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- Connect your computer to your wireless network
- Speeds of up to 300Mbps*
- Ideal for exchanging documents, sharing resources and printing wirelessly
- WPS Push Button Security
- Backward compatible with 802.11a/g devices at 54Mbps as well as 802.11b products at 11Mbps*
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Product Description
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Quickly and securely connect your laptop or desktop computer to your wireless network with the Belkin N300 Wireless USB Adapter. With connection speeds of up to 300 Mbps, this adapter is ideal for surfing the Web, emailing, or instant messaging from anywhere in your home. The adapter offers easy, fast setup and simple push-button security to protect your wireless connection.
Set Up a Wireless Connection in Minutes
With the Belkin N300 Wireless USB Adapter, you can connect your computer to your modem or router without any cables. Simply plug the adapter into a USB port on your computer, and you'll connect to the wireless network in your home or office, allowing you to quickly and easily share photos or music, access the Internet, and more.
Protect Your Network with the Push of a Button
Incorporating Wi-Fi security technology, the N300 Wireless USB Adapter features WEP and WPA/WPA2 security protocols. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) makes it easy to configure and enable the security features with the push of a button.
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With the Belkin N300 Wireless USB Adapter, you can connect your computer to your modem or router without any cables. Simply plug the adapter into a USB port on your computer, and you'll connect to the wireless network in your home or office, allowing you to quickly and easily share photos or music, access the Internet, and more.
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Incorporating Wi-Fi security technology, the N300 Wireless USB Adapter features WEP and WPA/WPA2 security protocols. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) makes it easy to configure and enable the security features with the push of a button.
Backward Compatibility for Use in More Locations
Backward-compatible with 802.11a/g devices at 54 Mbps and 802.11b products at 11 Mbps, the N300 Wireless USB Adapter can connect to older wireless networks and hotspots as well as newer 802.11n networks and wireless-N devices that offer increased range and connection speed.
System Requirements and Warranty Information
The N300 Wireless USB Adapter requires a CD-ROM drive and an available USB port on a PC running Windows XP (SP3 or greater), Windows Vista (32/64), or Windows 7 (32/64). It works with the Belkin N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router, the N450 Wireless N+ Router, and the N300 Wireless N Router.
The N300 Wireless USB Adapter is supported by Belkin's two-year limited warranty and 24/7 tech support.
What's in the Box
N300 Wireless USB Adapter, setup CD, and user manual.
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Box is tightly shrink-wrapped
Inner box flips open to reveal set up CD
USB Adapter is poly-bagged and sits inside the cutout hole
A how to set up (1,2,3) schematic is illustrated
Please report to Amazon immediately if you have received a product in a different or damaged package. Enjoy your Belkin USB Wireless Adapter!
Product Description
The Belkin N300 Wireless USB adapter allows you to quickly and securely connect a notebook or desktop computer to your wireless network. By giving you connection speeds of up to 300Mbps*, this adapter is perfect surfing the web, emailing and instant messaging from anywhere in your home. *The standard transmission rates—300Mbps, 54Mbps, and 11Mbps—are the physical data rates. Actual data throughput will be lower.
Customer Reviews
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I needed to add wireless to several desktops and bought several different products. The Belkin installed quickly and has been delivering 300 mbps performance since installing. I had two desktops sitting side by side and on the other I installed a Netgear WNA3100, an N300 wireless adapter. The Netgear never achieved the performance of the Belkin, 3-4 bars versus the solid 5 bars. Belkin at 300 mbps while the Netgear ranged from 18 mbps to at most 108 mbps. I uninstalled the Netgear, moved the Belkin to the other computer and it continued to function at the same high level. Obviously the Netgear is being returned to be replaced with another Belkin.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I have used this on 3 different machines in my house. One is my desktop that no longer has built in wi-fi and the other 2 are laptops with built in wi-fi (one with G and the other with N). I am currently switching between 2 routers in my house, a D-link Dir-655 and a Netgear N750. Both are wireless N with the Netgear supposedly giving faster speeds (however it is plagued with other issues!).
Installing the adapter was effortless on all my machines. I never even used the included disc. Just plugged it into a USB port and a few minutes later it was fully installed (all my machines use Windows 7 Home 64bit). In every case, I had to go into my network adaptor setting and activate it which didn;t suprise me especially with my 2 laptops that already have built in wi-fi cards.
Using the adaptor I couldn't really tell much of a differnece between the speeds of my laptops. That was a bit suprising on my laptop that only has wireless G as I was expecting speeds to be closer to my other laptop with wireless N. In repeated tests using different speedtest webisites, I was avaerging around 14 to 15mbps download speeds and 6mbps upload speeds using my laptop with either the wireless G or the adaptor. The speeds did not improve one bit.
On my other laptop, I saw no improvements in download speed between my built in adaptor and the belkin but I got much better results overall compared to my other laptop. I was getting speeds in the 40mbps range which even shocked me. The only difference I saw was that my built in adaptor seemed to offer more consistent speeds where the Belkin seemd to be all over the map. But again, in normal every day usage, I could not tell much of a difference in speeds when just browsing the web.
My desktop is hard wired to my router so I obviously saw a a dropoff in peformance but its nice to have the Belkin available just in case I ever need to shut off my ethernet adaptor for some strange reason.
