Hawking's HWU54D USB adapter

I am currently connected to the Internet using a Hawking HWU54D adapter. My Toshiba's built-in Intel adapter can't even see the network I'm using, or the three others that the Hawking can see. I use NetStumbler with it, selecting the NDIS 5.1 device.

Of the half dozen WiFi adapters I have, this is my favorite. On the beach in Mexico (where we'll be again tomorrow), I use it to connect with a network 2.2 miles across the bay.

Just make sure you bought the Rev. Z version of the adapter:

You should Googled it something like "Hawking HWU54D Reviews" to see what comes up...

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:01:40 +0100, "Qbert" wrote in :

Just out of curiosity, why didn't you check on these things _before_ buying it?!

Right, good question! Of course, I should had. but I didn't... because it's my first wifi adapter and didn't know anything about them, so I hadn't much to look for.... my first dubt is about netstumbler support but maybe other question will come out very soon.

Anyway, many thanks to Dave: it should work with ndis driver. Ok, but where I can found this driver? Is it windows standard driver or it comes from Hawking/Intel?

"John Navas" ha scritto nel messaggio news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

The drivers ship with the Hawking adapter.

The Hawking application, which allows you to see the available networks and select the one you want to use, is a good one, but one oddity confused me for a while. When you start the app, nothing appears to happen. In fact, it starts minimized in the System Tray. Open it from there, and you can use it like Netstumbler to aim the device for the highest signal strength.