Belkin F5D8010 Wireless Pre N 802.11x Pre N Notebook PC Card Adapter
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Manufacturer: Belkin Components
Model: F5D8010
Binding: Electronics
Publisher: Belkin Components
Label: Belkin Components
Network Interface: CardBus
Features for Belkin F5D8010 Wireless Pre N 802.11x Pre N Notebook PC Card Adapter:
- Note - increased speeds require a Belkin Pre-N router or access point
- With increased Pre-N speeds & coverage, you can more easily transfer large files!
- Improved resistance to wireless interference - the adapter will sense potential interference and dynamically shift to the clearest wireless channel available
- If a standard 802.11g or 802.11b networking product is introduced into the Pre-N network, the Pre-N adapter will not drop to the lowest networking speed.
- When used with 802.11g & 802.11b devices, the Pre-N adapter improves their wireless coverage by up to 20%!
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Customer Reviews
hopeless 
2007-07-22
First off, there is no cards slot for the iMac. My bad for not checking, but the product was touted as compatable with Apples.
But for my PC, this and the Belkin Pre-N router I got, would not set up, ever. I'm not a computer guy, but I'm no dummy and I could not set this thing up. Technical support was worse than unhelpful. They knew less than I did and deflected reponsibility at every turn.
The seller, Shopila, was also unresponsive at their "customer support" email and phone number. I tried four times at each avenue. I sent the cards back and hope to get my money back. If not, I don't know what my recourse will be.
Great Hardware Poor Software 
2007-05-15
Works as advertised. Going from "G" to "Pre-N" increased my range by at least 30 feet but more importantly the signal was able to get through walls that that the "G" signal could not penetrate. The drivers work fine but the configuration software supplied with the card does not work very well. Use the Microsoft operating system configuration wizard for best results.
card didn't work - poor customer service 2007-04-16
I bought this card and the Belkin Pre-N wireless router in Nov. 2006 at a BestBuy store during Thanksgiving sale. The router worked but the card did not. I called Belkin many times. Everytime they asked me to re-install the drivers and software for the card but the card never worked. I wasted more than 4 hours on phone and re-installing drivers again and again. Then finally Belkin asked me to ship them the defective card to get a replacement. I pointed out that I should not have to bear the shipping costs because the card never worked to begin with but Belkin was not ready to cover the shipping costs. I have shipped them the defective card today and am awaiting a replacement to arrive.
Great PC card with very good range 
2007-04-03
I use two of these cards. I bought one for my neighbor to utilize my wireless Belkin network and have had no problems or dropped connections.
Noticeably Faster! 2007-02-16
Just installed it following the directions from a previous review on this site...THANKS. Its fast! The card DOES SUPPORT WPA ENCRYPTION, just don't install or use the Belkin connection utility. Only install the drivers then cancel and let XP handle the connection. You plug your encryption key back into windows network connection manager when you connect and you are good to go. Have used several newer and supposedly fast adapters and this one smokes them on speed and range. Belkins website says that they were out of stock due to popularity of the product so you would think that they would get the message, pump out more of these and upgrade their software to take advantage of the higher security encryption.
Worked better than the newer Linksys N 2007-02-10
Belkin Wireless 802.11x Pre-N Notebook PC Card Adapter - This PC Card adapter allows your notebook PC to connect to a Belkin Pre-N wireless network, or older 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11a networks. When utilized with a Belkin Pre-N network, you get the latest in wireless technology. Giving you amazing increases in speed, coverage, & performance when compared to other wireless 802.11x networks. Some of the benefits include up to 800% greater coverage and up to 600% greater speeds than 802.11g! Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) Support Pop-Up Blocker (6 months free) - provides pop-up, adware, & spyware blocking
Very simple to install and configure 2007-01-26
The original cd included with the adapter was bad so I contacted Belkin's Customer Service and they were happy to send out a replacement cd. Upon arrival it was used to install the item and within minutes I was experiencing connection speeds never before experienced on my laptop. Also have the Belkin Pre-N router, which I love. After having tried D-Link and LinkSys items in the past with poor results, Belkin has my admiration. Better than my expectations!
Wowie-Zowie 2007-01-18
I was looking for the advertised 20% increase in g-range, but ended up with MUCH more than I expected. I'm very impressed with this card's range. The Belkin software's another story. Don't bother installing Belkin's client software if you don't have to.
Works pretty good! 2006-12-28
The build in G card on my laptop run regular G band card, and it works fine, but occentionaly it "choke" a little bit when I was watching TV using Sling and surfing on my laptop at the same time, but it runs flawless by using this card. Previously I can download file from my network hard drive at 1 mb/second, now I can download file at 2.x mb/second. I' m getting another one for my other laptop.
The only thing I'm unhappy with it is that I had difficulities setting it up with wpa/aes security mode with my belkin pre-n router. I ended up have to change to 128bit WEP mode instead. If anyone who make it work use wpa/aes, let me know.
Belkin pre-N 802.11 review 
2006-11-10
This card just only picks up signals well in the open area. If you got a brigde wall, the signals easily gets block, fade or never get picked up at all.Besides, the card is too hot, you could feel the heat around the area if you stay online more than one hour. Generally, the card works fine but with a condition that you need to download the latest driver version from Belkin web site. Hoped this help.
Regards
KC
