Buffalo Nfiniti Wireless-N Ultra Compact Client USB 2.0 Adapter WLI-UC-GN

Pros - It's small, that's for sure. When it worked, briefly, I got 76 Mb/s or about 4+ MB/s throughput. I'm assuming that's pretty good for a 1x1 N system. It got REALLY hot after a few minutes of use.Cons - Under Vista HP 32-bit there are real problems getting drivers to install and update properly. Always wanted to configure itself as an access point/gateway rather than wireless adapter. Got very hot. Could not hold a reliable connection, if at all, for more than 15 minutes. When it did, I got a max throughput of around 76Mb/s or 4+ MB/s. My lowest was 56 Mb/s and not much faster than my G adapters. I think that part is fine for a 1x1 system, but it could not hold a reliable connection to a D-Link 655 access point/router, configured as an access point only, even with every security feature disabled, N only radio, and in the highest compatibility modes and with the access point literally 10 feet away. Very difficult to update driver from Buffalo site. I actually gave up. Better be prepared to follow setup instructions EXACTLY. Installer CD is out of date. Insisted on running in Ad-Hoc mode. Insisted on forcing me to manually give it an IP address to connect to my LAN network - would not accept my DHCP Router's one. Showed up just fine on my router's (HotBrick) admin page as leased and working.I've used Wireless G adapters (Dell, Linksys, and Intel) for years without these issues. I have 4 different brands of G access points - Linksys, Motorola, Xtrasys and D-Link - that all my G adapters interoperate with correctly probably 95-98% of the time, with security features enabled. My G network is just not a headache. I reboot it about once a month and that's it.Maybe it's just bad luck for me, but it seems this N standard gives people a great deal of grief. Maybe this unit would work like a charm with Buffalo's access points. I don't consider D-Link to be junk at the consumer level, but this unit can't reliably connect to it at all, and I don't think that's too much to expect.

I run a Toshiba Satellite which has a built in wi-fi card which works okay with the default software that comes with Vista and XP Pro. The only problem is; although I'm only a few yards away from my Draytek Router, I'm forever experiencing dropped connections, which were easily rectified by selecting the wireless icon on the taskbar and 'repairing' the connection. It isn't the router, as I experienced the same problem anywhere else where there's a connection. Updating drivers and reinstalling operating systems didn't cure this annoying and ongoing hiccup! I grabbed one of these from Amazon and set about installing it, a couple of problems arose which with hindsight could be avoided next time. Don't (whatever you do) connect the wireless adapter without first installing it's drivers (same rule applies to almost any USB device - software first then hardware) Anyway, I installed the software which went without any hitches, then plugged in the Buffalo wi-fi card and everything worked beautifully, that is until the drivers and software for the on-board wi-fi card starts fighting to be the dominant device, overriding the Buffalo wi-fi card, and so you have to disable the device and restart the Buffalo device and so on and on and on. I bought a second one of these for my wife's laptop, this time not only did I disable the onboard wi-fi device, I removed all of its drivers too - problem solved. Don't rely on this to disable your existing drivers, you're better off removing them altogether. Apart from that, this little device is just superb!!! Not a single dropped connection in over six weeks of continual use, whereas I would have to reconnect anything up to thirty times a day. Buy one, you won't be disappointed.

As the title states, I had this thing up and running in seconds.Installation went like this:The test system is an  Acer AspireRevo AR1600-U910H Black/White Desktop PC (Windows XP Home)  Nettop computer (which I have attached permanently to a 52" LCD TV in a conference room).The system is running Windows 7 Pro 32-bit (it came with XP, I upgraded to Win 7).I installed no drivers, didn't even open the packaged CD.I plugged the device into the computer, Windows 7 recognized it and loaded drivers.No reboot was required.I immediately saw our wireless network (Cisco ABG APs), connected, and the rest is history.I've had no connection problems and no driver issues.It doesn't get much better than that.There are plenty of other reviews here talking about issues with different OSes (or 64-bit Win 7), so read those if they apply to you... but if you are running Win 7 32 and you want to add wireless networking capabilities as easily as possible, this device will work for you.

While the tiny size of this wireless USB adapter is attractive, the installation software was clumsy, poorly documented, and did not complete properly. My first installation was on a laptop running Windows XP SP2. I had to install it three times to make sure all drivers were loaded. Once installed, connect speeds with my wireless N router were only 65 MBPS. Three other wireless devices in the house were all registering 135MBPS so it wasn't the router. Unfortunately, the installation failure occurred during the setup of the 40mHz feature, which others report is needed for wireless N speed. I could not get it to reinstall with 40mHz access.I reinstalled the adapter on a second laptop, also running Windows XP SP2. This time I only installed the drivers rather than the control software. It also ran at 65 MBPS. I'm not happy with the performance and plan to return it.

For anyone looking for a wireless connector for the WDTV Live, this is perfect. Very small device, recognized instantly by the WD TV Live and setup within seconds

Bought this item to connect a WD media player to the internet, it picked up my router straight off and after filling in the protocol digits I was up and running really happy with this unit a lot better and quicker than the other network adaptors I bought and could not get to connect. Would buy again if ever needed to