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Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Notebook Adapter
 
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Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Notebook Adapter

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Technical Details

  • Easy-to-use Setup Wizard
  • Strong security features, including 128-bit wireless security (WEP) and support for 802.11b standards
  • Broadband Network Utility for easy monitoring of your network status
  • Connects to a laptop computer through the PC Card slot
  • Toll-free product support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
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Product Details

Product Manual [941kb PDF]
  • Item Weight: 2.1 pounds
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • ASIN: B00006IJO7
  • Item model number: L21-00003
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank

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    #24 in  Electronics > Computers & Accessories > Networking Products > Transceivers
  • Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: September 19, 2002

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Microsoft wireless notebook adapter makes it easy to add a notebook computer to your network. Share a broadband Internet connection by connecting to a router, share files and printers with other computers on your network, or play games with multiple players on the Internet. You can also connect to other wireless 802.11b/Wi-Fi networks when you're away from home for added productivity on the road.

The wireless notebook adapter comes with an easy-to-use setup wizard, designed to make connecting your computers together easier. It has strong security features, including 128-bit wireless WEP security, and support for 802.1x standards. The Microsoft broadband network utility makes it easy to monitor your network status.

Included with the wireless network adapter are an adjustable antenna and attached cable and setup CD-ROM, as well as a startup guide and a user's guide.

System requirements include: a wireless router (sold separately) or other 802.11b/Wi-Fi device or network, as well as a computer running Windows 98, 98 SE, Me, 2000 Professional, XP Professional, or XP Home editions; Internet Explorer 5.0 or later (setup will install Internet Explorer 6.0 browser components, if necessary, but will not displace your primary browser); 28 MB of available hard disk space if you already have Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6.0 (132 MB of available hard disk space if you are installing Internet Explorer for the first time); a 4x or faster CD-ROM drive; and a VGA or higher-resolution monitor.



Product Description

The Microsoft Wireless Notebook Adapter makes it easy to securely add a notebook computer (or any computer with a PC Card) to the 802.11b wireless network in your home or small office and share a broadband connection, such as a cable or DSL modem. The Microsoft Wireless Notebook Adapter protects your network from unauthorized access with 128-bit wireless security (WEP). It also includes the Microsoft Broadband Network Utility allowing you to easily monitor your network status.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Linux compatible chipset in card, June 16, 2004
By J. W. Rogers (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a pretty good card. It uses the Prism2 chipset. Linux recognizes it on my system (MDK10 with kernel 2.6.X), although I have not finished the annoyance that is setting up wireless networking under linux. The MS Windows OS installer ap is annoyingly big, but post-install card configuration is much better than what I have seen with other brands. The stupid inability to cut and paste WEP keys is very standard for all cards I've used. It's not as though such measures really increase security. Disabling cut and paste for the WEP key certainly does not keep one from storing the key locally. Therefore, I really must wonder what manufacturers think is gained. All in all, though, a very good, highly responsive card with excellent range and GREAT compatibility. Supposedly, it _might_ even work under BeOS.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Works great with Linux!, April 18, 2004
I bought this card as a cheap back-up for my SMC2532W-B, and am pleasantly able to report that it work like a charm with Debian Linux! (I am using Libranet, a Debian-based distro, with the wlan-ng wireless pcmcia drivers).

Who'da thunk that a Microsoft card would be recommended by a Linux Geek? But this is one of the increasingly difficult-to-find pcmcia cards using the prism 2/2.5/3 chipset that works really well in Linux. And while it doesn't have the range of the SMC (one of the highest power out-of-the-box cards you can get) it linked right up as soon as I plugged it into my Thinkpad T21 & gave it's MAC address to my Netgear router (I have MAC access turned on) and seems to get as least as good range as the very similar Netgear MA401 I have also used.

I have absolutely no idea how well it works with Windows, I would assume well as it's a Microsoft product. But if you are looking for a budget card for use with Linux, at this price you can't go wrong!

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Works Great, July 9, 2003
By Wayne (Wisconsin USA) - See all my reviews
This notebook adapter worked great on my laptop/server running Windows Server 2003 in ad hoc mode. I also bought the USB version for my desktop running XP. The laptop is no longer portable because it overheats without an external fan so the true test will be when I buy a new laptop. I only gave it 4 stars becuse the software that came with it is bad and I uninstalled it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars averageguy@graffiti.com Microsoft Wireless Notebook Adapter
I have been to severel stores looking for a wireless adapter that runs on Windows 98.I have 2 laptops that are running 98 and at the beginning of the year I purchased the... Read more
Published on November 7, 2004 by Joseph Scalisi

3.0 out of 5 stars Didn't work at first--frustrationville!
I just received this adapter and installed it almost without any problems. The instructions in the booklet for inserting the card were different from the software--one said to... Read more
Published on July 23, 2004 by L. M. Tanaka

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
I have used for 1 year and there is no problem.
Published on June 22, 2004 by wa

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great, would recommend
Inserted the setup CD, followed the prompts, plugged in the card and it started working. I don't have any signal problems throughout my house. Read more
Published on June 20, 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Works great with Linux
I bought this because it is somewhat difficult to find a wireless notebook card that works easily with linux. The chipset they used for these works very well. Read more
Published on June 10, 2004 by Danny

5.0 out of 5 stars Not bad at all
For a microsoft product I was skeptical, but I was lured by the cheap price. Let me tell you, setup was 5-10 minutes barely looking at the instruction manual, and I'm no computer... Read more
Published on April 28, 2004

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor range
I have two laptops and two desktops, all networked with different wireless cards. This Microsoft card is the worst of the bunch. Read more
Published on February 6, 2004 by Jim Klee

2.0 out of 5 stars not bad... for six months
I had no problems using this card on a Windows 2000 notebook PC. I only used this PC/NIC card, on average, about 2x/week for about an hour at a time. Read more
Published on January 1, 2004 by squdgy

4.0 out of 5 stars Much better than Linksys
After hours of frustration with a Linksys card, I gave up and bought the Microsoft adapter. It's wonderful! Read more
Published on December 22, 2003 by boaltie03

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor Range .. Difficult Setup
I never got this card to work. After installing the software, it detected a 'poor' connection to my home wireless network whereas my Netgear card shows a 'very good' at the same... Read more
Published on November 4, 2003 by Tim R. Parry

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