Product Description

The USB 2.0 Wireless Adapter by Addlogix allows users to easily connect desktop or notebook computers to wireless networks for Internet and file sharing. Mac and PC users alike will find this adapter to be an invaluable tool. It offers the best OS compatibility in the market.Many Mac users will benefit from this product, as it offers a cost effective wireless solution for Apple users that have machines that are either older models that did not come with the built-in wireless, or for some reason have machines with a defective wireless card.

Product Details

• Brand: Addlogix
• Model: MA-WL-USB
• Dimensions: .35 pounds
• Networking: Hi-Speed USB

Features

• Sold Individually

Customer Reviews

Finally!!!

For the past couple months I've been struggling to find a USB wireless adapter for my iMac, OS X.4 (I was foolish for not getting the Airport Card when I bought the machine). I bought the Belkin F5D7050 after reading a bunch reviews on the Mac boards. However, I got v4000 instead of v3000. Not that anyone can tell looking at the packaging.

Last week I found this little wonder. Installed the driver. Restarted the machine, pluged in the dongle, went to Network Preferences, and Da-Da! started talking to my PC instantly!

The 6" USB extension cable is alright. I prefer a longer extension but I'm not complaining. The UI interface is ugly, but again. The product works and it was cheap. To think I almost broke down to buy a Hawking product at twice the cost (at least!).
I read somewhere that someone tested this on OS X.2.8 and it worked. For those of us frustrated one this problem consider it solved. Now it's time to Get Things Done.

Driver Instructions for Mac OS 10.5 (doesn't come with this)
I got theses instructions after I returned the product, but here they are so you don't have to go through the same issue:

Here is setup information from our websites knowledge base which will assist you with the setup of the device for OS10.5
KB00028 How to set up the adpater for Leopard (Mac OS 10.5)

Applies To

* USB Wireless Adapter WLAN IEEE802.11b/g Adapter

Last Updated: 4/7/2008 1:56:32 PM

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1. Insert the installation disc into computer's CD/DVD drive.
2. Double click on the WLAN Card CD icon on the desktop.
3. Double click on the MAC folder.
4. Double click on USB_Wireless_Installer.dmg
5. Click on the 10.4 Folder.
6. Double click on USBWireless-Tiger file. (Note: Some of the core operating system components in Leopard are the same as Tiger. This is the reason why there will be now change in driver for OSX 10.4 Tiger and OSX 10.5 Leopard since they share some of the same core components.)
7. Click Continue (lower right hand corner) on the Introduction screen.
8. Click on the main hard drive in the Select a Destination screen (there should be a green arrow pointing down on the selected hard drive), and click continue.
9. Click Install in the Installation Type screen. (Note: If the computer is password protected, please type in your system/login password before proceeding with the installation.)
10. Once the installation has completed, click on the restart button. (Note: All computers need o restart. Do no plug in the USB Wireless Adapter into the computer.)
11. After the computer is fully booted back into the operating system (be sure the pin-wheel has stopped spinning), plug in the USB wireless adapter. (Note: There are two blue lights. A solid blue light will indicate power, and a flashing blue light will indicate wireless transmission between devices.)
12. Click Network Preferences in the "new network interface has been detected" window.
13. Click on Apply in the lower right hand corner in the Network window.
14. Close out the network window by clicking on the red exit button in the upper left hand corner.
15. In the Wireless Utility screen, highlight the name of your network and click on connect.
16. If your network is password protected, please type in your wireless password into the field and click on OK.
17. Allow up to 20 seconds for the connection to take place. You will see a green handshake next to the network name indicating that you are connected to the network.
18. A green handshake should appear next to your network name.
19. Open an internet browser (Safari, FireFox, Opera, Netscape, etc.) to get onto the internet.

A rare joy...
Its rare to order something like this and have it working within 3 minutes of unboxing it... so this product was a treat for me. Under MAC OS/X 10.4 this device worked flawlessly with virtually no effort. I've read other posts that say the software isn't very nice looking or easy - but I found the look and feel acceptable and the information that it gives you excellent. If you aren't technical, ignore all the stuff in the software. If you are, there's lots of neat numbers to look at.

An update after using this product for a couple months - I'd like to retract one star! Still a good product, but it does "hang up" on my wireless network every once and a while... I need to use the little utility to reset it and it starts working again. A bit annoying if you aren't an experienced user.