Compaq Wireless LAN PC Card

by HP

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004TF4Z
• Item model number: 146927-001
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Compaq's wireless LAN PC card is part of the WL series of IEEE 802.11b HR (High Rate) DSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) wireless local area network (LAN) products for wirelessly enabling notebook and desktop PCs to connect remotely to a LAN for collaboration and communication.

This PC card provides wireless networking for portable PCs running Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000, and CE. You can wirelessly send and receive messages, download files from the Web, or receive real-time updates to your calendar or mailbox from any location within your local area network.

This is an 11 Mbps wireless LAN PC card--a Type II PC card for notebook PCs. It comes with a three-year limited warranty and is backed by Compaq's customer service.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Compaq Wireless LAN is quite a solid performer, August 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Compaq Wireless LAN PC Card (Office Product)

After having used 1 MB wireless cards, Compaq is my first 11 MB one and I find its speed and performance quite exhilarating. However, its purported 150-ft range is overrated when one of the end points is moving or when the building has a metallic structure, like mine at work. Although transmission errors are transparent and not reported to the user, a significant (10/1) decrease in transmission speed becomes noticeably frustrating. Its price makes it affordable --if the wireless network access point is already available. The new home user, however, should consider the combined price of the minimum configuration required to make the network functional: (a) two PC cards, (b) one PC card and one network access point, etc. For my home LAN (one stationary computer connected to the Internet and one handheld PC), I found it much cheaper to buy two wireless PC cards than a card and a network access point. The handheld PC takes one of the wireless cards and the stationary PC has the other wireless card. Regular operating systems (e.g., Windows 2000, Linux) or shareware programs allow for appropriate IP forwarding and connectivity. The dual COMPAQ wireless card solution is relatively inexpensive when building a simple home LAN. The COMPAQ range is reasonable (throughout the house and yard).

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At work this thing ROX, July 4, 2000

By 

Neil Fisher (Vancouver, BC CAN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Compaq Wireless LAN PC Card (Office Product)

When I bought my i-paq I right away bought the wireless LAN PC card. It just made sense, at work with a large server this helps alot. You can acsess files on the server, send e-mails and messages to co-workers, wirelessly. This gives you a endless amount of memory on your handheld. With no need to fill it up with important files, you can just put then on the network or server, and acsess them where ever.Not olnly does this work for the i-paq, but also other compaq notebooks and laptops. You don't have to worry about it draining your battery, it uses only about one fifth of the operating power. With 203mHz on the i-paq the wireless LAN PC card, doesn't slow your handheld down a bit. One thing I find great is that there are no cables, no batteries, no worries. It's also very small it fit perfectly in the external pocket of my rino case. This item is a great by if your working with a large company. *****FIVE STARS*****

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 802.11 B from Compaq, August 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Compaq Wireless LAN PC Card (Office Product)

This card is outstanding, not just because it runs like a champ but because the software that comes with it actually gives you reasonable feedback.

Also, if you are finding the access point too pricey (it is really excellent), I would try a company called: buffalotech.com. They make a really neet home wireless kit that is 802.11 compliant. Very cheap and available now. Or, you can wait for Compaq's cool looking home access point. Should be available at Radioshack in the next month or so.

When you use this thing with a wireless access point, the iPaq Pocket PC and MS Exchange, email takes on a whole new realm. The bandwidth is really there. The Palm just cannot do this and logging into a 19.2 connection and running through yet another ISP is not an option for me.