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Medialink - Wireless G USB Adapter - 802.11g - 54Mbps - 2.4ghz - Windows 2000 / XP / Vista 32-Bit / Vista 64-Bit / Windows 7 Compatible | 
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| Brand: Medialink
Category: CE
List Price: $59.95
Buy New: $29.99
You Save: $29.96 (50%)
(as of 9/10/10 10:54 PDT - Details)
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Rating:  137 reviews
Color: Silver
Operating System: Windows
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5.4 x 1.3
MPN: MWN-USB54G
Model: MWN-USB54G
UPC: 896604002447
EAN: 0896604002447
ASIN: B001DKBNMA
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Compatible With Any Brand 802.11b or 802.11g Router | | • | Simplified One Click Wi-Fi Installation | | • | Microsoft WHQL Certified | | • | Auto-Detects Availablei Local Wireless Networks | | • | Supports the Following Security Protocols: WPA/WPA2, 64/128/152-bit WEP. |
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Product Description
Offering the ultimate in simplified Wi-Fi installation, Medialink's 54Mbps Wireless G USB Adapter works with any manufacturer's 802.11B or 802.11G wi-fi router and offers a simplified one click installation. Insert the CD, click "install software" and the utility will auto-detect your operating system and install the appropriate drivers. Simply plug in your adapter and enjoy the convenience of your wifi network. Surprisingly, many wifi adapters on the market are not Microsoft WHQL certified to ensure trouble-free compatibility with Microsoft's operating systems. To provide our customers with ultimate confidence in our products, all Medialink adapters are Microsoft WHQL certified. In addition, this adapter features internationally recognized standards-based security features including WPA/WPA2, IEEE802.1X as well as 64/128/152-bit WEP for the ultimate in sucurity. MAC filtering is also available. With these enhanced security features, you can feel confident that you have state of the art wifi security options.. This USB adapter includes a Medialink Wireless Client Utility to auto-detect available wireless networks for quick connection. The utility also conveniently allows you to create and save detailed connectivity profiles for different accessed networks. The Medialink Wireless Client Utility also provides a number of tools to display current diagnostics and status information so that you can easily diagnose and resolve connection problems. Offering excellent wireless performance and network security, the Medialink 54Mbps Wireless G USB Adapter is an excellent choice for adding wireless connectivity to your desktop or notebook PC. CD includes drivers for Windows 2000, XP, Vista 32-Bit, Vista 64-Bit.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 137
 Works better than I had expected! June 13, 2009
Marty Gillis (Los Angeles, CA USA)
34 out of 34 found this review helpful
I am using this with an old Celeron Compaq situated on the opposite end of our large home. Our router is the dreaded Actiontec supplied with my Fios service and I wasn't expecting a very good connection or speed. WRONG! After a very quick install the thing just worked! At first all I could get was a "poor" on signal strength and a "weak" signal status. I added a short USB extension to the cable they already supply and sent it up my wall about 7 feet. THAT was all it needed. I now have a "very good" signal and a 'normal' status and am consistently hitting the speed limit of the device. I was very pleasantly surprised. I hope it keeps working.
UPDATE: I have had the dongle for about 2 weeks now and after moving the router about 1 room closer to me I now get an "Excellent" signal strength and it maintains a steady 54 mpbs. More than good enough to stream Hulu with no glitches. It dropped the connection occasionally on startup before moving the router, but now it is right there at all times with no drop offs. It does get hot though.
Simple Plug and Play for Windows RC7 Install June 10, 2009
R. Neal (Bloomingdale, IL USA)
34 out of 37 found this review helpful
Recently installed Windows 7 RC (release candidate) on my PC. Found that my wireless network adapters I had were not supported. So I went on a search for inexpensive yet functional adapter.
This adapter is perfect fit, Windows 7 RC has drivers for this adapter. I didn't need to install anything from the CD included with the adapter. I simply plugged the adapter in, Windows 7 recognized it immediately. The info on the device manager was different than displayed, but just assuming the internals for this adapter are "borrowed" from another adapter and repackaged under this manufacturer.
I only had to set-up my wireless info (WPA2 password) and my PC was connected once again to the web. Connection was very good, my router is on third floor, my experimental PC is in my workshop in basement, had 3 out of 5 bars on connection (router is DLink DIR-655) with solid throughput so far.
much better than the brand-names June 21, 2009
Ryan C. (Boulder, CO USA)
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
Works flawlessly with Vista and XP (I have two of these, one for each of my computers). After endless headaches (driver incompatibility, dropped connections, lost packets, etc.) with Netgear, Belkin, and Linksys adapters, I decided to try this. Haven't had a headache since!
Great Wireless Adapter June 25, 2009
Jackel X (Weirton, WV - USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This thing is perfect, it gets good signal strength, and it is very reliable. I have left my computer on for probably days and it hasn't dropped connection once for me. =} Really good adapter, and has a 1 year warranty. Best you can get for the price.
Simple, inexpensive, effective - what more do you need? August 10, 2009
J. Wilson (Atlanta, GA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have a very, very old computer (probably circa 2003) that I had upgraded to wireless via a PCI card. Well, when I upgraded my network to the Airport Extreme, the card stopped working. Since the old card was 802.11 b/g compliant, I thought the newer security protocols on the Airport Extreme i.e. WPA and WPA2 were what had caused the problem. Although this computer is old, it still has some value for the kids and other lite duties like surfing the web so I decided to make a small investment in an more modern wireless adapter. Now-a-days, you can connect a wireless adapter via USB, so that's what I did. The medialink card comes packed with a USB extension cable and an installation CD. I'm running Windows Xp SP3 on this particular machine and the install went very well.
I had some minor problems reconnecting to my network because you have to establish a profile for each connection in the utility software that comes with the Medialink. The profile is where the network password gets stored. Otherwise, when the connection terminates you'll have to reenter the network password every time you want to reconnect to the network. For the uninitiated (like my wife and kids), this can be frustrating. Unfortunately, this morsel of information was not mentioned in the documentation(at least I didn't see it). Anyhow, that's my only gripe. In terms of connectivity, my computer is on the main level and the router is upstairs and I consistently have 3-4 bars on the Medialink connection graph and plenty of speed. It's very fast and supports all of the latest security protocals. I love a bargain!
Well, I do have one more minor gripe: I wish it came with a stand of some kind for the Medialink itself. I have a stand that was meant for some other USB adapter so I used that one with the Medialink and it works great. Without it, I would have had a problem plugging it directly into the USB port becasue this adapter is a little taller than other things I had in that USB slot so it partially blocked the USB port that sits below. The USB stand/adapter fixed the problem by allowing me to plug the Medialink into the adapter at the end of the USB cable. You can accomplish the same thing with the USB extension cable included with the Medialink. A USB port on the front of the computer would do the trick too. This is by no means a show stopper, but it is worth mentioning.
Overall, this is a great product. I did not have to use tech support so I can't speak to the quality of that service but the adpater itself is a great deal here at Amazon.com. Highly recommended.
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