Author: Tim Higgins\nReview Date: 12\/14\/2000<\/i><\/p>\n
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Model<\/strong>: WPC11<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nPros:<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n– Decent speed\n– Low price\n– 64 and 128 bit encryption!<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCons<\/span><\/b>:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n– Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\nUpdates<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n12\/16\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support<\/a>.<\/p>\n12\/14\/00<\/span><\/b>\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Basics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nIndicators<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nLink<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nTx\/Rx<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nComes with<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nDriver install floppy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nUtility install floppy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nprinted User Guide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nprinted Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOther<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nFixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction and Basic features.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nLinksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set<\/b>\u00a0and has a non-detachable, unmovable antenna.\u00a0 The antenna module is not as large as, say, the Buffalo Technology PC card’s, but will still interfere with another PC card above it.<\/p>\nThere are two LEDs on the antenna section, “Link” which shines steadily when the card has a wireless network connection and blinks when it loses signal, and “Tx\/Rx” which constantly flickers faintly, and flickers brightly when data is sent or received.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSetting Up<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nDrivers for Win95\/98\/NT\/ME and 2000 come on a floppy.\u00a0 There’s no mention of support for other OSes.\u00a0 A second floppy contains the Wireless LAN Configuration Utility.\u00a0 The printed user manual describes the installation process for each of the above Windows variants, and the install onto my Win98SE Compaq 1650 laptop went smoothly.\u00a0 But setup can be a little puzzling, especially if you haven’t done an 802.11b setup before.The manual does not tell you exactly how to set each driver Property for a card-to-card (AdHoc) or card-to-Access-Point (Infrastructure) network.<\/b>\u00a0See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help configuring the card to work with an Access Point, or\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you are trying to get a card-to-card network working.<\/p>\nTip:<\/b>\u00a0At the end of the install be patient and wait (I think it’s over a minute) until your computer reboots.\u00a0 I didn’t the first time and had to redo the install.<\/p>\nIf you have the\u00a0Linksys WAP11 Access Point<\/a><\/b>,\u00a0 you’ll find that it and the WPC11\u00a0are not shipped with compatible channel or ESSID names<\/b>. So at minimum, you’ll have to change the settings on one or the other so that they’re the same.\u00a0 Neither User Guide tells you to do this, however!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nAre we linked yet?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nAll wireless client cards need a way for you to change settings and to monitor connection status and quality of connection.\u00a0 Linksys uses\u00a0Neesus Datacom’s Configuration Utility<\/b>, and I didn’t care much for it.The Utility sits in the System Tray and can be opened with a click.\u00a0 The tray icon is either Green or Red depending on whether it thinks that you have a valid link but doesn’t indicate signal strength like other monitoring utilities I’ve tested.\u00a0 You can set the card’s basic configuration either through the\u00a0Advanced Network Adapter Properties<\/b>\u00a0(accessed via the Windows Network Control Panel) or the Linksys Utility\u00a0Configuration<\/b>\u00a0tab as shown below (click on any image to bring up a full-sized view).<\/p>\n <\/p>\nThe\u00a0Link Info\u00a0<\/b>tab is disappointing, and I found it to be misleading during my testing.\u00a0 In some of my test locations, the Link Info window told me I had no signal, but I still had a network connection and was even getting good throughput!<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWEP Encryption setup can be done either by entering a up to\u00a032 character text string<\/b>\u00a0or by manually entering the Key character pairs\u00a0 There’s no information in the manual as to what valid\/invalid “characters” are for the pass phrase.\u00a0 And no guidance for manually entering a key, either!\u00a0 So you don’t know whether you can enter numbers, hexadecimal characters, or even alpha characters (I doubt the last option).\u00a0 Forget the Help button, since it brings up “No Help available” for every tab.\u00a0 See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help setting up WEP.<\/p>\nI was at first puzzled by the 128 bit WEP option, since the WAP11 Access Point only provides 40\/64 Bit keys.\u00a0 However, Linksys confirmed that the\u00a0WPC11 supports 128 bit WEP!<\/b>\u00a0 (And\u00a0I<\/b>\u00a0confirmed that Wappy’s radio card is\u00a0not<\/b>\u00a0the WPC11!)<\/p>\nUPDATE 12\/14\/00!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Linksys says that the 128bit encryption is “having some issues” and recommends using only the 40\/64 bit setting until new drivers are posted.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Encryption<\/b>\u00a0page in the User Guide needs work.\u00a0 It talks about 40 Bit encryption while the screen shot shows 64Bit, and has inaccurate procedures.\u00a0 WEP is tough enough to get right without bad info.\u00a0\u00a0Linksys, please fix this quickly!<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nHow speedy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nI tested the WPC11 with the\u00a0WAP11 Access point<\/a><\/b>, so these results are the same as published in that review:<\/p>\n(Tests run with WEP encryption DISABLED)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Updates<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n12\/16\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support<\/a>.<\/p>\n12\/14\/00<\/span><\/b>\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Basics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nIndicators<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nLink<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nTx\/Rx<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nComes with<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nDriver install floppy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nUtility install floppy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nprinted User Guide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nprinted Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOther<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nFixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction and Basic features.