Belkin BELKIN F5D7050 Wireless 802.11g USB Network Adapter

I have no clue what Tom in the other review is tal ...

Posted Feb 8, 2005 - I have no clue what Tom in the other review is talking about. Product set up very easily, range was fantastic. I talked with their customer support department, where I was on hold for a very short period of time and they were super helpful with getting it to work with my Tivo. Great product.

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usb 1.1 vs 2

Posted Oct 22, 2006 - Just a note on why usb 1.1 is slower. 1.1 runs at about 10 mbit/sec and limits the thruput through the usb to the computer to that. Even if the adapter talks to the access point at 54 mbits/sec the usb 1.1 (1.0) speed will limit the actual thruput. Most of the 54mbits will be idle time waiting for the usb.

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Great USB Adapter

Posted Dec 10, 2005 - This card is great and I am using it on the old Gateway Performace 600 (600mhz w/ 256mb ram running on Win XP Pro SP2). Although it have USB 1.1 ports, the instruction state that it will limit speed to 11 mpbs on USB 1.1. That's bull!! (It was at first when I had minor problem until I configured the Belkin USB network connection and Belkin router on WEP issue and it changed speed to 54mbps). I got 54mbps on USB 1.1 port!!? When I boot up to desktop, I plugged the Belkin USB adapter, the "balloon" window popped and saying that best to use USB 2.0 for faster connection. Nah I don't believe that. I try it on my new system and it work like a charm. Not much difference to old system. Don't buy Belkin PCI wireless adapter. they're problemic!. (belkin F5D700 v3001). I had no problem setting up and use it. But it tend to cut off connection fequently. It had to do with the heat problem with the card. My friend had exact same problem. The Belkin USB wireless stick really worth it! IT got a good strong connection!

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BELKIN F5D7050 Wireless 802.11g USB Network Adapter

Posted Oct 13, 2005 - i too have no idea why old tom wrote that review. i would make sure the product was defected before i write a bad review. i actualy have a netgear wg111 usb adapter, and it has been nothing but truble, it's bulky, doesn't fit among several close usb sockets, and the signal goes in and out all the time. good luck to you shoppers pinny

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I have had no problems with this, It took maybe 10 ...

Posted Jul 1, 2005 - I have had no problems with this, It took maybe 10mins to set up. It has a good signal across the house. I swap it between my Desktop and laptop with no problems......

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not too bad, but probably not the best for the price.

Posted Sep 22, 2006 - I purchased this from a store about 14-15months ago and found it to be easy to install (if you follow the simple instructions: plug it in, install the drivers, and go!)I'm using WinXP+SP2, and have used it under Win2k as well. I have noticed that it gets pretty hot, which might have contributed to connections being dropped and eventually failing on my system. As of today, when I boot up it detects the device, logs me into my wireless router, and works fine for a random interval of time. With no warning, the usb device uninstalls itself and the internet connection drops. It completely disappears from my hardware/device profiles and isn't recognized until it's unplugged and plugged back in. And then, there's no telling how long it'll work, which has been anywhere from 30seconds to 3hours... It's very frustrating, but the tech support people so far have seemed eager to assist me in rectifying the situation. I'm actually talking to tech support now, and after 52minutes I'm almost no farther than where I started because of hold times.

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Typical low-end crap from Belkin

Posted Jan 16, 2007 - This adapter is a crap shoot, I've used this on a dozen or more different machines and sometimes they work other times they don't. The bottom line is this is a badly engineered, poorly manufactured POS, that when combined with Belkin's notoriously bad software and utterly helpless technical support, will suck up hours and hours of your life and when/if you do get it to work the performance is lackluster at best. If it works, it installs easily and quickly, if not, you are much better off returning it and buying a quality product. I should also point out that Ms. Alphawolf and I have over 25 years experience as IT professionals and we have dedicated far too much time trying to get this to work consistently.

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No Media Center support!

Posted Jan 7, 2006 - I've used the 54G USB adapter for a few months. It is easy to install and use EXCEPT when on Media Center XP. Belkin has not released a driver for the Media Center and the XP driver doesn't work.

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Big Little

Posted Apr 23, 2006 - Buyer beware, manufactures are using feet, line of sight? Do not buy any wireless under 1000 feet for home use. Compare price by this standard of feet. The USB is an easy product to install.

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3 Belkin products - all crap

Posted Jan 5, 2007 - Make sure you get the correct drivers for ur USB stick cos there are different versions and even if you don't seem to find the correct driver, search again its out there somewhere. I had a pci version of the wireless 54G and that card kept on rebooting my pc randomly. I won't buy Belkin anymore.

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Piece of garbage

Posted Sep 28, 2007 - You get what you pay for. If I would have known how terrible this product was I would have opted for a more expensive one. I do plan on replacing it and promptly throwing it in the trash. Wouldn't sell this thing to my worst enemy. Do yourself a favor, don't buy it.

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My tempermental green eyed monster

Posted Nov 4, 2007 - I have two of these, on similar computers sitting almost next to each other. One gets a strong signal, the other does not (note: this has no impact on wireless throughput, which is high in both cases). The green LED light on the good one is always on, on the not so good one seldom on. What gives, Belkin? But, when it starts to work, it seems to stay working for a long time. Until I change something, such as my monitor. The monitor? Yes, the monitor. It took about 6 hours after I installed a new monitor for the not so good Belkin antenna to start working correctly. My last, successful, step was to deinstall it and reinstall it. The Belkin software, by the way, is a dictionary definition of el crappo. But the little thing sure is cute, sitting there on top of my CPU. If it weren't for the emotional attachment I have developed, I would crush it under the heel of my jackboot and send the carcass back to Belkin. Grrr...

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No good

Posted Oct 9, 2006 - Latest drivers released back in 2004. Does not support WPA2 encyption like most new adapters today. Continues to drop connections and even fails to list networks that are in range on a regular basis. Have had great luck with Belkin in the past (2 routers, 2 bluetooth products, a wireless card) and have had great luck. Like Belkin's matching "G" router (not the G+, or G MIMO lines), these products should be avoided.

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Died within 6 months

Posted Apr 30, 2006 - When we first got it we had problems with the connection. Thought it was the PC, so we tried the laptop and it was the same issue. We lived with it until it completely stopped working. Contacted Belkin and they did not even respond.

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rubbish dont ever buy one

Posted Jul 7, 2006 - a useless piece of ribbish can't get it to work had it working fine for three days and even then it kept on dieing it could'nt stay on for more than 50 seconds and the signal slowly got worse now it can,t get an ip on my network but my laptop(dell inpiron 510m 5 stars,10/10 brillant piece of kit)could now it can connect to the network were the dell gets 5 bars and it gets 1 but nothing works no internet no file transfers nothing it gets no stars but unfortunitely I have to give it 1 ps NEVER BUY BELKIN NETWORKING KIT IT'S CRAP

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