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Electronics : Belkin 802.11g Wireless G USB Network Adapter for Win 98SE/2000/ME/XP/VistaRating: - Fantastic - ignore Belkins own softwareI have had this for over a year now (version 4) and it has been superb, constantly picking up a perfect signal no matter what computer I connect it to. I only installed the device driver and ignored Belkin's own wireless software. Can't fault it. Rating:  - absolute rubbishBeing new to broadband i thought it was my fault it wouldnt work with 02 broadband, after several days of intermittent connection and as previous people have said about 30 mins of diagnostics before it would even attempt to connect i checked amazon. what a relief - its going straight back to pc world tomorrow. DONY BUY THIS Rating: - Works perfectlyBought one of these despite all the bad reviews and my gamble paid off. Bearing in mind other peoples installation hassles i firstly installed it using the supplied software and unsurprisingly it didn't work. So i simply set it up using Windows wireless network wizard-inputting the required information manually and it immediatly worked perfectly. i think thats the problem most people are having- that they didn't let Windows recognise the new hardware properly before they gave up. Absolutely nothing wrong with this piece of kit!! Rating:  - FOLLOW WAYNE STOC K'S ADVICE!!As Far as I can tell, the software package this comes with is complete unbelievable junk. However, if you use this with microsoft's own wireless network connection facility (instructions below)It works BRILLIANTLY, with no dropping of signal etc for normal internet useage (not sure about games etc). DON'T INSTALL THE RUBBISH BELKIN SOFTWARE; just use the beautiful tiny driver that's buried on the accompanying disk under an evil mountain of typical, disgusting stupid bloatware. I have reproduced Wayne Stock's earlier instructions below: I do repairs on computers as a hobby. I purchased this item, to save having superfluous cables when using the internet. I already have a wireless broadband router installed. Having read the previous reviews, it is obvious that some people did have problems installing this device. I took their advice and DID NOT follow the manufacturers instructions. I DID NOT install the software before plugging in the adaptor. I DID use the desktop extension lead supplied. It DOES make a difference. (I later tried it without the extension lead) (The PC I was running was using the new Windows Vista operating system) The computer immediately picked up the new hardware and asked to connect to the internet to find the necessary drivers. I declined that and merely used the browse facility to browse to the Drivers file on the CD that came with the adaptor. It installed and works fine. I found: That the software on the CD is unnecessary - The driver files are tiny - the software is huge. See earlier reviews for details of problems with the software. I also found that the reception was better USING the desktop extension lead. And yes, the XP drivers DO work with Vista and XP. I hope this helps someone else. Rating:  - Fix for troublesome driversThis product is desperatly let down by its drivers(any except a clean PC at it will fail to install with the orginal installation routine) This is the fix required Winzip or Winrar ( compression tools ) Latest driver Download the latest driver on another Pc if possible copy the installation file over to the hard drive right click on the Exe file and select open with winzip or winrar you will now get the contents of the exe file click on files icon , followed by cliking on the folder called driver Extract all files in the driver folder somewhere where you can find it plug in the USB key and windows will pop up the question to find the drivers for you, select the location where you saved the files and it will install the driver fixed |
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