Netgear WPN111NA Wireless Mimo Usb Adapter

10 Review to this product

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  Edward Sikorski
  October 11th, 2010 on 7:19 pm

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  First, take any review (even this one) with “grain of salt”.
  
  Some of the objectionable ones here do not mention their OS, their system if updated, router type and brand, laptop or desktop, interference (under desk, ductwork or type of walls in path or floors from router, doing proper installation, devices that could interfere like cordless phones, cellphones, appliances, external radiation from location…)all this factors in as wifi is NOT the end to all means.
  
  Second, BEFORE you even connect this to your USB port, visit Netgear’s website for download of LATEST driver for your system. Latest drivers I found are from Jan 2006 ver 1.1.
  
  You’ll be surprised that inventory doesn’t mean it was stocked last month. ALWAYS check the site first. Put files on a USB key or burn to CD if you can’t get on the net from machine you are installing from. Makes sense, huh?
  
  Third, install the software BEFORE you connect the device. Make sure you have the correct settings for your router (hopefully a Rangemax or other Netgear, but not required brand) such as SSID, WEP or preferred WPA2-PSK key settings for connecting and login.
  
  Lastly, make sure to secure that wifi. There are laws that make you the liable if someone uses your connection because it is wide open. Mapping to MAC address plus WPA2-PSK is pretty solid. Please, read the manual if you aren’t familiar with wifi setup. Or get someone to assist and show you. You can even have settings for different locale and wifi networks.
  
  This item worked for me with verygood-excellent range being on second floor of big home (atleast 30 feet from Rangemax router) and plugged into the back of a custom PC running WinXP Pro SP2.
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  DB
  October 12th, 2010 on 6:22 am

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  I own the WPN111 adaptor and have been completely satisfied with it. It woreked 100% with linksys wireless router. Now I use with a NetGear RangeMax and works 100% too. The Netgear router has more options so I’ve had to tweak a little to raise the security so we are no longer the neighborhood hot spot. No complaints. When the connectivity times out, I just unplug and plug… not a problem.
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  Boynton Bill
  October 12th, 2010 on 11:51 am

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  I received this antenna shortly after ordering it. It works fine. I was somewhat surprised that no installation disk was provided but I was able to download the necessary drivers from the internet and am very pleased with the result. This anetenna has to pick up a signal from about 300 feet away and the signal must travel through two window panes before reaching the antenna. It does a fine job. The only thing I notice is that the antenna does run a little hot. I guess this is normal.
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  Jason M. Picker
  October 14th, 2010 on 4:56 am

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  I puchased this product without reading the amazon reviews. I was having trouble connecting to my network, I would often lose my connection and occationally I was told that the router 15 feet away was out of range. Before throwing the product out, I upgraded the drivers, and it made a world of a difference. It works as advertised. (Now if only Netgear would enclose a CD with the new drivers).
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  Larry McKinnon
  October 14th, 2010 on 8:51 am

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  I’ve been using this adapter with the rangemax router for several months, never a problem. I read the other reviews, and am dumbfounded. I actually use this one when other adapters, or built in adapters do not work. This one works evey time, and the range is better then I had expected.
  
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  Brad Giosa
  October 14th, 2010 on 11:24 am

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  The combination of the Rangemax adaptors and router make an excellent long range wireless network. Easy to setup and works flawlessly. The only problem I ran into was using the USB adaptor on a Win 98 SE machine. It just doesnt work so if you are running 98 SE as an OS either upgrade or use one compatible with 98 SE.
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  EMTP EJ
  October 15th, 2010 on 12:09 am

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  I have a Netgear Rangemax router and XP Home on a desktop PC. The installation and function of this device has been fine. You do have to install the drivers and Netgear manager before attaching the device. The speed connecting to the internet is the same as the wired speed (which was not all that fast over a cable modem). All of my other wired and wireless devices work fine, too.
  
  I did get it on sale from a store as it cost as much (or less) than a cat-5e cable I was going to get instead.
  
  As I just purchased this, it appears that Netgear has solved most of the problems that some earlier purchasers had.
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  Mr M in Honolulu
  October 15th, 2010 on 8:01 am

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  Purchasing wireless is hit and miss. We missed with several linksys products but hit well with netgear WN802T rangemax next access point and WPN111 usb adaptor at 54mb using wpa-psk in a concrete/drywall, warehouse/office environment with a lot of noise that even 100mb cat5 wire cant connect over 20ft. Lots of wireless traffic here but no problems with connection. Workstations are on 24 hours a day and can get real hot when ac off. WPN111 has had no overheat problems and not one dropped connection yet. Consistent excellent strength. Very happy with WPN111. We are also happy with netgear WGPS606 bridge which we use to bridge wireless to wire, to connect linux and sun computers and unix printers with no (working) wireless drivers. Netgear WG111 usb 54mb adaptor was a total loser with no connection or consistent dropped connections. Its amazing how widespread these performance issues are even with the same manufacturer. We tried dlink wireless 108g stuff, but it was not reliable enough for us to be comfortable with. Would drop connection from time-to-time even though strength was excellent. We do use dlink cable/dsl router (firewall has real packet filtering, not just port forwarding) and switches which works great. Did not like netgear or linksys routers.
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  Miguel Gonzalez
  October 17th, 2010 on 3:48 pm

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  Review here, review there stop complaining and get a life please!!!
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  S. Winograd
  October 18th, 2010 on 4:36 am

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  I had already reviewed the Rangemax wireless router, so I didn’t feel any need to rate the USB Adapter, until I checked the comments. I have excellent signal strength all over my 3000 sq foot two story house. Right now my signal strength is 61%. My old D-Link system (DL-524 I think)got about half that and would only work half the time.
  
  My only guess is that the people commenting on the this wireless adapter are not using it with the Netgear RangeMax Wireless Router.My own experimentation revealed that the two devices work much better if used together.
  
  Also, since wireless equipment is so hit or miss, people might be better off purchasing at a place like CompUSA, where items can be returned easily, rather than on Amazon.