Advantages: Perfection in every way. Shame it dosnt make you a cuppa tea also :-)
Disadvantages: The price would be seen as a little steep. But well worth it.

...Where can I start with this fantastic product. Firstly not only is this well worth the money, its durable also. Ease of Installation Well, this is not hard to get wrong, from opening the product its clearly marked on the adaptor to run the cd first. Then it prompts you to plug the adaptor into your USB port. Now, you can ether use the software designed for the adaptor or let windows manage your wireless connection. I'm not sure about windows 2000 but for xp, it saves the login to access the network & auto connects you when you turn your pc on. Very handy if you have kids who use the net allot. Compatibility To be honest, I have not had any problems with the product what so ever. Version/Model This is a WUSB54G-S This has the speed booster. This is handy if your pc is located on the other side of your home... Read review

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Advantages: Small, easy to use and relatively stable
Disadvantages: Poor support and old drivers

...I purchased the Siemens Gigaset USB Adaptor 108 from Play.com for £7.99 including P&P. An absolute bargain when you consider what lesser devices retail for. This USB adaptor supports the 108Mbps SuperG wireless standard, and is backwards compatible with a, b and regular G networks too. It supports WEP, WPA and WPA2. The unit is very small, about the size of a box of matches. It has, what appears to be, a shielded cable about a metre long with a standard USB plug on the end. There is a little aerial which folds down, though this doesn't really make it any more convenient to carry round. There are two green LEDs to tell you the power is connected and to show wireless network activity. The unit is light, but feels like it's well made. I had read on a few websites not to use the installation CD as the drivers on it are old... Read review

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Advantages: Simple to set up and use
Disadvantages: Software is not the greatest

...I bought this USB network adaptor for my son when he still had his Windows 98 machine as the PCI card that I reviewed previously was too advanced for his hardware. This USB adapter was bought to connect to my Belkin wireless router meaning that I now had a wireless network consisting only of Belkin hardware. --Whats in the box-- On opening the box, there were no real surprises. There was the USB adapter, a stand which would allow you to place the adapter on your desk if you didnt want to have it plugged directly into the back of your PC, the antenna, a quick installation guide and a CD which contained the drivers and a full manual. --Installation-- On reading the quick installation guide, it was apparent that the software had to be installed before the adapter was plugged in. The reason for this was because, when the hardware... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Not enough information on software or packaging.

...I recently bought a Belkin wireless adaptor when I went into a house share and needed to have the internet. I use the internet but I know little about the technical side of things. I paid £19.99 for the adaptor in PC world who only had Belkin at the time which I thought was not expensive. However installing it was a nightmare. The 3 easy steps on the box seemed so easy; Install the software, plug the adaptor into a USB PORT - start networking! If only it was that simple. Every time my computer searched for a network it crashed. I phoned the Belkin company who took me step by step through the technical part and still we could not get internet. Eventually the Belkin assistant told my for some reason my computer was not recognising the new network. Being increasingly frustrated I considered taking the adaptor back for a refund... Read review

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Advantages: allows me to get online
Disadvantages: sometimes unreliable

...Since I recently moved from my old workplace in Harrogate to a new one in Lydd (don't worry I had no idea where it was either). I have a few new things to review. This is the first of my new technology reviews. So as I like ciao, clearly I like the internet but the company I work for will not allow its staff to have phone lines put in to the staff accomodation as we're all on mobile contracts and can be moved at anytime, so getting online is something of a challenge when the accomoation is separate from the business building itself. But when the accomodation is in the same building as the business you can take advantage of the wi-fi put in for the use of the customers (soldiers, saliors, airmen). But my laptop is too old to have built in wireless networking, so i needed a usb adaptor to help me take advantage of the facilities... Read review

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Advantages: All you need to set up your own wireless network.
Disadvantages: None!

...The US Robotics Wireless Network Starter kit is your basic set up kit which includes everything you need to set up your home with a high tech wireless network, there is no need to get any engineers in and you if you can read you will be able to install this very easily. Unboxing: In the box you will get the US Robotics router itself, this is the main bit of kit that will enable you to do your wireless networking. Power adaptor, annoying shaped to take up two plug sockets on your basic power strip. Instruction leaflet, this is very informative and helpful with a wide range of troubleshooting topics should anything go wrong, USB wireless access adaptor, if your PC or laptop does not have a built in wireless networking card you will have to use this and the driver CD which you only need if you're going to use the USB adaptor. Absolutely... Read review

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Advantages: Plug and play, easy to use.
Disadvantages: It is external, meaning not inside your computer.

...This product is very reliable great for people on the go, or even at home. Good office use and offers speeds that will satisfy anyones needs. There is only one inconvenience though, the fact that it is external. Since it is external there is always a better chance of it breaking, or being lost. Linksys is the leading networking brand and is very reliable, and there when you need it. The software provided gives you an easy to use network monitor which gives you the option to connect to what network you wish, save the network as a profile, and show the best link connection/speed. It has support for USB 2.0 and also USB 1.1 so it will work great on older computers. It is compatible with Windows 98SE, 2000, ME, XP, and also Vista. It has two wireless network modes 802.11g and 802.11b and is also compatible with 128-bit encryption.... Read review

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Advantages: Less Wires Hanging around plus broadband everywhere
Disadvantages: found it hard to set up at first

...After purchasing my Acer Laptop (see review) and moving my Desktop PC up into my Boy's room, I decided to delve into the unknown for me and get myself a Wireless Router, that way I could get Broadband all over the house without boring wires through the ceiling and so on. I picked up a brilliant deal at PC World and got the Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router and USB Adaptor both for £39.99 as a package deal, individually it would have been around £70.00 so well impressed there. A bit of technical stuff:- It states a 35% FASTER download speed (I can back this up and say this is true) The speed is listed as 125mbps Gateway Router(DSL) NAT & SP Firewalls Windows XP compatiable only There is also a 24hour phone support line from Linksys. This router is designed for NTL/Cable/Telewest Customers oly (not BT) On getting... Read review

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Advantages: Play XBox live without the hassle of wires. Easy to set up
Disadvantages: A little too pricey

...When I bought my Xbox 360 I looked into going on Xbox live but as there was a subscription fee I decided against it. Since I moved into my flat however the temptation has slowly increased and this week I finally gave in. It had been a long time coming but while I was in Town on Tuesday night I decided to buy myself the official Microsoft Xbox 360 wireless network adaptor. I thought rather than run another cable around my living room I'd take advantage of the BT wireless hub I have for my broadband and connect my Xbox up remotely. From reading the box it seemed to be nice and easy. You just attached the adaptor to the back of your machine, switched it on and hey presto you were pretty much ready to go online. The reality, whilst still quite straightforward isn't quite that simple. It all went according to plan until the switching... Read review

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Advantages: Good quality, easy to configure, plenty of features
Disadvantages: Did not get the speeds expected

.... As I said you get one cable so you may need to buy more if required. The second and arguably better option would be to use wireless. Again you would also need wireless adaptors on your client machines. Now lets take a quick look at the Wireless options of this product. One of the greatest confusions when looking at the different models of routers are the different (theoretically fastest) speeds the routers can run at, often signified by standards. The main ones are as follows. 802.11b - runs at a maximum of 11 Mbps 802.11g - runs at a maximum of 54 Mbps "Super G" - runs at a maximum of 108 Mbps Now the first point is you wont see many routers on sale that only run 802.11b anymore anyway. The second point is the speeds. If you are running Broadband/ASDL you are more than likely getting a maximum download speed of 2Mbps on your... Read review

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