Product DescriptionThe new Trendware TEW-423PI 54Mbps Wireless PCI Card cuts the wires to your desktop. It provides 54Mbps speed to handle bandwidth-intensive applications, using the 2.4 GHz frequency band. The card is also compliant with the IEEE 802.11g standard, making it backward compatible with 802.11b networks for assured compatibility. Advanced encryption provides secure access for your data. Remove the wires and take your desktop anywhere you need to be, with the TEW-423PI 54Mbps Wireless PCI Card. Compliant with IEEE 802.11g and 802.11b standards Detachable 2dBi dipole antenna with Reverse SMA Connector Supports 64/128-bit WEP and WPA-PSK Simple user setup and diagnostics utilities Compatible with Windows 98(SE), ME, 2000, XP(SP1/SP2)
What Others Say
Cheap. Pain to install. Use the Realtek Driver
It created a software error when I installed it - "Microsoft Kill Process Utility" created a fault. I uninstalled the supplied software and downloaded the software from the chip manufacturer - Realtek RTL8185L. Unzip the file to a temporary folder, install the card. Tell windows that you want to install from a specific location and browse to the folder. It will install the drivers, and then you can use the standard windows wireless manager to take care of connecting to your network. Driver can be found at Realtek's site. I also went into device manager and turned off the Let Windows Turn Off this Device to Save Power function.
Seems to work better now, but still drops off unexpectedly...
Excellent Signal
My troubles began after the team changed from Comcast to Verizon. My laptop went online immediately, but the work horse, my desk top, kept loosing the signal (both OS is Vista). The Verizon tech finally said that he couldn't determine why the weak signal. My wifi card was a Belkin (good products), but for some reason it couldn't hold the signal. I was dropping off line constantly. For three frustrating weeks I tried everything. I switched to other cards that were loaned to me, setup and re-setup, but nothing seemed to work.
In my searches for another card, I kept passing up this TrendNet because I wasn't familiar with the name - I didn't want more problems. Finally, I returned to TRENDnet TEW-423PI 54Mbps Wireless G PCI Adapter on Amazon and glanced over the comments. ... Read More
Upgrade Definitely
We bought this cause my daughters computer wasn't working and we figured she needed and upgrade, well we were right it worked for only 2 days so now we have to figure out what else it wrong lucky we have 4 computers in the house so she can still play one of them
TRENDnet TEW-423PI 54Mbps Wireless G PCI adapter
This is a great product. It was easy to install on my Dell Computer. I called my cable carrier first to help me set it up. They could not help me she confused me more than if I tried on my own. After being on the phone with her for about an hour she said she could not help me. Then I called tech support at TRENDnet and they helped me with the set up. Now it is running right and I have not had any trouble at all. TRENDnet TEW-423PI 54Mbps Wireless G PCI Adapter
Either DOA or has driver issues - I sent this baby packing!
I needed a wireless adapter fairly fast and wanted to keep the price low - so I turned to Amazon and went with this model. What a dissapointment!
Now I know computers - I have a degree in this field for pity sakes, so I know what I am doing when installing an item like this. Regardless, it never worked. Troubleshooting was useless.
Thankfully Amazon handled the return quickly. Thumbs up for Amazon - thumbs down for Trendnet.
