| Linksys WAP11 Wireless-B Network Access Point |
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Model: WAP11
Brand: Linksys
Manufacturer: Linksys
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 206
Platforms: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 3.5, Windows NT 4, Windows NT 5, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000 Server, Windows
Form factor: External
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: IEEE 802.11b
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| Features: |
High-speed transfer rate of up to 11 Mbps
Range of operation of up to 150 meters indoors, up to 500 meters outdoors
Provides roaming, best access point selection, load balancing, and network traffic filtering
Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b (DSSS) 2.4 GHz-compliant equipment, and supports up to 32 users/nodes
Router not included, so you cannot connect multiple users to the Internet |
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| Description: |
| Don't be bound by cabling restrictions any longer! The Instant Wireless Network Access Point from Linksys delivers the freedom to configure your network your way. Utilization of "state-of-the-art" wireless technology gives you the ability to set up workstations in ways you never though possible; no cables to install means less expense and less hassle.The Instant Wireless Access Point's high-powered antenna offers a range of operation of up to 800 feet, providing seamless roaming throughout your wireless LAN infrastructure; an advanced user authentication feature ensures a high level of network security. The Instant Wireless Access Point is easy to install (Just plug it in and you're ready to go!) and easy to use - Windows-based diagnostics and statistic tools ensure that you'll always be in control. When all these features come together in one compact, lightweight, and power-efficient unit, you have the ultimate in flexible networking - the Linksys Instant Wireless Access Point. |
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| User Reviews (206 total): |
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Slow but reliable, August 31, 2007
By K. Meyer (Hannibal, mo)
This linksys product has worked for me reliably under a variety of conditions. I would recommend these units to anyone trying to make a short range wireless bridge or a wifi hotspot.
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OK if you know what you are doing., April 5, 2007
By FatDog (Arizona)
When I bought this item from "alectrics" it was very cheap, about $20. Now I see the price is up I would get a more modern unit. I alredy owned 3 WAP11's so I needed this to be compatable in a relay type system. Linksys is notroious for having incompatablities between different version of the same model, so beware if you need special features as you may need matched versions, not just matched models. I use this WAP11 as a range extender for my other WAP11's and it works very well.... BECAUSE the versions are an exact match! Don't ignore this warning, I did and it cost me to make it right. A note about buying from "alectrics". I had given them a good review (5) but they kept sending me messages begging for a 5 rating. After the third message in two months I withdrew my reccomendation.
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Great Customer Service, February 21, 2007
By DIDENPH
Your Lowest Price has the best customer service. I love buying from this company,
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What a failure..., June 8, 2006
By chuckg
I bought two of those and I could have written a 5 star review back then, like many people did. Out of the box, its a joy...but after less than 2 years, the failed one after the other and Linksys support said this was common hardward failure. A big waste of money.
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Good For What it does, Bad Documentation, September 16, 2005
By Stuart (N Y)
I was told by a Linksys Rep that this item can be used extend the range of my network. After wasting many hours with Technical people that did not know what they were taliking about I spoke to a level 2 technition who explained that the purpose of this device is to plug into a wired network and enable it to be wireless. What I needed was a range extender. I Did use it for my wired network at work and it does work for that purpose.
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Research before you buy, August 30, 2005
By Chris J. (Columbia, MO)
Be sure you know exactly what you need before you buy when it comes to Linksys products. Just because it is "wireless" and conforms to the 801.11b standard, doesn't mean it's going to be compatible to other Linksys wireless products. If in doubt about a particular application, ask the Linksys helpline. It turns out this WAP will not communicate with my router. The lights on the front sure are pretty though!
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quarter mile wlan, August 25, 2005
By John Stafford
I purchase two WAP11s and am using them in the bridge mode to create a wireless link between two networks. The distance between the two access points is over 1,270 ft. with a few trees blocking the line of sight. This required the installation of two exterior 9dB antenna, however I am not using any type of add on amplifier. The system seems to function exactly as I expected and the software setup for this mode of operation is very simple. These units use older 802.11b technology, yet the speed is quite acceptable for my simple installation. At less than $ 20.00 each I am very pleased with the performance of these APs.
