D-Link DWL-520 Wireless PCI Adapter, 802.11b, 11Mbps

Manufacturer:	D-Link Systems, Inc.
List price:	~~$49.99~~
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D-Link DWL-520 Wireless PCI Adapter, 802.11b, 11Mbps

Average rating: Stars

BAD - no unix/linux support

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 !

D-Link DWL-520 Wireless PCI Adapter, 802.11b, 11Mbps - D-Link Systems, Inc.

Good value

There's a lot of bad reviews here, and I don't doubt people's experience. For me however it's worked great. No problems setting up or using. Good value for the money (...). I'm using Windows Media Center 2005.

D-Link Systems, Inc. - D-Link DWL-520 Wireless PCI Adapter, 802.11b, 11Mbps

D-Link DWL-520

Picked this NIC up because it was selling for a reasonable price. I am using it with a Netgear MR814 Wireless B Router. Have had no problems with it since. It is running on a generic Pentium-III running Windows 2000 Server. I did experience some of the slow-down effect reported (slow mouse movement) initially, but when I upgraded to the latest software, that seemed to solve the problem. This computer is upstairs, about 40 feet away from the router. I bought a second one and installed it on another server downstairs - a PowerEdge 400SC about 20 feet from the router running Win2K pro. Again, no problems and no dropped signals.

I get about 75% strength upstairs and 90% downstairs. It does not interfere with the Netgear wg511 that I am using with my laptop. If you're looking for an affordable, basic, wireless NIC, consider this one. I recommend installing the latest software from the website first to ensure compatibility.

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