 Manufacturer : Mediabridge Products, LLC. Model : MWN-USB54G ASIN : B001DKBNMA Price : 59.95$ See Special Offers   Product DescriptionOffering the ultimate in simplified Wi-Fi installation, Medialink's 54Mbps Wireless G USB Adapter works with any manufacturer's 802.11B or 802.11G wi-fi router and offers a simplified one click installation. Insert the CD, click "install software" and the utility will auto-detect your operating system and install the appropriate drivers. Simply plug in your adapter and enjoy the convenience of your wifi network. Surprisingly, many wifi adapters on the market are not Microsoft WHQL certified to ensure trouble-free compatibility with Microsoft's operating systems. To provide our customers with ultimate confidence in our products, all Medialink adapters are Microsoft WHQL certified. In addition, this adapter features internationally recognized standards-based security features including WPA/WPA2, IEEE802.1X as well as 64/128/152-bit WEP for the ultimate in sucurity. MAC filtering is also available. With these enhanced security features, you can feel confident that you have state of the art wifi security options.. This USB adapter includes a Medialink Wireless Client Utility to auto-detect available wireless networks for quick connection. The utility also conveniently allows you to create and save detailed connectivity profiles for different accessed networks. The Medialink Wireless Client Utility also provides a number of tools to display current diagnostics and status information so that you can easily diagnose and resolve connection problems. Offering excellent wireless performance and network security, the Medialink 54Mbps Wireless G USB Adapter is an excellent choice for adding wireless connectivity to your desktop or notebook PC. CD includes drivers for Windows 2000, XP, Vista 32-Bit, Vista 64-Bit.  42 of 42 people found the following review helpful: Works better than I had expected! This review is from: Medialink - Wireless G USB Adapter - 802.11g - 54Mbps - 2.4ghz - Windows 2000 / XP / Vista 32-Bit / Vista 64-Bit / Windows 7 Compatible (Electronics) I am using this with an old Celeron Compaq situated on the opposite end of our large home. Our router is the dreaded Actiontec supplied with my Fios service and I wasn't expecting a very good connection or speed. WRONG! After a very quick install the thing just worked! At first all I could get was a "poor" on signal strength and a "weak" signal status. I added a short USB extension to the cable they already supply and sent it up my wall about 7 feet. THAT was all it needed. I now have a "very good" signal and a 'normal' status and am consistently hitting the speed limit of the device. I was very pleasantly surprised. I hope it keeps working. UPDATE: I have had the dongle for about 2 weeks now and after moving the router about 1 room closer to me I now get an "Excellent" signal strength and it maintains a steady 54 mpbs. More than good enough to stream Hulu with no glitches. It dropped the connection occasionally on startup before moving the router, but now it is right there at all times with no drop offs. It does get hot though. This review is from: Medialink - Wireless G USB Adapter - 802.11g - 54Mbps - 2.4ghz - Windows 2000 / XP / Vista 32-Bit / Vista 64-Bit / Windows 7 Compatible (Electronics) Unfortunately I've experienced a similar problem to a couple of other reviewers. For the longest time I just could not get the unit to work on my system. There were two main problems: 1) My wireless network is found easily enough, but when I connect, it disconnects within seconds, and goes into an intermittent connect-disconnect loop, being only connected for a few seconds. I worked at length with their friendly tech support to no success. As a former phone support person, I know that there's an infinite number of PC configurations 'out there.' This XP machine had never had wireless. I isolated the problem to something unknown on my system (by returning the adapter, which then worked perfectly at the factory; but of course the replacement had the same problem in my home). OK, it wasn't the hardware, it was my personal problem. I consulted a network professional, who said he had seen similar problems with other wireless adapters. His workaround was to test by turning off security on my router. That fixed it! Then by changing my security to WEP from WPA-PSK, the connection problem was solved. Yea! 2) I now have a 26 character WEP alpha-numeric security code (I'm unwilling to run the network wide open with no security). But the code is not 'sticky' in the software. This means that every time I want to connect, I have to enter the code. I have not yet resolved this problem. It may be related to an XP problem of not all items appearing in the system tray at boot time. If I log off and log back on, all items appear. A Microsoft tech bulletin acknowledges this system tray problem on some machines, but offers no solution. I'll update this review if I get it fixed! This review is from: Medialink - Wireless G USB Adapter - 802.11g - 54Mbps - 2.4ghz - Windows 2000 / XP / Vista 32-Bit / Vista 64-Bit / Windows 7 Compatible (Electronics) Recently installed Windows 7 RC (release candidate) on my PC. Found that my wireless network adapters I had were not supported. So I went on a search for inexpensive yet functional adapter. This adapter is perfect fit, Windows 7 RC has drivers for this adapter. I didn't need to install anything from the CD included with the adapter. I simply plugged the adapter in, Windows 7 recognized it immediately. The info on the device manager was different than displayed, but just assuming the internals for this adapter are "borrowed" from another adapter and repackaged under this manufacturer. I only had to set-up my wireless info (WPA2 password) and my PC was connected once again to the web. Connection was very good, my router is on third floor, my experimental PC is in my workshop in basement, had 3 out of 5 bars on connection (router is DLink DIR-655) with solid throughput so far.  USB adaptable wireless connector I had some trouble with getting this to work correctly on my older machine. I'm sure it would have been fine--if my PC was a bit newer. by Tina S.-Blm. IL =) At first, I was hesitant to buy this, because it was around $15 cheaper than all the other USB's here, but I'm glad that I did. by Barbara Lasted a year For some reason this lasted one year then died. It worked well when it was alive. I guess we got our money's worth out of it. Sad to see it go. by E.P. I LOVE THIS THING!! I purchased this item because I have an older desktop that does not have built in wireless internet. This little USB is amazing! by J. Carter Excellent, easy-to-install, wireless adapter I've purchased four of these. One for the home and three for the office. Each installation was easy and flawless. by Sharon W not good! I got a secound computer for my son, because I'm home schooling him; his new computer is only about 15 feet away from the wifi router and medialink could not ever get a strong... by DMV usb wireless seem to work very well for what i brought it for cheaper from on line than in the stores like that very much by linda blanchard I ordered the wrong product I was told to order this product in order to have wireless connection to my Dish receiver; and also it reported that it was compatible with Windows 7; however, it did not work. by Carol J. Morris So good I bought a second one I bought one of these to connect my FIL PC to a wireless network. It was easier to use than all the equipment the ISP brought out. It has been working great for 3 months. by M. Taylor Plug and go! Purchased this for a desktop computer on the opposite side of the house from our wireless router. I wasn't even sure what type of router we had but figured we had the "normal"... by L. Seebold |
Monday, December 5, 2011
Medialink - Wireless G USB Adapter - 802.11g - 54Mbps - 2.4ghz - Windows 2000 / XP / Vista 32-Bit / Vista 64-Bit / Windows 7 Compatible
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