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D-Link DWL-122 802.11b 11 Mbps USB Adapter

D-Link DWL-122 802.11b 11 Mbps USB Adapter

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Works GREAT with Toshiba SD-H400 Tivo/DVD player!
Review: Bougth this for $20 (after MIR) from a local office supply store. Connected to the Toshiba SD-H400 using the supplied cable. DVR detected it immediately, prompted for a firmware/ driver upgrade. Once that was done, I configured the SSID and 128-bit WEP encryption key. Added its MAC to DLink DI-614+ router's MAC filter list. BINGO! I could download program content in a few seconds that used to take several minutes over dial up. Connection speed and signal strength is reasonably good.

Have not tried with a desktop/laptop. So, no experience on that front. If you want an USB WiFi adapter for Toshiba sd-h400, don't look any further.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Works great with my Tivo series 2
Review: All the newer series 2 units support this unit, my only wish would be for better reception.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Very unreliable
Review: It is not reliable. It loses the connection and causes my iMac to lock. The computer doesn't recognize the device if it is plugged at power up. Causes USB conflicts. May be it works with the windows drivers, but don't get it if you are planning to use it with a Mac.

Ricardo Escallón

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: TIVO Wireless
Review: This is what you need to connect TIVO with an XP Wireless system. TIVO updates the device and connects to your home network flawlessly. All you do is select the home network that TIVO finds and type in your password (WEP). If you don't have a password, ask your neighbor for help, he's probably on your network anyway.

Download the TIVO desktop, follow the instructions for what you want to do and the world is yours.


Rating: 5 stars
Summary: DWL-122 works fine with Tivo - DWL-G122 does not
Review: I got this adapter for my Tivo to connect wirelessly to my home network. It works just fine. Note that Tivos are notoriously picky about which adapters will work. A previous reviewer suggested getting the DWL-G122, but I assure you it won't work. That is why I bought this one, and so far I'm really happy with it.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great for TIVO...11.g adapter (DWL-G122) does not work
Review: I have a D-Link 11.g router. I needed an adapter for my TIVO. I bought and returned 5 different adapters before getting advice from TIVO on the ones to use. This was one supported. It worked instantly - no drivers, no nothing. I've not tested it for speed yet, but its getting 50% (good) signal.

Of course, if you have a 11.g compatible device I'd not go for this...go for the DWL-G122 or something else.

The small adapter comes with a (long) usb extension cord so it fitted easily into the back. Some I tried without the extension cord were a tight fit in the back.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: works with mac........ sort of
Review: this product did manage to work for the imac (OS X 10.2.8) that I was configuring, but the driver was extremely flakey and I could not get the WEP encryption to work. the solution for all macintosh computers that you wish to be wireless-capable is to buy a linksys WET11 wireless ethernet bridge. this product doesn't use drivers, so it's perfect for getting apples onto wireless if you have almost no other options left. I used a windows laptop PC to configure the WET11 before hooking it up to the apple, but i'm not sure if it's necesary to do that (it's explained in the instructions, there's a setup CD that needs to be run... not sure if the CD will run on a mac or not) this product is the only sure-fire solution that i can find to the macintosh wireless epidemic, but at all costs DO NOT BUY THE DWL-122, it won't perform to what you expect it to. also, it's completely unnecessary to purchase the airport base-station either, you'll get a lot more versatility if you buy a standard router, say the MR814 from Netgear.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Spotty performance with OS X computer
Review: I picked this device up when our apartment set up a wireless network. Installation on my computer was a pain (I had a iMac G3 running os 10.2.8), eventually I had to reinstall the whole OS. When I did get it working the computer could not go more than thirty minutes before freezing (something that had never happened before). Finally I was able to correct it by downloading the most recent drivers (which are NOT currently on the company website). Even then the connection was still only so-so.

Out of frustration I picked up a Belkin F5D6050, and it worked like a charm. Now my connection is twice as fast and umpteen times more reliable. My advice is to skip the DWL-122 product and go straight to the Belkin (much cheaper too).

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Now hear this...
Review: This product is not the best. I spent many hours trying to get it to work with 10.2.8 until I happened across an updated driver [v. 1.4.7] on version tracker (now I know why I should subscribe). Even the d-link website itself only had version 1.3.2 (and even then it was 1.3.1 when unpacked/installed). Even with this driver the signal has a tendency to deterioriate and it needs to be unplugged and replugged.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: D-Link DWL-122 works for Both PC & MAC..
Review: I've been testing the D-Link on both systems (PIII 850 WinXP sp2 / OS X 10.28 iBook G3/900Mhz) and it works just fine with (at this time) Get the OSX v1.4.7 drivers. This is exactly what I was looking for.


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