Customer Reviews
No dropped signals, Very good buy 
2003-05-18
Its reviews made me to buy this one and it is really a good buy and an excellent product. I hardly have any dropped signals and range too is very good. Easy setup and nice software bundle.
Great Item 
2003-05-07
I recently got this card after hearing the horror stories with the Linksys cards. I love this card it give me great coverage all over my house. I am using it with a Linksys router. Great Buy!
fantastic, great signal strength, no dropped connections 2003-05-02
I read a lot of good reviews about this and went ahead and bought it. Works fantastic. No dropped connections and signal strength is great. I have a Netgear MR814 wireless router by the way. I highly recommend this .
Let me say more. 2003-04-05
I have Dlink-614+ router, WIFI certified, then I purchased a SMC EZ Connect wireless PC card for my laptop, not certified. They all support 802.11b standard, but they never talk to each other even though I put them head to head. Supporting 802.11b, it's nothing, don't believe that. Certified products are a little bit expensive, but they are reliable. If you need your laptop talk to different networks, you need a certified PC card. If your budget is tight, you can choose non-certified router and PC card from the same manufacture.
The SMC tech support people worked hard to help me, but it just did not work. I sold it and purchased this orinoco card. It's certified, and it works out of box. This is an old card, it needs 5 V to work, so it sucks more power, and it seems to be a 16 bit non-cardbus card, but I did not see any impact on speed or stability. This card is great.
Easy to install, easy to use. in a word... GREAT. 2003-03-20
My husband and I spent a lot of time figuring out what kind of wireless card to get for our IBM ThinkPads. After scouring reviews everywhere, I found that this particular card had received a lot of high marks.
We ordered one, figuring that we would see how well it worked, and how difficult the setup was. We got the card, and I let my husband have first go at it. It was easy to set up. Within minutes, he was able to connect to the router. Granted we run Windows 2000, and we followed the installation direction to a T.
When it came time for me to install it on my computer, it took longer for me to enter in the data to connect to the router than the install did. Neither my husband nor I had any problems with the install, and even after reformatting my computer a few days ago, it took me no time at all to be back in the wireless love.
We live in a 2 floor townhouse, and we have no problems connecting to the router no matter where we are. I can easily use my computer on the screened in porch or in the kitchen. The signal is strong, and I've never had any problems.
All in all, don't scrimp and save [a few bucks] by buying another card. This card is worth every penny. After reading the horror stories for other cards, it makes me very happy that I did the research and picked this card from the start.
Great Laptop Wireless Card! 2008-03-03
A great 802.11b laptop wireless card that allows for easy connection of an external antenna.
THE Best, Bar None 2004-05-27
By far the best wireless card I've seen in use. I get signals well outside the range of any of my friends and colleagues. Driver support in virtually any OS and its also supported by NetStumbler for wardriving or general network detection. I'd recommend scrapping the software it comes with, and just using the WiFi capabilities of your OS, if they offer them. Also has support for an external antenna, to further extend your effective signal reception. I don't see myself using any WiFi cards aside from the Orinoco series.
Zero set up time 2003-06-27
I bought the card, put it in my XP Professional and it worked, no fuss, no muss. I can even attach an extension antenna to it. I doubt it makes much difference in range, but it looks very geeky and I like that.
Terrible card 
2003-06-22
The software for this card is the worst. I noticed in another review someone had good luck running it with a D-Link 614+ router, I could never get it to connect. Maybe it's a Windows 98 issue but there is no conflict with card as far as 98 goes. Even the software that came with the card indicates it is working properly. I've tried everything including changing TCP/IP settings directly and the card will not connect with the 614+. Tech support is about a joke. After fighting with this card for hours I went and got a Microsoft USB and it ran 5 minutes out of the box.
Easy to install, works immediately 2003-06-16
I recently purchased Dell Inspiron 5100 notebook and LinkSys wireless access point router BEFW11S4 with intention to build a simple network of two computers (one wireless and one direct line). Connected the router with my desktop computer first, followed setup instructions (router manual) and got connected to the Internet in no time (have Motorola cable modem SB4200). After that, I connected the Inspiron (direct cable to the router), run network Wizard in Win XP and established connection between both computers and Internet. As the last step, I installed the Orinoco software, disconnected Inspiron and router and inserted Orinoco Gold card into Inspiron. Again, using Network Connection option in XP, computer practically connected itself to the network and I was able to share both Internet connection and files/printer accross the house. Haven't tried 128 bit encryption yet. After more then a month, network works just fine with the all above components. This card is great.