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Generally buggy - a popular choice for no good reason, February 22, 2005
By Phunksta (Midlands UK)
I can't stress how much stress this device has caused. It seems that it's going to do the job properly and then insidious problems creep in that get worse and worse until everything goes horribly wrong.
Terrible support and worse companion products mean that this access point will cost you more in sweat and tears than any other piece of electronics you may own - and it's unlikely to get better due to this area of gadgetry 'moving on' to new faster standards.
Advice is - if you want to stick to cheap and cheerfull 802.11b hardware - avoid linksys kit like the plague and keep doing your research to find a good alternative.
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Waste of time and money, January 4, 2005
By James R. Phillips
Although the unit indicated it had power and was linked to the network the set-up software could not find it. I will have spent $16 and hours of frustration by the time I ship it back. Tech support was useless.
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No More Linksys, November 6, 2004
By J.D. (Gulf Shores USA)
In years before Cisco purchased Linksys, I was a loyal customer. Since then things have changed. Poor quality (I too have gone through 2 WAP-11's in less than four years), Poor support: Long hold times, out-sourced to another country and a seeming lack of focus on model design and direction (have a look at the number of WAP-11 firmware revs's and sub models and lack of firmware upgrade paths)
I'm all done. I'll be over at Netgear.
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AP ok, repeater function stinks, October 17, 2004
By M. Price (Seattle, WA United States)
If all you need is a wireless access point, the WAP11 works great. I bought a second one because there were still some dead areas in our old plaster walled house and I saw that Linksys was touting the "repeater" function. The WAP11 has the ability to take a signal from another WAP11 and extend it. All you need is a power plug, i.e. it doesn't have to be plugged into the router (you plug it into the router initially for set-up). So, I had one WAP11 plugged into the router and the other plugged into a power outlet in the living room. The repeater function does "work", that is, I now had a good signal in the previous dead zones. The problem is that the actual throughput or speed of the data was comparable to a 56kbs modem and the access points constantly have to be reset (at least once-a-day). I called Linksys tech support, who had initially told me it would only be slightly slower and probably not noticable, and a different tech said: "yeah, that's a problem we know about and there is currently no soulution." He then tried to give me some crap about a "possible" firmware upgrade. The second access point is being returned and I am now a D-link customer.
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Limited life expectancy, October 12, 2004
By Paul Weatherford
This is the second WAP11 I have owned. I love their out of the box connectivity. it only took me ten minutes to get going wirelessly. the speeds are definitly compareable to wired LAN speeds. the only thing I don't like is their tendancy to DIE!! their life expectancy is 1 1/2 years of full time use. by that I mean in a normal house where you leave it plugged in all the time and use it when ever you want. IF you buy this product don't expect to get more than a year and a half out of it and you will go away satisfied that you got your moneys worth. Im thinking of upgrading to the 54G network now that my WAP11 is dead, but Im not sure if Ill use a Linksys product to do it with.
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Wow thats it? Soooooo easy!, August 7, 2004
By 248AM (Kuwait)
What can i say, it took me less then 1 minute to get my current network wireless!
My brother recently purchased an apple powerbook with built in wifi. So I decided to get a wireless access point for my place. As soon as i unpacked the unit, plugged it into the power supply, connected the ethernet cable from my current home network and that was it. I asked my brother if he could see the wireless network and connect to it and he was able to. I didnt have to change any of the setting, worked right out of the box!
Ofcourse I wanted my network to be secure, so after around 5 minutes of playing around I was able to totally secure my wireless network so that only my brother would be able to log on. That way I wont have neighbours trying to snoop through my network.
Excellent product seriously, I have been a netgear fan for a long time but decided to go with Linksys since it was cheaper and i am really glad i did.
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Dead after 1 1/2 year, May 14, 2004
By J.K. (Chesterfield, MO United States)
Linksys WAP11 worked flawlessly for about 6 month, then it started to drop communication about every couple of days, then it just gradually gotten worse. Before it went completely dead on me, it was dropping communication with my PC about 1 minute after I reset the Access Point. All I could say is that I am not pleased with Linksys products since it is my second Linksys product that went out of commission shortly after the 1 year warranty. I am not sure if I'll buy another Linksys product, but I really like the fact that WRT54G has lots of third party support to add features to the factory build firmware. Naah...I won't give Linksys another chance.