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nLinksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set<\/b>\u00a0and has a non-detachable, unmovable antenna.\u00a0 The antenna module is not as large as, say, the Buffalo Technology PC card’s, but will still interfere with another PC card above it.<\/p>\nThere are two LEDs on the antenna section, “Link” which shines steadily when the card has a wireless network connection and blinks when it loses signal, and “Tx\/Rx” which constantly flickers faintly, and flickers brightly when data is sent or received.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSetting Up<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nDrivers for Win95\/98\/NT\/ME and 2000 come on a floppy.\u00a0 There’s no mention of support for other OSes.\u00a0 A second floppy contains the Wireless LAN Configuration Utility.\u00a0 The printed user manual describes the installation process for each of the above Windows variants, and the install onto my Win98SE Compaq 1650 laptop went smoothly.\u00a0 But setup can be a little puzzling, especially if you haven’t done an 802.11b setup before.The manual does not tell you exactly how to set each driver Property for a card-to-card (AdHoc) or card-to-Access-Point (Infrastructure) network.<\/b>\u00a0See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help configuring the card to work with an Access Point, or\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you are trying to get a card-to-card network working.<\/p>\nTip:<\/b>\u00a0At the end of the install be patient and wait (I think it’s over a minute) until your computer reboots.\u00a0 I didn’t the first time and had to redo the install.<\/p>\nIf you have the\u00a0Linksys WAP11 Access Point<\/a><\/b>,\u00a0 you’ll find that it and the WPC11\u00a0are not shipped with compatible channel or ESSID names<\/b>. So at minimum, you’ll have to change the settings on one or the other so that they’re the same.\u00a0 Neither User Guide tells you to do this, however!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nAre we linked yet?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nAll wireless client cards need a way for you to change settings and to monitor connection status and quality of connection.\u00a0 Linksys uses\u00a0Neesus Datacom’s Configuration Utility<\/b>, and I didn’t care much for it.The Utility sits in the System Tray and can be opened with a click.\u00a0 The tray icon is either Green or Red depending on whether it thinks that you have a valid link but doesn’t indicate signal strength like other monitoring utilities I’ve tested.\u00a0 You can set the card’s basic configuration either through the\u00a0Advanced Network Adapter Properties<\/b>\u00a0(accessed via the Windows Network Control Panel) or the Linksys Utility\u00a0Configuration<\/b>\u00a0tab as shown below (click on any image to bring up a full-sized view).<\/p>\n <\/p>\nThe\u00a0Link Info\u00a0<\/b>tab is disappointing, and I found it to be misleading during my testing.\u00a0 In some of my test locations, the Link Info window told me I had no signal, but I still had a network connection and was even getting good throughput!<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWEP Encryption setup can be done either by entering a up to\u00a032 character text string<\/b>\u00a0or by manually entering the Key character pairs\u00a0 There’s no information in the manual as to what valid\/invalid “characters” are for the pass phrase.\u00a0 And no guidance for manually entering a key, either!\u00a0 So you don’t know whether you can enter numbers, hexadecimal characters, or even alpha characters (I doubt the last option).\u00a0 Forget the Help button, since it brings up “No Help available” for every tab.\u00a0 See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help setting up WEP.<\/p>\nI was at first puzzled by the 128 bit WEP option, since the WAP11 Access Point only provides 40\/64 Bit keys.\u00a0 However, Linksys confirmed that the\u00a0WPC11 supports 128 bit WEP!<\/b>\u00a0 (And\u00a0I<\/b>\u00a0confirmed that Wappy’s radio card is\u00a0not<\/b>\u00a0the WPC11!)<\/p>\nUPDATE 12\/14\/00!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Linksys says that the 128bit encryption is “having some issues” and recommends using only the 40\/64 bit setting until new drivers are posted.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Encryption<\/b>\u00a0page in the User Guide needs work.\u00a0 It talks about 40 Bit encryption while the screen shot shows 64Bit, and has inaccurate procedures.\u00a0 WEP is tough enough to get right without bad info.\u00a0\u00a0Linksys, please fix this quickly!<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nHow speedy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nI tested the WPC11 with the\u00a0WAP11 Access point<\/a><\/b>, so these results are the same as published in that review:<\/p>\n(Tests run with WEP encryption DISABLED)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
12\/16\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support<\/a>.<\/p>\n12\/14\/00<\/span><\/b>\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Basics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nIndicators<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nLink<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nTx\/Rx<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nComes with<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nDriver install floppy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nUtility install floppy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nprinted User Guide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nprinted Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOther<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nFixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction and Basic features.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nLinksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set<\/b>\u00a0and has a non-detachable, unmovable antenna.\u00a0 The antenna module is not as large as, say, the Buffalo Technology PC card’s, but will still interfere with another PC card above it.<\/p>\nThere are two LEDs on the antenna section, “Link” which shines steadily when the card has a wireless network connection and blinks when it loses signal, and “Tx\/Rx” which constantly flickers faintly, and flickers brightly when data is sent or received.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSetting Up<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nDrivers for Win95\/98\/NT\/ME and 2000 come on a floppy.\u00a0 There’s no mention of support for other OSes.\u00a0 A second floppy contains the Wireless LAN Configuration Utility.\u00a0 The printed user manual describes the installation process for each of the above Windows variants, and the install onto my Win98SE Compaq 1650 laptop went smoothly.\u00a0 But setup can be a little puzzling, especially if you haven’t done an 802.11b setup before.The manual does not tell you exactly how to set each driver Property for a card-to-card (AdHoc) or card-to-Access-Point (Infrastructure) network.