Linksys WMP600N Wireless Adapter with Dual-Band IEEE 802.11a/b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 PCI WPA2

Pros: Needed to upgrade the company desktop with a 5GHz radio (less interference). Linksys was the first brand that came to my mind. Selective dual band with 300Mbps. Installation was easy, and the performance was pretty solid. Nothing to complain about.

Cons: Nothing really!

Other Thoughts: Since this product is based on the Ralink chips, I would suggest to install the latest Ralink drivers for the best performance.

Pros: It's compact. Sort of.
Compatible with windows 7 64bit

Cons: - Has a terrible signal. Issues picking up wifi from a router ONE ROOM AWAY. When at the other side of the house, it was barely above one bar!
- NOT COMPATIBLE WITH WPA. It's ridiculous, if a adapter is sold now days, ti cant have WPA2 listed in its name and not be able to access WPA connection.
- Does not ANYWHERE mention this limitation.

Other Thoughts: I spent a good couple hours trying to figure out why this wouldn't pick up, as the thought of it not doing WPA didn't even cross my mind. It's a $80 adapter before sale, not exactly something you cheaped out on to get. It's not even worth $30. It's a joke that the only reason I'm forced to waste the money to buy this is because for some reason windows 7 64bit is incompatible with older network adapters, despite the 32bit OS being perfectly compatible.

Manufacturer Response:

Hi Zeeky,

Your valuable feedback means a lot us. Your signal issue is posted in our Community Forum where one of ur members has provided you a couple of troubleshooting steps that will fix the problem. Here's the link: http://community.linksys.com/t5/Social-Media-Support/Newegg-com-WMP600N-Do-not-buy-if-you-usa-WPA/td-p/646508

Thanks,
Linksys Support
http://support.linksys.com

Pros: Worked great while it worked.........

Cons: Died within 4 months. Linksys is honoring the warranty and replacing the unit - BUT - they replace it with a refurbished unit. So if this died the day I received it, that means I get a refurb replacement?? Not good.

Pros: Work good for a month and died.

Cons: Here we go....For a month things were humming along. Then IT happened. The dropped connectivity. The low data transfer rates. And when I say slow downloads it took 35 seconds to load the google page!!!!!

Other Thoughts: If your running XP(i'm sorry for you)or 2000( again I'm really sorry for you) then this is the card for you. DO NOT BUY THIS CARD if you are running windows 7 or 8. ESPECIALLY WINDOWS 8 in any BIT size. THis card is a load of bunk on the forums anyways.DO NOT BUY!!!!

Pros: It does connect to wireless N networks.

Cons: Does not connect to Dual Band N.
Windows 8 drops connectivity on this card at random.

I am running latest drivers as of 2/17/2013

Pros: - Um, none that I can think of.

Cons: - Never worked

Other Thoughts: Looks like this thing has very mixed reviews so maybe it will work for you, maybe it won't. I got it to see the signal, connect, but then it would just be SOO impossibly slow. Or it wouldn't even see the signal at all. Or it would drop me, etc, etc....

Didn't work at all for me, I just threw it in a drawer.

Pros: Not much

Cons: Purchased this to upgrade from my ancient linksys usb adapter. After installing the new card, the speeds were at an atrocious 1Mbps. My old usb adapter pulls 100-120. After googling for the problem, hunting down drivers, and toying with router settings (all different possible "fixes" found from google) I managed to boost the speed to a measly 5.5Mbps.

Other Thoughts: I do not recommend this card to anyone.

Pros: Fantastic "just works the first time" card. Make sure you install windows 8 updates completely because one of their bug fixes actually allows this card to work correctly.

Cons: There are none. After I figured out the patch thing of Windows 8 it was .. snap .. fantastic.

Pros: Works grate, good range and easy instal. Win7 64

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Don't understand how you can have a problem with it. Operator error...

Pros: It works?

Cons: Any interference, including people and the pc case itself slow this down. Horrible signal. Get better signal with usb wifi.

Manufacturer Response:

Hi,

We posted your concern on the community forums so the experts can give their recommendation on your signal problem. Here is the link http://homecommunity.cisco.com/t5/Facebook-Support/Newegg-com-WMP600N-Slow-and-steady/td-p/591944

Thanks,
Cisco-Linksys Support
http://homesupport.cisco.com