| NETGEAR WN511T RangeMax Next Wireless-N Notebook Adapter |
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Model: WN511T-100NAS
Brand: Netgear
Manufacturer: Netgear
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 13
Form factor: Plug-in module
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: IEEE 802.11n (draft), IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
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| Features: |
Wireless-N PC Card delivers exceptional speed and range
Delivers up to 300 Mbps of wireless throughput
Provides up to ten times the range of 802.11g networ
Backwards compatible with 802.11g/b wireless networks
Device measures 4.85 x 0.33 x 2.13 inches (WxHxD) |
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| Description: |
| RangeMax NEXT EXTends the possibilities of your wireless home network by providing a Steady-Stream of up to 300Mbps, and is compliant with draft 802.11n. This next generation wireless standard utilizes advanced MIMO (Multi-In, Multi-Out) technology, which delivers incredible speed and range, and for the first time provides wireless interoperability at the highest speeds with product with TopDog.A RangeMax NEXT wireless network creates and maintains stable connections and enough bandwidth to surf the Internet, download MP3s, make Internet phone calls, share files, play network games, and stream high-definition videos, simultaneously at any distance or location in the home or office. Because RangeMax NEXT is compatible with all legacy b and g wireless products, you are sure to be connected.Preset internal antennas and 11n-True Test, high-performance testing and tuning, provides maximum performance and high-quality streaming every time. Touchless WiFi Security makes creating the highest level of network security easy. |
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| User Reviews (13 total): |
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JUNK! WASTE OF MONEY!!, August 14, 2008
By user
I purchased the WNR 3500 router and the WN511T adaptor to support it. Worked well for about a month with the occasional dropped signal. It now drops every hour at least and requires reconnection to the Internet. The latest drivers have been installed, etc, etc. An absolute waste of time and money and the worst network product I have ever purchased.
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Usefull Equipment, July 9, 2008
By user
I have purchased a new desk top computer and it works great but the only way I can get the internet it to have a usb adapter or notebook adapter and my notebook adapter works real good.
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Perfect For WIFI Sniffing, March 3, 2008
By user (Atlanta, Ga)
device = 5 stars , software = 1
This product is perfect for your wireless security pen tests, but do make sure to get the Marvell TOPDOG driver for it (http://www.wildpackets.com/support/downloads/driver_download/11)
you will need that to get the right performance from this device, whether or not you want to use it for other things, get that driver. you will be thoroughly satisfied, it is a work-horse, great range, it is reliable, with the proper driver. one drawback (against the company, not the device) netgear is notorious for bad user interfaces, this is one of those awful interfaces, thats why its a 4 not a five, the topdog driver solves that.
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Compatability issues with Netgear products, February 12, 2008
By user (Oz)
This card can create a link to my Netgear wireless routers (WNR3500 or DG834PN) but can't make an internet connection (DHCP problem?). Works fine with an older USR 8054 wireless router.
Get better wireless range with the USR 8054 than either of the Netgear RangeMax routers even when used with matching Netgear RangeMax adapters.
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Fast, Stable...? um... NO!, October 5, 2007
By user (Orem, UT USA)
I was VERY dissapointed with this card! My wireless G card that I replaced this one with was acctualy getting a faster and more stable connection to my Netgear RangeMax NEXT Gigabit Edition Router! The router works great, but this card is a peice of garbage! Think about other brands for wireless cards, I do reccomend NetGears routers though.
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pretty much kicks a$$, July 1, 2007
By user (Amelia, VA)
not really alot to say, i bought this with the matching gigabit edition router and the slowest speed i seen was 270mbps but it would jumped back up to 300 in a sec.
only bad thing i can say is if u have a 2.4 ghz phone, get rid of it b/c it will cause your wireless to drop out.
as with the router setup is a slight PITA but nowhere near as bad as the router. basically any1 can setup this device.
it delivers what it said it would minus the setup and interference with other 2.4 ghz devices it is a home run.
p.s. did i mention it is blazing fast ;).
