Netgear WG121 Wireless 802 11G Adapter Review

I bought this about 3 months ago along with a Netgear router. I had to send the router back and got a refund only 2 weeks after I bought it I should have sent it back. NOT a good product Windows XP freezes if your motherboard has a VIA chipset and/or an AMD Athlon processor which was two hits for me, the third hit came today when it just died the lights were off and the computer would not recognize it as a wireless adapter and no installation, removal of software/drivers would help. I wish…

When I installed it on my computer, it wasn't that easy. I had to boot XP into safe mode multiple times to get it working. Then, miraculously, everything works perfectly. When I transferred it to another computer, the software refused to remember the WEP key. Next comes Linux. I had an old Linksys WDT11-WPC11 (PCI-to-PCIMCIA [802.11B] card) that worked but barely picked up a signal. I bought the Netgear WG121 because it was external, it was cheap (discounts and how it was .G so it was a good…

Please note that the Athlon processor and the VIA chipsets on the motherboard showed problems with this device. If you don't have them, my review begs the question of whether this is the best USB WiFi client out there. It offers more range than others and is very easy to install and set up. However, the software does not support WPA, so you must use a third-party WPA requester (understood as a client) or Windows XP's built-in WZC (zero wireless configuration). The device is fast, reliable and…