Hawking HWDN1 Pre-802.11n Wireless Adapter Reviews

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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. from Amazon.com I've had this dish for over a year. Read everything I could before getting it. I've had an older Hawking 'card on a cable and a stand,usb' and that was just adequeate. Also my notebook built in screen antenna had problems, as I couldnt orient it through height and positioning and still use it,althought it seemed a very good receptor. from Amazon.com I own, from Amazon, the cheaper HWU8DD(increases WIFI 300%), this HWDN1(advertised 600% increase) may be defective or misadvertised b/c it was much weaker than the HWU8DD I already own. Some other reviewers seemed to have similar experiences. from Amazon.com This product works great when you use it correctly. I use it with Ubuntu Linux and it worked right out of the box without any configuration. My Thinkpad x200 has a nice wireless N card but this connects to hot spots that the Thinkpad can't even see. Remember this antenna is directional not omnidirectional like most antennas. from Amazon.com I've had this product for 3 weeks, it won't load the driver. I've called India for customer service, can't understand them, so they got upset and told us to go online and load the driver from the Hawkings website. Did it still no luck. from Amazon.com Pros: It picks up signals I didn't know were there. Is going through 3 walls and getting a "very good" signal compared to the "very low" signal I was getting with my old garbage D-link DWA 130 card, which I eventually destroyed in the "office space" style due to constantly weak signals and disconnections. The Hawking configuration tool is much nicer than the windows zero configuration tool. Much more info is displayed. from Newegg.com 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%. from Amazon.com I like it, but I don't love it. The Hawking dish doesn't quite perform as it should for the price($90-110). In fact, it didn't perform too much better than my stock wifi adapter in my HP tower! from Amazon.com Pros: It works. Hawking connection management software is not bloated and actually helps to better control and manage your connection than the WinXP zero conf tool does. I get about 240-270 Mbps on a TRENDNet TEW-633GR router that is positioned in a closet about 50 ft away on the same floor. from Newegg.com 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. from Amazon.com

Description

The Hawking Hi-Gain Wireless-300N USB Dish Adapter extends your wireless network 6 times and boosts your data throughput 12 times! It is capable of transfering data up to 300Mbps. The Wireless-300N USB Dish Adapter is designed with advanced Directional Dish Technology for excellent range and performance.

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Released	1 year ago
Operation Voltage	5 Volt
Operating Systems	Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Vista
Form Factor	External Adapter
Interface Compatibility	USB 1.1 USB 2.0
802.11a Data Rates	54 Mbps, 48 Mbps, 36 Mbps, 24 Mbps, 18 Mbps, 12 Mbps, 9 Mbps, 6 Mbps
802.11b Data Rates	11 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps, 2 Mbps, 1 Mbps
802.11g Data Rates	54 Mbps, 48 Mbps, 36 Mbps, 24 Mbps, 28 Mbps, 12 Mbps, 9 Mbps, 6 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps, 2 Mbps, 1 Mbps
Depth	4.17 in.
Height	5.14 in.
MPN	HWDN1
Modulation	OFDM CCK QPSK BPSK DBPSK DQPSK 16QAM 64QAM DSSS
Operating Channels	802.11b/g: 11 (North America), 13 (Europe), 14 (Japan); 802.11a: 8 (North America), 4 (Japan)
Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz 5 GHz
Package Qty.	1
Release Date	April, 2008
Security	WEP WPA TKIP AES WPA2
UPC	603992506675
WEP Encryption Length	40 bit (=64 bit) 128 bit 152 bit
WLAN Standards	IEEE 802.11a IEEE 802.11n IEEE 802.11g
Warranty	1 Year
Width	4.9 in.

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