AirLink101 AWLL6075 Wireless N Mini USB Adapter

by AirLink

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 0.4 x 0.3 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002RCKDEC
• Item model number: AWLL6075
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (197 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #35 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Networking Products > Network Adapters > USB Network Adapters
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2009

Product Description

Extend the range of your current Airlink101 or other wireless network with new Wireless N Mini USB Adapter. The compact mini design brings you more flexibility and portability. No more hassle with complicated wireless security setup! Simply press the Easy Setup Button to connect to your encrypted wireless network. AWLL6075 Wireless N Mini USB Adapter is great for environments with the need for high-speed wireless data traffic. It is fully backward compatible with 802.11b/g and RoHS compliant.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

54 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works with Mac, January 13, 2011

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J. Cullen "researcher" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AirLink101 AWLL6075 Wireless N Mini USB Adapter (Personal Computers)

Pros:

- works seamlessly on Macs

- great signal strength

- compact

Cons:

- still bigger than I would like for a laptop, but the smaller adapters have very short ranges.

I bought this because it is one of the few wireless N adapters I could find that would work with Mac OS 10.4+ . I had no problems with it. Given its size I was worried about signal strength, but it has surprisingly good signal reception and signal transmission . My router is on a low floor on the opposite end of the house and it was getting reception as good as the pci wireless card in my desktop PC. Installation was a breeze.

The adapter is quite compact though still larger than I would like for a laptop. However, reviews of the micro usb wireless N adapters consistently reported very short (10 feet) operating ranges. This adapter is a good compromise between compactness and range for Mac OS applications.

If you found my review helpful, let me know with your vote. If not, then leave me a comment so I can improve my review.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to install GREAT RANGE, October 2, 2009

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Ryn617 (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AirLink101 AWLL6075 Wireless N Mini USB Adapter (Personal Computers)

I got this a week ago to replace my Linksys G adapter. Man this thing rocks! It's small so that I can but this in the pockets on my laptop sleeve. And best of all I'm connecting at N speeds. I would definitely recommend this product.

81 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Linux Users Pay Attention, February 11, 2010

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Joel Edwards "weazzle" (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AirLink101 AWLL6075 Wireless N Mini USB Adapter (Personal Computers)

For those of you using Windows or Mac OS X, I have no idea how this thing works. I am writing this for those who may be interested in using it on Linux.

I got this because the price couldn't be beat for the feature set. While USB Wi-Fi adapters tend to be much cheaper than their PCMCIA counterparts, this one has an especially good feature set for the price I paid. And it is not nearly so massive as the others I have seen.

I ordered this based on reviews of a different version of the AirLink101. The numbers following ("AWLL6075") are important in determining compatibility. Turns out the model AWLL3026 works out of the box with modern Linux distributions. However, no driver has been written to support the AWLL6075.

I tried using the supplied drivers with ndis wrapper. I could talk to the device, and it reported finding hotspots, but it never connected. Perhaps others may have more luck with this approach, but I wanted to let other Linux users who were considering this option that this is not yet a simple plug-n-play solution as I had anticipated due to my inadequate research.

I will write again if support gets added to update my experience.