D Link DWL G650 Wireless Cardbus Adapter, 802.11g, 108Mbps

Editorial Review
The D-Link AirPlus DWL-G650 Cardbus Adapter is a wireless cardbus featuring the very latest in advanced wireless silicon chip technology including enhanced security to shield and protect your wireless communication from intruders. The DWL-G650 also works with 802.11b standard wireless devices and when used with other D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G products delivers throughput speeds capable of handling heavy data payloads including real-time MPEG 4 video streaming.The DWL-G650 features 802.1x for wireless user authentication, as well as WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) providing you a much higher level of security for your data and communications than has previously been available in a wireless networking solution.The D-Link AirPlus DWL-G650 also includes a configuration utility to discover available wireless networks and create and save detailed connectivity profiles for those networks most often accessed.The DWL-G650 is a powerful 32-bit cardbus adapter that installs quickly and easily into laptop PCs and when used with other D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G products automatically connects to the network. Like all D-Link wireless adapters, the DWL-G650 can be used in ad-hoc mode to connect directly with other cards for peer-to-peer file sharing or in infrastructure mode to connect with a wireless access point or router for access to the Internet in your office or home network.
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Customer Reviews

Debian Linux's (Etch) best wireless freind

2008-06-19
This card was a snap to get working with my Debian Linux (Etch) laptop. It uses the madwifi linux driver and other utilities, most of which are on the Debian install disks. Don't bother with the ndiswrapper even if your wireless is built in, get this card instead and save yourself the headache..

Works great with Hardy Heron

2008-06-07
I did a little research before I bought this item, but at the time there was little documentation on hardware support for Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04). According to the documentation I looked at I would need to do some configuration, but the card would eventually work under Ubuntu 7.10. The laptop I'm using it in has no built in NIC and I don't have a compatible one, so I was planning on getting a wired NIC too in order to install any packages I would need to use the card. When it arrived, I plugged it in, just for kicks, and it worked without any configuration! I never bothered to buy a wired card.

works in ubuntu

2008-06-04
Drivers on web site for ubuntu linux. I used ndiswrapperto install. Works well. One con is that each time I restart I must manually go into network manager to connect.

Learning Curve

2008-06-01
Initially, understanding how to switch between Windows XP and D-Plus AirPlus configration utilites was a bit confusing. After I got though that, all went well until I decided I did not want to broadcast my router. That's when the fun began. When I would turn off my broadcast, I was not able to connect. After weeks of trying various things, I believe there were combination of factors contributing to my lack of reliable connection which included a cordless phone, neighbors on the same channel and the beacon inerval on the router. Now, most of the time I just plug in my card and I am connected depending on the utility I using. I guess I must like it. I just bought another one.

D-Link is relatively fast but not compatible with Dell Laptops

2008-05-12
I bought this product to get 2 Dell laptops on my network. These products
would not work properly with my Dell 3800 or Dell 5000. When plugged into
the laptop, the keys on the right side of the keyboard quit working. I tried three more different cards before I found some that worked properly.
The problem evidently was the laptops and not the D-Link DWO-G650 cards.

Good for the price

2008-07-19
Good card, i received the range i wanted however the cards rate is 54mb not 108mb as indicated on the box..

Wireless Card

2008-07-09
Excellent card. Speed is faster than wired. Extended range is a real plus. Easy set up and reliable connections. Recommend highly.

Wireless Cardbus

2008-07-05
This card was money well spent. It took only a few minutes to install & it works extremely well. I recommend this to anyone with a Laptop.

Can't beat it for the Price!!!

2008-06-30
Works has advertised, good range and speed, using with a D-Link router, couldn't be happier!

It Just Made My Laptop Freeze...

2008-06-22
I got this wireless card because I wanted to try to find one with a broader range than the one I currently have. This one seemed to be able to do the job, so I ordered it here on Amazon.

After installing the software and inserting the card, my laptop completely froze. Restarted my computer and tried again and again and again. Each time, the card froze my laptop. I even uninstalled then reinstalled and tried some more...no luck.

It could just be some sort of incompatibilty with my particular laptop, but I highly doubt it. I think its much more likely that this wireless adapter is a piece of junk.

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