Wireless USB Adapter Rangebooster N Draft 802.11N | 
| Brand: D-Link
List Price: $89.99
Buy New: $29.99
You Save: $60.00 (67%)
New (7) Used (2) from $29.99
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 4207
Format: Cd
Platform: Windows
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.10
CPU Type: PowerPC G4
Processors: 1
System Memory: 2000
Memory Type: SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 1
Network Interface: Hi-Speed USB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
nv:Device Type: Wireless Adapter
Interface: USB 2.0
Form Factor: Desktop
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11g
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11b
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11n
Wireless Data Transfer Rates: 300 Mbps
Wireless Network Configuration: Ad-Hoc (Peer-to-Peer)
Wireless Network Configuration: Infrastructure
Wireless Frequency Range: 2.4 - 2.462 GHz
Security Protocols: 128-bit WEP
Security Protocols: 64-bit WEP
Security Protocols: WPA2
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: DWA-142
Model: DWA-142
UPC: 790069298295
EAN: 0790069297441
ASIN: B000J5JQKG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Dimensions - Height 0.8 x Width 3.8 x Depth 3.8 inch | | • | Weight - 0.1 pounds |
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Product Description
The D-Link Rangebooster N USB Adapter provides a fast and secure connection from your desktop or notebook PC to your wireless network. Access your network's high-speed connection while receiving shared files, music and photos from other computers in your network without the hassle of a network cable. This technology provides faster wireless signal rates and better reception than most 802.11g devices, so you can spend more time listening to music and watching videos than waiting for transferring files. This adapter is compatible with the 802.11g standard and is backward compatible with 802.11b, which allows for compatibility with a variety of wireless devices. The adapter protects your data and privacy via WEP, WPA, and WPA2 encryption. D-Link's Quick Setup Wizard enables setup in minutes. It detects available wireless networks so you can quickly connect to them.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Works great with D-Link DIR-655 Router March 7, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Works great with D-Link DIR-655 Router. Typically get 240-270 Mbps. On router, I turned on WPA/WPA2 compatibility. Then I used the Windows Zero Configuration Service rather than D-Link's configuration manager to connect. Previous complaints were that the driver caused stuttering in audio playback of media files. I haven't experience any of that stuttering. Perhaps D-Link's January 2007 driver update corrected this problem.
 Nice product March 9, 2007
Tim J. Gahr (Portland, OR)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This item works great. I get transfer rates that are 200 plus Mbps. Cons: The cord could be slightly longer.
 Problematic May 13, 2007
A Reader (Claremont, CA)
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
When this was plugged into my USB port, I could not play music through iTunes or Windows Media Player without the music stopping or 'skipping' because of the power drain. I have enough RAM and other system resources. This unit probably needs its own power supply. It is absolutely useless to me.
Wireless USB Adapter November 13, 2007
F. Brayton
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one of several wireless adapters that I have tried. I am extremely pleased with the performance of this adapter. The setup was very easy and I am experiencing great throughput. It is an excellent product and I am very pleased with my purchase.
Install the latest driver and then use XP's Zero Wireless Utility August 25, 2008
R. Stevens (Phila., PA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have the D-Link DIR-655 router (I upgraded from a Netgear FWG114P), and one by one have been upgrading my wireless adapters (almost all Netgear) to D-Link adapters. While the Netgear WG111v2 worked fine and supported WPA2, it's limited to 54G speeds (forget the WG111v1 and WG511--no WPA there). When I saw the DWA-142 selling for less than some of my older adapters I jumped, even though there are more recent adapters from D-Link made specifically for the DIR-655.
Here's the deal--properly configure your router, and in the case of the DIR-655 set it to use a bandwidth of 20-40MHz. At the client, install the most recent driver for the DWA-142 (version 130). Connect the adapter, then disable the D-Link Wireless Connection Manager from the Startup folder and use XP's Zero Wireless Utility to configure the DWA-142. Reboot as necessary. Make sure you have matching security codes at the router and the adapter and pay attention to whether it's shared or not, and whether you're using WPA-PSK AES or TKIP (same for WPA2). Be sure to check your PC's SERVICES (services.msi) to make sure you haven't disabled the Zero Wireless Utility and/or any other networking services if you can't get things running.
A few notes: the system works MUCH better with WPA encryption than with WEP--signal levels are stronger and speeds are faster. Placement of the adapter is important, so watch your signal on your router's status screen while you move it around. I get a consistent 300Mbps on all machines within a 100' radius through 2 floors and several walls (I do have D-Link's external antenna for the router, but that didn't help all that much). Even at the most distant point--basement to second floor, end to end of the house--I get above 200Mbps since I went to WPA-PSK, even though I have to set the router to N-G mode since some clients still run 54G. Also, some adapters can't see hidden SSIDs (like the WG511), so make your router unhidden until you're finished installing everything.
Lastly, while you can leave DHCP on for visiting laptop users, employ fixed IP addresses for permanent PCs on your LAN (wired and wireless). It simply works better. Keep a log and make sure you don't assign more than one machine the same address.
This is the most stable setup I've used in nearly 10 years of wireless networking, and I've used everything from Intel's Anypoint to Netgear MA101's, WG121's, WG511's, and so forth. For a notebook with a PCMCIA slot, get the DWA-652 PCMCIA adapter and run it in WPA mode--it simply will not run over 54Mbps with WEP encryption.
When I say stable, the router has not locked up ONCE in the months since I installed it, which was not the case when I began overloading the Netgear FWG114P--it caused me to take a trip to the basement once a day (or more).
(Disclaimer--I was a Systems Engineer for Novell, Inc. during the Golden Years, which is to say when we OWNED Microsoft in the PC networking market space.)
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