Baidu mini USB WiFi router BD-W01YL

The Baidu is the third largest search engine in the world and the most important in China. You can tell it's the Google Chinese, that plus software also has some crazy kids products. This is a mini USB WiFi router.

Here in the West the Baidu has a bad reputation, mainly because of the damned “Baidu antivirus” that causes more problem than solution. I can assure you that here there is no danger of being “contaminated” with nothing. The product is totally harmless.

In addition to the USB dongle also comes a bracelet and a manual in CHINESE. But don't worry because the TudoVemdaChina is ACE in Unraveling the workings of any Chinese product! Wait and trust!

Unfortunately Windows does not recognize the device when plugged, even in windows 8.1 newest. The solution was to seek the site indicated in the manual: wifi.baidu.com.

Although the site is ALL in CHINESE, You can find out what icon download the drivers easily. This is a link in a green box at the top right of the screen. For those who don't want to venture into Chinese sites, I left the most current driver This link from 4Shared.

Once installed the software, This icon appears in the system tray.

There also appears to be this strange circular menu. By clicking the menu Center will open a WiFi router settings screen.

The screen is almost all in Chinese, but click on the link indicated by the red arrow blue.

You must then configure the network name and password and then click on the link below also indicated by red arrow.

After that everything should work, IE, will appear on your phone or tablet a new WiFi network internet sharing computer.

Below we have the settings menu in CHINESE that appears when you click with the right button on the icon in the system tray. From top to bottom we have: “Show the circular menu”, “Let the SSID hidden”, “WiFi information”, “Album of songs”, “music to work out”, “video sharing”, “feedback”, “about” and “leave”. It may be that my Chinese is not very sharp and something is wrong!

The settings on video sharing and music won't work without an account at Baidu, What I didn't have interest in doing. It's a good product, with a good range considering the size of the device. Easy to use, Although many of the menus are in Chinese. I leave the link of 4Shared with drivers and the link to the DealExtreme.

Drivers – http://www.4shared.com/file/Um7NmGH3ce/XiaoduWiFi140730_M_308.html

Product – http://www.dx.com/p/baidu-portable-mini-usb-wifi-wireless-broadband-router-white-284787