Hawking Technologies Hi-Gain USB Wireless-G Dish Adapter ( HWU8DD )

Average customer rating: 4.0

Not worth it
Get free internet access from your neighbors
Does It's JOB!
hawking wireless USB G-Dish adapter
Good Product

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Hawking Technologies Hi-Gain USB Wireless-G Dish Adapter ( HWU8DD )

Manufacturer: Hawking Technology
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000DINCIQ

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Product Description

The HWU8DD is designed to connect your desktop computer or laptop easily to any Wireless-B or Wireless-G network via a USB connection. Hawking's award winning Hi-Gain Antenna technology extends wireless connection distances by up to 300%. The HWU8DD is equipped with a new 8dBi Directional Dish antenna that provides more distance and better speeds than other wireless adapters on the market. The Hi-Gain Wireless-G Dish Adapter is the only wireless adapter to integrate the distance benefits of wireless Dish Technology with WiFi networking. The built-in LED signal strength indicators provide network signal information to pinpoint the strongest signal available within your area.

Customer Reviews:

Not worth it.......2007-05-17

I purchased this hoping I could get a better signal on my laptop at the furthest point from the wireless. I spent about 30 minutes each time I wanted to use the internet trying to find the signal, and when I did, it didn't gain me much speed. It would also lose signal frequently (thus spending more time finding the signal again). Plus, it is very cheaply made and I had to be careful when trasporting it. I sent it back within three days. Beware.

Get free internet access from your neighbors.......2007-05-17

I live in an apartment building that doesn't have Verizon Wireless which costs about $15. The only way to get a high speed Internet is from cable companies but they are way too expensive. So, either using dial-up or Hawking's dish adapter! It picks up multiple signals from my neiborhood's wireless cable modems, allowing me to surf the Internet at DSL speed. The only drawback is waiting for signals to be freely available, usually in the evening or on weekends. Still worth having if you don't want to pay $40-$60 per month.

Does It's JOB!.......2007-04-24

The product allows you to reach out and grab a connection if theirs one to grab. Regular adapters allowed me to SEE connections but not hook up. This one can make the link. No regrets! You have to play with the aim for a while to find potential connections.

hawking wireless USB G-Dish adapter.......2007-04-04

I live in an area that has a lot of free wifi links open to me but I was just out of range of them. I ordered the Hawking usb wireless G Dish and was enformed it would take three to four weeks to receive but I got it in two days. The conection is great. I enjoy the ease of its install and I have had no problems with it. A download that took 50 or 60 mins now takes 5 mins. I very happy with the small dish. One thing sometimes heavy rain breaks down the the conection speed.

Good Product.......2007-03-28

I ordered the product in order to be able to receive a wireless signal on my laptop from my home network in an outlying craft room in our house, where previously I had only been able to get an weak intermittant signal. The product installed easily, using the installation CD. I have not used the accompanying Network Finder software. The antenna boosted the signal two or times from what it had been and I was able to receive signals from other networks that I hadn't been able to previously. The only shortfall, is that the dish antenna seems fragile, cannot rotate 360 degrees, and it does not fold down, so transportation without of the original box might be risky. I am generally vary satisified with the product.

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