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RangeMax Notebook Adapter, May 16, 2007
By user (nnn3)
Range and signal strength not as good as the slower (54 mbps) built-in adapter in my HP notebook. Expected Netgear to Netgear signal to be superior, but is not the case here. 300 mbps is over-rated, since bandwidth controls the volume of data. Somewhat dissappionted in this product. Perhaps in a higher bandwidth network, would realize the benefits.
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Great Product, March 25, 2007
By user
The WN511T is a "must-match" product if you have purchased a WNR854T, 1 Gigabit router.
The card offers superior connect and operating speeds for your laptop.
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Unbelievable Speed! Great Performance!, February 23, 2007
By user (California)
I recently received an HP notebook as a Christmas gift. The problem was that the internal 802.11b/g wireless card was very slow (20-30 Mbps) and kept dropping the signal if I moved too far from the router as we have an older house with thick lath and plaster walls. We have a 1700 square foot house and I was looking for something with a little more ooomph and reliability.
After reading articles in Maximum PC magazine and PC World, I decided to give the Netgear WNR854T Wireless, Pre-N Gigabit router and the Netgear WN511T RangeMax Notebook adapter a chance. The advertised connection speed is 300 Mbps.
Well, all I can say is "OH MY GOD!" This is the most fantastic thing I have ever seen! I am achieving 300 Mbps connection speeds with NO DROP OUT in 2 months now anywhere in the house. The slowest I have connected is about 67 feet from the router at 270 Mbps in the front of the house and sometimes even 300 Mbps at that range! I used the CNET broadband site to test my connection speed and was achieving the same 3.7 to 4 MBps download speeds as my wired connection. I can download a 79 MB file in under 30 seconds on a busy day on my notebook using the WN511T Adapter card.
I assume with more modern houses with gypsum/drywall instead of lath and plaster your speed/distance from the base router (WNR854T) would be even greater.
I recently sat out in our backyard, about 80 feet from the base and was online at 262 Mbps! I mean 80 feet!
If you buy any Pre-N router this year and notebook adapter, I highly recommend the Netgear WNR854T and WN511T pair. You won't be sorry. And the WNR854T comes with the highest security protocols, WEP, WPA, WPA-2 and WPA-2SK. It is also highly configurable for online gaming, networking and backwards compatible with 802.11g.
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Its pretty good, February 18, 2007
By user
This card is pretty good for I were expective. Its card receive more signal that another cheaper branch like lansy or something similar. I know what I talking about because my roommate got this card and I have the netgear. I can tell the difference between her signal and mine.
the only incovenience is the netgear program. Usually, the wireless is detected by the computer and pu-up the connection. You need conect first with the program and then, search what is the connection that you want.
In general, I don't complain
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Good Product/Terrible Support, November 29, 2006
By user (Hemet, CA USA)
The netgear Rangemax products can do what they say--it was able to reach a device in my house that other products couldn't--but you have to set it up so that your cordless phone does not interfere with it. I called tech support when my signal kept droping and the reps all insisted it was a problem with my computer hardware. It turns out that my router and cordless were using the same channel. I imagine that this must be a common problem and can't believe that tech support was not able to figure it out. Their ineptitude cost me a lot of hours and headache. I haven't had any other problems with the router and, knowing about the phone problems and how to fix them, you probably won't either.
If you have a problem, try setting the router to channel 11.
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Does not work, its as simple as that!, October 25, 2006
By user (Santa Clara, CA USA)
Based on so far excellent experiences with Netgear, I obtained the router WNR854T and the access adapter WN511T. To my dismay, I was never able to get network established. Even the router itself is very troublesome, uncharacteristic for Netgear so far. But is works finally, as a wired router at least. Not so the adapter.
After I installed the software, I instantly saw our network discovered with 85% signal. Good, I thought, a piece of cake. Well, it was not. The IP address of the adapter was always 0.0.0.0 and no connection has ever been made. Strangely enough, when I changed anything on the router wireless setting, this change was instantly discovered by the card adapter WN511T and the software, and yet no channel change, with or without security setting has ever helped to establish a connection on my WinXP system.
I called support and someone with an obvious indian accent was to assist me. We have spend 1 hour 50min while basically repeating everything in the book, like changing settings, rebooting, rebooting in safe mode without firewall or virus scanner etc., etc., all such basic stuff. All to no avail. The specialist escalated the case and gave me another case number. He promised me that I would be called.
Meanwhile my right to return the product has expired and noone called me. Instead I received two emails from Netgear asking me for... satisfaction feedback, including this "escalated case"!!! I think that this outraged me most. I did not wanted hang on a phone again and so I filed an online complaint with Netgear. I received yet another case number, the 3rd to be precise. Yet another person with Indian name send me guide to establish the network. This person ignored completely my message so far, did not explained what went wrong with the "escalation," and send me again most basic hints from "page 1" in the manual. All I could do was to click "does not help" and remind them of the 1 hour 50 min spend with someone already on making basic steps.
I have also received a "critical firmware update" email for my router. I performed the upgrade in a hope for an improvement. This upgrade said that we have to upgrade the firmware for WN511T as well. So I downloaded this upgrade 1.0.0.4, or similar, but it never wanted install. I started the installation program from the CD. The installed notified me that (surprise, surprise) "critical upgrade 1.0.0.4" is available via net (I have also a wired adapter with direct net access) and asked me to use this new version instead. So I did, and it installed this time, but afterwards the adapter card has vanished from the list of devices. After some rebooting, removing and plugging in the card, it appeared once for a brief time, to vanquish for good. Device manager sees some "unknown network adapter" and fails to install drivers for it, via net or from the CD.
I could here also write an essay about Netgears wireless assistant software, let me skip this here except for a remark: It is not a mature software either.
Another email came in from Netgear support from another person, this time, wow, with English name. He assumed that we have bad interference and asked to switch off wireless phone and all other devices operating in the 2.4GHz range. We use 5GHz phones, and here in the dense populated Silicon Valley we cannot avoid interference, if the interference is the reason for the problem at all. Finally, Netgear's enthusiastic promotion claims that interference and dead spots are now history with their so great RangeMax NEXT 811N technology...
Now that I cannot return the device, I am hang with it and I am exploring my consumer rights to send it back to Netgear. I have no time to fight this immature technology. Like you and you, I am busy and I use computer to work.
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Fails to Perform, September 4, 2006
By user
I am currently using a WNR834M RANGEMAX Next Wireless Router with a WN511T RANGEMAX Next Wireless Notebook Adapter and a WN311T RANGEMAX Next Wireless PCI Adapter. All of the equipment has the latest firmware and software utilities available from Netgear's website. I currently have no other wireless devices connected to my network. I also can only see a couple of networks near my home. They only have at most a 30% signal. So I do not believe I am getting any interference from those networks. I have also turned off anything in my home that gives off a signal.
I am unable to stream music from one wireless device to the other without the song skipping. Also if I attempt to surf the internet while doing this the connection speed varies greatly and if I do a constant ping I fail to get a response about 50% of the time from the router itself. The same symptoms occur if I transfer any data from one wireless device to the other. The box states I should be able to do all of these simultaneously and much more. As far as online gaming is concerned some games will not even connect due to the packet lose that is occurring. If I plug both computers directly into the router without using the wireless everything works fine.
I have 8 years experience in the IT field and have tried several different troubleshooting steps to resolve the issue. I have tried adjusting security settings, channels, radio frequency, MTU size, wireless optimization settings, and more. Nothing has solved the issue. As a last resort I decided to call Netgears 24/7 support line to see if someone could offer up another idea. After repeating several of the steps already mentioned the technician in India admitted she could not help me any further and a higher level technician would be calling me in the next 24 to 48 hours to assist me in resolving the issue. I have not had a call back yet.
When I hook up my old WRT54g Linksys 802.11b/g router to my WMP11 Wireless-B PCI adapter and my WPC54G Wireless-G Notebook adapter I have a more stable local area network.
I will be returning all 3 of these Netgear products.
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