Customer Reviews
not supported under UNIX/Linux !!! 
2005-03-10
D-Link created a confusion out there in the market area, selling the wirelss adapters with diffrent chipset using the same name for them.
The first models (version A and B) used to have Prism chipset from Intersil (which are supported by POSIX sistems) but now they changed thei chipset with other vendors like Realtek without changing the name of the product - that's how I bought this thinking it is spported - unfortunaltelly it is not !
108 Mbps is NOT working 2004-12-06
I use DI-624 and DWL-650 with Dell 600m. The 108 Mbps or Super G just doesn't work, the wireless connection drops every 10-20 min. Make sure you visit http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum and search for paeDISCONNECTED and you will meet many unhappy users there. I have tried both 2.42 and 2.50 firmware and many things suggested in http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum. The only way to make DI-624 and DWL-650 work for me is to disable Super G. DI-624 also works with my 802.11b came with Dell 600m.
Check your bus speed! 2004-10-28
Be absolutley sure that you have a 16-bit bus or this card will not be compatable with your computer. If you do not have a 16-bit bus you will have a 32-bit bus. You will need to find a wireless card that uses 32-bit bus speed.
Best of luck!
P.S. Trust me, this happened to me!
D-Link DWL-650 very poor range 
2004-10-22
I have a Belkin wireless router/modem which works well with a Belkin PC card. I also allows me to work with an HP5550 hand-held all over my house. However, only about half of the house is usable with this D-Link card and my laptop. I am very disappointed in the range although in other respects it is OK.
Works fine for my HP XP notebook 
2004-09-27
For the most part, I'm satisifed with this product. I installed this on my HP notebook, running XP Pro. Intially, I had problems getting it to work on my notebook. The installation screwed by TCP/IP so I could not connect to the web. Through some research, I figured out that I must uninstall my Sygate firewall prior to the installation, install the card, then re-install my firewall. This was consistent with a Linksys card installation I did before. After I got it running, it works pretty good. I have it connected to my Linksys router with 128-bit WEP.
Some say that when you take out the card, then put it back in, that you will have to re-enter the WEP key. I had this issue at first, but I no longer have this problem. What I do is that I'll keep the card out while I boot up my PC. When my PC is fully booted, I will then insert the card. XP will read it, and then I'm online without entering the WEP key. Sometimes I do have to manually connect by clicking connect, but rarely will I have to re-enter the WEP key.
Pros:
Low priced, keeps its signal about 95% of the time, speed is fast and acceptable.
Cons:
Signal strength is lower than I expected. Being downstairs right under the router, strength will be between 65-80%. But even though the signal is low, my connection speed is still good.
Good 11b card for portable devices 
2007-02-17
Using adapter with Jornada 720 and compaq drivers without any problems
Their web suggests good linux support but... 2006-02-25
The chipset in this model changes from revision to revision. When I checked their web I got the impression it had good linux support. Before I purchased I also got the same impression - but that was for some other revision of the card.
So - the two stars is for that. I have no reason to believe that the hardware is not just fine - but I feel like D-link misled me into thinking this card had good linux support.
The Best PC Card In the Business 2005-08-30
I first tried a Netgear MA521. It saved me in France from being completely without internet service, but connections were spotty. Here at home, it worked fair, but only in a couple of rooms. And then kept looking for network address. Then tried a Linksys WUSB11. This is worthless, and I NEVER got connected anywhere in the house. Not once. Then the D-Lind dwl-650. This is great. Works ANYWHERE in the house and never loses the connection. And I don't even have broadband.
Easy to use and Works Perfect 2005-04-12
When I say that this wireless adapter card works perfectly I mean it. I've never had to reboot because of this being in my laptop, or ever had a problem with my wireless connection because of this card, nor was it hard to get working in the first place.
I can't say how much I value this card because you only know the value after it's gone. And I've never been apart from this card now that it's pretty much a permanent fixture in my laptop.
The range is perfect for me. I never feel that I have to get super close, nor do I feel I can walk real far away from the AP I'm connected to. Overall this card works wonders and I recommend it to anyone who needs a wireless adapter PCMCIA slot card in their laptop.
Decent and Reliable 802.11b Laptop Card 2005-04-05
If I had to buy another wireless card for my laptop, and I wanted to stay 802.11b, I'd buy this card again. And how many computer devices can you say that about? Not many in my book.
This wireless card was easy to use and installation just took one reboot and some clicking of NEXT. Everything seemed to work on the first try and I haven't had any major issues that a normal reboot didn't fix now and then. But I don't blame that on this card, just windows.
Good range, decent configuration interface, and doesn't take a powerful machine to run it. It works for me and I don't see why it wouldn't for others.
