Belkin Wireless Network USB 2.0 Adapter N1

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Features:

• Device Type - Network Adapter
• Form Factor - Wireless Technology
• Interface Type - USB
• - Play online games

Customer Reviews:

Junk.... [Posted on 2008-03-07]
wow! picked up the wireless connection just fine but then I find NO other products (USB) will work when this stupid thing is hooked up. To download ITunes, I must download and then unplug Belkin then plug IPod. The same is true for my USB printer. My kids are in school and they must save web pages, unplug the wireless Belkin and then print. What a pain! I have called tech support and they are the ones telling me this will not work. Of course they are difficult to understand. Don't waste your money or time.

Not any better than the wireless g [Posted on 2008-04-02]
I have a Belkin pre-N router and pre-N wireless cards in our desktop PCs. We have one laptop with a wireless g USB adaptor. Replaced the g with the N1 - no difference in performance. Bummer.

Useless for me under Windows XP [Posted on 2008-04-20]
The provided software doesn't function at all (UI elements are not manipulatable, no networks show up). Which incidentally means you can't tell it to release control so WZC can configure it; and even if you do sneaky things like kill the Belkin software and make WZC try, I get no love -- no matter what, Windows doesn't acknlowedge that there's a potential connection.

First day experience [Posted on 2008-06-28]
I moved into a new place with thicker walls/more space, so my trusty Wireless B router was finally not good enough. I read a little on MIMO and N and decided on this adapter and the parent router (matching, how cute).

The router works wonderfully, but the adapter gave me a lot of problems in the initial hours. From conking out on one USB port (worked fine at first then no more lights) to just dropping and coming back, I am not sure how happy I'm going to be in the end. That said I have been using it for a few hours now without a problem, so maybe the hiccups were just me. I have not yet experienced the USB conflicts I have read in other reviews.

The support software, however, is slapped-together. The whole screen doesn't provide you with a lot of info, I feel like it's very unresponsive, and doesn't troubleshoot the way you would hope it would. For example, the adapter's lights stopped blinking. The software told me it was the router, and to go restart it. But the router was fine. The problem was the adapter needed to be unplugged/replugged, but the software didn't know that. And on top of it all it has an ugly system tray icon (it's a very picky annoyance, but it nags at me nevertheless). I hear you can use the device without the software. I'd recommend that.

SO, wrapping up, I am not a fan just yet, but a few more days of flawless service and I'd bump my review up to a 4.

Strong performance w/ Intermittent Operation [Posted on 2008-08-04]
I have used the desktop card and the USB adapter for the Belkin N1 wireless router. Both items perform well while connected but my desktop card stopped working after ~2 yrs (I replaced it with the USB adapter thinking it would be more versatile).

I have one major issue with this product: it stops working when left unattended for a short amount of time. This means, almost without fail, that if I walk out of my office for 1 hour or more and then return later the blue connectivity light will either be on constantly (no flicker denoting connection or data transfer) or completely off.

The only remedy is to unplug the adapter, wait for windows to recognize it with an audible sound, then re-plug the adapter in, wait for it to be recognized and for the networking software to re-establish a connection. I'm not an avid user of my external connectivity so this isn't a serious problem but is a major annoyance. If you are looking for a consistent connection to the internet or your home network, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT.

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