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Electronics : Linksys WUSBF54G Wireless-G USB Network Adapter with Wi-Fi Finder |
- Woooo!Ahhh...I freakin' love this thing. I can't use it anymore at the moment, but for six months after getting it, I had free super high speed wireless internet, and it was glorious. I still have no idea whose network it was or why they didn't lock its security, and why oh why did they have to move away after 6 months, but hey, sweet deal for me. :) It's just plug and play if you've got a network in range.
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- Works greatIt works great. Here's a tip if you are using a Linksys WRT54G wireless router: disable UPnP and you will not have a problem connecting to your network with the WUSBF54G. I'm running Windows 2000 SP4.
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- Linksys WUSBF54G Wireless-G USB network adapterWhen I tried the device in my laptop, it has crashed my laptop every time. I have not had the time to try and contact the technical support yet. I am just very disappointed that I haven't been able to get it installed.
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- Great To UseI just received my new WI-FI finder. I have version 1.1 and it DOES have a light in it and it works great. I just plugged it into a USB 2.0 port and Windows searched for the drivers and found them online and I did not even read the book or use the CD! It works great and charges thru the USB port. Highly Recommended-by the way I got it thru New Egg which was the cheapest show using Amazon as a starting point.
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- Direct Comparison Between Linksys and TrendNetThis is a direct comparision between the Linksys WUSBF54G and TrendNet 509UB.
Both perform as expected when used as a standalone hot spot detector.
Both perform as expected on Windows XP. Installation was quirky for both. After driver installation, inserting into USB slot it wasn't recognized at all. Fiddled around for awhile and it finally detected the device. Had to disable the notebook's builtin wireless before XP recognized the device.
Client software does not detect a device under Windows Vista Ultimate RC2. I assume this will be true for Windows Vista RTM too. Inserting the device into a Windows Vista RC2 system often completely froze Windows Vista (had to hold down power button for complete reboot). Had to disable the notebook's builtin wireless before Vista recognized the device.
Appears that the TrendNet and Linksys devices are so similar that they must be made by the same OEM or reference design. As expected, evaluation results are similar.
1. Both devices seem to have same sensitivity, similar to notebook's internal wireless card.
2. TrendNet device doesn't have Windows XP signed drivers so an extra click during install is requried. Also installing on new USB ports requires extra clicks.
3. TrendNet device supports 801.11a whereas Linksys does not.
4. TrendNet device sometimes crashes Vista Ultimate RC2.
5. Neither device's software client works under Vista Ultimate RC2. This isn't a deal breaker for me as they both work under Vista Ultimate RC2 networking as a USB wireless key. You just lose the client software feature.
6. The Linksys has a somewhat useful backlit LCD, TrendNet does not.
7. Both devices work as standalone hotspot locators equal well.
8. In hotspot mode, both devices show SSID, channel number, encryption mode, etc.
Conclusion: For XP, I recommend the TrendNet so save the extra dollars. For Vista, I recommend the Linksys device as it never crashed Vista Ultimate RC2 whereas TrendNet device was gave occasional freezes.
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