| PRODUCT DETAILS | | BELKIN F5D7050 Wireless 802.11g USB Network Adapter |  | |
BELKIN F5D7050 Wireless 802.11g USB Network Adapter
Belkin F5D7050 Wireless 802.11g USB Network Adapter - This is a USB network adapter that gives your desktop or notebook PC access to 802.11g & 802.11b wireless networks. What makes this adapter so special is it's size. It's roughly the size of a pack of gum, which makes it a perfect accessory for mobile PC users. Requires - Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000, or XP Includes Belkin Lifetime Warranty and free 24 hour technical support! Color - Black
Manufacturer: Belkin
Price: $48.61
 BELKIN F5D7050 Wireless 802.11g USB Network Adapter
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| User Reviews |  | Waste of time and money
rating: 1
This wireless adapter is awful. I have had numerous problems with it, something new every week, never a dull moment. For a while it's been given to disconnecting from my wireless network now and then, often just long enough to disconnect me from my IM client so that I'd miss a message, but not long enough for my client to switch to offline mode.
Sometimes it will refuse to pick up any wireless networks within range--but there are at least a dozen around here. Sometimes it'll inexplicably only pick up a couple of them, neither of which will be mine, of course. (Incidentally, my modem/router is only about two yards away, on the other side of the wall.) It's doing that today, about every 10 minutes or so, and currently the only fix is to unplug it for a few seconds. Speaking of unplugging this thing, it's also incredibly particular about where it's plugged back in--if it's not the same USB port used during installation, it will not work.
Lately, the adapter will randomly uninstall itself when I reboot. Yes, this means reinstallation at least every other time I turn my computer on.
You're wasting your money up-front on a crappy bit of technology that will waste lots of your time for months to come.
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Great with Slackware 12.1
rating: 5
Works great with Slackware 12.1 . I'm using it with WEP. The only thing that threw me for a few minutes is that it is seen as eth1, not wlan0 or ra0. Just use the regular CL tools and you're up and going.
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Identical but different
rating: 1
Bought this adapter to work with a laptop that I successfully connected to a home network using an identical adapter we have on another home computer. Deliberately bought exact same version of product & software, which is why I bought through Amazon, but when received, it didn't work. Cost of returning it is prohibitive, so it's so much techno-junk now -- maybe e-bay fodder.
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usb wireless adapter
rating: 5
Great USB wireless adarter..work great, especially w/th vista, just plug and ur ready to go..no need to install or something..
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Only WiFi Adapter that works with Zonbu
rating: 5
Zonbu supplies a service and associated service for Linux but you can get a free download of a live CD that allows you to "take over" any PC and not impact its natively installed apps.
This is the only wifi adapter that flavor of Linux supports............as a btw
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BELKIN F5D7050 Wireless 802.11g USB Network Adapter
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