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Not a bad little WAP, February 14, 2004
By Clay (Goodlettsville, TN United States)
I'm a network engineer for a Fortune 500 company. I design, configure, and install 2.4 GHz wireless networks for a living. Since I can't bring the Cisco 2100's home with me, I thought I'd go with a Linksys (now a division of Cisco) WAP11. For me, this product was a breeze to set up and configure. The setup disk wouldn't run on my laptop running Win2k, but ran fine on my home PC running XP Pro. The product description told of a USB port for easy configuration. Perhaps that port is present on newer or different models, but mine has no USB port, which is a bummer because that's how I wanted to configure it. Also, when configuring it over HTTP, which was my only choice, the IP Address had to be static. I couldn't access it when it was set to DHCP. Overall, though, I was clipping right along wirelessly in my home within a half hour of opening the box. The WAP11 doesn't have all of the features I'm used to at work, but it's a great home product and I think, by following the inclosed step by step instructions, it shouldn't take a networking novice to have it up and running in no time.
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Setup in less than a minute!, January 27, 2004
By Adrian Olguin
I have DSL connection with a D-link router. I pluged in the WAP11 v2.8 to switch and then i pluged in my Truemobile 1150 Wireless card into my laptop. As you can see all these products are from different vendors.My Laptop was assigned with a new IP address from the router and then boom! i was wirelessly on the internet and then thru all my home. RX was very good even 33 feet away from the AP. I recommend this product for home or office use. I haven't tested in other modes or even outdoor.
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Don't Expect Tech Support, January 4, 2004
By Donald W. Wooten (Gettysburg, PA USA)
I have had this WAP for a few weeks now and only know that the setup is very easy and well documented. As far as knowing how well this item performs, I have no idea. After setting up I tried to attach to my wired LAN through the WAP11. Although the Linksys Wireless CompactFlash Card WFC12 and Linksys Wireless-B Notebook Adapter WPC11 that I purchased with the WAP11 have communications with the WAP11, they can not get to the Internet through the Access Point. My day job is in the computer industry and I pretty much know what I'm doing. I have checked and rechecked all my settings to no avail. If this doesn't solve my problem it usually means that something has been overlooked in the information provided. My next step is to try technical support. Linksys' off-shore tech support seem more interested in getting away from me and will tell me anything to do so. Because of the accents, every sentance has to be repeated several times. It is a very unpleasant experience. The information I have received from them has always been incorrect. I have never had any of my email requests responded to. At this point it looks like I will be returning these 3 Linksys items. They are no use if I can't get them working. I purchased these Linksys products because of my previous good experiences with Linksys. But it looks like their takeover by Cisco Systems has changed their approach to customer and technical support. As with so many other companies, cutting corners by taking support off-shore is costing their customers dearly and will in the end be felt by their penny-pinchers.
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Great product, December 8, 2003
By gmidd (United States)
I have been using my old WAP11 for about two and a half years, and am happy to report that the unit works extremely well [I pair it with an Orinoco silver PC card]. The initial installation was simple and went smoothly. Last spring, I upgraded the firmware to bring in the latest DHCP functionality; this was also an easy process. It sits in the corner of the room, quietly forgotten, performing its function without a hitch; which is how I like it!I give this little unit top marks.
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Periodically WAP11 v2.6 goes into outer space, November 8, 2003
By SpeakingSpaces (Belmont, MA United States)
Works fine but several times per week it lost its mind as the firmware got lost. Sometimes returned on its own after a few minutes, sometimes requires reboot/restart, and once it never came back. Dealer replaced unit, which exhibited similar behavior. Apparently, just my guess, noise (RF, line, Ethernet) got interpreted as bad data and it gets lost trying to process it. New firmware (v 1.07) made it worse. Tech support is clueless, and one of them suggested using a competitors product: NetGear MR814. I have no doubt the WAP11 works well in a quiet environment. Version 2.8 is supposed to be better, they say....
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Great...until it broke down, October 20, 2003
By StratPlaya (Texas)
Pros:
1. Easy setup.
2. Pretty good range.Cons:
1. Broke after 1 year warranty ended.
2. Canned responses from tech support.
3. 1 year warranty. This has taught me a good lesson. Don't ignore the warranty
the manufacturer offers. Seek out one that offers at least a
3 year warranty. I know I will on my next WAP.
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