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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: 1 stars
Summary: What a pain!
Review: I had no problems installing the drivers for this card when I bought it. Excellent signal strength, fast speeds. It decided to stop working about 6 weeks later. I have tried getting help from D-Link support and it has been no help. I have been unable to reconnect for 3 weeks now, and D-Link refuses to accept that it might be a problem with their product. My first contact with tech support was rude and patronizing. The second contact directed me to download a "new" driver from their website--a driver which was older than the version that came with the card! The third, fourth, and fifth contacts were no help either. I've given up hope. Do not buy this card unless you have a lot of time to fix their bugs.

(I'm running Windows Me with a Toshiba PXC1100U cable modem and the D-Link DI-624 wireless router. My roommate has no problem connecting the router with his XP & Centrino-running laptop)

UPDATE: I finally got through to someone at D-Link that was helpful. An hour later on the phone, he was finally able to get it working. They need to work on their self-install guide to make it easier for non-techies like me to get their networks up and runnning!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Not compatible with Windows XP
Review: D-Link card will connect to a peer-to-peer network at home 80% of the time on the first try. Connects to an open (non-wep) base station network (city-wide "Cafenet" wifi) with some coaxing.

Connects to my work network (with wep) intermittently, at best. I don't remember the last time I've had such a frustrating experience. I done everything per D-Link instructions (i.e. if your software doesn't work, disable Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration) and still their software won't run. Windows will often associate with a base station but won't take a DHCP address. This card, on Windows XP, is an absolute nightmare - stay away.

(I should mention it works on my wife's Win2k laptop without issue.)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Fast and easy
Review: I purchased a D-Link G650 due to the excellent reviews it has gotten. Even though I have a Linksys wireless router, the D-Link seemed to be the best laptop card available. Sure enough, it is fast and has a strong signal anywhere in the house. Although the card paperwork states that it needs a minimum 300mhz processor, my laptop is a P233 and it works just fine. This card is fast and easy to setup. It is better than I hoped!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Overall Very good
Review: I own this for a dell laptop, and it works very well. I use it for a home network, and at my college to detect wireless signals in the classroom. The only issue i have is that when i first turn on my computer i have to open the program that comes with the device, and go to configuration and then hit apply before the internet will work.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Fairly happy
Review: I've never used wireless networking before this and overall I am pleased. The only issue i have that occasionally I'll lose signal even when my computer doesn't move. (And I frequently lose signal when I move outside) It's kinda annoying but like i said overall it was worth the 30 bucks.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Doesn't work with Turbo mode to access sharing on another PC
Review: But do work to access internet.
I have a DI-624 (Revision C3, Firmware 2.50) wireless router, a DWL-G650 (B4, Driver 2.54) wireless card on my Laptop (XP SP2), and a DWL-G520 (B2, Driver 3.17) wireless card on my desktop (Win2K SP4).

If I enable the "Super G with static Turbo", all connected at 108M, when I do a speed test, shows like below:

G520 ---> Internet = 3M
G650 ---> Internet = 3M
G650 ---> G520 = 20k~250k
G520 ---> G650 = 20k~250k

If I disable turbo mode, all are connected at 54M, will be like this:

G520 ---> Internet = 3M
G650 ---> Internet = 3M
G650 ---> G520 = 12M
G520 ---> G650 = 12M

if I connect my Laptop to the router with a cable to get rid of the G650 wireless car, enable "Super G with static Turbo", will be like this:

G520 ---> Internet = 3M
G650 ---> Internet = 3M
Laptop ---> G520 = 30M
G520 ---> Laptop = 30M

G650 just doesn't working properly with 108M! (Also tried with driver 2.46 and DI-624 with firmware 2.42, same thing.)

(Somebody mentioned revision C2 is the latest one and working better than B4, unfortunately I can't get one in Canada.)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent speed, ease of use, and configurability
Review: I bought this to go with the D-Link DI-624 wireless router for my broadband inet connection.

Setup was a breeze. I installed the driver, shutdown, plugged in the card, and booted up. That was it. No configuration needed.

There is plenty of configuration options available if I choose. So it also works with my wireless network at work.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Didn't work for me !
Review: I bought the DWL-G650 card (Version B4) along with the the 624 Router. THe router was easy to install and configure. Work great.

But this card was a pain. I have HP laptop with windows XP properly updated to the lastest service pack.

Windows was complaining about that the drivers was not "Windows logo testing" certified ! Even with the latest D-Link drivers ....So, everytime I reboot my machine...windows asks me to re-intall/configure everything...totally unacceptable....

Let's be positive...of course, I got this card running...it works great ..but I could not fix the problem above...I didn't want to call customer support as well :-) ...

I tried a Netgear card after....was working without any problems.






Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I Use it, so It's Got to be Easy!
Review: I didn't really have much wireless networking experience before buying this D-Link PC Cardbus adapter and a D-Link wireless access point. I've certainly never set up a wireless network before.

But doing my homework on the Internet while the product is being shipped to me, and reading the quick install guides that come with this product was quite helpful to say the least. I now know you should secure your wireless connection with some sort of encryption. So now Im all setup and this card lets me go wireless with my laptop.

Very easy to use software, after reading instructions of course, and the hardware looks nice and solid. nothing flimsy about them. I have zero problems with this card in my laptop.

I recommend this card for even the beginners.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: was great until it starting flaking out
Review: I had no problems installing the drivers for this card when I bought it. Excellent signal strength, fast speeds. It decided to stop working about 6 weeks later. I have tried getting help from D-Link support and it has been no help. I have been unable to reconnect for 3 weeks now, and D-Link refuses to accept that it might be a problem with their product. My first contact with tech support was rude and patronizing. The second contact directed me to download a "new" driver from their website--a driver which was older than the version that came with the card! The third, fourth, and fifth contacts were no help either. I've given up hope. Do not buy this card unless you have a lot of time to fix their bugs.

(I'm running Windows Me with a Toshiba PXC1100U cable modem and the D-Link DI-624 wireless router. My roommate has no problem connecting the router with his XP & Centrino-running laptop)

UPDATE: I finally got through to someone at D-Link that was helpful. An hour later on the phone, he was finally able to get it working. They need to work on their self-install guide to make it easier for non-techies like me to get their networks up and runnning!


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