Customer Reviews
Works great 
2007-01-21
It works great. Here's a tip if you are using a Linksys WRT54G wireless router: disable UPnP and you will not have a problem connecting to your network with the WUSBF54G. I'm running Windows 2000 SP4.
Linksys WUSBF54G Wireless-G USB network adapter 
2006-11-10
When I tried the device in my laptop, it has crashed my laptop every time. I have not had the time to try and contact the technical support yet. I am just very disappointed that I haven't been able to get it installed.
Great To Use 2006-11-02
I just received my new WI-FI finder. I have version 1.1 and it DOES have a light in it and it works great. I just plugged it into a USB 2.0 port and Windows searched for the drivers and found them online and I did not even read the book or use the CD! It works great and charges thru the USB port. Highly Recommended-by the way I got it thru New Egg which was the cheapest show using Amazon as a starting point.
Direct Comparison Between Linksys and TrendNet 
2006-10-14
This is a direct comparision between the Linksys WUSBF54G and TrendNet 509UB.
Both perform as expected when used as a standalone hot spot detector.
Both perform as expected on Windows XP. Installation was quirky for both. After driver installation, inserting into USB slot it wasn't recognized at all. Fiddled around for awhile and it finally detected the device. Had to disable the notebook's builtin wireless before XP recognized the device.
Client software does not detect a device under Windows Vista Ultimate RC2. I assume this will be true for Windows Vista RTM too. Inserting the device into a Windows Vista RC2 system often completely froze Windows Vista (had to hold down power button for complete reboot). Had to disable the notebook's builtin wireless before Vista recognized the device.
Appears that the TrendNet and Linksys devices are so similar that they must be made by the same OEM or reference design. As expected, evaluation results are similar.
1. Both devices seem to have same sensitivity, similar to notebook's internal wireless card.
2. TrendNet device doesn't have Windows XP signed drivers so an extra click during install is requried. Also installing on new USB ports requires extra clicks.
3. TrendNet device supports 801.11a whereas Linksys does not.
4. TrendNet device sometimes crashes Vista Ultimate RC2.
5. Neither device's software client works under Vista Ultimate RC2. This isn't a deal breaker for me as they both work under Vista Ultimate RC2 networking as a USB wireless key. You just lose the client software feature.
6. The Linksys has a somewhat useful backlit LCD, TrendNet does not.
7. Both devices work as standalone hotspot locators equal well.
8. In hotspot mode, both devices show SSID, channel number, encryption mode, etc.
Conclusion: For XP, I recommend the TrendNet so save the extra dollars. For Vista, I recommend the Linksys device as it never crashed Vista Ultimate RC2 whereas TrendNet device was gave occasional freezes.
Vista Plug & Play! 2008-07-08
Outstanding and worked out of the box after installing the software. Very, very impressed.
Good Product 2008-05-26
This adapter works very well when it connects, and I am getting 100% with no drops at all.
The only downside was that it took quite a while to get it working. The Linksys claim of finding a network and getting connected right away was misleading. First I found out that the drivers on the CD were old and would not work so I downloaded the new ones from their website. After doing this I went through the setup again. I kept getting the same thing. It would try to connect then time out with no connection. I even tried disabling security on my router, but this did not work either. All of this is on my desktop so far. After playing around with it for a couple of hours I decided to download the new drivers to my laptop. Surprisingly everything worked right away and I was connected through the adapter. Only one problem, I did not need a new wireless adapter for my laptop.
Reluctantly I contacted Linksys tech support. Up to this point I had tried connecting the device to 4 different USB ports, 3 of which had working devices on them already. Linksys had me do everything I had already done and after about 30 minutes their support told me my USB ports were bad. I just kind of laughed and told them the ports had working devices on them. After this they had no idea what to do and offered no further help (very worthless support).
For some reason I had clicked on Windows Update (not sure why...maybe some kind of divine intervention). I noticed there was a SP3 update for XP. I downloaded the service pack and after rebooting starting playing with the adapter again, and miraculously it worked on the first try. My guess is that something was out of date. I thought it might have been the USB drivers, but they were the same.
Ever since the update it has been working flawlessly. Lot's of hearache for a supposed plug and play adapter.
works as advertized 2008-01-20
works great with good speed and easy to install (on usb 1 or 2 )(using win xp sp2)
not quite fit. 2007-12-29
did not help in overcoming the interference between the wireless camera system and the wireless network.
Woooo! 2007-10-25
Ahhh...I freakin' love this thing. I can't use it anymore at the moment, but for six months after getting it, I had free super high speed wireless internet, and it was glorious. I still have no idea whose network it was or why they didn't lock its security, and why oh why did they have to move away after 6 months, but hey, sweet deal for me. :) It's just plug and play if you've got a network in range.
