Hawking HWDN1 Hi-Gain Wireless-300N Network USB Dish Adapter

List Price: $129.00 Discount Price: $79.99

Features:

• Extends Network Coverage 6x using MIMO and Hi-Gain Dish Technology
• Boosts Data Throughput 12x
• Excellent Solution for Media-Intensive Activities with up to 300Mbps Data Transfer Rate
• Supports WEP, WPA (PSK, TKIP), and WPA2 (AES) Security Encryption for the highest level of security
• Setup is quick and simple

Customer Reviews:

It works, it works! [Posted on 2008-08-04]
This adapter seems to work quite well, although we have only had it for a few days. Here are a couple comments:

1. Under Windows XP, the Hawking wireless configuration program does not want to connect to weak signals. The Windows wireless configuration program seems to work better.

2. This adapter also works with Ubuntu (Linux) 8.04, using NDISWrapper. The adapter's chipset is the Ralink RT2870. After XP installation, the rt2870.sys and .inf files (for use with NDISWrapper) are available in the Program Files\Hawking\HWDN1 Wireless LAN Card\Driver directory. You can point to rt2870.inf in this directory (on a Windows partition) from Ubuntu's Windows Wireless Drivers tool (or copy the .sys and .inf files to something like a USB memory stick and carry them to an Ubuntu machine). The driver was installed instantly, and the adapter works without rebooting Ubuntu.

Finally something that works as advertised! [Posted on 2008-08-04]
I purchased this last week and hooked it up last night. It worked perfectly for me. Installation was easy and I didn't have to make any adjustments to the settings. I am about 500 ft from the source and it is in a separate concrete building. While I am only able to get about 50% signal strength I think that this is great. I am going through multiple interior walls and two concrete block walls over a distance of 500 ft. With a normal wireless card it couldn't even find a network let alone one strong enough to get a good connection. I also have a friend that lives in a apartment that has WIFI at the clubhouse. She is two buildings away but has a window with a view of the building. She set the receiver in the window and was able to get around 40% signal. Considering that she got nothing before this is good. I would definitely recommend trying this dish.

not as good [Posted on 2008-08-06]
I have a older unit,,HWU8DD..INPUT AND OUT PUT,,, BETTER, and the range is better then HWDN1.....WHY PAY MORE..I'm disappointed..hope this helps..

Kinda Works [Posted on 2008-08-24]
I ended up returning this item to Amazon.com. It just doesn't work as advertised. Compared to my laptop's wifi, it certainly was able to find 2-3 more networks to link up to. However, the networks I actually wanted to connect with were either no better or even weaker compared to my laptop's wifi system. In addition, the software included is difficult to use. It keeps connecting to the wrong network even after I constantly deleted and tried to make it connect it to the network I wanted.

Maybe for some people this item works well. But given that the signal strength is just as good on my laptop's wifi and is easier to use... I ended up returning the product.

Excellent Product [Posted on 2008-08-28]
This dish works great - I took it to the beach this year and was able to pick up wireless signals from over 2 blocks away - I could finally check e-mail and use the internet at my condo... never could before. Excellent Product!

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