Sonnett Aria Extreme Wireless Cardbus Card (G54-CB)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.1 x 4 x 0.1 inches ; 1.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000DIWTY
• Item model number: G54-CB
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,362 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 25, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer
Network faster - Anywhere you go!
Speed and mobility. Two important words to any laptop owner. Kick it up a notch with our next-generation, high-speed wireless adapter -- Aria extreme. This card makes super-fast, mobile networking possible on most cardbus-equipped laptops, even older models. Just install Aria extreme into your Mac PowerBook or Windows notebook and you'll be wireless in minutes. Be amazed at data transfers of up to 54 Mbps -- surf the net without wires or cables!

Simple Installation
Sonnet's Simply Fast design philosophy makes this installation a breeze; you'll complete the process in a few easy steps. Add this powerful adapter to your Macintosh or Windows laptop to take advantage of the latest wireless technology.

Product Description
Sonnet G54CB Aria Extreme 802.11g PC Card - This PC card connects your PC or Macintosh laptop with 802.11g networks at speeds up to 54Mbps. It's also backwards compatible with 11Mbps 802.11b wireless networks. Covering the 2 most popular forms of wireless networking protocols.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So Easy to Set Up!, February 23, 2004

By A Customer

Works perfectly on my G4 titanium powerbook. Finally I can enjoy faster wireless networking. Set up was a breeze.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars reliability problems, November 14, 2004

By	T. Johnson "electronics junky" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My original built-in Apple airport card died and Apple no longer sells one that works with the Titanium powerbooks (they only sell extreme which don't fit), so the Aria Extreme from Sonnet seemed like a logical solution as it was cheap, easy and faster than the original! Just insert the card and zoom + much better reception....for a while. It died after about 6 weeks. After a week with online tech support, they sent me a new one. After about 3 weeks, that one died. I asked if they could please test this one to see what is going on, but they said no, they just throw them in a big bucket when they come back. The 3rd one only worked for about a day. So I assumed it was my titanium Powerbook and brought the card to the Apple store where is worked on 1 out of 4 new powerbooks I tested it on; the others it either crashed the machine or was not visable to the machine. I don't know if there is another option, but this one is not a good bet.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It works so good I bought two, October 19, 2005

By	L. Chan (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I upgraded my Airport base station to AirPort Extreme and wanted to upgrade my Titanium notebook to take advantage of the increase speed. The Aria Extreme card was a perfect choice. No software to install, just plug and play. I actually removed the internal AirPort card so there is less confusion for both me and the computer. The reciption was better with the Arie extreme card.

My PowerBook is always on except when I close the lid to put it to sleep. Rarely do I loose connection to the base station. When it does I just re-choose the wireless LAN and it connects right up. Every once in a while I have to cycle the power on the base station to get the wireless LAN running again.

After 2 years I accidently kill the card during a family vacation by plugging it in after the notebook was on. Since the card had worked so well I purchase another one to replace it.