Pros: Good signal reception, fast download speeds, Vista compatibility

Cons: High power consumption for notebook

Overall Review: I purchased this adapter because my Intel 3945 WiFi card had difficulty connecting to public WiFi access points. The download rate is very fast and it has no trouble connecting to any access points. The adapter has decent range -- neither extraordinary nor awful. Using my notebook on battery power (and the regular WiFi card off) the "estimated" time reports about a 1hr hit. The installation under Vista is very easy -- just plug it in and Vista downloads the drivers automatically. Overall, I'm very satisfied with the product and would recommend it.

Pros: It looked good, had a nice USB extension cable.

Cons: Worked for maybe 20 minutes. Would see less and less networks as it got warm.

Overall Review: Don't buy this thing!

Pros: I have an old house with plaster/lathe walls. My router is a D-Link DIR-635 (sunk my $$ in the heart of the system) which is three thick walls and a staircase away. The signal strength on the computer hooked to this USB adapter is consistent at 70% with MAX data pass through rate. I have not had the issues with lost connectivity/dropped packets others have mentioned.

Cons: Instructions are lacking for a newbie like me, but I was able to get it going after just a couple of minutes fussing with the included software.

Overall Review: Can't touch it for the money. Especially if you are limping along an old windows 98 computer like my decrepit but faithful eMachine. Most of the new adapters aren't backwards compatible that far.

Pros: You can't beat this adapter's price. I get a reliable 48Mbps through two walls. My laptop gets only 36Mbps. Setup was quick and easy. The mail in rebate nearly cut the cost in half!

Cons: In my case, the cradle or what some may call the extension was needed. If I connect the unit directly to one of the USB ports on the back of my machine, I get no signal. When I run the extention behind my desk, placing it about 2-3 ft higher than before, I get respectable results. I guess that I can't complain though since my router is on the opposite side of the house.

Overall Review: This unit comes at a great price and performs better than expected. You can buy better but you will also be paying more! If you just want to access the Internet from a remote room, don't worry about getting a PCI card. It is cost effective and portable. You can lend it to another machine rather than having to get a PCI card for every computer in the house!

Pros: I gave it a 4 because it works and it was a breeze to set-up. I also like D-Link products cause they seem to work with most of manufacturers products, such as Linksys.

Cons: I'm not overjoyed with this product. It drops the connection from time to time and does not consistantly give me 54bps connections. However, to be fair, it seems most USB NICs suffer from this. It's a trade-off to some degree between convenience (which I was after) vs consistant high performance.

Overall Review: It works. And if you have a wireless setup that's not obstructed too much (like mine), you'd probably get your money's worth and then some.

Pros: Small, nice base to sit in.

Cons: This unit had very poor reception. I have used other DLink products, in many applications, so I did not have second thoughts about buying this. I am very disappointed in the performance of this USB adapter. The DLink router is about 30' feet away and unless I was holding it up in the air and directly in line with the router...I couldn't get above 20% strength. Luckily I have a door in view of the router because it is too week to go through the only wall seperating the two.

Comments: This is an excellent product by D-link! I received this in about 3 days from Newegg! I opened the box, installed the software, plugged it in and that was it! I selected my network and I was on the internet. I then used this on my laptop and the range was at least twice as far as my internal wireless card, I was able to see my 802.11b router from all over my yard and all over the house. For the money and ease, this product is definitely worth it!

Pros: The only pro is the speed of newegg's shipping - as always.

Cons: Not compatible with Tivo's or operating systems other than Windows

Overall Review: Vendors need to learn that Windows is not the only player in the market. Older hardware versions were compatible, but since this is now shipping as an "upgraded" version B1 of the hardware, it no longer functions in non-windows Systems