Cisco valet driver download

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2015

MUCH better range than prior USB based 802

MUCH better range than prior USB based 802.11 adaptors. The USB extension (i.e. getting the antennae further from the metal case of the PC) is probably a large contributing factor. Drivers and software are actually on the device and show up as a small USB thumb drive - brilliant idea as there is no CD or download necessary. Run on WIndows 7 (64-bit).... Read more...

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2015

Easy installation when you figure it out.

If you get this, there are no instructions. What I didn't realize was it works like a thumb drive in that the drivers are on the device. Head to your "My Computer" and click on the new Cisco drive to install this thing. I downloaded the latest version from their website instead. Once the drivers were up and running. This found my router quickly and had an incredible signal. I have 30 Mbps internet. A speedtest showed full 30 Mbps on this wireless receiver. Very nice. Network speed was great. I am very happy with the device and would recommend it so far. If I have issues, I will report back with updates.... Read more...

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2014

Very nice USB Wifi adapter with flash storage and drivers on board

This USB WiFi adapter dongle includes flash storage with setup files and a nice USB extension cord with mounting pedestal. It works fine, but I noticed it gets pretty hot to the touch after being on a while. That indicates that it is drawing more power than it needs to from the USB port. However it works well, is super easy to install, it's by Cisco/Linksys, and it's cheap and comes with Prime shipping. There's enough flash memory space to use it as a thumb drive too.... Read more...

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2014

Paying as little as I did for this product, I had a feeling the thing wouldn't work at all. When it came, it was just plug in and follow the directions. The little thing works great.Wish the directions were a bit clearer though. For example, when setting up, the directions say to plug in the valet. I plugged in the product (extension and all) into the computer. the computer wouldn't setting it up. I removed the valet from the cradle and plugged it directly into the computer (without the aid of the extension), and the computer set it up very quickly.all said and done, I have to say I'm very pleased... Read more...

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2014

Yea, You get what you pay for in this life...

It works in Win8/7 fairly well, but prepare for it to Overheat and Not be recogized with an error stating " a USB Device has Stopped working, and cannot be Recognized"....Making you have to reboot and Completely Uninstall the driver and RE-install driver..I Took the plastic cover off of the stick so it's a bare PCB board exposed to open-air and my signal hardly ever drops now and It hasn't overheated since. It's only OK for the money since it's not for everyone and It WILL fail Eventually because of bad Design and No Cooling for the device...these should at least have a small 1/2cm fan or something to cool them...It's just logical...Just more Shovelware crap from Cisco/Linksys........ Read more...

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2014

This USB powered wireless device is perfect when you don't want to run Ethernet cat 5 cables to your PC or should your laptops wireless card go bad. All software is actually installed within the Cisco and is a breeze to install. If you want, you can remove the valet drive from it's base and plug it directly into a USB port. We have one in use now on a tower that's in a remote location in the back of our attic and its picking up our wireless router signal located 2 stories down in the front of our first floor. The speed might be slightly down, but not significantly. We can still do our emails, downloads, Facebook, YouTube, etc. I carry one with me in my laptop bag for "just in case" and have shown it to several friends who used it and immediately went to Amazon and bought there own.... Read more...

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2013

It works great. The device includes a 128mb storage for the firmware & drivers. It did not work on XP which is not so important now that XP support is ending from Microsoft and others are already stopping driver support. Be careful not to erase the drive- I work with a lot of drives and accidentally erased it so I am in the process of RMA --- it is a good performer. I use it with the Cisco Small Business WAP321-A-K9 Wireless-N Selectable-Band Access Point w/ PoE and Gigabit Ethernet & Netgear Prosafe VPN firewall/router.... Read more...

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2013

Best ten bucks I ever spent.

I bought several of these bad boys to upgrade from my old hub network to a fancy new wireless hub network. It is a flash drive with an 802.11n Wi-Fi modem built in. The drivers are on the memory portion of the flash drive so installation is quick and painless with Win XP and Win7 (I don't have Win8). Some reviewers had issues but I have had no problems whatsoever. The box includes a stand and a usb extension cable so you can get the modem's antenna away from that big meta box and closer to the ether where the Wi-Fi wavelengths roam free. At Ten bucks for the refurb versions, I purchased extras just because you never know when you are going to want another one.... Read more...