| Linksys WMP54G Wireless-G PCI Adapter |
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Model: WMP54G
Brand: Linksys
Manufacturer: Linksys
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 166
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP
Form factor: Plug-in card
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
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Operates in the 2.4 GHz frequency spectrum with speeds up to 54 Mbps
Complies with IEEE 802.11g draft standards, and is backwards compatible with IEEE 802.11b products
Installs in most desktops and lets you put your computer almost anywhere in the building
Up to 128-bit WEP encryption
Compatible with Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, and XP |
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| Description: |
| The Linksys WMP54G Wireless-G PCI Card for Windows PC connects you with Wireless-G networks at speeds up to 54Mbps. It also has backward compatibility to interoperate with all the 11Mbps Wireless-B (802.11b) products found in homes, businesses, and public wireless hotspots around the country. With 128-bit security encryption, wireless data transfer is extremely secure. 128-Bit Encryption Toll-Free Tech Support from Linksys ! Year Linksys Limited Warranty Includes SetUp Wizard CD-ROM and user's guide |
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| User Reviews (166 total): |
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Not needed, February 20, 2007
By Robert Jpnes
I bought this card as I assumed I needed it. I purchased it with a router, card for my son's laptop, and xbox360 adaptor.
My son is an IT student and hooked everything up pronto.
The problem I have is everything went through my computer and modem prior to getting to the router. There was absolutely no need for the card for my computer.
I'm no computer genius, but it seems to me that a little more clarity as to the need of this product would be nice.
Your base unit doesn't need it. Only "additional" computers require it.
I really cant' "rate it" as I have never used it. The rest of the stuff works great.
Live and learn. :(
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incompatible with linksys range extender, February 14, 2007
By R. Yu (north america)
I bought this card specifically because I am using a Linksys wireless router and a Linksys wireless range extender (the WRE54G), and I was hoping to minimize potential incompatibility. Instead, every brand of wireless adapter in my home network works fine *except* for the WMP54G--every 10 or 15 minutes, the driver software pops up a dialog complaining about an IP address conflict. If you search the web for "wmp54g address conflict," you'll find an endless number of similar complaints, all followed by well-meaning advice but few of which seem to be resolved. I believe the problem really lies in the driver software, the "wireless network monitor", which is confused by the range extender, but I have the latest version and it hasn't resolved the problem.
Avoid this product.
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JUNK - buy a different brand, February 10, 2007
By Lasvik (Miami, FL United States)
This card is junk. I won't go into all of the steps I took to confirm, which included talking with Linksys support. Engineered and manufactured poorly. Linksys quality continues to decline; surprising that this would happen AFTER Cisco bought them....Cisco (non-Linksys) equipment is excellent. Buy any other brand.
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Great Product, January 27, 2007
By Andrej Bevec
Could not get my D-Link card to work with Linux Fedora 6, the drivers would not work. Went out and bought this Linksys NIC. Works great with Linux Ubuntu. My other XP computer has a D-Link, with dropping reception. Switched the 5db antenna on the Linksys with the D-Link 2db antenna. My Link sys still works great with the crappier 2dB antenna and now my D-Link has better reception.
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Linksys Wireless Adapter, January 10, 2007
By Jay Kosk (Washington, DC)
This is the upgraded version of the earlier Linksys adapter which I had been using for three years. The earlier adapter was disabled when I made the mistake of downloading an upgrade that was offered on-line. The moral of the story is don't download upgrades to these adapters. The new one works fine and the Linksys service line has always been easy to access and could not have been more helpful.
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does its job, January 10, 2007
By HWG (Redwood City, CA, USA)
usually a desktop case is down under the table, with this wireless card. however, for a 1 bedroom apartment that i have, 600 sq feet, it has no problem to connect to the hub. i recommend it.
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Works Great, January 10, 2007
By G. Lewis (LA, CA)
I'm no techie. All I know is I needed to convert my son's computer to wireless since it was too far from my router to hard wire. I did a little research, got a real good price on this unit, and with little effort had it installed and working in no time. It's been 3 months now, and it works just fine. What more can I ask?
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Great Technology, January 5, 2007
By B. Jimenez (San Antonio, TX United States)
Didn't know this product existed until one of our IT Techs mentioned it. Works great for those old computers that don't have an internal modem.
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Excellent, but lacks the same thing..., December 29, 2006
By Edgar Mertins Pappa (Guatemala, Guatemala)
The product is excellent. In normal scenarios, it will get full signal strenght and a reliable connection.
However, I always fail to understand why manufacturers can't understand that having the antenna for wireless adapters stuck between a wall and the PC case (normal case scenario) will yield poor results. Some manufacturers already saw this issue, and include an antenna with an extension cable to place at least on top of the desk. This Linksys adapter has a larger antenna, but it still has the same problem.
All in all, that's the only issue. The adapter is a very solid wireless product.
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Rock solid ... after you manage to install it, that is, November 13, 2006
By G. Mladenov
This card brought the end of connection dropouts for me. I regularly have 10-14 wireless networks in range and when my old DLink card started dropping connections every couple of minutes, I had to upgrade. It's been a week since I installed the WMP54G (v 4.1) and it has yet to drop the connection. I can see how in the evenings the speed varies between 36-54Mbps but the connection never gets dropped.
Installing the card was a real pain, though. At first I was getting "cannot associate with the access point" error. I then moved the card to another PCI slot, which froze my computer, so I had to move the card to the original PCI slot. After the machine got rebooted, the card miraculously started working.
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breeze to install, works great, November 10, 2006
By Wes Edens (Glendale, AZ United States)
I had never installed one of these before, but the complete time to install this adapter was less than 5 minutes. It does an excellent job of receiving a signal through several walls about 30 feet away. One of the best pieces of technology I've ever purchased.
