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Summary: Crashes Often!!
Review: I bought one of these last week brand new, and will probably have to return it. The 108Mbps is great, but the card crashes my machines frequently. I have two toshiba tablet PCs, both freshly installed with Windows XP, and the card bluescreens either one at least once a day. It also often simply quits working, and requires a reboot to detect my d-link access points again. On install with the very latest drivers, it complains that the drivers are not signed by Microsoft, which should be a warning. They seem to be very crappy stability, these would never sell in Japan.
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Summary: Terrible device drivers
Review: There's a reason why this card is so cheap and offers a rebate. It will waste endless hours of your time getting it to work.The people that gave this card good reviews either (1) are not using encryption, or (2) don't have revision B of the card. I started out with the original drivers under WinMe. But I was frustrated because it would never remember my encryption settings. Also, I wanted to experience the much-touted "108Mps", so I downloaded the latest drivers. After that, nothing worked. The new drivers are complete junk. I'm a software professional, and I spent about 24 hours over the last 3 days trying to get the updated drivers to work. I'm currently using the old driver and the newer Utility (which you use to set it up and see what speeds you're getting). It's unbelievable that such a well-known and well-respected (?) company as D-Link would put out such a bad product. The hardware may be good, but it's useless without decent drivers. Pay the extra money and buy a better card. I wish I had.
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Summary: A Great Wireless Adapter
Review: Following the instructions was never an easy thing for me to do, but when you do it right, installation is a snap. The speeds for this card are good, even when not coupled with a D-Link wireless access point. The security is easy to use and quite secure. The range is also a plus for this card. I can be anywhere in my office and still recieve an Internet connection. This is great for when I have meetings and I bring my laptop to meetings. I give this card 5 stars because it deserves it. I had zero problems, and am very pleased with it's performance.
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Summary: Hardware Version B3 doesn't work on my laptop
Review: I have a brand new compaq presario x1000 laptop (winxp) that this card (hardware version B3) doesn't work on using drivers 2.48. The laptop is fully updated with all drivers and firmware, but this card still causes the touchpad to freeze and runs the cpu at 85% utilitization for unknown reasons, except for some apparent hardware conflict with synaptics touchpad. The only reason this card gets 2 stars is because it does work on my old sony vaio fxa32 laptop running windows 2000, but the best throughput i ever got was about 30mbps, even with the super-g router DI-624 (hardware version C). Stay clear of h/w version B3, which is stamped on the outside of the box.
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Summary: D-Link DWL-G650 "Version B" sucks big time!!!
Review: This is the worst 802.11g card out there. Apparently, there are three versions (batches) of this card and the people stuck with version B are in for a major ordeal. Basically, they (D-link) have updated the driver 4-5 times and everytime they ix one bug, another pops up. I have had this card for about two months now and everytime I switch WiFi netwroks (home to school), the card goes crazy and hangs my laptop. After that, everytime I restart the machine, I get the infamous blue screen and the laptop hangs. If I remove the card, the machine boots up perfectly. This is usually followed by me reinstalling the driver and getting pissed-off. The bottom line is that if you get this card, make sure that you get version A or C. I'm not making this up... see for your self at the D-link website (they only have 1 driver for version A and C while version B has 4-5 updates). Also, just type "D-Link DWL-G650" in google groups and you'll see at least 100 posts about the same problem. By the way, I'm getting the Linksys card. I have their router and WiFi game adapters and everything works the first time!!
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Summary: Up and running in ten minutes
Review: The DI-624 Router that I got with this replaced my other router, allowing me to connect four computers via wire and this card connected my laptop to the web. Configuration couldn't be easier, and the strength of the signal in the remotest part of the house is supberb. Just great!
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Summary: Why oh why did I buy this wireless card?
Review: After seeing good reviews at Amazon I purchased both the D-Link DI-624 router and the DWL-G650 PC Card. I upgraded the router firmware to 2.28 right away, and upgraded the G650 driver to 2.46 to get 108 Mpbs and WPA-PSK. The router seems to be OK, but the G650 gives me nothing but problems. I found that if my PC suspended, when it resumed the WPA pass phrase would be lost and I had to reenter it. Sometimes, I couldn't get connected to the net even though the D-Link utility showed I was associated, and ipconfig /renew did not get me a DHCP address. I've rebooted numerous times. I've installed the newer 2.48 driver fix which caused me not to have wireless connectivity at all, so I dropped back down to 2.46. I had to give up on WPA-PSK and use WEP 128, and the only reason I bought this combination was to get WPA support. I spent hours and hours tinkering with this (in fact, days and days!) and I wish I purchased a different brand combination of router/card (even though the DI-624 seems OK, I'd prefer a single-vendor wireless solution). After having the above problems with my IBM Thinkpad, I'm trying a second G650 in my Dell Latitude C640 and I'm having similar problems. Today, however, after having removed the G650 for a day and plugged it in again, I can't get the PC to boot all the way. Removing the card lets it boot. If I try to insert the card after boot completes, the system hangs completely. I've removed and reinstalled the G650 drivers in an attempt to get a workable Dell. No luck. The one good thing I can say is that when the G650 is working, it gives me great coverage. I've been able to roam anywhere in my two-story 4-bedroom home and stay connected to the net. In toto, though, I wish I stayed with Linksys, my previous wired router vendor.
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Summary: Inconsistent performance
Review: (+)Great price, high speed
(-)HOWEVER before you buy this consider whether a cordless phone is used nearby. The DLINK card consistently drops connections when I use my 2.4 GHz phone even at 200 ft away. Yes, I should expect that due to the fact they use the same frequency but I NEVER experience interference with my 2Wire wireless card which was so much more reliant and is used at the same location. The DLINK card keeps dropping connections when the phone is used. It is incredibly frustrating and I am going to consider returning it. Third DLINK product I've bought, third satisfactory result from them. I've also used a total of 6 wireless cards and 3 wireless routers/access points. Although DLINK isn't at the bottom of the heap, it sure hasn't performed at the top. Checkout 2WIRE (hard to get retail) or Netgear's equipment.
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Summary: Good Job D-Link !
Review: Had a linksys wireless b-card that clogged up a (older C-500)notebook. It only worked within 20 feet of the linksys router and pages would only load after extensive churning and some noticeable (30 seconds+ hesitation). Installed this D-Link card and not only was the laptop now connecting immediately, but we were was able to receive the signal throughout the house and upstairs (router in basement) (about 45 feet away with many walls and other obsticles) Good job D=Link
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Summary: No sleep for my laptop.
Review: I purchased the DWL-G650 and the DI640 router about a month ago and have enjoyed 108Mbps since day 1. Only one problem, I can't allow my laptop to sleep or hibernate or I will have to reboot in order to reconnect to the router. I downgraded to the 54Mbps and the connection is fine after waking up the laptop. I tried to work out the problem with tech support. They got a painfully detailed system config document and a reproducable test case. After 3 emails they gave up and told me I would have to phone in to solve the problem. Hire some QA testers! Otherwise a good deal for 108Mbps speed.
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