Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Belkin 802.11g Wireless G USB Network Adapter for Win 98SE/2000/ME/XP/Vista

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Binding: Electronics Brand: Belkin EAN: 0722868515907 Feature: Adds 802.11g wireless capabilities to desktop and laptop computers, for faster wireless networking available for home or office Is Autographed: 0 Is Memorabilia: 0 Label: Belkin Components Legal Disclaimer: Layer One UK does not offer any warranty other than the one imposed by the manufacturer. Consequently, the warranty conditions proposed by Layer One UK will be an exact copy of the manufacturers. Manufacturer: Belkin Components Model: F5D7050uk Number Of Items: 1 Platform: Windows Publisher: Belkin Components Release Date: 2004-09-27 Studio: Belkin Components
Features Adds 802.11g wireless capabilities to desktop and laptop computers, for faster wireless networking available for home or office Fits any standard 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 USB slot Offers backward-compatibility with all 802.11b network devices Features wireless 64- and 128-bit WEP Encryption Comes with Belkin Lifetime Warranty and free technical support
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Works perfectly Comment: Bought one of these despite all the bad reviews and my gamble paid off. Bearing in mind other peoples installation hassles i firstly installed it using the supplied software and unsurprisingly it didn't work. So i simply set it up using Windows wireless network wizard-inputting the required information manually and it immediatly worked perfectly. i think thats the problem most people are having- that they didn't let Windows recognise the new hardware properly before they gave up. Absolutely nothing wrong with this piece of kit!! Customer Rating: Summary: FOLLOW WAYNE STOC K'S ADVICE!! Comment: As Far as I can tell, the software package this comes with is complete unbelievable junk. However, if you use this with microsoft's own wireless network connection facility (instructions below)It works BRILLIANTLY, with no dropping of signal etc for normal internet useage (not sure about games etc). DON'T INSTALL THE RUBBISH BELKIN SOFTWARE; just use the beautiful tiny driver that's buried on the accompanying disk under an evil mountain of typical, disgusting stupid bloatware. I have reproduced Wayne Stock's earlier instructions below: I do repairs on computers as a hobby. I purchased this item, to save having superfluous cables when using the internet. I already have a wireless broadband router installed. Having read the previous reviews, it is obvious that some people did have problems installing this device. I took their advice and DID NOT follow the manufacturers instructions. I DID NOT install the software before plugging in the adaptor. I DID use the desktop extension lead supplied. It DOES make a difference. (I later tried it without the extension lead) (The PC I was running was using the new Windows Vista operating system) The computer immediately picked up the new hardware and asked to connect to the internet to find the necessary drivers. I declined that and merely used the browse facility to browse to the Drivers file on the CD that came with the adaptor. It installed and works fine. I found: That the software on the CD is unnecessary - The driver files are tiny - the software is huge. See earlier reviews for details of problems with the software. I also found that the reception was better USING the desktop extension lead. And yes, the XP drivers DO work with Vista and XP. I hope this helps someone else. Customer Rating: Summary: Fix for troublesome drivers Comment: This product is desperatly let down by its drivers(any except a clean PC at it will fail to install with the orginal installation routine) This is the fix required Winzip or Winrar ( compression tools ) Latest driver Download the latest driver on another Pc if possible copy the installation file over to the hard drive right click on the Exe file and select open with winzip or winrar you will now get the contents of the exe file click on files icon , followed by cliking on the folder called driver Extract all files in the driver folder somewhere where you can find it plug in the USB key and windows will pop up the question to find the drivers for you, select the location where you saved the files and it will install the driver fixed Customer Rating: Summary: Waste of time Comment: If you want to be able to painlessly connect to the internet via wifi... don't bother with this adapter. It is unable to connect to essential websites such as web based e-mail systems and in any case cuts out every five minutes, resetting your network connection. I think of myself as fairly computer savvy, but I haven't got time to waste fiddling around to make it work. Usb peripherals should work right out of the box. Wifi shouldn't be this difficult. Customer Rating: Summary: Yes - It is useless Comment: Friends of mine bought this (although not at Amazon). They had trouble getting it to work. They asked me to help as I am "in IT". I have wasted hours trying to get it to work. Suffered all the problems that other people have mentioned. Terrible software, difficulty making a connection, and frequent drop-outs if you ever do get a connection. - Avoid this product like the plague. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: The Wireless G USB Network Adaptor by Belkin easily connects your USB-equipped desktop or notebook computer to your wireless network for Internet and fi le sharing. Desktop users can now join the network with the ease of a USB plug-in, without opening their PC cases; laptop users can enjoy the benefi ts of staying mobile - while connected to the Internet.Included stand positions Adaptor for best wireless reception for desktop computer use.Main Features:Radio Technology: DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum...