Why I buy this one ?
- 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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What our customer's say!

"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 Microsoft one and placed it in the first laptop. Since then I have acquired another laptop and wanted to do the same but could not find the same card in any of the local computer stores. In fact one salesperson told me that wireless does not run on 98 os.
Thanks to averageguy, I found what I needed and received it promptly. Thanks Joe
Joe Scalisi

"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 turn off your computer. I tried it without turning it off and it worked (sort of). After completing the installation I still didn't have an interent or networking connection and the signal strenght was poor. (We have a Linksys wireless router--about five feet away).
After going through the help screen in the utility menu about four times--it was no help. I finally figured out that it needed the ssid--it didn't detect it automatically (like the usb version does). To make a long story short--I finally manually inputted the ssid and after tinkering a little more it worked.


"Great!", I have used for 1 year and there is no problem.

"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. Comes with a neat graphical status program too. For the price, you can't beat it. Unless you want to run CAT 5 all over your house.

"Linux compatible chipset in card", 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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"Much better than Linksys", After hours of frustration with a Linksys card, I gave up and bought the Microsoft adapter. It's wonderful! My OS is Windows ME, which caused endless software compatibility problems with the Linksys WPC11 ver. 4. Linksys suggested there was something seriously wrong with my OS, but the Microsoft adapter was up and running within 15 minutes of opening the box. I was skeptical of Microsoft hardware, but was pleasantly surprised by the ease of operation and also liked the fact that it comes with a hard copy of the user's guide (Linksys only has their user's guide in pdf on the software installation CD). I haven't had the Microsoft adapter long, but am very pleased thus far.

"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 location. I never got the Internet to work after messing with setup for quite a while. The software routes you through the XP networking wizard and other REALLY UNHELPFUL software. I would advise everyone to go Netgear or something else. The range is bad, setup is way too difficult, and the product is not user friendly.

"Works great", - Installation was a no-brainer on Window 2000 and XP machines. Within 5 minutes everything was up and running with my DSL. Also using a Microsoft wireless base simplied the installation/integration task, too.

But I gave up on a laptop that uses Win98. I tried it myself three times, and with the help of customer support once. It was a definite no-go. Perhaps my Win98 laptop is a bit old and does not have enough RAM. It messed up the OS that I ended up reloading the it on my laptop.

- Its range is very adequate.
- The utility software that came with the adapter is as straight forward as software can be, no complain here.

"Poor range", Plug in the Orinoco silver card and it's working perpectly. Plug in the M$ wireless PC CARD, it's not stable (80% of the time it loose connection) at all. Wast a lot of time trying it!

"Works Great", 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.