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Summary: Avoid this card.
Review: I'm sure this card would work well on a machine running Windows XP on an all D-Link wireless network, but it looks like that's where D-Link's product testing ended.I should say up front that I didn't do my research before buying this card. I intended to buy a DWL-520 based on the Prism 2.5 chipset in order to build FreeBSD based access point. Despite the similarity in name, the DWL-520+ is based on a TI ACX100 chipset, which has only a very small (and not vendor supported or assisted) open source effort behind it. When I tried to verify the card was in fact working on a win 2K machine I discovered that it would: a) Crash the machine if the drivers are installed via the normal "Add new Hardware" discovery process (to be fair the instructions state to install the drivers before introducing the card into the machine). b) Once installed and operating under ad-hoc mode, it would cause the ORiNOCO wavelan card on my laptop to lockup. This thing might work for you if you have a homogenous setup, but if your playing with the technology, expect it to cause problems.
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Summary: Reliable and Frees up your PC
Review: I put one of these in my portable XPC from Shuttle and now everything I need is built right into that machine. I use wireless keyboard and mouse so really the only thing my PC is plugged into that restricts it from movement is the power cable, and Monitor. I take this to LAN parties and everyone is impressed. I also bring my DWL-900AP+ so I can get fast 11Mbps actual throughput is I want. Or I just plug in the Ethernet into the built in NIC and I am high speed wired. All in all this PCI wireless adapter helps me find networks nearby. I've attached external antennas directly to this and I can pick up my local starbucks if I want to. Overall this card works great and is a good addition to any PC even if your aren't very mobile.
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Summary: Works very well with DI-614 router.
Review: Very easy to install and easy to easy to setup. I already bought DI-614 and the setup was a breeze. Did not encounter any problems at all. Just had to download a patch from Microsoft-xp site for D-520+ using the windows update.
I highly recommend this product if you are using with DI-614+.
Great product, Great price.
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Summary: Constant Wireless Connection with good speeds
Review: With this wireless adapter in my PC I am eliminating the cable that attaches my PC to my router. Being that one of our PCs is in a different room than the router it is kind of hard to drag cable everywhere. So with this easy to install wireless adapter in my card I still get a strong connection to the router, plus it is encrypted so nobody can see my data or log on to my network. With 256-bit WEP enabled I get no bad effects, which I've heard could be an issue. Overall I think this is a great choice to those who need to be wireless.
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Summary: Performs like a Champ!
Review: This card is very useful in my desktop.
We've always had a desktop in the den for the kids to use and play with, but I never had the time, or want to drill holes in the walls or floor to wire it to our network. Well we eventually got a wireless access point for our laptop. Then I realized that we get a pretty powerful signal in the den. So I went out and bought this card and stuck it in my old PC desktop with windows 2000. The antenna seems to be in a bad place (behind the PC and all), but it gets good signal so I have no complaints. Now the kids can go online when they are in the den. The install was easy and hardly worth mentioning.
I recommend this to others who don't want to drill holes or climb in the attic.
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Summary: Crashes computer
Review: Installed it in an XP machine w/ MSI K2T combo board. It crashed my computer several times. It either freezes as XP boots or freezes after completed booting. Installed it in a different computer, did not freeze but was unable to connect to netgear router. Frustrating!!! Spent several days tweaking I'm finally giving up and getting another brand.
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Summary: SOOO EASY!!
Review: I mean you follow the easy instructions on the manual. Setup your router and that's it. It just connects that simple, and great speeds
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Summary: But don't install the free software
Review: I installed the DWL-520+ and it worked well. The next time I tried using it I could not connect to the Internet. After three very frustrating calls to Tech Support (where do they find these guys?), it turns out that the system was jammed by a firewall that had been installed along with free "security" software that was included on the installation disk. Like the product, hate the free software -- why would they include it if it jams their own hardware?
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Summary: Worked seamlessly (with 614+ router) and so easy to install.
Review: Perfect. Connections are good. Also was able to download an upgraded driver from the DLink support site compatible with 2.18 firmware for 614+. This enable 4X connections (double that of 22Mbs but note that I didn't actually benchmark the speed).
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Summary: Don't buy - Don't work with soundcars, no Linux, no help!
Review: I bought this card, the router and a PCMCIA card. But unfortunately I discovered after the return period of the dealer, that my computer will reboot when recording sound. After calling D-Link I tried two SoundBlaster and one Yamaha card, none worked. There is also no Linux driver available and no support for the Linux developers to write one. This should not be supported by buying this card. D-Link is not willing to take their card back or to exchange it. So, save yourself some trouble and buy some other card that works with soundcards.
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