<\/b>\u00a0See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help configuring the card to work with an Access Point, or\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you are trying to get a card-to-card network working.<\/p>\nTip:<\/b>\u00a0At the end of the install be patient and wait (I think it’s over a minute) until your computer reboots.\u00a0 I didn’t the first time and had to redo the install.<\/p>\nIf you have the\u00a0Linksys WAP11 Access Point<\/a><\/b>,\u00a0 you’ll find that it and the WPC11\u00a0are not shipped with compatible channel or ESSID names<\/b>. So at minimum, you’ll have to change the settings on one or the other so that they’re the same.\u00a0 Neither User Guide tells you to do this, however!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nAre we linked yet?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nAll wireless client cards need a way for you to change settings and to monitor connection status and quality of connection.\u00a0 Linksys uses\u00a0Neesus Datacom’s Configuration Utility<\/b>, and I didn’t care much for it.The Utility sits in the System Tray and can be opened with a click.\u00a0 The tray icon is either Green or Red depending on whether it thinks that you have a valid link but doesn’t indicate signal strength like other monitoring utilities I’ve tested.\u00a0 You can set the card’s basic configuration either through the\u00a0Advanced Network Adapter Properties<\/b>\u00a0(accessed via the Windows Network Control Panel) or the Linksys Utility\u00a0Configuration<\/b>\u00a0tab as shown below (click on any image to bring up a full-sized view).<\/p>\n <\/p>\nThe\u00a0Link Info\u00a0<\/b>tab is disappointing, and I found it to be misleading during my testing.\u00a0 In some of my test locations, the Link Info window told me I had no signal, but I still had a network connection and was even getting good throughput!<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWEP Encryption setup can be done either by entering a up to\u00a032 character text string<\/b>\u00a0or by manually entering the Key character pairs\u00a0 There’s no information in the manual as to what valid\/invalid “characters” are for the pass phrase.\u00a0 And no guidance for manually entering a key, either!\u00a0 So you don’t know whether you can enter numbers, hexadecimal characters, or even alpha characters (I doubt the last option).\u00a0 Forget the Help button, since it brings up “No Help available” for every tab.\u00a0 See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help setting up WEP.<\/p>\nI was at first puzzled by the 128 bit WEP option, since the WAP11 Access Point only provides 40\/64 Bit keys.\u00a0 However, Linksys confirmed that the\u00a0WPC11 supports 128 bit WEP!<\/b>\u00a0 (And\u00a0I<\/b>\u00a0confirmed that Wappy’s radio card is\u00a0not<\/b>\u00a0the WPC11!)<\/p>\nUPDATE 12\/14\/00!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Linksys says that the 128bit encryption is “having some issues” and recommends using only the 40\/64 bit setting until new drivers are posted.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Encryption<\/b>\u00a0page in the User Guide needs work.\u00a0 It talks about 40 Bit encryption while the screen shot shows 64Bit, and has inaccurate procedures.\u00a0 WEP is tough enough to get right without bad info.\u00a0\u00a0Linksys, please fix this quickly!<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nHow speedy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nI tested the WPC11 with the\u00a0WAP11 Access point<\/a><\/b>, so these results are the same as published in that review:<\/p>\n(Tests run with WEP encryption DISABLED)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
12\/14\/00<\/span><\/b>\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Basics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nIndicators<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nLink<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nTx\/Rx<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nComes with<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nDriver install floppy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nUtility install floppy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nprinted User Guide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nprinted Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOther<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nFixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction and Basic features.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nLinksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set<\/b>\u00a0and has a non-detachable, unmovable antenna.\u00a0 The antenna module is not as large as, say, the Buffalo Technology PC card’s, but will still interfere with another PC card above it.<\/p>\nThere are two LEDs on the antenna section, “Link” which shines steadily when the card has a wireless network connection and blinks when it loses signal, and “Tx\/Rx” which constantly flickers faintly, and flickers brightly when data is sent or received.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSetting Up<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nDrivers for Win95\/98\/NT\/ME and 2000 come on a floppy.\u00a0 There’s no mention of support for other OSes.\u00a0 A second floppy contains the Wireless LAN Configuration Utility.\u00a0 The printed user manual describes the installation process for each of the above Windows variants, and the install onto my Win98SE Compaq 1650 laptop went smoothly.\u00a0 But setup can be a little puzzling, especially if you haven’t done an 802.11b setup before.The manual does not tell you exactly how to set each driver Property for a card-to-card (AdHoc) or card-to-Access-Point (Infrastructure) network.<\/b>\u00a0See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help configuring the card to work with an Access Point, or\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you are trying to get a card-to-card network working.<\/p>\nTip:<\/b>\u00a0At the end of the install be patient and wait (I think it’s over a minute) until your computer reboots.\u00a0 I didn’t the first time and had to redo the install.<\/p>\nIf you have the\u00a0Linksys WAP11 Access Point<\/a><\/b>,\u00a0 you’ll find that it and the WPC11\u00a0are not shipped with compatible channel or ESSID names<\/b>. So at minimum, you’ll have to change the settings on one or the other so that they’re the same.\u00a0 Neither User Guide tells you to do this, however!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nAre we linked yet?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nAll wireless client cards need a way for you to change settings and to monitor connection status and quality of connection.\u00a0 Linksys uses\u00a0Neesus Datacom’s Configuration Utility<\/b>, and I didn’t care much for it.The Utility sits in the System Tray and can be opened with a click.\u00a0 The tray icon is either Green or Red depending on whether it thinks that you have a valid link but doesn’t indicate signal strength like other monitoring utilities I’ve tested.\u00a0 You can set the card’s basic configuration either through the\u00a0Advanced Network Adapter Properties<\/b>\u00a0(accessed via the Windows Network Control Panel) or the Linksys Utility\u00a0Configuration<\/b>\u00a0tab as shown below (click on any image to bring up a full-sized view).