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Flawless Wireless
I bought the SMC2655W wireless access point to add wireless connectivity to an existing LAN. I am happy to report that the installation and configuration went quite smoothly, with none of the issues reported by previous reviewers. In addition, the operation of the device has been flawless ever since, offering no problems whatsoever. I've never had to cycle the power or do anything else to keep it running.I was easily able to upgrade the firmware using the EZ Connect Wireless AP Manager softwa...
[SMC 2655W EZ Connect 2.4GHz Wireless Access Point (SMC2655W) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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12/13/2001
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SM2544W Wireless Access Point-Buy it over Linksys
I have purchased Linksys products in the past and other than the fact that it took 3 tries before I finally received a working DSL/Cable Router, I have always been pleased with the performance but the technical support was a complete joke.I decided after reading the reviews on Amazon.Com and other sites that I would spend the extra $10 and go SMC because of it's ease of installation and tech support. I purchased the Linksys PCMCIA card as part of my wireless solution and it took less than 5...
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12/24/2001
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Good performance - a pain to get up and running
A month ago, I bought the SMC SMC2655W Wireless Access Point to provide access for my laptop to my small, in-home Ethernet. I use an Orinoco silver card with the laptop. I read many reviews concerning the performance of this combination, and I made the purchase based stricktly on the performance issue.It's a good thing that I am an experienced network tech, because getting the SMC unit to work with my existing 3com ISDN router and ethernet was not easy. To start with, my router provides DH...
[SMC 2655W EZ Connect 2.4GHz Wireless Access Point (SMC2655W) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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06/12/2002
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(13 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Get the Firmware Upgrade
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) I attached this product to a Road Runner cable modem, and with the accompanying SMC card in my Vaio Z505-HS (running Win98), it seems to work just fine. Just make sure you get the firmware upgrade. (see below)The Access Point has a tendency to go to sleep if not used for several hours (for example overnight). It is easily woken up by power cycling (unplugging and replugging the power ...
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11/26/2001
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Nervous neophyte sees the light
After reading lots of reviews I was more than a bit concerned about putting together a wireless network. In fact, I had decided to run cables and had purchased the SMC SMC7004ABR Cable/DSL Router as a part of that plan. The router worked w/o any issues. Afterwards, I started climbing around in the attic of my two story house and rapidly lost interest in running cables. Thinking that life was too short to spend days rolling around in loose fiberglass insulation, I finally decided to take the ...
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03/08/2002
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Much better than the current Linksys WAP11
I had a Linksys WAP11 die on me after 14 months. I had always been happy with it ... so I immediately ordered a replacement. It turned out to be the new v2.2. The Linksys v2.2 wouldn't work reliably when WEP was enabled (neither 64 nor 128 bit). Also, I seemed to have much more trouble with signal strength. So I tried a second one assuming the first was defective, but the with the same results. So I gave up on the Linksys WAP11 v2.2 and tried the SMC2655W (even though it's supposedly base...
[SMC 2655W EZ Connect 2.4GHz Wireless Access Point (SMC2655W) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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05/25/2002
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Serious pain to configure, works fine once it's running
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10/24/2002
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Great
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10/20/2002
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Great USB wireless device
Purchased this SMC wireless USB device in September 2001. It works great from day 1. I got better connection speed than with a PCMCIA wireless card. This is a must for those computers you do not lug around every hour. The monitor utility has an upgrade but I did not do it. Everything works so good I do not want to change anything. This was a good idea and a great buy.
[SMC 2655W EZ Connect 2.4GHz Wireless Access Point (SMC2655W) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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01/15/2002
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(2 of 7) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Awesome!
This thing literally worked right out of the box with an SMC PCMCIA NIC. I typed in the AP's address and started configuring. I turned one feature on at a time until I had 128 bit WEP and access control working. The only thing that gave me any trouble is that the web interface requires "0x" before the hex for the WEP string and the NIC won't accept it. Not a big deal for me, but I can see why the guy in the store warned me that people return SMC stuff a lot because they can't figur...
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03/07/2003
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