Microsoft Home Networking Wireless Notebook Kit

Product Description
Now you can share a broadband Internet connection, files, and printers between a desktop and a notebook computer. Wirelessly. Effortlessly. Go from room to room - or even outside - without losing your Internet connection.Share a single broadband Internet connection with all the computers in your home or small office. The Microsoft Wireless Notebook Kit includes everything you need to setup a secure 802.11b wireless network between a desktop and a notebook computer. The kit includes a Microsoft Wireless Base Station and a Microsoft Wireless Notebook Adapter. The easy-to-use Microsoft setup software makes it easy for you to connect multiple wired and wireless computers in your home or small office to the Internet through a single broadband connection, such as a cable or DSL modem.

The Microsoft wireless notebook networking kit comes with a wireless base station and wireless PC Card adapter. The kit makes it easy to add a notebook computer to your 801.11b network. Share a broadband connection by connecting to the base station, share files and printers with other computers on your network, and play games with multiple players on the Internet.

The wireless notebook adapter comes with an easy-to-use setup wizard, designed to make connecting your computers easier. It has strong security features, including 128-bit wireless WEP security, and support for 802.1x standards. The Microsoft broadband network utility makes it easy to monitor your network status.

The base station also features an easy-to-use setup wizard. The router comes with strong security features, including a built-in firewall, Network Address Translation (NAT), and access control lists. The 4-port router easily connects to your network using universal plug-and-play technology to allow voice messaging, video messaging, games, and more. You can also monitor your network status easily with Microsoft's broadband network utility.

System requirements include: a computer running Windows 98, 98 SE, 2000 Professional, Me, or XP Home or Professional editions; Internet Explorer 5.0 or later (setup will install Internet Explorer 6.0 browser components, if necessary, but will not displace your primary browser); 28 MB of available hard disk space if you already have Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6.0 (132 MB of available hard disk space if you are installing Internet Explorer for the first time); a 4x or faster CD-ROM drive; and a VGA or higher-resolution monitor.

Great
This Router Is A Great Buy I Would Never Give it Up For Any Other Router AND NO I DONT WORK FOR MICROSOFT. Ha But The Card And The Router Works Fine With Me There Was No Problem Setting It Up Or Anything Like That Its Was A Great Purchase. And The One Problem I Did Had Was Well After I Set It Up And Microsoft Support Worked Fine And Helped me Fix In In About 10 mins. If Your Looking For A Good Router And A Card This Is The One

Not Good
Anyone who rates this a 5 must work for microsoft. The wireless card is ok, but the router is absolutley worthless. I never could get the installation software to work with my windows 98 operating system. I had to configure it manually. Then the router would have to be reset 2 to 3 time a day. So when I tried to upload a software update sent by microsoft online, the router stopped working and would not even reset. I had mine for over 90 days, so when I asked microsoft for help, they wanted a service fee. So much for microsoft products. I went out and bought a Linksys router. It installed in 5 minutes. I threw the microsoft router away. I sleep better at night now.

Great Price, Great Gadget
Here in Pakistan, technology is just coming up. Networking is common but wireless networking is just round the corner. Brand new D-Link/Linksys equipment is available but quite expensive. An Access Point/Router with a laptop PCMCIA card (802.11b) costs about $160 here. So purchasing this Microsoft kit for only $39.88 was peanuts. Setting it up was a breeze! And in no time I was up and about, surfing the web (broadband connection) on my Acer laptop. I was in a state of ecstasy, roaming in different parts of my home with my laptop and browsing the web. I heard about it but experiencing for the first time myself was a feeling out of this world. NO WIRES OR CABLES but full web access everywhere!!!
Nobody believes me that I have made this wonderful purchase for such a good price.

This is an amazing product
I ordered mine one month ago and I am just fascinated with this product. I can share a broadband connection across my flat and I even connected my Pocket PC to the network.

I highly recommend this item. Is cheap, is reliable and is easy to setup. Just don't forget to get the firmware update and install it before you start connecting computers to the network.

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