Belkin F5D8053 N Wireless USB Adapter

List Price: $79.99 Discount Price: $45.89

Features:

• Connect your notebook computer to a wireless network to: Stream Music, Share Photos, Enjoy online gaming, Surf the Web, Email and Chat Online

Customer Reviews:

Good Range [Posted on 2008-01-23]
First, let me say I'm no tech, so my comments are more observational than technical. I bought this unit and the matching Belkin N wireless router because of the range touted by N wireless. I installed the router in the basement of my home to service a desktop which is located on the second floor, at the opposite end of the house from the router. The Belkin N wireless adapter gives me a 4/5 signal strength and moves data at about 78 mbps, even though the signal passes through 3 floors and multiple walls. So, it lives up to the claim of excellent range.

On the downside, once installed, the Belkin program manager was unable to "see" the router, even though the Vista network manager could see it and reported the signal as good to strong. I could not connect to the router using the Vista network manager because of a conflict between the Belkin program manager and Vista. Every time I attempted to connect with the Vista network manager, I got the "blue screen of death" and the computer shutdown. Therefore, if you are using Vista with this product, you must go to the Belkin website and download the driver for Vista and install it. In attempting to resolve this problem, I called Belkin support. That effort proved fruitless as the Belkin support team was unaware that a Vista driver was necessary and that Belkin had such a driver available on the Belkin website. So, Belkin technical support was not helpful in resolving the issue. Thankfully, a call to Dell Support pointed me in the right direction.

Once I loaded the driver, however, the Belkin program manager would not recognize the router. The good news is that the driver removed the conflict and the Vista network manager now allows me to connect to the router and surf the internet.

Bottom line is that the hardware works well but the Belkin program manager was for me at best useless and at worst, a source of trouble.

Excellent product with a sleek design [Posted on 2008-03-02]
I love this adapter and this is the best looking product in its category.

The part that I hate about other USB Wireless adapter is that they directly plug into the USB socket meaning, it is very risky to use other USB sockets around the adapter. A slightest touch on the adapter could cause network loss and internet goes crazy and sudden death.

This adapter solves the issue through creative idea. Takes the USB port about 3 feet away from the computer USB socket and provides a pluggable interface.

- 802.11n for very high speed data rate (can support upto 300 Mbits/s)
- User friendly Wireless utility (no crazy options)
- Does not heat up
- Can be stored away if going away (to save network from hackers)
- Sits firmly on computer table

The only negative point is for the price. I wish this product was below $50 as afterall it is a USB wireless adapter. But performance proves its still worth spending $58.

Just what I needed! [Posted on 2008-03-15]
This product works just as it is supposed to, and was fairly easy to install. For a dinosaur like me, that is a good thing!

Great speed, signal, and no software problems [Posted on 2008-04-24]
My old adapter couldn't handle the distance and number of walls--poor signal and slow speeds. I installed this Belkin adapter a couple of months ago. Unlike other reviewers experiences, the installation went smoothly and the software has played well with my computer so far. No problems with installation, hibernation, or glitchy software. The signal strength is excellent and the speed is about 6 times what I got from my old adapter.

The only thing that remains is seeing how long this gadget lasts.

Strong signl, but becomes idle after sometimes [Posted on 2008-05-27]
The adapter always shows good or very good signal.
But, suddenly it becomes idle. the blue light becomes static, it does not blink & there are no date received or sent at that time. If you ping some website & monitor it activity, you can see that after sometimes it shows "request times out". It starts working automatically after 1 mins or so, sometimes more than that. So, this is really annoyimg.
It is also sensitive to the distance & the position of the router.

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