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BrandLinksys
Item Height
44 millimetres
Item Width15.9 centimetres
Product Specifications
Technical Details
- High-Speed Transfer Rate of Up to 11 Mbps
- Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b (DSSS) 2.4Ghzcompliant Equipment
- Provides Roaming, Best Access Point Selection, Load Balancing, and Network Traffic Filtering
- Long Operating Range Supports 150m (indoor) and 500m (outdoor)
- Adjustable Antennas Provide for Physical Configuration
- Wireless Access Point Roaming and Bridging
- MAC Address Filtering, IP Filtering, DHCP Client, and SNMP Configuration Utility Password Protection
- 128-bit Hardware WEP Supported
- Compatible with Virtually All Major Operating Systems
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Don't be bound by cabling restrictions any longer! The Instant Wireless Network Access Point from Linksys delivers the freedom to configure your network your way. Utilisation of state-of-the-art wireless technology gives you the ability to set up workstations in ways you never thought possible; no cables to install means less expense and less hassle.
The Instant Wireless Access Point's high-powered antenna offers a range of operation of up to 1640 feet, providing seamless roaming throughout your wireless LAN infrastructure; an advanced user authentication feature ensures a high level of network security. The Instant Wireless Access Point is easy to install (Just plug it in and you're ready to go!) and easy to use-Windows-based diagnostics and statistic tools ensure that you'll always be in control.
When all these features come together in one compact, lightweight, and power-efficient unit, you have the ultimate in flexible networking-the Linksys Instant Wireless Access Point.
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
58 of 64 people found the following review helpful
After trying many other manufacturer's products for my company, I decided to test the Linksys solution - as recommended by a friend in the US.
This has got to have the easiest set-up around - you plug it in, type the address in Internet Explorer and give the network a name! It's that simple! The throughput is also great and it looks good too. It's unreal that some manufacturers charge over double this price and the product doesn't perform as good.
I also tried their PCMCIA card and found the range on this to be better than anything else I've tried (Cisco, Compaq, Zoom, Netgear)and it also managed to pip Cisco on a throughput test.
If you want a wireless network - definitely go for this!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
If anyone was looking for a wireless network this would be something I'd reccomend for them. I use it so I can take my laptop around the house without having to plug cables in everywhere I go. It does get a little slow at times, but if you are looking for a speedy connection at all times then wires are best. But if it's freedom to move you want then the Lynksis is very useful.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
With a desktop PC hooked up to a Wireless Access Point Router with a 4 point switch, I bought a Linksys PCMCIA card for my laptop. With modern laptops running hotter, I found the PCMCIA card cooked, and my laptop would crash and reboot itself. I found I could only use the PCMCIA Card for 30 mins, before taking it out and cooling it against a window pane. I tried the USB device, and this did not pick up the signals at all well between the walls and floors.
I thought that using a WAP11 in another part of the house, I could use a crossover network cable between the WAP11 and the laptop, and that my problems were over.
I found to my cost, after calls to the Linksys Helpdesk, that this will not work either. You need two WAP11 devices and the Wireless Access Point Router. So I bought a second WAP11 and thought I had finally achieved my goal.
Next problem, was that one of the WAP11's was version 2.2 and the other was version 2.6. You need to know which version you are getting when you buy this item. Version 2.2 will never operate in Wireless repeater mode and has no firmware upgrade to provide this mode.
At the time of writing, this crucial version information for the WAP11 you are buying, is not shown in the technical section of the Amazon website. You would only find out the version after the item was delivered. In addition the WAP11 version 2.6 needs a firmware upgrade to v1.07 to get the Wireless repeater mode. It wont work out of the box until you do this.
So I finally achieved my goal, but I now have a LINKSYS USB device, a PCMCIA device and a WAP11 version 2.2 device to sell on eBay.
You will not not find the information you need before you buy on the manufacturer's, nor supplier's website.
In summary, you should contact the supplier's helpdesk first, pay to speak to a human, and ignore all the website support information which is often out of date, misleading and wrong.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Generally buggy - a popular choice for no good reason
I can't stress how much stress (!) this device has caused. It seems that it's going to do the job properly and then insidious problems creep in that get worse and worse until... Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2005 by Phunksta
Easy to install - range not bad
Got full coverage over my apartment combined with the WPC54G pcmcia card. Drops to 60% when on my balcony - going thru concrete floor and plaster wall.
Overall, very satisfied !
Published on 12 Sep 2003
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