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BrandNetGear
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15 millimetres
Item Width9.4 centimetres
Technical Details
- Up to 10x faster coverage and speed compared to 802.11g
- Compatible with existing 802.11b, 802.11g and Super G Wireless devices
- Network range extended by up to 400 feet
- No need for range extenders, repeaters & external antennas
- High-speed connectivity anywhere in your house or office
- No more drop-outs, no more dead spots
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Manufacturer's Description
Staying wirelessly connected in your home or office can be tricky, especially as your environment continually changes. For example someone with a cordless phone might walk between your primary wireless signal and your computer or a microwave oven might click on. This interference can cause a drop in wireless data speed or drop out altogether.
The WPN824 RangeMax Wireless Router adjusts to interference and the physical barriers in your home to deliver up to 500,000 square feet of coverage. This means that with a WPN111 Wireless USB Adapter inserted, your computer or laptop will not be prone to loss of wireless speed or dropouts - ensuring continual high speed Internet and network access anywhere in your home or office.
By easily setting up WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption or WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access, Pre-Shared Key) security on your WPN824 router and WPN111 USB wireless adapter your computer or laptop will be well protected. These security features and the Firewall built into the WPN824 router add powerful safeguards against unauthorised usage.
NETGEAR's Smart Wizard makes the set-up of the RangeMax wireless USB 2.0 Adapter easy and hassle-free.
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Optimised for use with the WPN824 RangeMax Wireless Router, which dramatically boosts signal and eliminates dead spots to provide superior wireless coverage and speed to your desktop PC or Laptop via the built-in USB port.Up to 10x faster coverage and speed compared to 802.11g**Compatible with existing 802.11b, 802.11g and Super G Wireless devicesNetwork range extended by up to 400 feet**No need for range extenders, repeaters & external antennasHigh-speed connectivity anywhere in your house or office No more drop-outs, no more dead spots** When used in conjunction with WPN824 Wireless RouterWireless Connectivity - Range MattersStaying wirelessly connected in your home or office can be tricky, especially as your environment continually changes. For example someone with a cordless phone might walk between your primary wireless signal and your computer or a microwave oven might click on. This interference can cause a drop in wireless data speed or drop out altogether.The WPN824 RangeMax Wireless Router adjusts to interference and the physical barriers in your home to deliver up to 500,000 square feet of coverage. This means that with a WPN111 Wireless USB Adapter inserted, your computer or laptop will not be prone to loss of wireless speed or dropouts - ensuring continual high speed Internet and network access anywhere in your home or office.New Technology - Smart MIMORangeMax is an advanced Smart MIMO Multi-in, Multi-Out* technology that uses seven internal antennas. The RangeMax WPN824 wireless router constantly surveys your home or office environment for physical barriers and interference: The RangeMax router adapts on the fly, adjusting the wireless signal to compensate for these performance blockers.For example if you are sitting in your kitchen using your laptop with a WPN111 inserted, your partner turning on the microwave will not disrupt your wireless coverage, because the WPN824 will adapt to the change, using a different antenna configuration to strengthen th
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49 of 49 people found the following review helpful
I was having all sorts of problems with this device when I first got it. I had followed the instructions and installed the Netgear wireless software before connecting the USB dongle. The connection was dropping all the time, it couldn't cope with encryption, it was just a mess. I tried the upgrade patch, even worse if anything. The I uninstalled the netgear software and decided just to plug the USB dongle in - windows accessed the CD-ROM for the necessary .inf and drivers, and then it ran using the Windows Zero Configuration (i.e. Windows manages the wireless connection). I had actually been asking the netgear software to do this before when I installed the CD-ROM, but it ignored me and carried on making the netgear software managed the connection. So my advice would be if you want this to work:
a) Put the CD ROM in for the drivers
b) connect the USB Adapter
c) let windows find the driver on the CD-ROM and install
d) Use windows to manage the device - NOT buggy netgear software
I emailed tech support about this and they weren't any help, so hopefully anyone with problems with this might find the above solution handy.
