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D-Link DWL-120 11 Mbps Wireless USB Network Adapter

D-Link DWL-120 11 Mbps Wireless USB Network Adapter

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Works with linux
Review: only 4 stars because I need to download linux-wlan-ng, which isn't shipped with the kernel, but that's the only complaint; it works with wavemon too. It is nice and compact, enough so that a *shorter* USB A-B cable would be an advantage, for packing in a laptop case.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: Product seems to be OK but if you run into any trouble forget about it. D-link tech support is clueless. They can't speak English, and they have no knowledge of their own products much less basic networking. I bought a D-Link 713P (wireless router)along with this product. Tech support could not even tell me what one of the two products was at fault. I'm returning both items and I'm getting a Linksys router and NIC. You get what you pay for, and I recommend you pay a little extra for another wireless brand.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: drops connection with 614+ router using xp
Review: shows excellent signal strength but then for no reason looses connection for a few seconds then connects back up, does this constantly, tried changing channel to 6 and that helped a bit, I am going to try to flash the bios in the 614AP. Any help on this one?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Works great!
Review: Super easy to install, and even works with my Mac network.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Quick Install And Even Easier to Use
Review: The first thing I thought of when I saw this product was the fact that i didn't even have to open up the computer to install it. That is a big factor to me. And I am sure it is to others.

I was able to get this product up and running in about 5 minutes. That is quicker than any other Networking product I can think of. If you want easy and wireless, this is the answer.

Although it takes up a USB port, and doesn't allow you to use the USB connection for any other high demanding bandwidth device, it is an ease of use product and that is why I give it such a high score. Anyone can plug in a USB cable. Not everyone can install a PCI card.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good Thing in a Small Package
Review: The speed I attained was 225 Kbps, far slower than the 1.6Mbps I achieved with the wired connection with the same DL-713P wireless router. Otherwise signal strength was very good to excellent from 75'.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great for Laptops!
Review: This device, coupled with either an access point or router (or both), gives fabulous performance and maximum flexibility. I network my laptop with my main machine, and can move my laptop anywhere around the house (even the backyard) with no obvious degradation in performance. Thus, I can access the internet or share (and print) files from any room in the house with no additional wires. Also, the technical support folks are great - they didn't treat me like a moron, etc. and they actually helped! I highly recommend this device or other D-Link stuff. (I also have D-Link's DI-713P access point/broadband router).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: USB heaven
Review: This was a great buy. I didn't want to add another PCI card and this was the best solution. At first I was worried that the USB connection wouldn't be fast enough, but that disappeared as soon as I hooked it up. It's now zooming away.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent product
Review: We use these to rent to customers at our WISP and they're wonderful. Easy to set up, they find AP's fast, pull quick and have FANTASTIC range - even without ideal LOS (far better than the PCMCIA cards).

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: The D-Link disappoints.
Review: While the thought of being able to simply plug-and-play and get 802.11 wireless networking is appealing, the d-link doesn't deliver. The installation was fairly simple, requiring only a quick reboot (after setting IP addresses, etc). But! I have never been able to get more than 2Mbps out of this device, even 2 feet from the AP. I have a laptop with built-in wireless, and it easily gets 6mbps. Also, my Win98 computer is less than reliable while using the D-Link... Windows blue-screens after a short while -- generally when transferring moderate to large amounts of data.

In all, you'd do best to check out the USB solutions from other manufacturers (I know for a fact Lucent ORINOCO and Linksys have similar products).


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