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Features:
WEP support -- A basic encryption protocol that can be broken if a cracker has the time and horsepower to do it, but for most home networks perfectly acceptable to keep your network happeings away from casually prying eyes.
Small unobtrusive design -- comes with a convenient pen clip and necklace for carrying around if you are on the road. I will use this a great deal as my laptop is my mobile business.
USB Interface/extension cable -- A convenient USB interface (1.1) is provided, more than fast enough for pretty much any use.
Installation:
The software installation varies with the OS you have running but is next to seamless either way. (I installed it on XP and win2000 without a hitch) On my network I use a unique SSID, WEP encryption and MAC restrictions on the router to make sure that the connnection is as secure as possible. Depending on weather or not you are using these features you may have different steps to take for attaching to the network. I had to install all three but after doing so I was able to connect to the WLAN without issue. Using the laptop 3 meters away reported "excellent" signal strength, moving it 2 floors up reported "very good" with no noticeable reduction in speed outstanding. The link has stayed strong without any drop out's but it's only been a few days. I configured another machine to use the adapter on the second floor, set it up to print wirelessly to the print server on my wired network and configured internet access in a few minutes.
Summary -- The device does what it is supposed to as far as I can see and does it without drop outs. A good example, I was able to wirelessly play mp3's on the laptop from a wired machine while my girlfriend used the laptop to wirelessly surf the web and watch videos from launch.com allwithout any hickups or apparent reduction in speed. Makes me wish I got into Wi-fi a bit sooner! All in all a great adapter for your WLAN, highly recommended.
I would buy another and recommend it. I read in a previous review that it gets hot to touch. I have not experienced this, even after 8-9 hours of use.
This adapter is designed for use with a wireless router, such as the Linksys Wireless B Broadband Router I use. The cable modem plugs into the router and then the router broadcasts the cable signal throughout my apartment, making it simple for my several wireless enabled devices to pick up the Internet and get email.
This is a terrific, no-hassle device for a good price.
The instructions that come with this adapter are for use with a laptop or desktop, they do not apply if you are installing this on a TIVO. Go to your TIVO menu, plug in the adapter and follow the instructions on the screen.
I was able to get this adapter up and running in less than 5 minutes. My TIVO automatically told me I had to update my firmware (it also told me how to do it). Then I just entered my closed network SSID and it was up and running. Beautiful!!
Its a little bigger than I had imagined from the picture but still very compact. Absolutely a time saver over installing hardware about the same effort as PCMCIA adapaters.
I use it daily to quickly enable old Win 98 desktops I have for wireless when I need them to be networked. Since I don't need to have them all active at once I saved on the cost of permanent hardware (PCI or other) and the small size makes it easy to deal with (versus other USB wireless adapters).
Installation was a snap, software easy to install. I have used it with Win2k, Win9a and XP systems. The extension cable is a must and makes use with rear USB slots on desktops much easier. The built in antenna is not always necessary but at a distance from the router I did find it very helpful. This is another place the extension cable comes in handy as you can orient the entire adapter to the optimum location for transmission.
The only issue I have had relates to the antenna when I've used the adapter on laptops. Some laptops have the USB port inverted from the normal position this mean that the antenna ends up pointing down. If the computer is actually on your lap its probably okay but on a tabletop the antenna just can't open.
All in all a great product. I'll be getting another one shortly.
Configuration of the adapter using the Tivo software was amazingly easy. Tivo even had a firmware upgrade for the adapter stored on my local box, which it applied automatically. No more phone line for me. Anyone want to buy half a dozen phones? :-)
cheers,
Steve
I bought two of these for two home machines. They both struggled with reception (only about 30 feet away, through a couple of walls), getting 0 to 20% signal strength, averaging probably 8%. It would drop out completely for a while at times. This is WITH the linksys signal booster on top of the BEFW11S4.
With the machines in the exact same place I hooked up a WET11 bridge instead. I get 80% signal strength or better, and no dropped connections. It is much faster, presumably because of less error and retries.
I am returning both of these and using either WET11s on my machines, or trying the WUSB11 adapter, which has an antenna. Hopefully that one performs better. The form factor is not as good and it requires power, but at least it should work well.
Plugged into a WinME PC, the connection drops frequently, and it requires a reboot of the PC to restore it (even with the latest firmware and drivers on the WUSB12, the WRT54G, and WinME). Killing and restarting the WUSB12 utility on the PC doesn't reconnect, nor does unplugging/replugging the WUSB12, it seems to require a PC reboot, hence I suspect the problem is with WinME or perhaps that PC's USB support.
Plugged into a Win2K laptop, and used with various hotspots (Borders, Starbucks, Kinkos, Holiday Inn), the product however works great, no lost connections unlike above. Its a very nice package and form factor for carrying in the laptop bag, although signal strength in those locations is usually a little poor.
The WUSB12 seems to run quite hot, I'm surprised it gets as warm as it does, almost uncomfortable to hold in your hand, not that you normally would ....
It's also great for travelling, because it can fit in a shirt pocket with the clip on the cap if you're looking for hot spots.
My experience with Linksys support suggests that they will want to blame the hardware as fast as possible. This is good for customers and returns but horrible for the company. I really like my networks that I used Linksys for but I would prefer better support and website driver download.
The driver/software support is horrible. It took me 2 days to get it working with a Sony VAIO. The software install disk failed and I had to manually install the drivers and the documentation provided was poor and didn't cover all the properties settings for the drivers.
The worst problem is that Linksys claims this product is "hot swappable" which is a half-truth. You can plug it in and it will activate, but if you unplug it, then plug it in again, it will not reactivate. If you check the Linksys support FAQ, they admit "You may require a reboot after unplugging the device". Hardly "hot swappable"...
"Don't come back until you have him", the Tick-Tock Man said quietly,
sincerely, extremely dangerously.
They used dogs. They used probes. They used cardio plate crossoffs.
They used teepers. They used bribery. They used stick tites. They used
intimidation. They used torment. They used torture. They used finks.
They used cops. They used search and seizure. They used fallaron. They
used betterment incentives. They used finger prints. They used the
bertillion system. They used cunning. They used guile. They used treachery.
They used Raoul-Mitgong but he wasn't much help. They used applied physics.
They used techniques of criminology. And what the hell, they caught him.
-- Harlan Ellison, "Repent, Harlequin, said the Tick-Tock Man"
Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do,
and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the
graduate school mountain but there in the sandbox at nursery school.
These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don't
hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt someone.
Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good
for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw and paint
and sing and dance and play and work some every day.
Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out into the world, watch for
traffic, hold hands, and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the
little seed in the plastic cup. The roots go down and the plant goes up and
nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. Goldfish and
hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup -- they all
die. So do we.
And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you
learned, the biggest word of all: LOOK. Everything you need to know is in
there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and
politics and sane living.
Think of what a better world it would be if we all -- the whole world
-- had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with
our blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other
nations to always put things back where we found them and cleaned up our own
messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into
the world it is best to hold hands and stick together.
-- Robert Fulghum, "All I ever really needed to know I learned
in kindergarten"
