high speeds and range. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Mine's unused on a shelf in the basement.