| Value |  4.5 | | Performance |  4 | | Ease of Use | 4 | | Overall Satisfaction | 4 |
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4 of 5 TEW-423PI wireless adapter Saturday, April 25, 2009
A Customer from Tucson, AZ
This is a cheap and easy to install wireless adapter. However, this adapter DOES NOT support WPA encryption and also the driver is conflicting with the microsoft kill process. Their tech support doesn't really know how to help you to resolve this tech issue. Nonetheless, it worked pretty well once I ignored the issue of kill process and used WEP encryption. Was this review helpful?  
5 of 5 trendnet wireless g pci adapter (tew-423pi) Monday, March 02, 2009
andy from indy, in
the wireless card works flawlessly with my linksys b/g wireless router. i have a large home with the router downstairs and the wireless pci card upstairs. it maintains a 100% link signal and 54mbps connection at all times. it must have pretty good range as i can view 14 different wireless networks from my neighbors. i have used the card for a month now with no problems. it was the best price i could find and i am very happy with it. o/s = windows xp Was this review helpful?
1 of 5 Very poor product! Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Dave from Louisville, Kentucky
It took three calls to the Trendnet technical support center before I finally pulled it out of my computer and scrapped it...it never worked. The support center was never able pinpointed the issue. I wound up buying a Netgear desktop card that works flawlessly. Stay away from Trendnet!! Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Problems with vista, works perfect with XP Thursday, January 31, 2008
A Customer from Platteville Wi
I had problems with vista. It would connect, but couldnt get any traffic through it. Vista Help was no Help. Installed XP Pro on the computer and works Perfect. Great reception 3 rooms away. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 EASY AND EFFICIENT Sunday, December 16, 2007
A Customer from TULSA, OK
SUPER EASY TO INSTALL AND SET UP, TOOK ALL OF ABOUT 5 MINUTES. WOULD BUY AGAIN AND THIS WAS THE SECOND I'VE BOUGHT (2 DIFFERENT COMPUTERS) Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Great product Thursday, September 27, 2007
A Customer from Hurricane, WV
The good: Very easy to install with no problems, excellent reception, works very well. Minor annoyance: Software can be a bit confusing at first. Once I configured it for my network however, it has worked flawlessly. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 sssuuuupppeeerrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday, August 02, 2007
ruben from patterson california
well i just bought an xps desktop but i did not want to get rid of my old dimension so what i did was i bought this wireless pci card for dirt cheap and boy was it worth it! Its sitting in my old desktop on the other side of my house 2300square feet with 4 out of 5 bars full for those who need one mine is in a 5 year old dell dimension 2350 and its still super fast!!!!!!!! thanks buy.com shipping was very fast im so happy ill never shop retail again- Was this review helpful?
1 of 5 Not a good experience Sunday, June 10, 2007
familiaestrada from Provo, Utah
This is the worse wireless card ever. I bought this card because of its price and after my disappointment I guess now I know why it has such a lower price. The card connects after I boot up the computer but after 10 to 15 minutes the connection goes down, the weird thing is that windows shows the wireless connection as connected but there is absolutely no link to my router. I tried this card with another system with exactly the same results. TrendNet tech support is also the worse I have ever encountered. Their networking knowledge is very minimal and they are very rude and unprofessional. They were not able to solve my problem and promised to call me several times and they never did. I really wanted a card replacement but I never really got that far with their tech support. Bad product and tech support please invest on something better so you do not spend hours of your time trying to fix it and deal with ignorant people. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 A great buy! Tuesday, June 05, 2007
joe.pirkle from Lakeland, Florida
Of the four different brands that I have used in various computers, this was the easiest to get on-line. I get 100 percent signal from anywhere in my house...even through four walls. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Very nice wireless G adapter Saturday, February 24, 2007
A Customer from Miami, FL
Simply install the configuration utility that comes in the CD before installing the PCI card in your desktop and you are done.
This card works really nice, no complicated configurations or driver problems, well done by TrendNet! Was this review helpful?
3 of 5 Quirky. Recommended if your situation is ideal Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Mark from Oxford, CT
I bought this on price figuring that WiFi cards should be a commodity item these days. After a few days I did get it working consistently, but I had the same experience as another reviewer who said it had trouble picking up a signal where his laptop worked fine. Here is some more detail and what worked for me in setting it up.
My access point is a Belkin b/g router. I did not expect any trouble with signal strength since my laptop shows (albeit using 802.11b) that I have three neighbors, none closer than 400', all with a "bar or two" of signal strength. All I needed to do was reach upstairs to the other side of the house. I was surprised that the Trendnet card reported none of my neighbors in the "available networks" and very low signal for my own access point. Worse, it seemed to periodically try to reassociate with a neighbors network even though it wouldn't list it. I failed to find a way to configure it to only associate with my own network, but I set it to only use "infrastructure" nodes.
I moved the access point to the same room where I have an ethernet jack on another wall. That helped a little. Then I made two changes that finally gave me a reliable connection (sorry I didn't do a scientific investigation): (1) I repositioned the access point a foot or so still closer (to the other side of the cabinet it's in), and (2) I switched off "use Windows to configure this connection" and used the Trendnet property pages exclusively.
The situation would probably have been a lot better if the computer faced the access point, for example on an inside wall with the access point in the next room. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 works smoothly Monday, June 19, 2006
A Customer from Arlington, MA
Using this in a 5 year-old Dell running Windows 2K. Installation was smooth, and reception is very good. My router is a standard Linksys 802.11g unit in a basement, and the computer with this card is on the second floor. I don't get 54Mbs, but I get 20 or 30Mbs, which is faster than my broadband internet connection - so I'm happy. Was this review helpful?
0 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Great Product for the Price Thursday, June 15, 2006
A Customer from Norman, OK
This product works great and was very easy to install and works excellent I would reccomend it to anyone. Was this review helpful?
3 of 5 Easy to install, low priced, but poor wireless ran Monday, June 05, 2006
A Customer from San Diego, CA
This card was easy to install, and the price was reasonable, but could never pick up the signal from my wireless router. I tried re-positioning the antenna a few time with no luck. My notebook computer pick's up the routers signal with no problem in the same location. Possibly an external antenna would help this card. Was this review helpful?
1 of 5 System Freeze-up Monday, March 27, 2006
A Customer from Warren, NJ
After installing this adapter I experienced system freeze-ups after the computer went into sleep mode. A hard shut down was the only recovery. I removed the adapter and all the software that came with it and went back to my wired connection. No problems thereafter. The software was not Microsoft certified and speaks to the value of certification. Was this review helpful?
1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 It works, best value. Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Stephen C. from Goshen, IN
I got this so I wouldn't have to wire from the basement.
Popped it in, installed drivers and setup the connection.
It works especially considering the signal has to go through several walls and a large distance. Low signal in that case is normal, but I haven't seen it drop the signal.
Used with a Linksys wireless router. Was this review helpful?
2 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Works great Tuesday, January 17, 2006
A Customer from Harrisburg, PA
Had it for about 4 months and everything is great!!! Was this review helpful?
1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Great card and dirt cheap Friday, December 16, 2005
JJ from North Carolina
This wirless card is the best card ever for dirt cheap pricing.
I`m always getting a 93%+ connection signal. I highly reccomend
this card for Windows XP Home, Media Center, and Professianal. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Works Perfect Wednesday, November 30, 2005
A Customer from Los Angeles
Got two of these cards for my home. They work without any problems. You must set up your router to connect to these cards with all the security settings. Highly recommended for the price. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 great product Monday, October 03, 2005
Jay from Houston, TX
I was using a netgear 802.11b USB adapter, before upgrading to this one. Set up was very easy and I get >70% signal with antennae being hid behind computer and through two walls. Very satisifed with product.
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5 of 5 Solid Performance & Dirt Cheap! Thursday, September 08, 2005
Ray from Tempe, AZ
The TRENDnet TEW-423PI can be had for a song - without any sacrifice in performace or reliability. I installed this card on a PC running Win98/SE. I did have to manually link the card to TCP/IP in Control Panel/Network. Even though there already was an existing TCP/IP entry for the card, it wouldn't work until I added a new entry. One way to be sure the card is active on the network is to run winipcfg (on Win98/SE) and see if the card is listed in the drop-down menu. Other than this, the installation went smoothly. Installation is probably much simpler on WinXP. The card is located 45ft from the router and I consistently get a rock solid 98%+ signal. A fantastic value! Was this review helpful?
4 of 4 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Works great. Great value! Friday, June 24, 2005
A Customer from Woburn,MA
Other sites had positive reviews of this card. I followed the advice of others and downloaded the newest driver from trendware.com first before installing the card.
The driver worked flawlessly and the signal strength shows at 87%. A previous USB device barely got 20-30% in the same location.
For this price, money well spent! Was this review helpful?
4 of 5 Trendnet PCI Wireless G Thursday, June 23, 2005
Arcwolf from Logan, UT
In the past I have bought a lot of trendnet wireless cards and I have never had a problem with them. This card had a little problem. On a computer with Windows XP home I installed the drivers and then installed the card. The system recognized the hardware but when it started to run the utility it restarted my computer. It did this every time. Windows would boot up and be on for 10 seconds and then it would restart when the utility ran. So I took the card out and put it in another machine with Windows XP Pro and no problems. Solid as a rock. Great signal strength too. Was this review helpful?
3 of 4 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Great product Friday, September 24, 2004
A Customer from Boston, MA
I have both Linksys and Netgear products in my home network, and I must say that this product performs just as well, if not more robust, and at a fraction of the cost.
Will definitely check out trendware's other products. Was this review helpful?
5 of 6 customers found this review helpful.
1 of 5 Worked fine for about a week. Thursday, September 02, 2004
A Customer from Kansas
Worked fine for about a week. Could not get this set up using windows xp to configure this. Had to use the software provided with the card which doesn't support WPA, only WEP. Tech support through email was only moderately helpful, lengthy response times with basic answers (isn't most tech support like this anyway). When working it was great, had it set about 60 feet away from Netgear router, then quit working. Going with D-Link after this. Was this review helpful?
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