Hawking HWU8DD Hi-Gain USB Wireless-G Dish Adapter
by Hawking Technology
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Customer Review: This is a GREAT product!
Summary: 5 Stars
For once, a product which lives up to its claims! Got this to correct a barely-there wireless network in my house. My connection went from 1-2 MBS and frequent disconnects with another brand of external-antenna adapter, to a solid, always there 24 MBS. No problems with installation at all -- plug it in, get a solid connection.
It might not be the best thing for mobile use, as others have said, the hinge looks a little fragile. But for my situation, a long way from the access point with multiple walls and lots of metal (big cabinets and tools) in the way, it works spectacularly well.
Customer Review: exactly what i needed
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently moved and needed connection for job searches and e-mail but didn't have the extra money for a cable connection. My laptop was able to pull in a wireless signal but it was just to weak and real hit and miss, I couldn't get the signal if it rained and lost it for days at a time. Odered the dish and was caught off guard at how fast it was delivered, ordered it on a sunday, had it in my hands on wednesday. Since then I have not went a day without connection, even found another signal to use. May not be as powerful as I would have liked but was exactly what I needed, already paid for itself.Customer Review: So far so good!
Summary: 5 Stars
I could not be happier right now! I was not sure if I had made the right decision when I bought it because of the reviews, but it was really easy to install (it did not take me more than 5 minutes, including the time it took me to download the vista driver) and really effective. My laptop was detecting 2 signals before and they were really weak. As soon as I connected the antenna, my laptop detected 24!!! And I am conected since without any problems...
If you know something (no need to be a genius just to understand) about computers should be really easy to install and use....
Customer Review: Excellent Product!
Summary: 5 Stars
I live in SE Portland in an area where the city provides free Wi-Fi, but have never been able to get a signal while sitting outside (it's been equally hopeless inside). I haven't been able to access the network on either the Dell or Mac notebooks that I have.
I hooked this little dish up to my desktop inside my apartment and it picks up the signal for the network that I was looking for with no problem... along with a lot of other networks. It's well worth the initial purchase price considering I won't have to pay Comcast or Qwest for access to the internet every month!
Customer Review: Picking Up Signals From a Half-Mile Away
Summary: 5 Stars
I was originally skeptical that the adapter would really pick up signals at the range Hawking said it would, but it works like a charm. I generally experiment and point the dish in different directions to seek out the strongest of the available unsecured signals in the area, and settle for the one with the most bars.
There's a particular WiFi hotspot roughly a half mile from me, and the Hawking dish has been a lifesaver when a storm might impact my regular internet service provider's connection. This is one of the best investments that I have ever made.