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Belkin ME1001-USB Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter 802.11g

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Average Customer Rating
(3.5 out of 5)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
(5 out of 5)

Great adapter out of the box

Feb 21, 2007 - By Greg J. Siegle (Wexford, PA United States)

My steps to success:
- Cut out of plastic.
- Run driver from included CD on my Windows XP desktop.
- Plug adapter into USB hub.
That was it. Worked right away.
My router's two floors down and the signal strength's excellent.
Gotta love it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
(4 out of 5)

Wifi

Feb 3, 2008 - By dbkennel (NW USA)

Worked right away, just followed the instructions. We are using it on a desktop computer with Windows ME and Linksys Wifi 802.11g. Only have had it for a few days, but so far it works great.
I only gave it 4 stars, due to the fact that it was too fat to plug directly into the usb port on the computer. Fortunately for me I have a monitor with more usb ports on it that I was able to utilize.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
(4 out of 5)

Works great but there are occasional disconnections

May 1, 2008 - By C. T. Yavuz (Santa Barbara, CA)

After reading all the reviews on usb wireless adapters I found this one very affordable and reliable. I bought it about a month ago and no regrets so far. It's been used very frequently by bringing my old desktop (running on XP) online and didn't annoyingly fail. Sometimes we have seen the signal gets lost and come back for no reason and booted the system once or twice over the course of the use. I couldn't switch to Windows Wireless Utility which I think is a lot better (at least would keep it connected) but didn't spend much time trying yet. Overall, I'm satisfied with the product and recommend, but not highly.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
(4 out of 5)

It works.

Dec 8, 2007 - By S. STANTON (Paige, TX United States)

Wow, I must have purchased the last of this line 'cause when I went looking for it to do this review it was no longer in the search. Guess my opinion isn't going to count for much, but as long as I'm here...

I didn't have the same good luck that Greg had. When I ran the installation and was prompted to plug in the device, nothing happened. Research on the support site was limited to: "Try another USB port." Okey dokey, but the physical dimensions of this device made that impossible for me. Next step, go to Wal-Mart and buy a "flexible USB adapter" for $6.97. WooHoo! Plugged in, got a "new hardware detected" message, but still no reaction from the installed software.

Back to square one. I uninstalled the software, then re-installed. Whole different ball game this time. Right off the bat when prompted to plug in device, I got results. Entered the WEP code for my network and now I'm up and running.

Basically I'm a happy camper, but I withheld that 5th star because the device is a bit bulky and will only fit a wide open USB port.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
(1 out of 5)

System Killer

Jan 7, 2008 - By Kenneth W. Brown

When trying to install the software for this device, it pretty much killed my PC. It failed halfway through installation, yet still appeared when my PC restarted. When the Belkin software did run, it would then freeze the computer. Had a Windows 2000 machine which this says it is compatible with, but obviously had some issues. Be wary!

I will be requesting a refund.