Trendnet TEW421PC 54Mbps 802.11g Wireless PC Card
The TRENDnet TEW-421PC 54Mbps Wireless CardBus PC Card gives laptop users mobile freedom. Now you can connect at home, in the office or to wireless hotspots on the road. It's backward compatible with 802.11b networks for assured compatibility between networks, and has 256-bit WEP encryption for secure data access. Cut the wires and move freely with the TEW-421PC 54Mbps Wireless CardBus PC Card. 64/128-bit Encryption Simple user setup and diagnostic utilities Operating Systems - Windows 98(SE), ME, 2000, XP Dimensions(LxWxH) - 4.65 x 2.1 x 0.2 Weight - 1.27 oz (36 g)
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Trendnet TEW421PC 54Mbps 802.11g Wireless PC Card Reviews
After installing the new drivers, it still would not work. So when a friend needed a wireless card quickly for her XP machine I gave her mine and ordered a replacement for myself. I installed it in my 98se machine and it wanted new drivers. It would have been nice if Trendnet had indicated the version on the box but it is OK as both machines are working wirelessly great. Since my 98se machine was already maxed out, I switched the cards (new card to XP machine and old card to 98se machine). When it came, I noticed the box was slightly different but the card itself looked the same. I had this in my small Windows 98se machine and it always worked w/o problems. A call to Trendnet informed me that the card had been upgraded and now needed more memory to operate.
My laptop now freezes when it goes into standby.but otherwise it works great. The card works great and the installation was a snap. I downloaded the latest drivers from their website (Win XP).
Everything looked fine and the card seemed to be connecting to the access point but my speed never went over 1 Mbps. After 3-4 frustrating hours I had to go back to my 5 year old Lucent Orinoco 802.11b card. Very disappointing.
With the Lucent card I was up and running in 10 seconds. I plugged this card in and installed the driver utility from the CD. I have a Thinkpad that runs Win XP Home.
I use WEP security in my home network. My advice, spend a few extra dollars and buy Netgear, Linksys or any of the other well-known brands.
I spent 3-4 hours trying to make this card work but it never went beyond 1 Mbps even when I was sitting 1 foot away from the wireless access point.
Never worked. After many hours, bought a Linksys card, which worked fine the first time not problems.
I use this pcmcia card on my HP laptop running windows 2000 Professional and so far it had worked perfectly. At home I have a Linksys router but I had used it in other networks too. It comes with a software that helps you to connect to the wifi network.
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