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DOA G-Wireless, October 12, 2006
By Saint Apathy (San Francisco, CA)
Used this card to replace a Linksys WUSB54G Wireless-G USB Adapter that had start to act up on me. I was going to install a 5 port USB PCI hub so I figured, "Why not ditch the corded adapter while I'm cracking the case?".
No dice. The card never worked. I made sure that I grounded my self before installing. I was on the phone w/ Linksys Tech Support for an hour and we repeated the same driver install dance that you normally go through on these sort of calls.
My computer uses the latest version of XP and is a pretty decent system that's about 4 years old. P4, 2 GHz, 1024 MB of ECC Registered Memory. Yada, yada, yada.
I finally returned the Linksys card and got a D-Link PCI adapter. It's worked fine since then though it doesn't have the range of my old USB adapter. I think I'll stick with Belkin wirelss products from now on.
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Excellent with XP, July 22, 2006
By captain
This item works excellent with XP, you get an excellent signal with excellent software. The ugly antenna the person before is talking about is a 5 db antenna, while other manufactors only give you a cheap 2 db antenna. That is why the reception on this item is so good. Also who cares about the antenna, when it is behind the computer and you cant see it, but you can see the excellent reception. You are not buying it for looks, but for the performance. The software does not work with 98, even though the ratings says it does.
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Easy, quick and powerful, July 15, 2006
By Ten 252 (Illinois)
This is one very powerful and easy piece of equipment that you should be able to have up and running in under 10 minutes. I installed it on a relatively new (6 months old) Dell XP desktop. Like they say in the instructions, load the CD BEFORE you try to install the card. Follow the instuctions on the screen and you should be all set. I have an ATT 2WIRE wireless DSL router with an Apple Airport attached for increased range. This card detected both of the wireless routers and asked which one I would like to link up to. Since I was closer to the Airport I chose that one, clicked on it, and I was up and running in seconds. I don't really download a lot of big video files, but what I do download seems to open as quick, if not quicker, than when I was hardwired to the router. Web pages open as quickly also. Sure I installed it on a desktop that isn't going anywhere, but hey - one less wire under my feet.... Now if I could just get my stupid Dell to find and share my printer with my Mac...but that's another story.
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No Hassles!, June 27, 2006
By Geek in Training (Boston, MA)
I had initially purchased the dlink wireless USB adapter and had daily struggles with getting it to work properly (the PC would not recognize the device or say that the driver was not installed - likely due to the fact that I am running XP SP2). After many fruitless hours spent w/Dlink tech support, I went out and bought the linksys adapter. The installation was a snap - ever though this was my first time taking the cover off and installing something internally! The whole installation process took 15 minutes and the software detected my network right away- awesome! Signal strength is very good, my access point (Fios) is in the basement, and this PC is on the second floor of my house - receiving a very strong signal.
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Antenna fell off several times, May 22, 2006
By royale6 (Sonoma County, USA)
Maybe 2 1/2 stars.
Software and wireless setup for this card went fine, even great, and have continued to work for over 1 1/2 years now but . . .
Here's the rub.
Seems the housing on the card that receives the threads of the antenna was not properly attached to the board.
The antenna would not work properly - 0-50% signal strength from the Access Point in the next room when it wasn't falling off the back of my machine! Futzed with the thing getting half-*** performance with it for toooo long until . . .
Had to remove board from computer, use plier to remove antenna from the recept and VERRY carefully place the card in a vice and use vice-grip/clamp tool to forcefully slide the 1/2" housing in place onto the board.
Did this once and it didn't seat far enough (antenna fell off) and a couple weeks later had to repeat the process.
Apparently it needed to be pressed on even further and it actually snapped (securely ?) the 2nd time after using more force that you might imagine on such a delicate device.
It has worked as advertised since then (about a year now).
There ARE other reviewers who have suffered from "antenna drops off" too. Be warned.
When one pays extra "for quality" they should expect better than this.
It's time again to add to my network and will try a different board (for half the price).
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reasonably happy with it, May 16, 2006
By RXdK (The Netherlands)
Installing the card is no problem with Windows XP, just supply the path to the XP driver when Windows asks for it. With XP you do not need the Linksys software, XP will roam and find your Access Point. Tip: after your network is found you can stop XP from continuing roaming: run C:\WINDOWS\system32\net.exe stop from within a .bat or .cmd file. This way you'll be sure of an uninterrupted and undisturbed connection. To restart roaming replace the argument stop with start. When I use the Linksys software it indicates connection with my AP but also states not to be able to establish internet connection. However all internet services do function. The desktop pc is situated in a terrible place filled with iron tubes but where other adapters connected with only average signal strength and low bandwith this one connects at full 54Mbs and Excellent signal strength.
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IT WORKS!, March 28, 2006
By C. lin
I finally decided that toying around with the antenna of my D-link PCI card just to get a 3-bar signal was enough. I decided to order this card. Installation was very easy, the software that comes along wiht it is great, and best of all, the signal is amazing. 5 bars, all the time, perhaps due to the rather large antenna as opposed to the short stubby D-link antenna.
Lesson of the day - Linksys > Dlink.
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easy setup, March 1, 2006
By John S. Gomez
The wireless card was very easy to install and all took about 10 to 15 minutes total time. I recommend this for people who don't want to run wires through out the house.
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As easy as 1, 2, 3, March 1, 2006
By Luis Villalobos Noriega (Mexico City, Mexico)
Haven't bought a wireless PCI adapter before and what I really liked is that you don't need much to get it up and running. I didn't used the Linksys software, I just plugged it in, turn my PC on, and when Windows XP requested the driver, I just located it at the Linksys included CD and that was it, inmediate access to my home WLan. Great buy!
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