Belkin Wireless USB Network Adapter network adapter

Advantages Excellent free telephone help line
Disadvantages Not easy to set up without help

...I bought a Wireless USB Network Adaptor for my PC and a card for my laptop and followed the instructions. After a long struggle, I rang the FREE help line and was emailed up-to date drivers....the ones on the CD supplied with the hardware are out of date!! I still could not get the 2 machines to "see" one another and so called the help line again. They were extremely helpful and eventually we got it to work. It was necessary to uninstall the original drivers that came on the CD and then install the updated ones. Since then the connection has been rock solid with no problems at all. I have yet to tackle sharing the Broadband connection as Belkin do not help with this and nor does BT. So, all in all, I am happy but would not want to have to set it up again!!... Read review

Advantages Cheap
Disadvantages Unreliable

...Works well once set up, however every time I start Windows I have to use the Repair feature before I can connect with this. I thought it may of been my WiFi network but it only happened with this adaptor. Then one day it just stopped working. Compared to other USB adaptors ive had this is very poor. Not worth it, it might be cheap but youll be needing another in a few months, becuase it is too unreliable to be of any decent use. I recommend getting a netgear adaptor, never had any problems with them. I now dont buy Belkin products, every one Ive had has gone wrong at some point. Thanks for reading my review, hope you dont make the same mistake in buying belkin as I did.... Read review

Advantages Good range, fast downloads
Disadvantages Slow connections, software

...I use the Belkin USB wireless network adapter for my old laptop so my wife and I can use the internet, share files and print documents. The laptop only has USB1.1 so I wasn’t too sure plugging in a USB2.0 wireless device would be a good idea, but after installing the software and plugging in the device into the laptop, then setting it up to access my router - it worked fine. I even got a fast download speed. A few days later, my wife tried to use the laptop, which already switched with my profile. She logged me out and clicked on her own profile to access the internet to check her email. It didn’t work. She complained to me that I had done something wrong, but after looking at it using my profile it worked fine. It turned out the Belkin software would only work on one profile at a time – how useless is that? Too make matters worse... Read review