<\/p>\n <\/p>\nThe\u00a0Link Info\u00a0<\/b>tab is disappointing, and I found it to be misleading during my testing.\u00a0 In some of my test locations, the Link Info window told me I had no signal, but I still had a network connection and was even getting good throughput!<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWEP Encryption setup can be done either by entering a up to\u00a032 character text string<\/b>\u00a0or by manually entering the Key character pairs\u00a0 There’s no information in the manual as to what valid\/invalid “characters” are for the pass phrase.\u00a0 And no guidance for manually entering a key, either!\u00a0 So you don’t know whether you can enter numbers, hexadecimal characters, or even alpha characters (I doubt the last option).\u00a0 Forget the Help button, since it brings up “No Help available” for every tab.\u00a0 See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help setting up WEP.<\/p>\nI was at first puzzled by the 128 bit WEP option, since the WAP11 Access Point only provides 40\/64 Bit keys.\u00a0 However, Linksys confirmed that the\u00a0WPC11 supports 128 bit WEP!<\/b>\u00a0 (And\u00a0I<\/b>\u00a0confirmed that Wappy’s radio card is\u00a0not<\/b>\u00a0the WPC11!)<\/p>\nUPDATE 12\/14\/00!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Linksys says that the 128bit encryption is “having some issues” and recommends using only the 40\/64 bit setting until new drivers are posted.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Encryption<\/b>\u00a0page in the User Guide needs work.\u00a0 It talks about 40 Bit encryption while the screen shot shows 64Bit, and has inaccurate procedures.\u00a0 WEP is tough enough to get right without bad info.\u00a0\u00a0Linksys, please fix this quickly!<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nHow speedy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nI tested the WPC11 with the\u00a0WAP11 Access point<\/a><\/b>, so these results are the same as published in that review:<\/p>\n(Tests run with WEP encryption DISABLED)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. 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The Basics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nIndicators<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nLink<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nTx\/Rx<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nComes with<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nDriver install floppy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nUtility install floppy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nprinted User Guide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nprinted Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOther<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nFixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction and Basic features.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nLinksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set<\/b>\u00a0and has a non-detachable, unmovable antenna.\u00a0 The antenna module is not as large as, say, the Buffalo Technology PC card’s, but will still interfere with another PC card above it.<\/p>\nThere are two LEDs on the antenna section, “Link” which shines steadily when the card has a wireless network connection and blinks when it loses signal, and “Tx\/Rx” which constantly flickers faintly, and flickers brightly when data is sent or received.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSetting Up<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nDrivers for Win95\/98\/NT\/ME and 2000 come on a floppy.\u00a0 There’s no mention of support for other OSes.\u00a0 A second floppy contains the Wireless LAN Configuration Utility.\u00a0 The printed user manual describes the installation process for each of the above Windows variants, and the install onto my Win98SE Compaq 1650 laptop went smoothly.\u00a0 But setup can be a little puzzling, especially if you haven’t done an 802.11b setup before.The manual does not tell you exactly how to set each driver Property for a card-to-card (AdHoc) or card-to-Access-Point (Infrastructure) network.<\/b>\u00a0See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help configuring the card to work with an Access Point, or\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you are trying to get a card-to-card network working.<\/p>\nTip:<\/b>\u00a0At the end of the install be patient and wait (I think it’s over a minute) until your computer reboots.\u00a0 I didn’t the first time and had to redo the install.<\/p>\nIf you have the\u00a0Linksys WAP11 Access Point<\/a><\/b>,\u00a0 you’ll find that it and the WPC11\u00a0are not shipped with compatible channel or ESSID names<\/b>. So at minimum, you’ll have to change the settings on one or the other so that they’re the same.\u00a0 Neither User Guide tells you to do this, however!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nAre we linked yet?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nAll wireless client cards need a way for you to change settings and to monitor connection status and quality of connection.\u00a0 Linksys uses\u00a0Neesus Datacom’s Configuration Utility<\/b>, and I didn’t care much for it.The Utility sits in the System Tray and can be opened with a click.\u00a0 The tray icon is either Green or Red depending on whether it thinks that you have a valid link but doesn’t indicate signal strength like other monitoring utilities I’ve tested.\u00a0 You can set the card’s basic configuration either through the\u00a0Advanced Network Adapter Properties<\/b>\u00a0(accessed via the Windows Network Control Panel) or the Linksys Utility\u00a0Configuration<\/b>\u00a0tab as shown below (click on any image to bring up a full-sized view).<\/p>\n <\/p>\nThe\u00a0Link Info\u00a0<\/b>tab is disappointing, and I found it to be misleading during my testing.\u00a0 In some of my test locations, the Link Info window told me I had no signal, but I still had a network connection and was even getting good throughput!<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWEP Encryption setup can be done either by entering a up to\u00a032 character text string<\/b>\u00a0or by manually entering the Key character pairs\u00a0 There’s no information in the manual as to what valid\/invalid “characters” are for the pass phrase.\u00a0 And no guidance for manually entering a key, either!\u00a0 So you don’t know whether you can enter numbers, hexadecimal characters, or even alpha characters (I doubt the last option).\u00a0 Forget the Help button, since it brings up “No Help available” for every tab.\u00a0 See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help setting up WEP.<\/p>\nI was at first puzzled by the 128 bit WEP option, since the WAP11 Access Point only provides 40\/64 Bit keys.\u00a0 However, Linksys confirmed that the\u00a0WPC11 supports 128 bit WEP!<\/b>\u00a0 (And\u00a0I<\/b>\u00a0confirmed that Wappy’s radio card is\u00a0not<\/b>\u00a0the WPC11!)<\/p>\nUPDATE 12\/14\/00!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Linksys says that the 128bit encryption is “having some issues” and recommends using only the 40\/64 bit setting until new drivers are posted.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Encryption<\/b>\u00a0page in the User Guide needs work.\u00a0 It talks about 40 Bit encryption while the screen shot shows 64Bit, and has inaccurate procedures.\u00a0 WEP is tough enough to get right without bad info.\u00a0\u00a0Linksys, please fix this quickly!<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nHow speedy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nI tested the WPC11 with the\u00a0WAP11 Access point<\/a><\/b>, so these results are the same as published in that review:<\/p>\n(Tests run with WEP encryption DISABLED)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Link<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Tx\/Rx<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Driver install floppy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Utility install floppy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
