Cisco-Linksys USB Ethernet Adapter

• Connects to 10/100 Ethernet networks via USB
• Easy connection to many USB enabled devices, including Windows, Macintosh and Linux computers, Nintendo Wii, TiVo and more
• Compact and rugged for greater portability
• Powered via USB - no external power adapter needed
• Keep in touch with your email, access the Internet, use instant messaging to chat with friends and share files and other resources such as printers and hard disk storage space with other computers on the network

I purchased this product in order to connect my Tivo (Series 2) to my internet router and bypass my home telephone connection. It has worked perfectly from day one and I have absolutely no complaints.

Before I purchased this adapter, I was told by a salesperson at Best Buy that I would not be able to connect my Tivo to the internet using this device (or any device like it) because it would almost certainly require drivers to be installed and since the Tivo lacks a CD-ROM, I would not be able to install the drivers. After some research online, I found that there are a handful of adapters like this one that are known to work well with the Tivo devices, even without drivers.

I was still hesitant when I received my adapter because I expected the drivers to be an issue. It was not. My Tivo recognized the adapter and connected right away. It couldn't have been easier.

For someone who is looking for a similar product to connect their Series 2 Tivo to the internet, I would caution that the drivers may indeed be an issue on inferior adapters, but this specific adapter has worked wonderfully for me.

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I bought this for my MacBook Air that I purchased this month. Since the MBA doesn't have an Ethernet port, I needed one for a business trip so found this adapter. I was concerned it might not be compatible. The only thing you will need to do is setup the network adapter when Mac OSX prompts you for it. You only have to do this once, and all you have to do after that is plug it it and presto!

Very straightforward, simple to use. Also, I did not encounter any issues with speed, etc. It worked perfectly fine.

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Bought this adapter to stand in for a broken ethernet port on my laptop. Took it out of the package, connected it to a network cable and plugged it into a USB port on my laptop running Ubuntu 10.04 and it instantly connected. Works great! Very pleased.

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What can I say, it works as advertised. Connected to my Mac, works. Connected to my Windows 7 HP, works. Connected to a Dell laptop running OpenSuse, works. Did not need to install a driver on any of the machines. Nice and easy.

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As you can tell from the title, TiVo compatibility was my reason for selecting the Linksys item.

I purchased this adaptor to hard wire my older Series 2 TiVo into my home network and remove a wireless vulnerability caused by the weak WEP encryption used by TiVo. I decided to go hard wire and eliminate the wireless link because my TiVo does not accommodate WPA or WPA2. This removed a weakness in my network I had been concerned about.

The item arrived with an installation disk, but this was not necessary for the TiVo. I simply plugged the Linksys adaptor into the TiVo's USB port and attached the network cable. My router and network recognized the TiVo immediately. One note: my TiVo was already configured for my network and made the switch extremely simple.