Linksys Compact Wireless-G USB WUSB54GC Adapter

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"Seems to work just fine"

by SuperTree on May 13, 2008

Pros: Easy to setup in Windows XP SP2 & Linux Back Track

Cons: The unit is a little big in my opinion
Summary: I read the reviews after i purchased the thing so i naturally got worried. I bought this thing for work which includes intrustion / detection / penetration (hence the back track). If you do this sort of work you know that there is little support for USB devices for this purpose.

In any case I had to upgrade to the enhanced drivers to get the WPA functionality in Linux. Out of the box though it worked for WEP and installed from the live CD for me.

With windows I just installed the driver provided by Windows XP SP2 (2-3 minutes). I didn't install the software from the CD and I don't have any problems with the windows logon that have been reported in earlier posts here. Which is good because i need it to log on to the work domain.

I am tired of using the different wireless managers that come with the different devices. I just like using the windows zero configuration service for all my wireless stuff. When i have to do more advanced stuff, i have to use different software / drivers anyway.

Other thoughts:
1) The unit seems to stay cooler than a few of my other USB b/g devices.
2) It is a little bigger than my other USB b/g devices.
3) Only cost $39.00 at Micro Center
4) Range seems to be on par with my internal, PCMCIA, and other USB devices.

Overall good with Windows, but we will see if it holds up to what i really plan to do with it. For the average user though i don't see why this would not be a good wireless solution.

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reply by: oldtech64 on October 25, 2009

I have the black version of this adapter on a vista home premium 64 bit and on an XP home 32 bit with I believe sp3. I have never had a log in problem. What's with that?. I installed using the supplied disc and just followed the on screen directions. A piece of cake. So far.

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