printed User Guide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Introduction and Basic features.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nLinksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set<\/b>\u00a0and has a non-detachable, unmovable antenna.\u00a0 The antenna module is not as large as, say, the Buffalo Technology PC card’s, but will still interfere with another PC card above it.<\/p>\nThere are two LEDs on the antenna section, “Link” which shines steadily when the card has a wireless network connection and blinks when it loses signal, and “Tx\/Rx” which constantly flickers faintly, and flickers brightly when data is sent or received.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSetting Up<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nDrivers for Win95\/98\/NT\/ME and 2000 come on a floppy.\u00a0 There’s no mention of support for other OSes.\u00a0 A second floppy contains the Wireless LAN Configuration Utility.\u00a0 The printed user manual describes the installation process for each of the above Windows variants, and the install onto my Win98SE Compaq 1650 laptop went smoothly.\u00a0 But setup can be a little puzzling, especially if you haven’t done an 802.11b setup before.The manual does not tell you exactly how to set each driver Property for a card-to-card (AdHoc) or card-to-Access-Point (Infrastructure) network.<\/b>\u00a0See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help configuring the card to work with an Access Point, or\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you are trying to get a card-to-card network working.<\/p>\nTip:<\/b>\u00a0At the end of the install be patient and wait (I think it’s over a minute) until your computer reboots.\u00a0 I didn’t the first time and had to redo the install.<\/p>\nIf you have the\u00a0Linksys WAP11 Access Point<\/a><\/b>,\u00a0 you’ll find that it and the WPC11\u00a0are not shipped with compatible channel or ESSID names<\/b>. So at minimum, you’ll have to change the settings on one or the other so that they’re the same.\u00a0 Neither User Guide tells you to do this, however!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nAre we linked yet?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nAll wireless client cards need a way for you to change settings and to monitor connection status and quality of connection.\u00a0 Linksys uses\u00a0Neesus Datacom’s Configuration Utility<\/b>, and I didn’t care much for it.The Utility sits in the System Tray and can be opened with a click.\u00a0 The tray icon is either Green or Red depending on whether it thinks that you have a valid link but doesn’t indicate signal strength like other monitoring utilities I’ve tested.\u00a0 You can set the card’s basic configuration either through the\u00a0Advanced Network Adapter Properties<\/b>\u00a0(accessed via the Windows Network Control Panel) or the Linksys Utility\u00a0Configuration<\/b>\u00a0tab as shown below (click on any image to bring up a full-sized view).<\/p>\n <\/p>\nThe\u00a0Link Info\u00a0<\/b>tab is disappointing, and I found it to be misleading during my testing.\u00a0 In some of my test locations, the Link Info window told me I had no signal, but I still had a network connection and was even getting good throughput!<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWEP Encryption setup can be done either by entering a up to\u00a032 character text string<\/b>\u00a0or by manually entering the Key character pairs\u00a0 There’s no information in the manual as to what valid\/invalid “characters” are for the pass phrase.\u00a0 And no guidance for manually entering a key, either!\u00a0 So you don’t know whether you can enter numbers, hexadecimal characters, or even alpha characters (I doubt the last option).\u00a0 Forget the Help button, since it brings up “No Help available” for every tab.\u00a0 See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help setting up WEP.<\/p>\nI was at first puzzled by the 128 bit WEP option, since the WAP11 Access Point only provides 40\/64 Bit keys.\u00a0 However, Linksys confirmed that the\u00a0WPC11 supports 128 bit WEP!<\/b>\u00a0 (And\u00a0I<\/b>\u00a0confirmed that Wappy’s radio card is\u00a0not<\/b>\u00a0the WPC11!)<\/p>\nUPDATE 12\/14\/00!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Linksys says that the 128bit encryption is “having some issues” and recommends using only the 40\/64 bit setting until new drivers are posted.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Encryption<\/b>\u00a0page in the User Guide needs work.\u00a0 It talks about 40 Bit encryption while the screen shot shows 64Bit, and has inaccurate procedures.\u00a0 WEP is tough enough to get right without bad info.\u00a0\u00a0Linksys, please fix this quickly!<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nHow speedy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nI tested the WPC11 with the\u00a0WAP11 Access point<\/a><\/b>, so these results are the same as published in that review:<\/p>\n(Tests run with WEP encryption DISABLED)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! 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Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set<\/b>\u00a0and has a non-detachable, unmovable antenna.\u00a0 The antenna module is not as large as, say, the Buffalo Technology PC card’s, but will still interfere with another PC card above it.<\/p>\n
