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D-Link DWL-G650 AirPlus Xtreme G Wireless PC Card 108Mbps

D-Link DWL-G650 AirPlus Xtreme G Wireless PC Card 108Mbps

List Price: $69.99
Your Price: $51.99
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Outstanding Little CardBus Adapter
Review: You mean I can access 802.11b AND 802.11g networks, plus get a max of 54Mbps bandwidth? Where do I sign up?

I signed up with the D-Link team with my wireless and there has been no looking back since then. With this card and the other D-Link stuff I got I get fast speeds, cool looks, reliable connections, and top security features. This card and the whole XtremeG line has performed oustanding for me.

Setup was a sinch, adapting to other networks is easy as pie, and I like it all.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This is Excellent
Review: When I first saw my friend with one of these in his laptop I had to have it. The fast 802.11g speeds, the sleek look, the easy to use software, the range he got with this card, everything was coming up milhouse.

Then I bought it and found it is all that and then some. The installation was real easy, the use of this product is quite simple as far as configuring it to work with other hotspots. Anyhow I wanted it, I got it, and now I love it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This works great with the 614+
Review: I am kinda responding to what a previous reviewer said about this not working well with the 614+. Mine works fine with my friends 614+. I have a 624 at home because I want the real 802.11g speeds, but when I am over at my friends I can connect at 11Mbps speeds. Yes this wont get faster speeds than the dwl-650+ when connected to the 614+, but the 650+ wont get faster speeds when connected to a 624. It's just the way things work, it's not D-Link's product's fault.

Anyway, this card performs great in a 802.11b network or 802.11g network. It also does have a great software package that comes with it. The utility that comes with it seems well thought out and easy to use. I like this card all the way around.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: using with DI-614+
Review: Did not work till I update router firmware to the latest one;
Using DWL-650+ I am able to get 22Mbit but with this one(DWL-G650) getting only 11Mbit; Have tried on IBM Thinkpad 600X with Win2000 and Sony VAIO Win XP pro and somewhat not always can get connected; will use for few more days to see stable performance otherwise will return; DWL-650+ looks better choice(for me).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Works as Stated, Plus Some Perks
Review: Very useful utility, strong range, simple setup, and some what inexpensive. I like it as much as you can like a wireless adapter. Thanks D-Link!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Good range and was very simple to install
Review: I can get a wireless signal from anywhere in my home and the speeds are perfect. I cant give the technical info, but I know I don't notice a difference when web browsing from when I am plugged into the router with the Ethernet cable.

Installing this card was very easy and only took about 5 minutes. One reboot and I was up and running. I use Windows 2000 Professional and a Toshiba laptop.

I'd also like to point out that the D-Link utility that comes with this card is very helpful and works quite well. With this utility I can scan the area for wireless access points and then connect to the one I want. It displays useful information like the name of the access point, signal strength, and more.

I recommend this card and if D-Link's other cards come with this type of utility I recommend at least checking them out.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Disabled my regular network connection
Review: I just puchased this item. After installation, my regular ethernet connection stopped working. It took many hours and a system restore to get it back into place. While using the wireless, my computer would sometimes lose the connection and could not be reconnected without rebooting. I am using Windows 2000, so perhaps XP users have a better time, but I can't recommend this product. I'm returning it and purchasing another brand.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Works as stated, plus it has good speeds and range!
Review: I have quite a range with this and the DI-624 from D-Link. Everything was rather simple to setup and configure. I can do a site survey and see that my neighbors have an access point up and running as well. I enable WEP so they can't get on my network, but it "looks" like someone can get ont their network pretty easily.

This along with the DI-624 work great together. Plus with this G650 card I can go to other wireless hotspots because they are mostly all 802.11b and the G products can connect to those just fine.

I am completely satisfied.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Didn't work. . .but easy to install
Review: I bought the DWL-G650 card (Version B4) along with the the 624 Router (Version C1) a few days ago. The installation was very easy. The install guide was the best I ever read.

Only one problem, it didn't work. For some reason, I could not get a signal on my laptop with the DWL-G650 card. Several calls to D-Link did not solve the problem. Though the D-Link people are great and their e-mail service is also great, I still could not hook-up.

D-Link told me to send the product back to Amazon since they believe it is either a bad router or a back card.

I'll change the star rating once I get this product to work. But it deserves at least 2 stars for the great install guide and the helpful people at D-Link.

UPDATE: After more converstaions with the D-Link tech suport people, they concluded that the problem was with the latest firmware update (2.48) to this wireless card. When I use the prior firmware update 2.46, I have no problems hooking up with my Di-624 wireless router. HOWEVER, firmware update 2.46 has a WPA bug. So if you are willing to use 2.46 w/out the WPA encryption, this is a great product. The speed is amazing.

Otherwise, you may consider the Linksys w/speedboast.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: was great until it starting flaking out
Review: installation was simple on my IBM T23 running W2k and I was up running in no time and getting good range & performance. after 6 mos, i upgraded firmware on my DI-624 and driver for the G650 and the G650 has been problematic ever since - it hangs my PC until I pull the card out. As others have noted, D-Link support didnt want to acknowlege the possibility that the card was bad. I'm at the point of chucking it and trying another brand. I have no such problems using an Orinoco-based "b" setup while I am at work.


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