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Posted by Le Chaud Lapin on July 2, 2008, 7:25 pm
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options > Le Chaud Lapin wrote:
> >> Le Chaud Lapin wrote:
> >>> [NOTE: To those reading this post, this is not just a rant. =A0I will
> >>> likely sue this company for false advertising as a matter of
> >>> principle. =A0What would help me greatly is if you could simply take =
a
> >>> look at the following link, and make a mental note (or otherwise)
> >>> that, as of 2008-07-08, there is nothing on the product description
> >>> page that says that the Access Point feature of the device cannot be
> >>> used under Windows Vista.]
> >>>http://tinyurl.com/6zr6zn
> >> Under Specifications
>
> >> System Requirement
>
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0* Notebook or PC with the Pentium II
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0o 300 MHz or compatible above
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0o Minimum 32MB RAM (64MB Recommended)
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0o A minimum of 20MB available hard disk space
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0o A CD ROM drive
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0o USB Type A slot (V2.0/V1.1 Comparable)
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0o Microsoft Windows XP/2000
>
> >> =A0 No mention of Vista
>
> > This link [http://tinyurl.com/6zr6zn] is the main link for the product
> > description page.
>
> > It has "Microsoft Vista Support Out of the Box" written in bold
> > letters.
>
> > I think that counts as a "mention of Vista".
>
> > -Le Chaud Lapin-
>
> That link also includes the specification page which you evidently did
> not read. If in your original post you had said that you required the
> device to work in Vista rather than just "Windows" I would have advised
> that there was a good chance it would not work. I got the G-202 as part
> of a package deal and as the "spec" says works in XP, with limitations
> on encryption, however I downloaded the Vista Utility to my Vista "play"
> machine and the Vista Utility does not contain the "SoftAP" function and
> I would think this applies to all their Vista Utilities.
> =A0 =A0If you wish to find a system that works in Vista you would stand a
> better chance with the Ralink Chipsets. Check the release notes:-
> =A0 <http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Windows.html>-
Given that one of the few distinguishing features claimed by the
AG-225H is that it can work as a Softwware Access Point, and given
that it is obvious from the main page for this product that customers
are worried about Vista support, what would be wrong with Zyxel simply
putting an asterisk next to the blurb that reads "Microsoft Vista
Support Out Of The Box!" that indicates to customer that "Software
Access Point feature will not work on Vista."
That way, any customer who comes across the page, after searching
specifically for a dongle that has software access point feature and
Vista support, seeing "Software Access Point" and "Microsoft Vista
Support Out Of The Box!" on the same page, within a few paragraphs of
each other, will not be mislead into thinking that the Software Access
Point feature is supported on Vista.
That's what happened in my case. I googled SoftAP Vista dongle. Zyxel
came up. I went to the main product page, and there it was, with no
qualifications.
I did not go to the product support page since I had not yet had a
product that needed supporting.
-Le Chaud Lapin-
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