a) Put the CD ROM in for the drivers
b) connect the USB Adapter
c) let windows find the driver on the CD-ROM and install
d) Use windows to manage the device - NOT buggy netgear software
I emailed tech support about this and they weren't any help, so hopefully anyone with problems with this might find the above solution handy.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
I'd advise avoiding this adapter... I bought it because I thought it would work well with my Netgear router (which I'm happy with), but it's turned out to be a real lemon. I get loads of blue-screen freezes and the connection drops multiple times each day. I thought perhaps Netgear would be aware of this and have a solution, but googling the model number, I soon learned that many people were reporting the same problem and that Netgear didn't appear to be doing anything about it. The suggestion seems to be that the problem is with the firmware but that Netgear themselves can't do anything about it and the original provider of the firmware isn't coming up with a solution. So perhaps not Netgear's fault, but I'd still avoid this piece of kit.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
I got a couple of these about a year ago, mainly because I have a Netgear Rangemax wireless cable router. You would think (well I did) that these two would be perfect for each other.
I've had problems after problems with these nasty little things. I know my way around computers and stuff reasonably well, but they have defeated me to get them to work without problems. You often have to disconnect them and reconnect to get them to work. They drop out when they feel like it, without any obvious reasons. I ended up using a cheap one I got from a computer fair and that works perfectly. The Netgear router is great, the WPN111 is a disgrace to the Netgear name. Overpriced and unreliable. AVOID IT!!
I've had problems after problems with these nasty little things. I know my way around computers and stuff reasonably well, but they have defeated me to get them to work without problems. You often have to disconnect them and reconnect to get them to work. They drop out when they feel like it, without any obvious reasons. I ended up using a cheap one I got from a computer fair and that works perfectly. The Netgear router is great, the WPN111 is a disgrace to the Netgear name. Overpriced and unreliable. AVOID IT!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Worst Wireless Adapter Ever?
This thing has wasted more of my time than any other computer accessory I can think of; totally unreliable. I fried mine in the microwave and then bought a long Ethernet cable!
Published 14 months ago by Bailsoft
No problem once setup correctly with XP or W7
I had no problem with this device once I had installed the latest drivers from Netgear web site XP, auto detected on W7 just worked after input of password for Wi-Fi. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. R. L. Hart
Not compatible with Windows 7
The Microsoft site and the Netgear site state this product is compatible with Windows 7. It is not. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Bruce
Windows 7
Don't even bother trying to use this device if you run W7.
The install leaves an icon on your desktop that is supposed to let you browse wireless networks. Read more
The install leaves an icon on your desktop that is supposed to let you browse wireless networks. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. Oliver Hubbard
Warning, Causes Blue Screen of Death
I've had a Netgear RangeMax WPN111 adapter for about five months now. While it has more or less worked fine most of the time, about once a month it causes a BSOD system crash. Read more
Published 17 months ago by EmersonPF
Thank you
I would just like to take this opportunity to thank you for your prompt service when I made a mistake in ordering something I already had. Great service. Regards, Ray Mitchell
Published 18 months ago by R. Mitchell
"Not what it says on the box"
They say it boosts signal 10 fold. In my case, it boosted the signal nil fold!
Published 20 months ago by Benjie
Use the latest driver for this WPN 111
I bought one of this few years ago.
The driver software they provided with the package worked in WEP 64 or WEP 128 mode but wouldn't work in WPA or WPA-PSK mode. Read more
The driver software they provided with the package worked in WEP 64 or WEP 128 mode but wouldn't work in WPA or WPA-PSK mode. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mr. Sudip Sur
None Starter
These WPN111's seem to have been causing grief for some time (2005?) and even now, still seem to be doing so.
Mine came with the WPN824v. Read more
Mine came with the WPN824v. Read more
Published 23 months ago by C. Birks
Useable but that's about it
I bought two of these at the same time to conncect two older laptops to a Netgear RangeMax router. They're fairly old products now and as such suffer from a variety of problems. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. R. G. Battersby
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