Product Description

Wireless 802.11b/gTurbo Mode 32-bit PCI Adapter

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #799 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Edimax
• Model: EW-7128g
• Released on: 2007-09-06
• Dimensions: .87" h x 5.28" w x 4.76" l, 2.24 pounds

Features

• COMPATIABLE WITH BOTH OF IEEE-802.11G AND 802.11B PRODUCTS
• HIGH SPEED DATA TRANSFER DATA RATE - UP TO 54MBPS
• AUTOMATIC FALLBACK DATA TRANSFER INCREASES DATA RELIABILITY
• SUPPORTS 64/128/152-BIT WEP, WPA/2 FOR HIGH LEVEL OF SECURITY
• SUPPORTS WMM FOR WIRELESS MULTI - MEDIA BANDWITH REQUEST

Manufacturer's Description
EW-7128g complies with IEEE802.11g standards and is backward comptiable with IEEE802.11b standards. With the connection speed up to 54Mbps (5 times faster then IEEE802.11b), EW-7128g connects the desktop computer to the wireless network easily. You can also connect to any public wireless hotspot for Internet to retrieve e-mail, surf web sites or use instant messaging. EW-7128g gives you the freedom to join the network.

The installation and configuration is easy. You can configure EW-7128g by either Windows wireless utilites or Edimax utilities. EW-7128g supports advanced encryption, like WEP, WPA and WPA2 to secure the wireless transmission. With its Turbo Mode feature, it can increase the transmission speed 30% faster when connecting with other Edimax wireless devices, like adapter, access point or router. The detachable antenna with extended cable lest you relocate the antenna to receive the best signals. Also, you can change to any high gain aerial with RPSMA interface. EW-7128g is your choice for wireless connection!

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Customer Reviews

Flawless with XP and Ubuntu Linux
Having two pcs using USB Wifi dongles for over a year and having nothing but bother with my wireless network i added another pc using one of these cards.

It was 100% reliable in the new machine so i have now upgraded the other two machines to these aswell. Can't fault it. The connection has never dropped since switching. It never used to last an hour without some sort of hang up or disconnection before.

The unit supplied does not come with the antenna attached directly to the rear of the card as pictured, it comes with a 'remote' antenna on a cable so it can be positioned on the desk or somewhere with better reception than the back of your base unit.

One of the machines is running XP and two of them Ubuntu Linux (one 7.10, one 8.04) and all of them worked out of the box with no need to use the driver CD and no messing about with ndiswrapper on the linux boxes.

No frills but works well in Windows and Linux
Tried this in Windows XP, immediate installation and it found a WiFi hotspot from a business at least 600 metres away as well as our own router. Installed it with Fedora Linux with no problems and it should work with any distribution using a reasonably up to date Linux kernel. Performance seems OK and range not an issue in a normal (!) house. What you can't easily do unless your Linux skills are a lot better than mine is install Linux with a basic installation disc and download the rest of the distribution wirelessly, you need a more complete installation set (typically 3 CDs). This is not a problem with the product which gets 5 stars all round, the point is that the Ralink drivers are not on the basic installation discs. As others have mentioned the antenna is not as illustrated, which suits us well.

Works perfectly with Ubuntu 8.04 and Vista Ultimate.
I purchased this network card because I required a card to satisfy both of my operating systems. I previously had a Linksys wireless G (wmp54g) pci card installed, and while this worked fine with Vista, it is not compatible with Linux operating systems (at least without allot of hard work).

Many thanks to the previous reviewer for pointing out its compatibility with Ubuntu, and as he says the card does not come as pictured, "it comes with a 'remote' antenna on a cable".

The wireless connection appears to be very good, better than my previous card. It maintains at least 4 or 5 bars in the Vista Network manager. For the price, you cannot go wrong.