NewerTech MAXPower 802.11n/g/b Wireless USB 2.0 Stick Adapter & Extension Cradle

by NewerTechnology

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00132CMNC
• Item model number: MXP802NU2C
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,727 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 24, 2008

Product Description

NewerTech MAXPower 802.11n/g/b USB Adapter 802.11n/g/b Wireless USB 2.0 Stick Adapter & Extension Cradle The easiest way to add Wireless Connectivity to ANY computer! Features: Fully Mac OS X supported with with on-screen menu set-up and CD-ROM with user guide, quick installation guide, and user manual documentation. Easy to connect via USB 2.0 Cradle base for optimal positioning reception Up To 4x greater range with MIMO technology Up to 300Mbps data transmission rate Backward compatible with 802.11g/b Ideal for bandwidth-sensitive application Designed to stream movies, music, photos, HD video, VoIP phone calls, and large files Advanced security features: 64/128bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 2 year warranty Smart Antenna Technology For MAXimum Wireless Range & Reliability- Stay Connected From Virtually Anywhere!))) Up to 4x GREATER range than 802.11g))) The FASTEST wireless data transfer rate...up to 300Mbps UPC#: 853404001803 MPN#: NWTMXP802NU2C

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Download newer drivers here:, March 13, 2010

By 

A. Jung (BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NewerTech MAXPower 802.11n/g/b Wireless USB 2.0 Stick Adapter & Extension Cradle (Electronics)

Hello,
I just thought that I lean people a hand. The chipset for this product is made by Ralink Corp. of Taiwan.
Both OWC and Newer Technologies do not make the drivers for this device available for download for some reason (at least from a public URL and even then they are out of date). The drivers on the CD you got are probably out of date.

You can download new drivers for this device from the Ralink Corp. web site.
The chipset in the nmaxpower is an RT2860.

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Hope that helps people.

Cheers, Andrew.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works with iBook g4 (Tiger 10.4.11), November 10, 2009

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E.T. (Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: NewerTech MAXPower 802.11n/g/b Wireless USB 2.0 Stick Adapter & Extension Cradle (Electronics)

Many wireless adapters have mac drivers but NewerTech have actually bothered to write this on the box.

So if you don't want to spend time finding product "hdt3i7r6t, NB! second version, the one with the 84756 chipset, only produced in october 2003, and then download a driver from a third-party then this is a good alternative.

PS
I bought it because I had a common problem with the old g4's, the airport card broke, giving "Kernel Panic". I turned off Airport and have been running this for a month with no problems.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars it does the job, April 3, 2008

By 

RK "RK Corp" (Hollywood, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: NewerTech MAXPower 802.11n/g/b Wireless USB 2.0 Stick Adapter & Extension Cradle (Electronics)

ok, so it works. yes, it works.... BUT...it could use a couple updates for some glaring issues. i found that if i restart my computer that device does not reset, so once my computer has booted up i need to unplug and plug back in the stick. DRAG! also, the software interface is SOOOOO bad, ugly and clunky. YES, it does work, but really...clean it up!!! it does not need to look so 1992. one last thing about the software interface, it could benefit from an icon on the toolbar or something showing signal strength/connectivity...also maybe could be a software way to reset stick instead of unplugging it all the time. BUT... IT DOES WORK. so if you need something like this, it does the job. just clunky.