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I have purchased other external usb wi-fi's, but they always overheat,even in the winter time which leads to quick disconnects. The transaction was smooth and the item arrived in just a few days of purchasing it with no delays/ or hassle needed to contact. So far the Hawking external wi-fi has yet to disappoint me. Bought it back at the end of December of 2009 and now its the middle of February 2010. I have had other companies that couldn't even get my product to me even when insured with tracking. Top Rank for the product and Seller would buy from again if needed.
I bought this in late October 2009 and it stopped working this week (early Feb. 2010). It worked great while it was operational. It's just a poorly made product that didn't last.
I was afraid I would have poor performance going wireless but have been pleasantly surprised by this wireless adaptor.Not a gamer so fast downloads are not necessarily a requirement for me. Is it the antenna. I have been using this little device for over six months. I am almost as far away from the router as I can be in a 4000 square foot plus house. I'd recommend this device highly. However, speed is pretty good. Laptop reception in the Hawking's location is spotty at best, but the signal from the Hawking unit is strong.
I haven't had to move the antenna at all to improve signal strength.I am not a highly technical person. I'm in a rental house, which is inadequately hard-wired for a network. I don't know. Reception has been good to great. Using a Belkin pre-N wireless router which has been in the family for a number of years. Better than some perhaps but no techie. It was easy to install, so I was up and running very quickly, and it has met my needs and out-perfomed my expectations.
Maybe with a more powerful antenna I would have seen an improvement. but it didn't help at all.
Sadly, the adapter's range was less than the range of my laptop's built-in wireless functionality. I read the reviews and thought that maybe my laptop had a compromised range already and this would help, heck.
I bought the Hawking HWUG1 Wireless G USB adapter hoping I could extend the range of my laptop. I even attached an USB extension cord to the adapter to try and move the adapter around (higher, lower, closer to a window, etc).
it has an antenna on it. How could it be any worse than what I already have built-in.
Every location I tried (at home, friends house and work) failed to match the signal strength of my laptop.Setup was easy and the included software worked fine. On its own; however, it's not worth it.
I have a MacBook that has good WiFi and I have no complaint but I wanted a boost to get this tough signal. He even gave me the one that gave me the best results.wasn't doing him much goodI went to Kauai and the place I was staying had WIFI with a weaker signal. A co-worker had all sorts of USB wifi antennas that he had been testing at home with little to no results and let me try some of them. with the most Db. I was able to pick up a number of other wifi's in the area that I hadn't seen before with mixed strength (with my Mac or PC). All were WEP, WAP'ed and WOOP'ed looking for MAC daddies so I couldn't test them out for speed.At my tough location at work I saw an improvement but not much. So I'm looking for an Improvement in signal for a tough location at work surrounded with steel. All claim to be the best.
It is nice to be able to screw in other antennas.all-n-all not much reason to buy it. The MacBook did better than the HWUG1.I put the HWUG back in the bag for the rest of the stay.I spent a lot of time reading up on the different ones. Good luck. The end result is none of his antennas gave me much of a boost although they were bigger and I could aim them where as the HWUG1 was limited. I installed the software at home with no issue and it worked fine. Good luckWould I buy it again.probably not.
The cool part of the HWUG1 is I could just screw the cable in to the USB module. He told me that he had shopped around and had poor luck with getting much boost any of the ones he had bought (4). The software does let you see the signal strength which Mac does not. If you find somthing better let me know
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