| Buffalo Technology WLICBG54S 125 High Speed Mode Wireless Notebook Adapter With AOSS |
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Model: WLICBG54S
Brand: Buffalo
Manufacturer: BUFFALO
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 3
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
Form factor: Plug-in card
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
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| Features: |
Wireless PC card with 125 Mbps high speed mode
Supports AOSS (Airstation OneTouch Secure System) allowing easy setup of secure wireless connections
32-Bit CardBus performance
Supports 64/128-bit WEP
WPA (TKIP, AES), 802.1x support |
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| Description: |
| The AirStation 125 High Speed Mode Wireless Notebook Adapter offers a fast and flexible client solution for your notebook PC. 32-Bit CardBus technology and 54Mbps wireless data rates ensure maximum performance. In addition, the 125 High Speed Mode Wireless Notebook Adapter supports AOSS (Airstation OneTouch Secure System) allowing you to easily setup secure wireless connections to your AOSS-enabled Router. Fits any Notebook PC with an available Type II or Type III PC card slot. |
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| User Reviews (3 total): |
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easy to setup, but range lacking, June 8, 2007
By Mark E. Harris
works great at school, but at home barely keeps a connection in my room which is upstairs on the other side of the house from the router. Now, my Apple macbook gets a very low signal as well in my room, but, it is fairly reliable and keeps the connection most of the time. I should mention that I am using the Buffalo router WHR-G54S, which goes along with this adapter card. The range is lacking though in comparison to the Apple Airport.
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Dissapointment, March 1, 2006
By Rhinoskin (Atlanta, GA.)
Not what I hoped for. I already have built in wireless and I was using this as a connector for a canteena. When I made an atempt to use the adapter without the canteena it gave very poor performance.
If you have wireless and want to make it stronger, this is not the product for you. If you need this for use with another wireless booster. I would go for it but only after you check out other deals. I don't think the canteena websites recomend this product for it's performance.
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Range booster my !@$#!, December 17, 2005
By Katy J
I bought this to extend the range of my laptop's built-in wifi adapter. I was very upset after the installation, but lemme tell you all step by step.
Installation is very easy under windows XP: pop it in and when prompted insert the cd with drivers. CAUTION: if your laptop has a built-in wifi adapter you will have to disable it first - trust me, it will save you plenty of stress. Two adapters cannot work together for some reason. Disabling one is very easy, and re-enabling it is just the reverse process (control panel - system - hardware - device manager - right click device and choose disable / or enable].
OK, now comes the dissapointing part : the only thing this card will boost is your stress level! Range is MUCH WORSE than that of my built in wifi adapter, and I mean MUCH WORSE. It hardly registers my network at all, and cannot detect any of the neighborhood networks. However, that's where the external antenna jack comes in handy. I purchased a 12dbi cantenna (the Pringles-type can with a special coax cable) - it was commercially produced and set me back by $40. After pointing it in the right direction (cantenna is directional) I can now reach very good signal on this card and am for the most part satisfied. I'm usually connected at 48-54 and at a signal strength at "good". As an example:
My built-in wifi adapter generally connects at 36-48 MBps and "good" signal, detecting additional 7 - 9 networks in the vicinity..
The Buffalo card (without cantenna) connected at 5.5 MBps at the most and signal strength "very low", detecting only my own network and not working in the backyard at all. After installing the cantenna, speed is 48 - 54, signal good or very good, working outside without signal loss. However, detecting neighborhood networks requires reposition of the cantenna to find them (I may look for an omni-direction antenna to simplify the process).
To summarize: Good product, but only when paired with an antenna. Forget about it without one. When used with a cantenna, can be used for wardriving.
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