Customer Reviews

D-Link DWA-130/RE Wireless N USB Adapter Refurbished

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the seller sent an older version of this item. there are five releases. the original, revision b, revision c, revision d, and revision e. the seller sent an original product in a revision c package(i guess to trick me into thinking i got a newer version) the product overall is decent but it is not compatable with windows 7 and has no updatets for drivers available online. i have owned many network products and have always sided with linksys. i bought this product for its cheap price, yet then i had to go out and buy a linksys adapter anyways. just buy linksys and you will be satisfied.

In the description for this product it said that it was compatible with my xp system but unfortunately I could never get this product to work for more then 2 seconds. I checked my usb connections and updated all of the drivers but nothing helped

Cons , cons and cons-----
1. Repeated loss of signals
2. After lot of technical headache , rev c drivers from dlink etc etc it is not getting to work.
3. after 2 hours of GOOD TECH knowledge expertise got to work on it and ran it on MAX 72 MBPS
4. U get what u pay is the right phrase.
DONT BUY FOR WIN 7

I chose this N-wireless Adapter for its alleged compatibility with Ubuntu. When I plugged it in and booted up, it went right to work.

I was skeptical about a usb wireless adapter being able to receive the signal from my router for any significant distance. No longer am I skeptical. While I have not tried its range, I am confident that it would work in any reasonably sized house.
Effortless install on my XP box & has worked perfectly ever since (1 month to date).

very strong connection like my other 802.11n usb!
easy to install, easy plugin.
you get what you paid for!

Following directions in package, installed software, connected wireless N adapter and immediately connected to internet. No problems.

I bought a couple of these adapters for my house. So far they have worked great without any issues. On a Vista computer, I plugged it in and they worked right off the bat. On my XP machine, I did have to download updated drivers from what was on the CD before it would connect properly. I get great reception/speed from the 802.11n protocol over the 802.11b adapters these replaced. If I needed more adapter, I would absolutely purchase more of these.

The item described on Amazon was a Wireless N type USB adapter. The label on the packaging matched the product description, but when I opened the box I found a PC Card G type wireless adapter. In my case it was OK as I was replacing some USB adapters for older notebooks that still had PC Card slots. The drivers that shipped with the PC Cards were for Win2k & WinXP SP2. That was OK for this application also. But be warned; it wasn't what I ordered.