Wireless G USB Network Adapter

Average customer rating: 4.5

USB wireless adapter with external antenna.
Works on OS X, and better than my integrated card on MacBook Pro!
weak reception
La solucion perfecta para el usuario wire less.
Nice entry level wireless G adapter

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Wireless G USB Network Adapter

Manufacturer: Hawking Technology
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000HCMTJG

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Product Description

Hawking Technology's HWUG1, 2.4Ghz Wireless-G USB 2.0 Network Adapter with removable antenna, packs the latest wireless technology into a compact unit, capable of transferring data at speeds up to 54Mbps and 108Mbps, capable when paired with the Hawking HWRGM1A Mimo Router. The external dipole antenna can easily be removed and upgraded to a Hawking Hi-Gain Antenna for extended wireless range. For piece-of-mind wireless security, the HWUG1 supports 64/128-bit WEP data encryption that protects your wireless network from eavesdropping. It also supports the WPA and WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access) security standards that combine IEEE 802.1x and TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) technologies. Client users are required to authorize before accessing to APs or AP Routers, and the data transmitted in the network is encrypted/decrypted by a dynamically changed secret key.

Customer Reviews:

USB wireless adapter with external antenna........2007-02-07

This adapter was purchased to provide an external antenna connection. for my notebook computer. It performs as advertised. I connect a Cantenna, high gain external antenna, for an experiment to see how far my son and I can get are notebooks to communicate with each other in case of an emergency. We are both Amateur Radio Operators and channels 1 to 6 are in the Amateur band, where we can use up to 100 watts of output power.
I must disable the internal wireless in the notebook when using the Hawking adapter and disable the Hawking adapter when using the internal wireless, which makes sense to me. Eventually I want to get an 2.4 GHz for more distance communications.

Works on OS X, and better than my integrated card on MacBook Pro!.......2007-02-06

When I moved my office to the basement, my WiFi wouldn't quite reach where I wanted to place my computer. Since my network is broadcast from an iMac upstairs (which is also in a very comfortable place), antenna upgrades and such were not an option... at least not without a considerable amount of money, time and trouble (not to mention I'd have to remove covers and dig into both computers). Repeaters are fairly steep, and I needed a cheaper solution. Though the Hawking Tech drivers are only for PC's I took the advice of reviewer F. Goodman (thanks!) and downloaded the RT2571 USB driver from [..], and after installing (as he described) and switching to "Ad hoc" under "Network Type" in the "Profile" pane (this took me a while to figure out) I was picking up considerably more signal than with my computer alone! (especially considering that I was picking up NO SIGNAL WHATSOEVER before!!)
Great product, I like the added versatility of the external antenna options, as well as the fact that one could easily use a USB extension cable to place the adapter in a better area to recieve signal. It even comes with a little velcro sticky tab just for this purpose. I love it, and highly recommend it, it saved me quite a bit of stress, not to mention money!

weak reception.......2007-01-14

This light weight USB Network Adapter has weak reception, even when external anttenna is attached. It is better to puchase Hawkings HWU8DD that has both wireless G and anttenna as an integrated unit. It works better but the anttenna cannot be fold, thus not very portable. Hawkings HWU54D (no longer available) has a foldable attenna with good reception. Hawking should bring the HWU54D back to market.

La solucion perfecta para el usuario wire less........2007-01-10

Producto altamente recomendable que tiene diversas aplicaciones como antena wire less y como adaptador para puertos USB para antenas de mayor capacidad que no poseen terminal de puerto USB, este producto posee buena capacidad para detectar acces point a gran distancia, superior a productos de otras marcas. Lo recomiendo ampliamente.

Nice entry level wireless G adapter.......2007-01-10

Its a handy wireless g adapter with a removable antenna that comes in very handy because it can be upgraded to stronger antennas. There are though two things that I don't like about it. 1) It is quite warm when it runs for more than 1.5 hours and 2) it takes up two USB slots on my laptop. Otherwise its great and also the software that comes with it is pretty handy and easy to use. The driver was also very easy to install on my laptop.

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