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D-Link DCF-660w Wireless CompactFlash Adapter

D-Link DCF-660w Wireless CompactFlash Adapter

List Price: $99.99
Your Price: $74.99
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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Works well
Review: I have this CF card running on a 56XX series IPAQ with the upgraded PocketPC 2002 OS. HUGE TIP- unless the disk they are sending has updated drivers, download the drivers from Dlink. It isn't that the older drivers on the CD don't work (they do), but the new drivers on the website add tons of funcionality such as an Orinoco like icon on the bottom of the today screen that monitors signal strength. It also adds the ability to browse AP's within the DCF-660W's reach (hotspot searches). These (as well as the old ones) installed flawlessly and after a soft reset to load the drives worked well once the proper IP, SSID, and WEP settings were set.

I find the range from my router, a Dlink 614+, decent for such a small device, but definitely shorter that my old lucent chipped Orinoco and Avaya PCMCIA WiFi cards. A great product overall, time will tell how well it holds up.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: good for handheld pc only at this time
Review: I love this unit, good quality and better reception than the dcf-650w. The unit works in my compaq ipaq with the 650 drivers so you can get signal strength by downloading these. The only problem and the reason why I returned it and stayed with the 650 with the dcf-654 cf-pc adapter is there are no drivers for my windows 2000 laptop.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Doesn't Work with Netgear Wireless Router
Review: I purchased this CF Wi-Fi card for my Dell Axim X5 400Mhz and was unable to get it to connect to my Netgear router. I tried the drivers that came with the disk and could not get it to work. I then downloaded the updated drivers from D-Link and still could not get it to connect. Spoke with Level 3 support from D-Link and they said to try exchanging the Compact Flash card for a new one. Amazon did this for me without hesitation and had a new D-Link CF card to me within 2 days. Unfortunately, the new card would still not connect. I then purchased the Ambicom CF Wireless Card. It installed and worked perfectly immediately. Unless you have a D-Link Wi-Fi router, you should consider purchasing with caution.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Welcome Surprise!
Review: I was in the market for a CF Wi-Fi card for my iPaq H3955. Had intended to purchase either the Socket or Symbol cards, but then I found this card at Best Buy. Smaller than the previous D-Link card (DCF-650W), but not quite as small as the Symbol or Socket. Price was right though. ... Power consumption seems fine- using with the CF-Plus Expansion Back, get at least a couple hours before the first low CF battery warning. Extends above the CF sleeve about a half-inch. Software installation was smooth and painless. The card itself has an LED to indicate operation. Bringing up the card settings does offer a complete set of options, including infrastrucure or ad-hoc operation, and the documentation explains how to set up the card to work with any public hotspot. WEP works fine with my Linksys WAP. Detractor: does not have any kind of indicator on the Today screen as to signal strength. Also, no carrying case for the card.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great product at a great price
Review: I was up and running in just a couple of minutes out of the package with an iPaq 2215. Downloaded the latest drivers from the D-Link website, plugged it in and was asked which of the two connections available I wanted to connect to. (I don't have a wireless access point, but apparently two people in my apartment building do!) Worked even better when I was actually near an access point.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great product at a great price
Review: I was up and running in just a couple of minutes out of the package with an iPaq 2215. Downloaded the latest drivers from the D-Link website, plugged it in and was asked which of the two connections available I wanted to connect to. (I don't have a wireless access point, but apparently two people in my apartment building do!) Worked even better when I was actually near an access point.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: great product - TX User
Review: I was up and running with this little device in less than 10 minutes using my iPAQ. The ability to access my home server via Terminal Server from my favorite coffee shop hangout is priceless. Highly recommended!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Wrong
Review: It might of worked well if I was sent the correct item. I was sent the wireless adaptor for a PC MA311 not the CompactFlash wireless 660W Wireless Pocket PC(for cassio E-200) I would be nice if your stock people would look at the item and make sure its the correct item.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Works good!
Review: The CF card is running on a DELL AXIM, no problems. It has a little better range than the DELL 1180 CF but not by much.

The software utility on the supplied CD disk was horrible, it works but tells you nothing about the wireless sights. DOWNLOAD the latest drivers from the D-link web sight. I was about to send the D-link card back before I loaded the new software. It took two attempts to load the new utility but what a difference good software makes. Now there is all kinds of useful information available.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: D-link DCF-660W and the Dell Axim
Review: This product works great with a Dell Axim. It took all of 10min. to set up and get connected to my university's wireless 802.11b network. Just perfect!!!


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