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Used it with a desktop computer in anogther room in the house and it works great. This is a definite option for anyone that wants to use a desktop PC in other areas of the house or in a small business environment.
Connection became spotty and then died altogether. That one was either defective or we loaded it incorrectly because initially it worked just fine, but within 24 hours, if the computer were left alone for 20 minutes, we would lose the connection. I bought this product the first time in September of 2008. After doing some research over Vista compatability issues, it appeared that Linksys was still my best bet. Then it died altogether so we returned it to Target for a replacement. That one loaded perfectly and worked great until now (for 9ish months). I will say that the sales assoc at Target told me that he uses a Belkin wireless USB adapter with Vista, and he has had no problems. Belkin and Linksys were priced the same, but since my router is Linksys and previous experience reigns, I stuck with Linksys.
You have to be 5 feet from an access point for it to work. Junk.
Another prime example why you should buy D-Link for your computing needs. This Linksys wireless g adapter I bought for my GF worked ok at first, a month later it will not on her HP windows XP machine. Here at work all D-Link never a problem, when we had Linksys prior nothing but headaches and downtime. At home I used Linksys routers which drop in and out and die a day after the warrenty expires, but now I have switched to D-Link adapters and routers and have yet to have a problem or lost connections. It gives uninformative error messages that her device is not plugged in or reading properly.the device is plugged in. anyhow I have tried to repair the software and drivers which are an easy task with D-Link but not with Linksys and nothing works, so im going to get her something that works: D-Link.
Would like to see a better fitting USB. When the computer was in standby mode, the connection to secured wireless router would be dropped. This one wiggles. Performance improved after uninstalling the software that came with the adapter. I found Windows XP basic software is better and it provides stable secured connection. It is fast adapter and range seems quite alright in and around the house. Linksys WUSB54GC.
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