NETGEAR RangeMax 240 Wireless Notebook Adapter WPNT511
Mfg Part #: WPNT511NA
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You may not even know it but your wireless home network may be slowing you down. As everyone in your home begins to stream more video, download more MP3s, back-up and synchronize files on networked storage, play online games, and make more Internet phone calls - you place a greater demand on your home network. What you need is the speed to move content faster to everyone in your home without interruption and without wires.
Now you can with the RangeMax 240 Wireless Notebook Adapter (WPNT511), the first notebook adapter to deliver wireless speeds as fast as your wired connection, up to 240 Mbps when used with RangeMax 240 Wireless Router. And with Adaptive Channel Expansion (ACE) technology, the RangeMax 240 dynamically adapts to wireless interference to deliver the speed that your applications require on-demand. So whether you are streaming audio & video, uploading large files to your Storage Central, or just surfing the web, RangeMax 240 delivers the speed you need for today and beyond. Now the performance and quality-of-experience once only associated with wired networks can be achieved in your wireless home.
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Review Date: Oct 14, 2007
| Johnny X |
Strengths: Very Good wireless card, netgear utility included w this product makes it easy to connect to all hot-spots in your area(you can see signal strength, secure or 'open' hot-spots, ssid etc)
If possible, it is better to use wind xp zero config utility which is incl. w wind xp rather then the netgear smart wizard since this Netgear utility is a resource hog; choosing the xp zero config tool will allow your system to run cooler while conserving available resources(memory)
Weaknesses: unstable connection is very easily broken by 2.4ghz wireless phones and microwave ovens(interferes with wireless signal)
Summary: Overall very good card, though very susceptible to interference gives you a fast connection with your laptop if installed properly
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Review Date: Oct 02, 2007
| Chad C. |
Strengths: fast and consistent connections
Weaknesses: you can't get to rid-off a pop-up that you are already connected everytime you turn on your computer. there's an option to turn it off but it doesn't work. other than that, this is a workhorse, at least at close range where i installed it.
Summary: Netgear's RangeMax 240 Wireless Notebook Adapter has what the typical user can get in an inexpensive package. Fast connection, stable and consistent and easy to install. I have installed it as the primary wireless device for my home theater and I cannot say more. Best bang for the buck. On the downside, there's an annoying pop-up that even the tech support can't get rid-off. It appears everytime you turn on your pc. It's not malicious though but still annoying to say the lease. Software programming glitch, perhaps.
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Comment by Johnny X (Oct 14, 2007 2:27pm )
True abt susceptible to interfernce, but use 'windows xp zero config' tool rather than netgear's utility to save you resources and allow your laptop to run much cooler
also, go to start, run, type msconfig, then click startup tab, uncheck netgear's utilty(wpnt511.exe)from startup tab,then restart laptop and make sure you check'don't show me this msg again' abt using msconfig
this will stop netgear wizard popup- |
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