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Summary: Very annoyed...
Review: Do you know that feeling? You buy some new hardware and look forward to using it. The first few steps of the installation work but then something else happens that is not described in the manual. In my case the computer doesn't see any new hardware. Things go rapidly downhill from there; you try doing things in a different order - nothing. You try finding it with the Windows hardware wizard - doesn't appear. On the next iteration the whole computer shuts down and you think you've lost it. By then you know that you are going to waste a lot of time. This is what happened to me after buying the Belkin Wireless Desktop Network CardManual doesn't help; the Belkin website is next to useless. I am not going to make international phonecalls to the States. Several hours on, adrenalin coursing through your veins you just manage to not throw the stuff out of the window. I lost an afternoon, Belkin lost their reputation. This is the last Belkin product that I buy... Just read some other reviews of this piece of "kit" and see that I'm not the only one with this problem. I'm going to try and return it to the shop.
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Summary: Decent card for the dosh
Review: Having relied for ages on a wired link from my PC upstairs to my Router/Firewall downstairs, I decided to take the plunge and go wireless. I bought a Linksys router and the Belkin wireless card. Plugged the card in first, booted up, installed the software and was quickly able to communicate with my linksys router. The performance of the card can be a bit funny now an again, but it is generally very stable and I have no problems accessing the Internet at much the same speed as I did with a wired network. I paid ?30.00 for the card, so was impressed with the overall quality considering the low cost. For anyone looking to take the plunge into the wireless market, I can certainly recommend this card and for ?30.00 you can't go too far wrong!
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Summary: Decent card for the dosh
Review: Having relied for ages on a wired link from my PC upstairs to my Router/Firewall downstairs, I decided to take the plunge and go wireless. I bought a Linksys router and the Belkin wireless card. Plugged the card in first, booted up, installed the software and was quickly able to communicate with my linksys router. The performance of the card can be a bit funny now an again, but it is generally very stable and I have no problems accessing the Internet at much the same speed as I did with a wired network. I paid £30.00 for the card, so was impressed with the overall quality considering the low cost. For anyone looking to take the plunge into the wireless market, I can certainly recommend this card and for £30.00 you can't go too far wrong!
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Summary: Pure garbage!
Review: Horrible card. The drivers are very sloppy, and bulky. Also, on my Windows 98 system, after multiple installations, it would not recognize the card. I returned this card and got the D-Link DWL-G520 Airplus Xtreme G card, and had it installed and running in 5-10 minutes. Quite disappointing, as the Belkin wireless gateway is fantastic. I just wish the cards were of the same quality.
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Summary: Works Great Once It Works
Review: I have a Belkin Wireless Router and 3 Belkin Desktop Cards. I have three different versions of windows, and the card installed without a problem on two of them. I could not get it installed on the third. I called Belkin Customer Service and the tech got to work fairly quickly. I also had to contact Belkin when I installed the router, and again, Customer Service was very efficient.......I got a tech quikly, and he got the router working in a short time. The third card just went in, and the other two have been in almost a year, and the system works great. The router is in my basement, and one computer is two floors above it, and there is never a signal issue. If this product was easier to set up, I would rate it at 5 stars. Nevertheless, the prize is worth the contest......
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Summary: OS X Installation and usage
Review: I have just finished the installation of this card into my PowerMac G4 running Mac OS X 10.3.5. I must say I was initially very cautious with the installation because of the poor reviews that it has recieved here on Amazon.com. I must say that the installation and setup was extremely easy. Running the latest version of Mac OS X the card works directly from the Airport drivers installed with the operating system, no additional setup is required. I plugged the card in and OS X recognized it immediately. I have had the chance to test the connection speed and it is running at the full 54Mbps, outstanding. Mac users should definately give this one a try, rather than forking out hundred-some dollars for Apple's Airport card.
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Summary: If only I could give it no stars
Review: I've purchased PCI wireless cards from Linksys and Netgear in the past and have installed them with no problems. However, this Belkin PCI card has lots of problems. I installed it on a friend's Dell to use with a SMC router. The connection was very, very slow, but worse than that it somehow disabled the built-in LAN port on the Dell (i.e., the network cable was never removed, but now Windows reports that the "network cable is unplugged."). In order to fix things, I've tried just about everything -- resetting the TCI/IP stack, uninstalling the Belkin card, reinstalling the Belkin card, etc. etc.. Now I am to the point where I'm going to have to reinstall Windows to get my friend's Dell to work again. Go get a Linksys, Netgear or D-link card... not this one.
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Summary: Garbage!
Review: Picked this card up two days ago. As usual, I skip the manual and throw the card into a PCI slot on one of my older Pentium machines (Windows 2000 PRO). Computer won't boot. Remove all other cards, still no boot. Tried every available PCI slot - no boot. Switched it over to my "main rig" an Athlon based system. No boot. Remove all other other cards, no boot. Try every available PCI slot - no boot. So I decide to read the manual. States you must install the software first....hmmm...ok I'm an idiot.....but would that allow my systems to boot? (very skeptical at this point) But what the heck...... Run setup program on Pentium based system. Gets a little into it and then quite politely tells me the setup could not complete and to try again.....so I reboot and try again....no dice. Run setup on Athlon based system....Same problem..... Call technical support.....they tell me to make sure I have the card in BEFORE installing the software....I'm obviously a little miffed, manual says the exact opposite....Then I tell the guy I tried that, and my PC won't boot.....his answer: it's my motherboards fault.....then I tell him I tried it on two diffent PC's same issue, and on top of that the software setup fails....his answer? Go exchange it for another one......yeah right...another one.....another brand!
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Summary: Great Product, Great Price
Review: Plug and play with OS X 10.2.8 on my PowerMac G4 Desktop. It uses the built-in Airport software without a hitch. I believe it's only running at 11 mb/ second but that's Apple's fault for not updating thier Airport software for Jaguar. In any event, that speed is fine for me because I'm not running a file sharing network and only using it for internet surfing.
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Summary: Never got it to install.
Review: Purchased the F5D7000 because of the price. First attempt, windows XP never found the card. Got replacement card from Belkin. Second attempt, computer would not power up. I would push the power button, the fans would come on, the second I released the power button, the computer would shutdown. Would not boot. Took first card back to Office Max. They would only issue me a replacement. Third attempt, computer would not boot. Took card back to Office Max and demanded a different card. Picked up a D-Link DWL G520 (Extreme G). I was up and running in 5 minutes. Very easy install and setup. I need to go to the D-link site to download the latest firmware but I am very pleased with the D-Link. Save yourself some pain and suffering, don't gamble on this card.
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