PLANEX WiFi USB Adapter for Online Game/Wireless LAN GW-US54Mini2W(White) designed in Japan

by Planex

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.8 x 0.8 x 0.4 inches ; 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 0.3 ounces
• ASIN: B000KN8QMQ
• Item model number: GW-US54MINI2W
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 1, 2007

Product Description

PLANEX GW-US54Mini2W A nice looking thin IEEE802.11b+g Wireless LAN USB adapter for both Windows VistaXP/2000/Me/98SE, Mac OS X. By using utility in CD, you can use your PC as an access point. Also connect GW-US54Mini2W to your PC, it will be used as a wireless LAN adapter with IEEE802.11b/g speed. The internal battery can be charged through USB port. * If your PC does not support USB2.0, it will work as USB1.1 and IEEE802.11b. GW-US54Mini2W will offer maximum 54Mbps fast data connection using 2.4Mhz bandwidth with IEEE802.11g regulation. Ideal for the network connection with affordable price with inter communications between 11Mbps wireless LAN and IEEE802.11b. GW-US54Mini2W supports a robust security regulation of WPA/WPA2(Wi-Fi Protected Access) along with 64/128bit WEP. * In order to use WPA/WPA2, the wireless device to hook up must support WPA/WPA2 as well. GW-US54Mini2W enables to play network game for Nintendo DSR and Sony PSP by connecting to a PC with the utility in packaged CD. *Nintendo Wi-Fi logo attached as a certificated device. GW-US54Mini2W also has a Xlink Kai mode which enables you to play network game through internet for PSP users. *Xlink Kai is a system which offers the environment for the users to play network games all over the world through internet. Need to connect wireless LAN adapter to PC and use ad-hoc mode. *Xlink mode is out of our customer support. *The operation test was done by Windows XP. *Nintendo DS® is a registered mark of Nintendo. *Nintendo Wi-Fi connection is a registered mark of Nintendo. *PSP® is a registered mark of Sony Computer Entertainment. * The number of the connection speed is a theoretical maximum number of wireless LAN regulation and it does not show the actual data speed.

Customer Reviews

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Instructions on How To Connect!!, March 5, 2009

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Hello World "Race My Sunfish" (Santa Cruz, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PLANEX WiFi USB Adapter for Online Game/Wireless LAN GW-US54Mini2W(White) designed in Japan (Personal Computers)

Hello everyone,

To enable GAMING MODE/ad-hoc/internet connection sharing/wii/ds/psp/all that good stuff, you need to use the software Utility that comes on the disc. DO NOT USE THE XP CONNECTION PROPERTIES WIZARD/DIALOG AT ALL. Once the software utility is running, right click the utility icon in the lower right corner of your screen, on your taskbar. Select AP mode. The utility will drastically change and turn itself on automatically. From there, you can configure all the fun stuff.

I give the hardware an A+ but the software/documentation an F! This extremely useful AP mode is so hidden, I would have never found it! I hope this advice helps shave some hours off a frustrating install.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars easy and working good, November 19, 2009

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LinaW (Mobile, AL) - See all my reviews

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first i got skeptical about this product because some reviews said its hard to get started and not compatible with windows vista, so i bought it just for try. my cd driver was broke so i went to [...], download it for windows vista (without AP) and voila its work for my Wii and DS

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Little Hard To Get Started, But..., January 28, 2008

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extraflux - See all my reviews

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This review is from: PLANEX WiFi USB Adapter for Online Game/Wireless LAN GW-US54Mini2W(White) designed in Japan (Personal Computers)

I bought this guy a little over a month ago. It was a little hard to get installed (no.1 the software included with it is out of date :| and no.2 the manual makes it look easy to get going...it wasn't)

BUT! now that I've got it humming, it works like magic. I can take my DSL online w/o an issue. Perfect. Some teething issues, but worth it.