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RangeMax WNDA3100 Dual Band Wireless-N Adapter | List Price: $108.00
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Brand: Netgear
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - USB adapter connects notebooks to Wireless N networks and hotspots
- Backwards compatible with Wireless-G networks
- Surf, email, stream HD video, play on-line games, and make Internet phone calls simultaneously without interference from other Wi-Fi networks and other wireless devices
- Delivers up to 10 times the range of Wireless-G routers and offers throughput speeds of up to 15 times faster
- Works with older WiFi as well as new Wireless-N networks
Horrible Product [Posted on 2008-07-09]
This think has stopped working more times than I hope to count. It does not work well, and falls off the router (netgears top of the line one) from 10 feet away. Don't expect help from Netgear, as I was on hold with them for 2 days, no help. Remember to do the two bizzzarre bios upgrades, or it will not work at all. Then it will work occationally for you. Forget it!!
Don't buy this [Posted on 2008-08-01]
This product works only sporadically. It is frustrating how often it stops working even although the wireless adapter is only 20 feet away from the router. I don't know if this if a problem in the adapter and or software but safe yourself headaches and buy something else.
You're better off with your laptop's internal wi-fi, even if it doesn't support N [Posted on 2008-08-22]
I got this for a Windows XP laptop connecting to an Apple Time Capsule base station and returned it the next day. It sounds great on paper, but it just doesn't work very well. Bottom line: You'll be disappointed if you buy it for better range or faster connection speeds.
1) The adapter has lousy range. Wireless-N (802.11n) networks have way better range and signal strength than 802.11g networks. But you'd never know it with this Netgear adapter. Using the RangeMax WNDA3100 adapter on an 802.11n Time Capsule network (with no G or B clients allowed to slow it down) resulted in slower speeds and weaker signals than when I was using the laptop's old internal 802.11a/b/g wireless adapter with a crappy 802.11g wireless router. This was true whether I set the wireless network to 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz.
2) Even when the signal is excellent, this adapter is slow. I did speed test comparisons between my Mac laptop (with built in 802.11n support) and the Windows laptop with the Netgear RangeMax. I placed the laptops right by the wireless basestation so signal strength was as high as it could get. The Mac got speeds that were 1/3 faster than the Windows machine. This speed difference disappeared when I disabled the Netgear adapter and tested using the laptop's old G adapter.
3) The software is slow and difficult to use. Despite saving my wireless network's settings, the adapter failed to connect to it automatically. Plus, it would take forever to connect manually, and would often fail. Finally, I disabled the Netgear software and enabled automatic configuration through Windows. This solved the problem. My advice is to avoid this product. But if you get it, use the Automatic Wireless Network Connections in Windows, not the Netgear software.
RangeMax WNDA3100 Dual Band Wireless-N Adapter [Posted on 2008-08-26]
RangeMax WNDA3100 Dual Band Wireless-N Adapter
It worked better than I expected. Good range and connectivity. But, I found their software needs to be reworked as it had a hard time connecting using it. As, soon as I let Windows manage my wireless connection everything worked flawlessly. In the setup make sure you let Windows manage the wireless setup and you'll enjoy this product!
Should get ZERO stars [Posted on 2008-11-19]
If this Netgear adapter could have a screen name it would be BizareMess! Holy Shrieking Schrooms! I am not even going to waste your time with the why's....there are MANY. Just save yourself some misery and throwing more money away on the spackle to fix the holes in the wall where you BANGED YOUR HEAD THROUGH trying to get this sick little piece of plastic to work. Nuff said.
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