Product 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 at up to 300Mbps. The Wireless-300N USB Dish Adapter is designed with advanced Directional Dish Technology for excellent range and performance. A built-in dual antenna concentrates wireless signals for extended wireless range of up to 600%*, compared to a standard network adapter. It is the most powerful 802.11n Wireless Networking Adapter on the market. Furthermore, it is backward compatible with Wireless 802.11b and 802.11g and will operate on the highest throughput that your network allows. Installation of the HWDN1 Wireless-300N Dish Adapter is simple and straight forward - run the setup CD and connect the Dish Adapter to your notebook or desktop through an available USB port. To achieve the maximum wireless range and performance, direct the HWDN1 towards a wireless source and you are ready to connect! The Hi-Gain Wireless-300N USB Dish Adapter will extend network coverage 6x using MIMO & Hi-Gain Dish Technology and boosts data throughput 12x. Excellent Solution for Media-Intensive Activities with up to 300Mbps data transfer rate and supports WEP, WPA (PSK, TKIP), and WPA2 (AES) Security Encryption for the highest level of security.

Product Details

• Color: White
• Brand: Hawking Technology
• Model: HWDN1
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 2.90" h x 3.50" w x 4.50" l, 3.00 pounds
• Networking: USB

Features

• Extends Network Coverage 6x using MIMO and Hi-Gain Dish Technology
• Boosts Data Throughput 12x
• Excellent Solution for Media-Intensive Activities with up to 300Mbps Data Transfer Rate
• Supports WEP, WPA (PSK, TKIP), and WPA2 (AES) Security Encryption for the highest level of security
• Setup is quick and simple

Customer Reviews

Finally something that works as advertised!
I purchased this last week and hooked it up last night. It worked perfectly for me. Installation was easy and I didn't have to make any adjustments to the settings. I am about 500 ft from the source and it is in a separate concrete building. While I am only able to get about 50% signal strength I think that this is great. I am going through multiple interior walls and two concrete block walls over a distance of 500 ft. With a normal wireless card it couldn't even find a network let alone one strong enough to get a good connection. I also have a friend that lives in a apartment that has WIFI at the clubhouse. She is two buildings away but has a window with a view of the building. She set the receiver in the window and was able to get around 40% signal. Considering that she got nothing before this is good. I would definitely recommend trying this dish.

Very rugged and reliable connection.
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%. The dual reciever helps also.

I am using the same software as before, XP home SP3.

Main things I have noticed are--

1) Connection is very stable.
2) My laptop is quieter, it's not going crazy to keep a connection.
3) No longer have to reboot to get a connection back, as with HWU8DD.
4) With ~ 20 feet of USB ext cables, it works perfectly.

All in all, it's like having a real cable Internet connection, very rugged / reliable and fast. I'm totally satisfied with it.

If it's like the Hawking HWU8DD, make sure you put it in a water proof
container for outside use. My Hawking HWU8DD died due to rain real quick.

Kinda Works
I ended up returning this item to Amazon.com. It just doesn't work as advertised. Compared to my laptop's wifi, it certainly was able to find 2-3 more networks to link up to. However, the networks I actually wanted to connect with were either no better or even weaker compared to my laptop's wifi system. In addition, the software included is difficult to use. It keeps connecting to the wrong network even after I constantly deleted and tried to make it connect it to the network I wanted.

Maybe for some people this item works well. But given that the signal strength is just as good on my laptop's wifi and is easier to use... I ended up returning the product.