Cisco-Linksys WKPC54G Wireless-G Network Kit for Notebooks

by Cisco

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 7 x 2 inches ; 2.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001FS9MK
• Item model number: WKPC54G
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,682 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 23, 2004

Product Description

Jump-start your wireless network! This Wireless-G Network Kit for Notebooks provides you with a Wireless-G Broadband Router (the heart of your network), and a Wireless-G Notebook Adapter to get your PC connected, quick and easy.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent Kit, May 20, 2004

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Dr. Rob (Huntsville, AL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cisco-Linksys WKPC54G Wireless-G Network Kit for Notebooks (Personal Computers)

I wanted to set up a wireless network and was very concerned with which hardware i was going to use. I read the mixed reviews of the (much cheaper) microsoft wireless notebook kit as well as the mixed reviews of the D-link router. It seamed that you were either gonna get something that worked great or crap. I have had nothing but great luck with this kit. I am running a Motorola surfboard modem, this kit, a linksys pc card serving three computers: a dell laptop (with the wireless card in this kit), a G4 powerbook (running mac os 10.3) and a homebuilt pc running windows xp home (with the linksys wireless desktop card). All 3 computers were online in less than one hour after the cable internet was activated. No matter what you hear about security, don't leave your network unprotected! Where i live there are 6 unprotected wireless networks, the best of them was from a linksys router. I just did a little casual surfing before the cable was installed, but i had access to all six of their ip addresses, their router hardware ids and could of easily set up a password for their networks, that they would never have (i could never do this, but someone else may). The first thing i did was enabled a WEP key and password protected my router configuration setup page. Everything was a breeze. I couldn't ask for a more stable router and overall network.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buy a real Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Route and card instead, July 9, 2004

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Dean (Aldie, Va United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cisco-Linksys WKPC54G Wireless-G Network Kit for Notebooks (Personal Computers)

The router in this package is based ona completely different chipset than the Linksys WRT54G router. The router in this package only has one antenna which severly limits the usable range. Each change to the router configuration will require a 10 second 'reboot' of the router. This gets to be very annoying after a few changes.
It will only cost about $10 more to get the real WRT54G and PCMCIA card and it will be well worth the extra $10. I'm not sure what Linksys is trying to achieve by selling this combo with a such a crappy router. They should package the regular WRT54G with the PCMCIA card and offer a discount, instead they put this piece of crap router in with the regualr PCMCIA card and try to pass it off as a good deal. Shame on you Linksys. You will ruin your good reputation with this router.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Junk, December 11, 2005

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Paul Miranda (Signal Mountain, Tn) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cisco-Linksys WKPC54G Wireless-G Network Kit for Notebooks (Personal Computers)

After wanting to throw this out the window - I, too, did some research. This bundled router is junk. Buy it piece meal or from another vendor but do not buy this bundle. It drops conections frequently and without moving the computer.