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Review on TRENDnet TEW-421PC: High-Speed 54Mbps Wireless G PC Card for Seamless Connectivity by Jonathan Lamp

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Works great on XP with enough memory. Not so good on 98se

I had this on my small windows 98se machine and it has always worked without problems. So when my friend urgently needed a wireless card for her XP machine, I gave her mine and ordered a replacement. When it arrived I noticed the box was slightly different but the card itself looked the same. I installed it on my 98se machine and it needed new drivers! After installing new drivers it still didn't work! A call to Trendnet informed me that the map had been updated and now needs more memory to run. Since my 98se machine was already exhausted, I changed maps (new map on XP machine and old map on 98se machine). It would be nice if Trendnet listed the version on the box, but that's fine since both devices are wireless.

Pros
  • Excellent overall performance
Cons
  • Doubtful