SMC 2632W 802.11b PCCard adapter reviewed

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SMC2632W Wireless Ethernet (802.11b) PCCard Adapter Link

from SMC

Score: 3 out of 3

Review Type: Hands On

Reviewer: Chris Kaminski

Date: June 20, 2001

Drivers: 1.27

The SMC2632W is a 802.11b wireless Ethernet adapter from SMC Networks. It supports a maximum throughput of 11Mbps, has a built in antenna, and comes with a limited lifetime warranty. The card supports 64 or 128 bit encryption and allows ASCII pass phrase or manual hex entry of WEP keys.

One of the more striking features of the card is its operating system support. It comes with drivers for all flavors of Windows, Linux drivers (from http://www.linux-wlan.com), and even Windows CE in MIPS, SH3 and StrongArm varieties.

The card installed easily on both of our test machines (Windows 2000 and Windows 98SE) and were easy to configure using SMC’s configuration utility. About the only additional thing I would like to have seen is a more dynamic tray Icon. It displays green for linked and red for un-linked – It might be nice to have a graphic indicator of signal strength.

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SMC 2632W 802.11b PCCard adapter reviewed

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The 2632W is a pig! by Tony - 03/08/2001 16:04:00

Re: The 2632W is a pig! - more details by Chris Kaminski - 08/08/2001 10:07:00

SMC decay by Mike Chan - 27/08/2001 02:13:00

Re: SMC decay by vince - 17/09/2002 01:05:00

No problem whatsoever by Alex - 20/01/2002 21:36:00

SMC card problems -- ugh by Anthony - 22/01/2002 19:13:00

Same problem with the crappin out by chris - 16/02/2002 18:42:00

Re: Same problem with the crappin out by Matt Lewis - 08/03/2002 10:52:00

Re: Same problem with the crappin out by Robert Ferguson - 29/03/2002 16:05:00

Re: Same problem with the crappin out by alex breugelmans - 31/03/2002 13:57:00

Re: Same problem with the crappin out by John - 03/04/2002 17:42:00

Re: Same problem with the crappin out by Kevin Wong - 08/06/2002 19:30:00

Can not start SMC2632W under Win2k by Jim - 30/05/2002 22:41:00

Re: Can not start SMC2632W under Win2k by peebes - 03/11/2002 22:22:00

Re: Can not start SMC2632W under Win2k by Denis - 19/08/2004 16:15:00

Posted by Denis

19/08/2004 16:15:00.

Re: Can not start SMC2632W under Win2k

Just a thought, I have smc PCMCI Card
and the firmware revision is rather strange, it is the first (revision) and the latest drivers on the website are for the second revision of the card only, and I should have figured that out by just knowing the part number. So the latest drivers would not work with the card, I had to download previous version off the SAME website,(now I have problems with utility, but that is another case)
Basically try installing previous version of the drivers

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Working okay for me by Steve - 21/06/2002 10:23:00

Re: Working okay for me by Dennis Dayon - 26/07/2002 16:19:00

Re: Working okay for me by who - 03/10/2002 22:13:00

SMC 2632W V.2 and Windows XP Professional ? by Tamer - 06/10/2002 05:44:00

Re: SMC 2632W V.2 and Windows XP Professional ? by Frustrated - 08/10/2002 20:51:00

Re: SMC 2632W V.2 and Windows XP Professional ? by Richard - 13/10/2002 08:12:00

Re: SMC 2632W V.2 and Windows XP Professional ? by Matthew Russotto - 17/10/2002 23:31:00

Re: SMC 2632W V.2 and Windows XP Professional ? by Bill - 10/11/2002 10:46:00

SMC 2632w by Hoagy - 30/11/2002 16:10:00

Re: SMC 2632w by Hoagy - 30/11/2002 16:29:00

Re: SMC 2632w by Puneet - 30/11/2002 17:45:00

Re: SMC 2632w by kevin - 17/12/2002 20:15:00

Re: SMC 2632w by kevin - 17/12/2002 20:18:00

2632w card by Al - 05/02/2003 21:37:00

Not connecting by Vick - 17/02/2003 14:50:00

Re: Not connecting by Jeff - 25/07/2003 14:21:00

Re: Not connecting by Renger - 18/04/2004 14:06:00

Posted by Renger

18/04/2004 14:06:00.

Re: Not connecting

Hi,

I have the same problem! Is there any solution to this or do I need to buy a new card? I hope that other cards don't have this problem and I hope they connect to my SMC 2804WBR router!

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worst card ever :/ by San - 28/07/2004 11:01:00

Posted by San

28/07/2004 11:01:00.

worst card ever :/

I brought a SMC wireless card for twice the price of a local card (which at least worked) and it hasn't worked for one day.. really a total waste of money

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