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Netgear WG511T 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card
Binding: Electronics
Platform: Windows
Release Date: 2003-10-07
Manufacturer: Netgear
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Features: 108 MBPS WIRELESS PC CARD, 802.11G SUPER G WIRELESS EN
Average Rating: 4.0
Total Customer Reviews: 25
Our Price: £17.99
Sales Rank: 3121
Product Description
Want the fastest-ever untethered access to the Internet from your notebook PC? Then NETGEAR's 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card is just what you need. It achieves speeds up to 108 Mbps with Super GTM Technology, providing total mobility as you access your home wireless router, office network, or public hotspots. Even more, it lets you finally enjoy the best in advanced applications, such as video streaming, and at greater range with new antenna technology. NETGEAR's Smart Wizard install assistant makes setup so eas...
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Excellent coverage, recommended!
I completely recommend this card, but want to offer my story to give guidance to others.
I bought this card to replace my 54Mbps Cable & Wireless card, as I wanted faster connectivity.
When I first installed the card, using the installation CD it comes with, there were two options:-
1.) Use the Netgear Smartwizard. (recommended)
2.) Let Microsoft Windows configure the card.
I chose the option that was highlighted as being recommended, Netgear, but in doing this upon "successful" installation, I had no IP address, but somehow I was still accessing the internet, then it kept crashing and then eventually it didn't work. I rang my ISP but because the internet was working through my modem, they would not help. I phoned Netgear, they didn't help either.
So, I un-installed the card and then re-installed it, this time choosing Windows to configure the card.
It worked instantly and perfectly. I have excellent signal strength everywhere in my house, and it is always at 108Mbps.
I have a Netgear Rangemax WPN824 router, I'm using Windows XP and my house is a 3 bed room semi-detached.
I would recommend this to anyone, for its range and signal strength, and for now knowing how to best install it, its ease of installation. :)
I am no computer expert. I can use a computer pretty well, but when things go wrong I get lost, like most people.
Hopefully to those that purchase it in future, my story will help and you can enjoy it, just like I am.
Thanks for reading.
So far so good
I'm using XP and just installed this in about 2 mins, works perfectly so far. I'm not using a Netgear router (using a Speedtouch)and compatibility is fine. Only 54Mbps, but that may well be because I'm somewhat of a luddite and don't really know what I'm doing! I guess if I am and it was still so simple then it must be good!
Netgear WG511T 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card
Due to reports of incompatibilty, I was slightly wary of buying this as I'm using a reasonably old Toshiba SP4600. Fears turned out to be unfounded however, I've had absolutely no problems with it at all.
Really simple to install. Put the disc in, do what it says, then put the card in. I haven't really tested the speed it can reach as my connection is only 54Mbps, but it recieves this with no problems whatsoever.
Perfect with Windows XP and Linux
I installed this in about 5 minutes under Windows XP (I think the install CD suggested it might take 20 mins or so, so I was pleased).
I've not tried it with Vista. According to the documentation, there is a Vista driver you can download from Netgear's website.
It took me slightly longer (about 30 mins) to get it working with SUSE Linux 10.2 using the Madwifi drivers mentioned by other reviewers (find instructions on how to make it work with SUSE Linux by Googling for "Hacking Opensuse" or look on the OpenSuse Atheros Madwifi page). I'm sure it's fine with other recent Linux distro's too.
The Windows version installs a handy Wireless Wizard on your desktop, which gives rather more information (possibly too much information?) than the default Windows wireless thingy. I actually tried the card with both the Windows default program and the Netgear wireless wizard and it works fine with both.
Highly recommended. I've had no problems at all so far.
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Update: Since I wrote this review, I've also successfully used the card at several Wi-Fi hotspots with no problems at all.
Random shutdowns/standby
I bought this card recently and initially I was very happy with it. It has a good range and connects to my Linksys router flawlessly from anywhere in the house.
Someone else mentioned that it seems to freeze on certain laptops. In my case, it randomly switches off my Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop (or puts it on stand by). I have the latest drivers installed for this card. In the end, I tried plugging my laptop directly into the router through a network cable and never had any problem.
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