PLANEX 2.4GHz IEEE802.11g 54Mbps Wireless LAN USB Adapter GW-US54GXS designed in Japan

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• ASIN: B000FOTJSU
• Item model number: GW-US54GXS
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 12, 2007

Product Description

Product Description

GW-US54GXS links network users to LAN services without the hassle of cabling or wiring, which significantly brings mobile workers the freedom of staying connected to the network while roaming around a building or multiple buildings maintaining access to the Internet, e-mail, networked applications, and print services. This device is the perfect solution for your wireless network applications based on the IEEE 802.11g standard that offers a data rate up to 54Mbps in a wireless LAN environment. It is a high-speed wireless network card that plugs into your system and accesses to the LAN or peer-to-peer networking easily without wires or cables. No matter where it allows you to share printers, files, and other network resources.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Go for it, October 21, 2008

By	Esposito Mario "amok" (Redmond, WA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this for a very old Mac (running Leopard).
It works just great, I was able to download updates, videolan and watch last apple keynote at same time. Very impressive. Keeps the signal steady.

I tested it on Vista as well and it runs smoothly. It also run on Linux but I don't need or use it.
It comes with English/Chinese mini manual electronic and paper.

The only annoying part, on mac, that you need to keep an application (which is the actual network driver) running on dock for the time that you want to be connected. It's visually annoying but that's about it.

For that price and this quality I say go for it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great with my IMAC, March 19, 2009

By	Lov K. Grover (New Providence, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I needed a USB internet adapter for a very old MAC computer - I ordered this after considerable hesitation (the folks in the Apple store discouraged me).
However, it works great!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Piece of Cake!, March 14, 2009

By	Bryce Bounds (Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have absolutely no problems with this adapter

STEP BY STEP EASY INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Put the CD in my PC (Windows XP) [adapter not plugged in yet]
2. Installed the drivers/software
3. plugged in the USB adapter and chose "find on CD" for the driver.
4. Opened configuration utility, and changed top right to "Access Point"
5. Bridged to my Ethernet adapter (both in the adapter settings and via Network Connections)

connected PSP, worked perfectly

OPTIONAL TIPS:
> Bridging is easy in Windows XP, select both connections (shift click) and click Bridge Connections
> Change Channel to 11 for faster speeds (54.0 Mbps)
> Set up a 10-digit 64bit WEP key if you'd like security, I did 00123456789
> Choose Hide SSID to have a non-broadcasting network (if you're paranoid like me
> If either the wireless or Internet on your PC stop working, delete the bridge and remake it.

Works perfectly so far for me, good luck to you all.