Hawking HWDN1 Hi-Gain Wireless-300N Network USB Dish Adapter
by Hawking Technology
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Customer Review: Works Amazing, Does what is advertised
Summary: 4 Stars
So i recently haven't been able to get decent Wireless- 801.11-N reception in my apartment with my iMac (dual core) due to distance and walls. I read all the previous reviews on this site and thought i would give this a try. This item is by far and wide the best adapter i have ever used. It gets far better reception and has transmission speeds that are far above and beyond the Airport adapter that came standard in my iMac. I feel like i'm using an ethernet cable!!! I can stream video no problem and surfing the web, which used to be slow, and a total chore using my built-in Airport card, is effortless.
That being said I only have a couple gripes about this device. I do have to re-enter my wireless access code to my router everytime i restart my computer. Also, i have a Lenovo Thinkpad from work that i like to use this with, however, the USB drive on it doesn't appear to able to power this device (i'm not sure this is a Hawking problem; but i would recommend taking caution before trying to hook up a 2-3 year old laptop with this thing)
Overall, great experience, and 4 stars!
Customer Review: It works, it works!
Summary: 4 Stars
This adapter seems to work quite well, although we have only had it for a few days. Here are a couple comments:
1. Under Windows XP, the Hawking wireless configuration program does not want to connect to weak signals. The Windows wireless configuration program seems to work better.
2. This adapter also works with Ubuntu (Linux) 8.04, using NDISWrapper. The adapter's chipset is the Ralink RT2870. After XP installation, the rt2870.sys and .inf files (for use with NDISWrapper) are available in the Program Files\Hawking\HWDN1 Wireless LAN Card\Driver directory. You can point to rt2870.inf in this directory (on a Windows partition) from Ubuntu's Windows Wireless Drivers tool (or copy the .sys and .inf files to something like a USB memory stick and carry them to an Ubuntu machine). The driver was installed instantly, and the adapter works without rebooting Ubuntu.
Customer Review: Very rugged and reliable connection.
Summary: 4 Stars
Recently purchased the Hawking HWDN1 dish, to replace Hawking HWU8DD dish. It has a much stronger link status in the same position as the old dish, usually better than 95% verus 50-60%. The dual reciever helps also.
I am using the same software as before, XP home SP3.
Main things I have noticed are--
1) Connection is very stable.
2) My laptop is quieter, it's not going crazy to keep a connection.
3) No longer have to reboot to get a connection back, as with HWU8DD.
4) With ~ 20 feet of USB ext cables, it works perfectly.
All in all, it's like having a real cable Internet connection, very rugged / reliable and fast. I'm totally satisfied with it.
If it's like the Hawking HWU8DD, make sure you put it in a water proof
container for outside use. My Hawking HWU8DD died due to rain real quick.
Customer Review: Finally something that works as advertised!
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this last week and hooked it up last night. It worked perfectly for me. Installation was easy and I didn't have to make any adjustments to the settings. I am about 500 ft from the source and it is in a separate concrete building. While I am only able to get about 50% signal strength I think that this is great. I am going through multiple interior walls and two concrete block walls over a distance of 500 ft. With a normal wireless card it couldn't even find a network let alone one strong enough to get a good connection. I also have a friend that lives in a apartment that has WIFI at the clubhouse. She is two buildings away but has a window with a view of the building. She set the receiver in the window and was able to get around 40% signal. Considering that she got nothing before this is good. I would definitely recommend trying this dish.Customer Review: Not quite the power I thought I was getting but works.
Summary: 4 Stars
Well, I bought the HWDN1 because of it being supported in Ubuntu and it works there no problems.......but just for testing purposes to see if it was as good as what I read from some of these comments. I hooked it up to my laptop which has internal wireless and sorry to say my Atheros AR9281 with XSPAN puts this satellite to shame. At least two bars more reception with internal wireless. So it is known I was hooking to a wireless 'n' Linksys with MIMO so neither adapter should of had an advantage over the other. One more bit of thought though the Hawkins did get better reception than the Linksys USB 'n' adapter that is listed on the router's box as "for best performance use:", so it does fine job but Atheros has got something special with their new XSPAN AR9281 chipset. Compared all on 64bit-Vista Home Premium.