Netgear WAB501NA 802.11a / 802.11b Dual Band Wireless Cardbus PC Adapter - PCMCIA

by Netgear

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Product Manual [1.41mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• ASIN: B00006RVPU
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 18, 2006

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ideal Wi-Fi solution!, May 17, 2003

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D. Lin "supa_dave" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Netgear WAB501NA 802.11a / 802.11b Dual Band Wireless Cardbus PC Adapter - PCMCIA (Electronics)

I bought this with its matching access point NetGear WAB102 and could not be happier. Set-up took less than five minutes, although configuring the security and access settings took about an hour. The card and access point also include 3-yr warranties, 24/7 support and all that jazz. Excellent for those who don't wanna spend too much time figuring out how to connect Wi-Fi. A co-worker of mine has the Microsoft solution that claims total simplicity and zero uptime, but I fought the NetGear solution much easier.

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this if you use XP or newer., July 16, 2011

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This review is from: Netgear WAB501NA 802.11a / 802.11b Dual Band Wireless Cardbus PC Adapter - PCMCIA (Electronics)

I bought this for my IBM ThinkPad T40 with Windows XP, and it barely works. Whenever it detects the hardware it makes my computer get the BSOD and restart, it sometimes doesn't do this, but that almost never happens, the only good things I can say about this is that the Signal strength is good and its pretty fast.