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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: £8.20
New (27) Used (3) from £6.99
Rating:  118 reviews
Sales Rank: 389
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 113 more reviews...
 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.
 Fix for troublesome drivers May 25, 2008
D. Geers (Ireland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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
 Waste of time May 17, 2008
Nicholas Lees (UK)
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.
Yes - It is useless April 19, 2008
JMoly (UK)
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.
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