Cisco-Linksys AE1000 High-Performance Wireless-N Adapter

Lot of negative reviews. This product is great. I installed onto a Windows 7 64-bit machine without problems. I've never lost connection. The connection never fluctates. I can easily pick between the two different frequencies. I doubt I got the only one that works - a better scenario is that folks don't know what they're doing. Some of the complaints have been software conflicts - well, you can't test every product with every other possible product. Some of the reviews have been fluctuating speeds - reposition your router or the wireless adapter, or realize that everyone else in your neighborhood is using the same settings.

I purchased this product for my home network. I'm very happy with my Cisco-Linksys AE1000 High Performance Wirless Adapter. It works extremely well with my Linksys E 1000 router. Both products provide me with more secure internet access. WPA, WP2 and other enhanced security features. Up to 300 Mbps wireless speed depends on your internet provider. Easy setup and 24/7 online customer support when you experience a trouble. I would recommend this product to anyone who desire secure and fast wireless network from Worldwide leader in wireless networking.

After running into error that said "other wireless manager" which wouldn't allow the Linksys adapter to be installed and following, without success, the recommended steps to fix that, I called Customer Service for some assistance. Big mistake. First time in my life I have ever given up on a Customer Service Rep. I am pretty patient -- I once suffered through a 3 hour phone call with several different TracPhone representatives because by golly, they were incredibly polite! Unfortunately, the rep I talked to was not only NOT helpful, but I could have sworn I heard her her gritting her teeth while she was "guiding" me through the steps to solve my problem. Part of the conversation: "Did it work before?" "What? Well no, I'm just now trying to install it." "Did it work before?" "Well I don't know. I've never used it before." "Did it work before?" "Before what?!!" (Well, I guess that was because I bought it used through Amazon and the warranty had expired. I didn't think of that. I just wanted some help but I get that). Maybe she was having a bad day, and I know that trying to teach a computer illiterate can be irritating/exasperating, but wow, the rudeness was bubbling just beneath the surface throughout the whole phone call and I finally told her that I gave up and I hung up. I hate to rate a product low just because I can't figure it out (and the rep didn't seem too interested in helping me) but nonetheless, two stars seems about right after an experience like that. And please, no contact re this. I'm just going to take it to my local computer guy and let him do the work.

I have been using this adapter for a couple of weeks now and it is doing a pretty good job considering the distance I am from the router. Living in the boonies, I have a rinky dink WiFi ISP with only a 1.5Mbs system. My computer is set up in another building about 100 feet from the house. The antenna adapter is outside the building and is connected via a 10 foot extension running through the wall to the computer inside. As you can see, this is not the most desirable setup. So I am asking a lot out of this adapter. My router, in the house, is a Linksys E3000 and is running two computers in there. I usually run the computer in the outbuilding on the 5GHz side and those in the house on the 2.4GHz. Actually, it's just the opposite of the way it should be run. But it works for me. Today I watched a 3 hour Internet movie on the computer in the out building with no drop-outs. The one problem I have had with this I've also had with my other Linksys adapters, constant drop-outs. Aggravating drop-outs that produce that little white circle going round and round and round. After doing a whole lot of research on the net I did not find anything except a bunch of people putting down the Linksys products. Then I saw one article where a guy said that Linksys (Cisco) has been around for a long time and if they made inferior products they would not still be in business. That made a lot of sense. So, if the router is good and the adapter is good why the problems? I started searching for the problem. I went to the Device Manager to see what I could find. First place I look is Network Adapters. It lists the AE1000 but also a Microsoft Wireless Router Module. Without getting any good answers searching the net I decided to Disable this. Kazaam! No more drop-outs. So I Enabled it again and the drop-outs were back. I Disabled it again and left it that way. I told a friend about it and he tried it but said it had no affect on his system. But his system is 10 times the Bandwidth I have and he's not had drop-outs to begin with. So I have been running now for over a week with a pretty good signal. Today I am ordering two more AE1000s for those computers in the house. Oh, and one more thing. If you have an N type router and a G type Laptop put one of these on the Laptop and convert it to an N. You'll be amazed at the difference in speed.

After reading reviews, I was a little skeptical about ordering this product. I shopped around and some places are selling this adapter for $50 - $60+ for a new one. I ordered it used. The estimated delivery time was June 28, 2011 - July 14, 2011. I was pleasantly surprised when it showed up on June 29th. It came in the factory box with the accessory and software disc. I uploaded the software, and plugged in into my Sony Vaio laptop. It works great. I had to order this since the my built in wireless adapter doesn't always connect to the new wireless routers out there. If you are looking for a great product and don't want to spend alot of money, buy this.

It worked well for a week