20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good hardware, bad software, 25 Mar 2010
By Zactivix - Published on Amazon U.S.
This review is from: ASUS PCI-G31 - Network adapter - PCI - 802.11b, 802.11g (Personal Computers)
I just upgraded my main PC and wanted to create a media server in the living room from my old box. It only had a CAT-5 on-board network adapter so I needed a wireless card. This is great for the money - does exactly what it's supposed to do. The router is on the opposite side of the wall about 6' away, so of course the signal strength comes in 100%.
It was not immediately recognized by Windows XP SP3, but I just ran the autoplay from the CD and installed everything from there. The mistake was to use ASUS' proprietary network manager and disable Windows' network manager. The ASUS network manager looks like something from 1995 and works like it too. It's just some other piece of junk to run in the background to hog more resources. It can connect just fine, but you have to navigate to several screens to connect. Also, it claims that it will save your password and settings, but it never does. So, I have to manually connect and enter the password every time I boot up -- lame!
Just install the drivers and bypass the ASUS network manager install and you'll be very satisfied.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Does the job, 4 Jun 2010
By Chris - Published on Amazon U.S.
This review is from: ASUS PCI-G31 - Network adapter - PCI - 802.11b, 802.11g (Personal Computers)
Put in the card, downloaded the drivers from the ASUS website, worked perfectly without any fiddling. Don't even bother putting the CD into your computer - Windows' wifi management is better than the ASUS utility anyway.
Great price for solid hardware, just ignore the software.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
works great no problems, 24 Aug 2010
By NorthernSeal - Published on Amazon U.S.
This review is from: ASUS PCI-G31 - Network adapter - PCI - 802.11b, 802.11g (Personal Computers)
Bought this for my WIN7 64 bit machine. Windows found the driver automatically and it has been working perfectly for the ~1 month I have had it. Reception is better than my old DLINK card.