Customer Reviews

Encore ENUWI-G2 - Wireless-G USB 2.0 Adapter - Hi-Speed USB - 802.11b, 802.11g

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When I got a computer for my bedroom, I realized that it would be extremely inconvinent to run an ethernet cable from the router to there so I googled around and bought this on newegg. This was the first wifi adapter I ever had and it worked great for a month. Then it started randomly working off and on, and somehow the case fell off of it. A week after the case fell off of it, the usb plug and the device itself broke apart(I accidently touched it and got quite the shock). For the time it did work, it worked fine. After this I bought a $5 one on ebay, its case fell off too. I'm now going to spend the money to buy a nice one, but for those going the cheap route don't get this one.

This is a great, cheap, USB Wifi adapter. I've owned it for a month now, and I've had no problems whatsoever. It works well, and has never dropped my connection.

I've tested it on WinXP, but did not use the included drivers, since I read that they were no good. Instead, I used the drivers found on the Realtek (the chipmaker)'s website. Go to [...], and search for 8187B to get the better drivers.

I also tested it on Ubuntu 9.10, and it worked out-of-the-box, no problems at all.

As noted by one of the other reviewers, this is a Wireless-G adapter, NOT Wireless-N.

In short: Works perfectly with the right drivers, cheap, no complaints.

Okay so i was searching for a new Wireless N adapter and searched very specifically on Amazon for that and wound up buying this, lo and behold i should have looked closer because Amazon had this under wireless n adapters and it is a g adapter. Yet the picture is the exact same model i recieved except that is says G not N on the adapter and box, the information and the picture are not the same do not be fooled!