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Summary: Windows Xp problems
Review: I got it to work the first time, but when I reboot with the Card inserted my computer crashes. If I reboot without the card inserted and then insert it after my computer still crashes. The only way I got it to work is to disable the driver, put in the card and then enable it. The driver download for XP has a problem. Other than this it works alright but the range is not as great as you might think.
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Summary: Works out of the box
Review: Works flawlessly. Installed the drivers for Win2k - a reboot later the card worked without having to fiddle with any settings. Used it with a Linksys wireless hub which may have contributed to the ease of installation. Great value for money.
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Summary: Easy install.. but whats the point?
Review: I will agree that the install was great.. NO issues at all.. However, if I have to sit UNDER THE access point to get reception then what was the point of wireless?? I could have just as easily "clicked" in.. I was VERY unhappy with the product.. But the uninstall was easy too.. maybe they knew something.. :)
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Summary: Easy to install but very poor range
Review: Three months ago I bought two DLINK wireless cards (DWL-500 and 650) for home networking. I put one in a desktop, one in a laptop, and configured them to communicate on a adhoc basis. The layout of the house is not unusual at all. I am only trying to communicate from one room to another (a total 'as the crow flies' distance of about 12 mtrs.) To start with all seemed well but it became increasingly clear that the range appeared to be poor (absolute max. 10 mtrs.). I put this down to the location of the DWL-650 in the desktop so I then bought a DWL-120 thinking that as the device was moveable I could position the antenna higher and thus get a better range. Unfortunately this did little to improve things. I was still only getting a typical useable range of 9-11 mtrs in any direction. I tried various permutations with the DWL-120 and 650 and found that only a small movement from side to side at the maximum range would cause the signal to drop. I don't know if this is typical. Disillusioned, I then bought an DWL-1000AP thinking that this would be the final solution. I reconfigured the whole system for infrastructure mode and tried again. To my dismay I found that I was still not getting any further improvement apart from the fact that I could now see what the link and signal quality was. This simply confirmed my suspicion that the range was still incredibly poor and nowhere near the stated 35-100 mtrs. I work in IT for a profession, so I'm not daft. I use Orinoco wireless cards at work and have had no problems with configuring and using these at all. I cannot believe this product is so poor that I am going to be limited to this restrictive range. I'm about to ship the whole lot back.
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Summary: Worked as advertised
Review: I purchased this PCMCIA and the 713 access point. Both were up and running in about 10 minutes flawlessly. No problems.
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Summary: Russian roulette configuration
Review: After many, many hours of frustration trying to get this thing to run; found out from an online forum that it needs to reside on it's own IRQ. Won't share. This is nowhere in product documentation. Got it to work and it was great - until I upgraded computers. Can't free up an IRQ on the new machine, so have to buy a new wireless card.
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Summary: Beware, it may be incompatible
Review: Caveat emptor, or buyer beware. This card is cardbus, that means it won't work with 16 bit PCMCIA slots found in older notebooks. If your notebook is cardbus compatible, then it works fine.
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Summary: Quick, Reliable, and Easy to Set-Up
Review: I love this product because it took me about 5 minutes to set-up and recognize my DI-714. All I had to do was install the drivers, insert the card and reboot. It was up and working right out of the box.
I get great signal strength throughout my entire home (including bathroom) but I am not sure if it is because of my DI-714 or DWL-650. But either way you look at it, these are a great combination of products.
Highly Recommended.
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Summary: This product is a big pain!
Review: First off, if you don't follow their install instructions to the very letter, you're in for trouble. Requires lots of reboots to get it working. Second thing, the cards work well communicating to other DWL-650 cards in ADHOC mode, but will not communicate in ADHOC mode with either the Lucent Orinoco Gold card or the Cisco card. Third, could not get either of my two DWL-650 cards configured to work with the Linksys wireless router in infrastructure (AP) mode, even after verifying all configurable parameters and using the latest drivers and firmware. Finally, one of my cards heats up in the laptop and stops working -- I have to pull it out, wave it around to cool it off, then put it back in. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT -- YOU WILL REGRET IT! Even though this card uses an industry standard Prism II chipset, the design around the chipset is obviously substandard.
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Summary: Out of the Box Ease and Signal Strength is Great
Review: I bought this along with the DI-713P and was a little sceptical an how it would all work,and how much effort and online reading i would have to put into this before I could get it up and running correctly. But to my suprise everything worked without any settings changes. I was walked through the simple set-up of this PC Card and it was basically clicking the next button a series of times. When I was done and rebooted the Card immediatley recognized the DI-713P. I was amazed and I think you will be too. Make sure you have the latest Firmware for both the DWL-650 and the DI-713P.
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