ABS NW-201-PCI IEEE 802.11b/g 32bit PCI2.2 Wireless G Adapter Up to 54Mbps Wireless Data Rates 64/128/256-Bit WEP - Retail

Good For the Money

Reviewed By: six on 5/16/2006

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Inexpensive, RPSMA connector for external antenna, Easy Install, Decent range

Cons: Connection software lacking features and perhaps a bit buggy. The installed antenna is probably 2 or 2.5 dbi. There doesn't seem to be any way to keep them from going in to power saving mode.

Other Thoughts: I've purchased five of these now. They all work just fine and as mentioned above, they all have good range and I'm particularily happy with the ability to pigtail to better antennas. I had problems with the connection software on a couple of machines. I had to use WXP Wireless Zero Config for the one in an XP machine and then it worked fine. The only thing I really don't like about these is that there are no advanced properties for the adapter config so you can't keep them from going into power saving mode. That makes them difficult to deal with in my network environment where a couple of wireless machines need to serve files a few times a day. The drivers and software could be more robust, but they operate well enough for the price.

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Reviewed By: Craigster1 on 4/30/2006

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Low price adapter was going to use as a spare But change it to my personail use long range and fast

Cons: none

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Good WiFi adapter

Reviewed By: Linux Addict on 4/26/2006

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Price.

Cons: Use the CD for the driver only. The manual is somewhat confusing. Just install the card in your maching. Use windows device manager to update the drivers and you'll be fine. The software that is comes with to manage the wifi connections isn't that great. Just use the XP wifi manager.

Other Thoughts: Couldn't get it to work in my linux machine. I didn't spend much time troubleshooting. It is recommended to find a WiFi card with Linux driver to support if you are going to go that route.

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