There are two LEDs on the antenna section, “Link” which shines steadily when the card has a wireless network connection and blinks when it loses signal, and “Tx\/Rx” which constantly flickers faintly, and flickers brightly when data is sent or received.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Setting Up<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nDrivers for Win95\/98\/NT\/ME and 2000 come on a floppy.\u00a0 There’s no mention of support for other OSes.\u00a0 A second floppy contains the Wireless LAN Configuration Utility.\u00a0 The printed user manual describes the installation process for each of the above Windows variants, and the install onto my Win98SE Compaq 1650 laptop went smoothly.\u00a0 But setup can be a little puzzling, especially if you haven’t done an 802.11b setup before.The manual does not tell you exactly how to set each driver Property for a card-to-card (AdHoc) or card-to-Access-Point (Infrastructure) network.<\/b>\u00a0See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help configuring the card to work with an Access Point, or\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you are trying to get a card-to-card network working.<\/p>\nTip:<\/b>\u00a0At the end of the install be patient and wait (I think it’s over a minute) until your computer reboots.\u00a0 I didn’t the first time and had to redo the install.<\/p>\nIf you have the\u00a0Linksys WAP11 Access Point<\/a><\/b>,\u00a0 you’ll find that it and the WPC11\u00a0are not shipped with compatible channel or ESSID names<\/b>. So at minimum, you’ll have to change the settings on one or the other so that they’re the same.\u00a0 Neither User Guide tells you to do this, however!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nAre we linked yet?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nAll wireless client cards need a way for you to change settings and to monitor connection status and quality of connection.\u00a0 Linksys uses\u00a0Neesus Datacom’s Configuration Utility<\/b>, and I didn’t care much for it.The Utility sits in the System Tray and can be opened with a click.\u00a0 The tray icon is either Green or Red depending on whether it thinks that you have a valid link but doesn’t indicate signal strength like other monitoring utilities I’ve tested.\u00a0 You can set the card’s basic configuration either through the\u00a0Advanced Network Adapter Properties<\/b>\u00a0(accessed via the Windows Network Control Panel) or the Linksys Utility\u00a0Configuration<\/b>\u00a0tab as shown below (click on any image to bring up a full-sized view).<\/p>\n <\/p>\nThe\u00a0Link Info\u00a0<\/b>tab is disappointing, and I found it to be misleading during my testing.\u00a0 In some of my test locations, the Link Info window told me I had no signal, but I still had a network connection and was even getting good throughput!<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWEP Encryption setup can be done either by entering a up to\u00a032 character text string<\/b>\u00a0or by manually entering the Key character pairs\u00a0 There’s no information in the manual as to what valid\/invalid “characters” are for the pass phrase.\u00a0 And no guidance for manually entering a key, either!\u00a0 So you don’t know whether you can enter numbers, hexadecimal characters, or even alpha characters (I doubt the last option).\u00a0 Forget the Help button, since it brings up “No Help available” for every tab.\u00a0 See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help setting up WEP.<\/p>\nI was at first puzzled by the 128 bit WEP option, since the WAP11 Access Point only provides 40\/64 Bit keys.\u00a0 However, Linksys confirmed that the\u00a0WPC11 supports 128 bit WEP!<\/b>\u00a0 (And\u00a0I<\/b>\u00a0confirmed that Wappy’s radio card is\u00a0not<\/b>\u00a0the WPC11!)<\/p>\nUPDATE 12\/14\/00!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Linksys says that the 128bit encryption is “having some issues” and recommends using only the 40\/64 bit setting until new drivers are posted.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Encryption<\/b>\u00a0page in the User Guide needs work.\u00a0 It talks about 40 Bit encryption while the screen shot shows 64Bit, and has inaccurate procedures.\u00a0 WEP is tough enough to get right without bad info.\u00a0\u00a0Linksys, please fix this quickly!<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nHow speedy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nI tested the WPC11 with the\u00a0WAP11 Access point<\/a><\/b>, so these results are the same as published in that review:<\/p>\n(Tests run with WEP encryption DISABLED)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Tip:<\/b>\u00a0At the end of the install be patient and wait (I think it’s over a minute) until your computer reboots.\u00a0 I didn’t the first time and had to redo the install.<\/p>\nIf you have the\u00a0Linksys WAP11 Access Point<\/a><\/b>,\u00a0 you’ll find that it and the WPC11\u00a0are not shipped with compatible channel or ESSID names<\/b>. So at minimum, you’ll have to change the settings on one or the other so that they’re the same.\u00a0 Neither User Guide tells you to do this, however!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nAre we linked yet?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nAll wireless client cards need a way for you to change settings and to monitor connection status and quality of connection.\u00a0 Linksys uses\u00a0Neesus Datacom’s Configuration Utility<\/b>, and I didn’t care much for it.The Utility sits in the System Tray and can be opened with a click.\u00a0 The tray icon is either Green or Red depending on whether it thinks that you have a valid link but doesn’t indicate signal strength like other monitoring utilities I’ve tested.\u00a0 You can set the card’s basic configuration either through the\u00a0Advanced Network Adapter Properties<\/b>\u00a0(accessed via the Windows Network Control Panel) or the Linksys Utility\u00a0Configuration<\/b>\u00a0tab as shown below (click on any image to bring up a full-sized view).<\/p>\n <\/p>\nThe\u00a0Link Info\u00a0<\/b>tab is disappointing, and I found it to be misleading during my testing.\u00a0 In some of my test locations, the Link Info window told me I had no signal, but I still had a network connection and was even getting good throughput!<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWEP Encryption setup can be done either by entering a up to\u00a032 character text string<\/b>\u00a0or by manually entering the Key character pairs\u00a0 There’s no information in the manual as to what valid\/invalid “characters” are for the pass phrase.\u00a0 And no guidance for manually entering a key, either!\u00a0 So you don’t know whether you can enter numbers, hexadecimal characters, or even alpha characters (I doubt the last option).\u00a0 Forget the Help button, since it brings up “No Help available” for every tab.\u00a0 See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help setting up WEP.<\/p>\nI was at first puzzled by the 128 bit WEP option, since the WAP11 Access Point only provides 40\/64 Bit keys.\u00a0 However, Linksys confirmed that the\u00a0WPC11 supports 128 bit WEP!<\/b>\u00a0 (And\u00a0I<\/b>\u00a0confirmed that Wappy’s radio card is\u00a0not<\/b>\u00a0the WPC11!)<\/p>\nUPDATE 12\/14\/00!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Linksys says that the 128bit encryption is “having some issues” and recommends using only the 40\/64 bit setting until new drivers are posted.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Encryption<\/b>\u00a0page in the User Guide needs work.\u00a0 It talks about 40 Bit encryption while the screen shot shows 64Bit, and has inaccurate procedures.\u00a0 WEP is tough enough to get right without bad info.\u00a0\u00a0Linksys, please fix this quickly!<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nHow speedy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nI tested the WPC11 with the\u00a0WAP11 Access point<\/a><\/b>, so these results are the same as published in that review:<\/p>\n(Tests run with WEP encryption DISABLED)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Tip:<\/b>\u00a0At the end of the install be patient and wait (I think it’s over a minute) until your computer reboots.\u00a0 I didn’t the first time and had to redo the install.<\/p>\n