I have used other adaptors in the past when I was moving to a more wireless environment (which I have since moved back to wired where I can) and the other ones I tried were always a pain to use. I have an older linksys one that requires their software to be installed which was horrible and I could never maintain a connection. The fact that you can use the belkin without adding any software is a huge plus and I haven't had any of the dropped connections like I experienced with others. Any dropped connection I get right now are directly related to the netgear n750 router.
I like this adaptor and will probably keep it plugged into my desktop for now since I had no benefit with my laptops. with a product this good, maybe they have a router I should look at?!
Edit*** October 24, 2011***
I wanted to give an update on this adpater as I've had finally found success with a home router that is stable and working well. Previosuly I had tried the adpater paired with 2 different router I own. I D-Link Dir-655 and a Netgear N750. As I stated before, I was able to get decwent speeds with this using one of my laptops and a desktop but my older laptop would only get G speeds.
Since my original update, Netgear FINALLY updated its firmware for its plagues N750 router and now it has become one of the most stable and fastest routers I've ever owned. It has remained stable for over 2 weeks now so I decided to try the adapter with my older laptop again since it is the only device in my house either not hardwired or running a built in N adapter.
My old Dell laptop has all USB 2.0 inputs and I tried the adapter in all of them and got the same results. With my newly working router, I was able to get 32mbps avaerage download speeds and 5.5 to 6.5mbps upload speeds according to speedtest.net. These download speeds are more than twice as fast as laptops built in wirelss G card so this adapter definitley works.
If I compare this speeds to my wired desktop, which gets anywhere fron 45mbps to 50 mbps down, the wireless speed isn't that bad.
I really like this adapter and it has become a permanent part of my older laptop now. It has been 1 week and I have had no issues with needing to reboot my laptop, reinstall anything or even remember that it is there!
This is the best wireless adapter I have used so far.
Installing the adapter was effortless on all my machines. I never even used the included disc. Just plugged it into a USB port and a few minutes later it was fully installed (all my machines use Windows 7 Home 64bit). In every case, I had to go into my network adaptor setting and activate it which didn;t suprise me especially with my 2 laptops that already have built in wi-fi cards.
Using the adaptor I couldn't really tell much of a differnece between the speeds of my laptops. That was a bit suprising on my laptop that only has wireless G as I was expecting speeds to be closer to my other laptop with wireless N. In repeated tests using different speedtest webisites, I was avaerging around 14 to 15mbps download speeds and 6mbps upload speeds using my laptop with either the wireless G or the adaptor. The speeds did not improve one bit.
On my other laptop, I saw no improvements in download speed between my built in adaptor and the belkin but I got much better results overall compared to my other laptop. I was getting speeds in the 40mbps range which even shocked me. The only difference I saw was that my built in adaptor seemed to offer more consistent speeds where the Belkin seemd to be all over the map. But again, in normal every day usage, I could not tell much of a difference in speeds when just browsing the web.
My desktop is hard wired to my router so I obviously saw a a dropoff in peformance but its nice to have the Belkin available just in case I ever need to shut off my ethernet adaptor for some strange reason.
I have used other adaptors in the past when I was moving to a more wireless environment (which I have since moved back to wired where I can) and the other ones I tried were always a pain to use. I have an older linksys one that requires their software to be installed which was horrible and I could never maintain a connection. The fact that you can use the belkin without adding any software is a huge plus and I haven't had any of the dropped connections like I experienced with others. Any dropped connection I get right now are directly related to the netgear n750 router.
I like this adaptor and will probably keep it plugged into my desktop for now since I had no benefit with my laptops. with a product this good, maybe they have a router I should look at?!
Edit*** October 24, 2011***
I wanted to give an update on this adpater as I've had finally found success with a home router that is stable and working well. Previosuly I had tried the adpater paired with 2 different router I own. I D-Link Dir-655 and a Netgear N750. As I stated before, I was able to get decwent speeds with this using one of my laptops and a desktop but my older laptop would only get G speeds.
Since my original update, Netgear FINALLY updated its firmware for its plagues N750 router and now it has become one of the most stable and fastest routers I've ever owned. It has remained stable for over 2 weeks now so I decided to try the adapter with my older laptop again since it is the only device in my house either not hardwired or running a built in N adapter.
My old Dell laptop has all USB 2.0 inputs and I tried the adapter in all of them and got the same results. With my newly working router, I was able to get 32mbps avaerage download speeds and 5.5 to 6.5mbps upload speeds according to speedtest.net. These download speeds are more than twice as fast as laptops built in wirelss G card so this adapter definitley works.
If I compare this speeds to my wired desktop, which gets anywhere fron 45mbps to 50 mbps down, the wireless speed isn't that bad.
I really like this adapter and it has become a permanent part of my older laptop now. It has been 1 week and I have had no issues with needing to reboot my laptop, reinstall anything or even remember that it is there!
This is the best wireless adapter I have used so far.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I bought this to connect an older desktop running Windows XP to our wireless network at home. As promised, setup was a snap, but even though the adapter is plugged into a USB port about four feet away from the router and the signal strength is always "excellent", the connection drops frequently (though usually reconnects quickly on its own). Today though the signal strength was again "excellent", the connection dropped while I was online and would not reconnect. A laptop in the same room connected with no problem; obviously the problem was the adapter, not my internet connection. Only after unplugging and plugging it in a few times was I able to connect, only to have the connection go out again an hour later. The icon told me the signal was "excellent" even as my browser told me "page not found". I'm unable to find any troubleshooting info on this problem, either. So, props for ease of use, and maybe I got a bad one, but this item isn't reliable enough for me to be very happy with.
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