Cisco-Linksys USB100M EtherFast 10/100 Compact USB Network Adapter

I have one of these in my computer junk drawer (a collection of adapters, plugs, gender changers, card readers & cables....sounds a bit like a circus side show but it never fails me!) and have found it useful on several occasions. At this price, it is worth having around.Basically, you can plug your ethernet cable into the adapter and then insert the plug end into any USB receptacle on your machine (such as on a laptop or a TIVO, etc.). It therefore makes buying (or having) an ethernet card superfluous. It has connection & data transfer LEDs to tell you you've contacted the network, though these are not really necessary. No set up is required either, just plug and go.As far as I can see, the connection is quite as stable as any hard wired one, and while it's true a USB 2.0-compliant adapter would allow for greater transfer speeds, on our network it has performed flawlessly.

the good news is it worked with no problem. The bad news, it's a very flimsy design and it got knocked and broke about 10 days after I bought it. Definitely not recommended!

I bought this adapter about three weeks ago.Last weekend when I moved my laptop, the flip up piece broke off.I really didn't put much pressure on it, so I would recomend staying away from this model.Get one that doesn't have flip up parts.

Ethernet plug holder breaks too easily.

I did not buy for self. However my friend said. It worked great. I do not know the prices of such things, but my friend said it was fairly priced. It arrived within the time frame specified.