If you have the\u00a0Linksys WAP11 Access Point<\/a><\/b>,\u00a0 you’ll find that it and the WPC11\u00a0are not shipped with compatible channel or ESSID names<\/b>. So at minimum, you’ll have to change the settings on one or the other so that they’re the same.\u00a0 Neither User Guide tells you to do this, however!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nAre we linked yet?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nAll wireless client cards need a way for you to change settings and to monitor connection status and quality of connection.\u00a0 Linksys uses\u00a0Neesus Datacom’s Configuration Utility<\/b>, and I didn’t care much for it.The Utility sits in the System Tray and can be opened with a click.\u00a0 The tray icon is either Green or Red depending on whether it thinks that you have a valid link but doesn’t indicate signal strength like other monitoring utilities I’ve tested.\u00a0 You can set the card’s basic configuration either through the\u00a0Advanced Network Adapter Properties<\/b>\u00a0(accessed via the Windows Network Control Panel) or the Linksys Utility\u00a0Configuration<\/b>\u00a0tab as shown below (click on any image to bring up a full-sized view).<\/p>\n <\/p>\nThe\u00a0Link Info\u00a0<\/b>tab is disappointing, and I found it to be misleading during my testing.\u00a0 In some of my test locations, the Link Info window told me I had no signal, but I still had a network connection and was even getting good throughput!<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWEP Encryption setup can be done either by entering a up to\u00a032 character text string<\/b>\u00a0or by manually entering the Key character pairs\u00a0 There’s no information in the manual as to what valid\/invalid “characters” are for the pass phrase.\u00a0 And no guidance for manually entering a key, either!\u00a0 So you don’t know whether you can enter numbers, hexadecimal characters, or even alpha characters (I doubt the last option).\u00a0 Forget the Help button, since it brings up “No Help available” for every tab.\u00a0 See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help setting up WEP.<\/p>\nI was at first puzzled by the 128 bit WEP option, since the WAP11 Access Point only provides 40\/64 Bit keys.\u00a0 However, Linksys confirmed that the\u00a0WPC11 supports 128 bit WEP!<\/b>\u00a0 (And\u00a0I<\/b>\u00a0confirmed that Wappy’s radio card is\u00a0not<\/b>\u00a0the WPC11!)<\/p>\nUPDATE 12\/14\/00!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Linksys says that the 128bit encryption is “having some issues” and recommends using only the 40\/64 bit setting until new drivers are posted.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Encryption<\/b>\u00a0page in the User Guide needs work.\u00a0 It talks about 40 Bit encryption while the screen shot shows 64Bit, and has inaccurate procedures.\u00a0 WEP is tough enough to get right without bad info.\u00a0\u00a0Linksys, please fix this quickly!<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nHow speedy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nI tested the WPC11 with the\u00a0WAP11 Access point<\/a><\/b>, so these results are the same as published in that review:<\/p>\n(Tests run with WEP encryption DISABLED)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Are we linked yet?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nAll wireless client cards need a way for you to change settings and to monitor connection status and quality of connection.\u00a0 Linksys uses\u00a0Neesus Datacom’s Configuration Utility<\/b>, and I didn’t care much for it.The Utility sits in the System Tray and can be opened with a click.\u00a0 The tray icon is either Green or Red depending on whether it thinks that you have a valid link but doesn’t indicate signal strength like other monitoring utilities I’ve tested.\u00a0 You can set the card’s basic configuration either through the\u00a0Advanced Network Adapter Properties<\/b>\u00a0(accessed via the Windows Network Control Panel) or the Linksys Utility\u00a0Configuration<\/b>\u00a0tab as shown below (click on any image to bring up a full-sized view).<\/p>\n <\/p>\nThe\u00a0Link Info\u00a0<\/b>tab is disappointing, and I found it to be misleading during my testing.\u00a0 In some of my test locations, the Link Info window told me I had no signal, but I still had a network connection and was even getting good throughput!<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWEP Encryption setup can be done either by entering a up to\u00a032 character text string<\/b>\u00a0or by manually entering the Key character pairs\u00a0 There’s no information in the manual as to what valid\/invalid “characters” are for the pass phrase.\u00a0 And no guidance for manually entering a key, either!\u00a0 So you don’t know whether you can enter numbers, hexadecimal characters, or even alpha characters (I doubt the last option).\u00a0 Forget the Help button, since it brings up “No Help available” for every tab.\u00a0 See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help setting up WEP.<\/p>\nI was at first puzzled by the 128 bit WEP option, since the WAP11 Access Point only provides 40\/64 Bit keys.\u00a0 However, Linksys confirmed that the\u00a0WPC11 supports 128 bit WEP!<\/b>\u00a0 (And\u00a0I<\/b>\u00a0confirmed that Wappy’s radio card is\u00a0not<\/b>\u00a0the WPC11!)<\/p>\nUPDATE 12\/14\/00!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Linksys says that the 128bit encryption is “having some issues” and recommends using only the 40\/64 bit setting until new drivers are posted.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Encryption<\/b>\u00a0page in the User Guide needs work.\u00a0 It talks about 40 Bit encryption while the screen shot shows 64Bit, and has inaccurate procedures.\u00a0 WEP is tough enough to get right without bad info.\u00a0\u00a0Linksys, please fix this quickly!<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nHow speedy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nI tested the WPC11 with the\u00a0WAP11 Access point<\/a><\/b>, so these results are the same as published in that review:<\/p>\n(Tests run with WEP encryption DISABLED)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The\u00a0Link Info\u00a0<\/b>tab is disappointing, and I found it to be misleading during my testing.\u00a0 In some of my test locations, the Link Info window told me I had no signal, but I still had a network connection and was even getting good throughput!<\/p>\n
