Patriot Box Office Wireless G USB Adapter

by Patriot

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.1 x 1.1 x 3.1 inches ; 0.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002SG7KCA
• Item model number: PCBOWAU2-G
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,743 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 30, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Patriot’s 802. 11 b/g wireless USB Wi-Fi Adapter is the perfect solution to provide a fast, reliable connection to your home network.  Designed to be used in conjunction with Patriot’s Box Office media player, notebooks, desktop PCs, the USB Wi-Fi adapter transmits using the WMM® (Wi-Fi Multimedia™) specification ensuring unsurpassed audio/video quality.

Features at a glance 802. 11 b/g WLAN WMM (Wi-Fi MultimediaTM), Qos, NDS and PSP X-link supported Built-in antenna 2x Performance / 2x Distance 256-bit WEP Security WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK

Simple and Powerful. Plug and play to experience the latest USB Wi-Fiadapter technology.

Works with any 802. 11 b/g network - Plug and play in to any PC, laptop, media player or network attached storage (NAS) device and connect wirelessly to the network without any hassles.

WWM (Wi-Fi Multimedia^TM) - Prioritizes network traffic and optomizes shared resources among different applications.

Built-in antenna - Increases WLAN coverage by using a independent built-in antenna.

256-bit WEP Security - Provides a secure wireless network environement. WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK security protocols are also built-in to bring the highest level of network security protection.

System Requirements: Win 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista

Package Contents: Wireless LAN USB Adapter, Driver CD

Product Description
Patriot’s 802. 11 b/g wireless USB Wi-Fi Adapter is the perfect solution to provide a fast, reliable connection to your home network.  Designed to be used in conjunction with Patriot’s Box Office media player, notebooks, desktop PCs, the USB Wi-Fi adapter transmits using the WMM® (Wi-Fi Multimedia™) specification ensuring unsurpassed audio/video quality. 

Never worry about connection timeouts with the 23 dBm high-power output and built-in antenna, which is capable of transmitting 2x the gain and 2x the distance of many similar USB Wi-Fi adapters on the market.  Equipped with 256-bit WPA/WEP ensures that your home network will remain secure.

Product Description

Patriot USB Wireless G LAN Adapter

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Patriot Box Office Wireless USB Adapter, December 27, 2009

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E. G. Huff "Glenn Huff" (Fort Worth, TX) - See all my reviews
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I received this adapter free with my Patriot Box Office. It is a 802.11g adapter, and I had lots of trouble getting it to connect until I updated to the beta firmware for the PBO. After that it connected reliably, though the data rate was relatively slow. It's OK for a 802.11g adapter, but I'd suggest you look at the Patriot forums and look at the other adapters that work. I have gone to an Airlink 101 802.11n USB adapter and it connects at much higher speeds.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars PBO needs Wireless-N, January 15, 2011

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SH (North Florida) - See all my reviews

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The new PBO adapter is a wireless N. G is too slow for a lot of media, except maybe music or low-quality video files. PBO doesn't have a very large buffer. So really, most wireless NIC's, whether G or USB, are going to stutter. But this was a freebie when I bought the PBO. So I can't complain too much.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Works good with Patriot box, Could fit better., August 22, 2010

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K. Gordon (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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I found that the adapter works ok with the Patriot Box Office. I bought it to give the Patriot unit some network functionality. The price is reasonable. It has a Realtek chipset which works with the Patriot. Do some research, there are others that perform better, including wireless-n (has to have the chipset). Don't expect lots of throughput, and it's range is really limited to twenty-five feet (it is wireless-G). It does allow the unit to wirelessly stream media, on a limited basis, depends on file bitrate. There is a problem with the adapter after a while it will "fall partly out" of the patriot box, since it cannot fully seat into the unit (using the rear input--you have to use the rear to make it work). It will sag and I've eventually put a small piece of foam--or a book--under the adapter to support it. 4 for function, 3 for fit.