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Belkin 802.11g Wireless G USB Network Adapter for Win 98SE/2000/ME/XP/Vista | 
 enlarge | Brand: Belkin
Category: CE
Buy New: £9.20
New (28) Used (2) Refurbished (2) from £7.00
Rating:  121 reviews
Sales Rank: 589
Platform: Windows
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 2.1 x 6 x 8.8
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.
MPN: F5D7050uk
Model: F5D7050uk
UPC: 722868515907
EAN: 0722868515907
ASIN: B0006374PK
Release Date: September 27, 2004
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| 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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Product Description
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...
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| Customer Reviews: Read 116 more reviews...
 Absolute Rubbish September 29, 2008
Wireman
I am at a loss to know why Belkin are still selling this product. It has not worked propely from day one. I have tried all of the suggested "fixes" and none have worked. It has been used with 2 PC's and 2 Laptops, all with XP, which I think is giving it a good trial. The results have been the same. Belkin technical advice is non existant. Please do yourself a favour and do not buy this product. Try the Edimax EW-7318 USG.
 Fantastic - ignore Belkins own software September 3, 2008
M. J. Porter (UK)
I have had this for over a year now (version 4) and it has been superb, constantly picking up a perfect signal no matter what computer I connect it to.
I only installed the device driver and ignored Belkin's own wireless software. Can't fault it.
absolute rubbish September 1, 2008
squeakbus (UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Being new to broadband i thought it was my fault it wouldnt work with 02 broadband, after several days of intermittent connection and as previous people have said about 30 mins of diagnostics before it would even attempt to connect i checked amazon. what a relief - its going straight back to pc world tomorrow. DONY BUY THIS
Works perfectly June 24, 2008
Nick@Smart-Design (Norwich)
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!!
 FOLLOW WAYNE STOC K'S ADVICE!! May 28, 2008
Mr. Benjamin Keen (London)
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.
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