Linksys WMP54GS Wireless-G PCI Card with SpeedBooster

Average customer rating: 3.0

Not good
No problem, is great
Works great once you resolve signal drop problems
Pitfall
Drop dead easy to install

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Linksys WMP54GS Wireless-G PCI Card with SpeedBooster

Manufacturer: Linksys
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0001D3K3A

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Product Description

LINKSYS WMP54GS -- The Wireless-G PCI Card with SpeedBooster installs easily in most desktop and tower PCs, and gives you the freedom to put your computer anywhere in the house or office -- saving the cost and hassle of running network cables. No need to drill holes in your walls and climb through the attic or cellar to get connected to the network! For Windows PC

Customer Reviews:

Not good.......2007-06-01

I purchased this because MN-730 was very hard to find. This adapter's weak. My connection would get disconnected at least twice a day (this never happened with MN-730 no matter how weak the signal was). I had to return them. Amazon gave me a full refund so that's good. 5 stars for Amazon. 1 star for this item.

No problem, is great.......2007-04-23

I use this card WMP54GS (Ver1.0) with the HGA7S 7dBi antenna, also my router (WRT54GS ver1.1) also have a HGA7T 7dBi antenna kit.

No problem, all works great!!!

Works great once you resolve signal drop problems.......2007-04-09

Frankly, I was ready to throw it out the window. Followed their instructions- installed Linksys software first, then installed card. Card would work at first, then intermittently lose signal / not connect to internet. I called tech support (3) times- first 2 calls were useless- same redundant tests / questions. I must have plugged and unplugged it 4 times. Finally- I paid the $30 for advanced support (after working on it for 5 hours and screaming at my kids) and got through to a girl named Sonali working for Linksys in India. Here's the deal:

Windows XP and Vista (I have XP Pro)have their own wireless adapter software that doesn't get along with the Linksys software that Linksys insists you install prior to installing the card. So.. to resolve this, you need to:

1: Delete the Linksys software for the Adapter- Programs /Linksys / Wireless adapter / UNINSTALL

2: Leave the adapter in the computer and reboot. Ignore the Windows add Hardware routine and let the hardware go as unresolved (the yellow question mark in device manager)

3: Find the Adapter Drivers ONLY and install them in a directory you can find later. The driver file should look something like wmp54GS.inf. I went to the linksys website and downloaded the most current file- then created a folder c:\linksys drivers and pasted the inf file there.

4: Go to Device Manager (My computer / properties / hardware / device manager- right click the unresolved device and update the driver. Follow the steps - don't let it search.. specify location.. and point it to the right file.

5: Now, after the drivers are read and XP id's the adapter, you'll get a wireless icon on the taskbar. Double click- find your connection (your router is broadcasting) and you're in. If you have WEP enabled, then you'll have to enter the key. Remember if you're using a LinkSys WRT54G, you enter a passphrase that generates a WEP key. enter the actual generated key, not the passphrase.

Now you should be set--- Windows wireless will log you on when you boot up and not drop you.

To tweak a little further-- if you have a Linksys WRT54G router- make some settings changes:

Changed the channel on the WRT54G wireless connection to 11 (works better than 6)

In Wireless Advanced Settings-

Changed beacon interval to 75
Changed fragmentation threshold to 2176 and RTS threshold to 2176

Disable Secure Easy Setup

The concept makes sense to me-- and now everything works like lightning.

Pitfall.......2007-03-12

It does not work with Windows 2000. I wasted my money. I will upgrade my desktop to windows xp and see if it works, if so, I might change my review.

Drop dead easy to install.......2007-03-08

I'm sure people have legitimately had problems installing these on some computers, but I've installed two of them now on Dell desktops and both times it was very easy and went over without any problems.

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