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card=8 software=0
by wetcrankymonkey
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June 24, 2005
Pros: good connection and signal
Cons: software was worthless, tech support worse...
Summary: I decided on this card and the corresponding router based on the CNET article about setting up your home wireless system. Found both for reasonable price. Router hooked up, works ...
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Summary: I decided on this card and the corresponding router based on the CNET article about setting up your home wireless system. Found both for reasonable price. Router hooked up, works great, fairly easy to use/change settings. No ill effects on my desk top.
followed the install instructions for the card, when it came time to shut off the laptop, insert the card, and reboot...the card was either never recognized or drivers could not be installed or read off the install cd. Tech support was possibly the worst I've encountered including the 1st level tech I talked too not knowing what the product was initially, breathing heavily into his head set, and audibly belching under his breath. Not to mention having no idea what was wrong.
Second level support was more professional but no more helpful in figuring out why the drivers either didn't exist or wouldn't install.
Solution, internet search, found similar problems. Downloaded BOINGO software....works like a champ! So what should have taken 30 minutes tops, took two nights of tinkering and frustration.
I would recomend the card and router, but don't even bother with Dlink's software.
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5 out
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3
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Crashed TCP/IP in Windows 98SE
by
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January 12, 2005
Pros: I bought the DWL-G650 in a bundle with the DI-624 wireless router at a great price, and the router worked well enough on a direct (wired) connection. The cardbus adapter was another story.
Cons: After installation, the adapter showed connection to the DI-624 router, but never maintained maximum connection rates for more than a few minutes, and this was with the router and adapter sitting side-by-side. Of much greater concern, my laptop's Internet
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of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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5
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After 4 returns no longer worthwhile
by
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May 18, 2004
Pros: The DWL-G650 was great while it worked. Easy set-up, solid connections, fast transfer. I often stayed logged in to work through a VPN all day long. Superb customer service. They seem to get a lot of practice.
Cons: I tossed in the towel after returning four different cards with two different hardware revisions. The first two would lose connection but regained it with light pressure on the antenna. The third was DOA. The fourth worked great for about a week until
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4
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With XP Home on a laptop it freezes
by
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January 12, 2005
Pros: Easy to set up - good step by step guide. When it works, it's OK.
Cons: Drops connection when WEP is enabled. And now the biggie! It totally freezes my system. I can't even bring up the task manager to quit the process. When it's frozen and I remove the card, the machine reboots. It might be an XP problem, but it does cl
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of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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10
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WOW New 108Mbps Firmware!
by
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October 15, 2003
Pros: With the new firmware just released this week by D-Link I've been able to get 45Mbps actual throughput. I used QCheck to test my speeds. I also have no 11b clients around or in use, so I locked down the DI-624 (router/AP) into "Turbo" (aka 108Mbps) mode a
Cons: none. the Firmware download is FREE!
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9
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re d-link DWL-G650
by starbor
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October 10, 2007
Pros: vERY GOOD and usufull
Cons: Excellent product
Summary: I have that adapter almost 2yrs
Had linksys before.The reason I switched to D-link is all my WI-FI stuff now is D-link and I am very happySignal always strong ...
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Summary: I have that adapter almost 2yrs
Had linksys before.The reason I switched to D-link is all my WI-FI stuff now is D-link and I am very happySignal always strong Support 24x7 is OK
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Bad drivers
by Tullenz
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January 23, 2007
Pros: None to mention
Cons: Bad and confusion installation and does not work.
Summary: Do not buy this product, its one of the most cumbersome to install. Does not work on all laptop, will freeze when installing drivers. Slow connection, as the reviews article ...
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Summary: Do not buy this product, its one of the most cumbersome to install. Does not work on all laptop, will freeze when installing drivers. Slow connection, as the reviews article stated too many different revision of drivers will confuse many user. Overall: DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT, YOU WILL REGRET IT!!!
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stay away from all D-Link!!!!
by timman300
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December 3, 2006
Pros: Makes a good paper weight
Cons: Hummm... it's crap, and oh ya, it's also crap!
Summary: Wow, I can?t begin to tell you how absolutely terrible D-Link products are! Bad, Bad, Bad! I purchased a D-Link DWL-G650 Wireless Cardbus Adaptor for my Dell notebook running ...
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Summary: Wow, I can?t begin to tell you how absolutely terrible D-Link products are! Bad, Bad, Bad! I purchased a D-Link DWL-G650 Wireless Cardbus Adaptor for my Dell notebook running XP professional. I also purchased a D-Link DI-524 wireless router. I can tell you the ?D? in D-link stands for ?Don?t work?!!!
First, the router has terrible transmission problems. I barely get a signal one room away, and it will flip from ?excellent? to ?poor? reception constantly. I also get kicked off about every 30 minutes. It doesn?t work at all more than 25 feet away.
Second, the wireless card has a lot of difficulty connecting to the router. It takes anywhere from 30 seconds to 4 minutes to acquire the signal. I also had huge problems trying to use other networks while on the road. I developed a problem where I would try to connect to a network and my computer would completely crash! I would get a message saying something like: ?A problem has been detected and windows has shut down? my computer would then go into DOS and I?d need to power down. This happened almost every time I tried to use the cardbus adaptor.
I?ve tried to call D-Link support but just wait on hold for more than 30 minutes. I gave up and bought a 3-com cardbus adaptor and have never had any crashes. The router still works like crap though.
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7
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Reliable card, SW worthless
by kkicker80
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August 7, 2006
Pros: Good connection to DI-624, Reliable, No problems
Cons: Software for card of no value
Summary: I have had great experience with this card. However, I allow Windows to manage my wireless connections for this card as the utility they send with the card isn't ...
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Summary: I have had great experience with this card. However, I allow Windows to manage my wireless connections for this card as the utility they send with the card isn't of any value.
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8
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Next to perfect card, software needs a bit of work.
by Anthony 110
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July 23, 2006
Pros: Awesome reception, good speed.
Cons: Software satisfactory
Summary: Nice card to take and access hotspots, and networks while travelling but the software just isn't as good as others I have seen. Windows also seems to interfere sometimes ...
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Summary: Nice card to take and access hotspots, and networks while travelling but the software just isn't as good as others I have seen. Windows also seems to interfere sometimes with the utility. The software has nothing truly special in it that windows dosen't have. Easy to read diagnostic LED's, too bad it dosen't come in black though.
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