Not for perminant use (Belkin Wireless G USB Network Adapter)

Member Name: ciaron454

Product:	Belkin Wireless G USB Network Adapter
Date:	29/12/08 (65 review reads)
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Advantages: it works well

Disadvantages: its not great to get drivers for

a Cheap effective wireless network adapter that works, but thats it, it works theres nothing special about it and its not very fast either despite description being "Hi-Speed USB" do not let it confuse you to thinking that its fast

If your mainly connected to the internet to check emails and just general web browsing then it is fine for you and you will like it, but anything more than that such as gaming then this is a no no.

Theres not really anything wrong with this itself its more to do with the problems with wireless, packet loss is already a problem with wired connections and wireless just makes it worse but anyway i am reviewing the adapter and not the internet hehe

The largest problem with this one is that theres a multiple versions each with different chips and of course each use different drivers which is a problem for you ubuntu / linux uses who will need to modify/make your own as a guide you may find for it may not work seeing as there is now i think 7 versions of this one,

the second problem with this is that it does NOT say that it ISNT compatable with windows vista meaning you will buy it and that you will need to go to the belkin site and get the beta drivers they make for it to work with vista (as i needed to do) but the problem with that is, You need to be connected to the internet to actually get the drivers to make the thing that you brought to connect you to the internet to work, which im sure you can guess is a problem

Alot of people have also reported to have problems with this particular network adapter but i have not had any more than the above,

What i will say is it is cheap and it is effective for simple tasks but it does get rather warm even with just browsing the net,

My ideal use of this would be for temporary use only as it is by no means something that you would want to use perminantly as you will find out Wired is better than wireless in all cases (well unless you got a killer NIC network card but that thing costs £200 so why would you even look at this if you had one of those)

I Would not reccomend this although id be happy to lend my friends it as a temporary solution

Summary: TEMPORARY SOLUTION ONLY - do not rely on this as your main connection to the internet

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