WEP Encryption setup can be done either by entering a up to\u00a032 character text string<\/b>\u00a0or by manually entering the Key character pairs\u00a0 There’s no information in the manual as to what valid\/invalid “characters” are for the pass phrase.\u00a0 And no guidance for manually entering a key, either!\u00a0 So you don’t know whether you can enter numbers, hexadecimal characters, or even alpha characters (I doubt the last option).\u00a0 Forget the Help button, since it brings up “No Help available” for every tab.\u00a0 See\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help setting up WEP.<\/p>\nI was at first puzzled by the 128 bit WEP option, since the WAP11 Access Point only provides 40\/64 Bit keys.\u00a0 However, Linksys confirmed that the\u00a0WPC11 supports 128 bit WEP!<\/b>\u00a0 (And\u00a0I<\/b>\u00a0confirmed that Wappy’s radio card is\u00a0not<\/b>\u00a0the WPC11!)<\/p>\nUPDATE 12\/14\/00!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Linksys says that the 128bit encryption is “having some issues” and recommends using only the 40\/64 bit setting until new drivers are posted.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Encryption<\/b>\u00a0page in the User Guide needs work.\u00a0 It talks about 40 Bit encryption while the screen shot shows 64Bit, and has inaccurate procedures.\u00a0 WEP is tough enough to get right without bad info.\u00a0\u00a0Linksys, please fix this quickly!<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nHow speedy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nI tested the WPC11 with the\u00a0WAP11 Access point<\/a><\/b>, so these results are the same as published in that review:<\/p>\n(Tests run with WEP encryption DISABLED)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. 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I was at first puzzled by the 128 bit WEP option, since the WAP11 Access Point only provides 40\/64 Bit keys.\u00a0 However, Linksys confirmed that the\u00a0WPC11 supports 128 bit WEP!<\/b>\u00a0 (And\u00a0I<\/b>\u00a0confirmed that Wappy’s radio card is\u00a0not<\/b>\u00a0the WPC11!)<\/p>\nUPDATE 12\/14\/00!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Linksys says that the 128bit encryption is “having some issues” and recommends using only the 40\/64 bit setting until new drivers are posted.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Encryption<\/b>\u00a0page in the User Guide needs work.\u00a0 It talks about 40 Bit encryption while the screen shot shows 64Bit, and has inaccurate procedures.\u00a0 WEP is tough enough to get right without bad info.\u00a0\u00a0Linksys, please fix this quickly!<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nHow speedy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nI tested the WPC11 with the\u00a0WAP11 Access point<\/a><\/b>, so these results are the same as published in that review:<\/p>\n(Tests run with WEP encryption DISABLED)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
UPDATE 12\/14\/00!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Linksys says that the 128bit encryption is “having some issues” and recommends using only the 40\/64 bit setting until new drivers are posted.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Encryption<\/b>\u00a0page in the User Guide needs work.\u00a0 It talks about 40 Bit encryption while the screen shot shows 64Bit, and has inaccurate procedures.\u00a0 WEP is tough enough to get right without bad info.\u00a0\u00a0Linksys, please fix this quickly!<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nHow speedy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nI tested the WPC11 with the\u00a0WAP11 Access point<\/a><\/b>, so these results are the same as published in that review:<\/p>\n(Tests run with WEP encryption DISABLED)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The\u00a0Encryption<\/b>\u00a0page in the User Guide needs work.\u00a0 It talks about 40 Bit encryption while the screen shot shows 64Bit, and has inaccurate procedures.\u00a0 WEP is tough enough to get right without bad info.\u00a0\u00a0Linksys, please fix this quickly!<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
How speedy?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nI tested the WPC11 with the\u00a0WAP11 Access point<\/a><\/b>, so these results are the same as published in that review:<\/p>\n(Tests run with WEP encryption DISABLED)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
(Tests run with WEP encryption DISABLED)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Test Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n
Qcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n
[1Mbyte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n
Qcheck Response Time (msec)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n
[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/span><\/td>\n
Qcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n
(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
AP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
4.6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
5 (avg)\n24 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
499<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
4.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
3 (avg)\n12 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
500<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
0.3%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
1.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
4 (avg)\n15 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
0.1%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
4.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
498<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
0.0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
(Details of how we tested can be found\u00a0here<\/a><\/b>.)<\/p>\nThe throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The throughput numbers are the highest that I’ve tested so far, and I was a little suspicious that Qcheck was being too optimistic.\u00a0 So I also tried timing some large file (approx 20MByte) transfers and measured between\u00a038<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a041<\/b>\u00a0seconds for a 19.2MByte file, which equates to a\u00a0throughput between 3.8 and 4.0Mbps<\/b>.\u00a0 Very respectable.\u00a0 I have no explanation for why Condition 3 gave the worst performance… it’s usually Condition 4 that most products have problems with.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Summary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nLinksys has produced a little more of a scene-stealer with the WPC11 than with the WAP11 Access point.\u00a0 Those “rabbit ears” on Wappy may be cute, but the WPC11 delivers\u00a064 or 128 bit WEP encryption\u00a0<\/b>(once they get the problems fixed and issue new drivers, that is…)\u00a0<\/b>and fast performance for as low as\u00a0118 bucks!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Yikes!\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t have gotten a better configuration and monitoring utility to go along with such good price\/performance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 12\/14\/2000 Model: WPC11 Pros: – Decent speed – Low price – 64 and 128 bit encryption! Cons: – Monitoring utility lacks features and responsiveness Updates 12\/16\/01\u00a0New drivers are available with\u00a0Windows XP support. 12\/14\/00\u00a0128 Encryption not working properly. See\u00a0note. The Basics Indicators Link Tx\/Rx Comes with Driver install floppy Utility install floppy printed User Guide printed Quick Installation sheets for Win95, 98, ME, 2000 Other Fixed position, Integrated (non-removable) Antenna Introduction and Basic features. Linksys’ entry into the rapidly crowding 802.11b PC card arena is the WPC11.\u00a0 It uses the\u00a0Intersil Prism II chip set\u00a0and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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