D-Link DWL-G630 Wireless Cardbus Adapter, 802.11g, 54Mbps

Average customer rating: 2.5

Does the job
Overall good product
Excelente
Causes high CPU utilization
Not worth the trouble

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D-Link DWL-G630 Wireless Cardbus Adapter, 802.11g, 54Mbps

Manufacturer: D-Link Systems, Inc.
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0001PFO3C

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Product Description

D-Link DWL-G630 AirPlus G 802.11g Cardbus Adapter - A notebook computer is designed to be portable, but Internet access and networking still requires you to be tied to a cable. Unless you have a wireless adapter like the D-Link AirPlus G! This PC card adapter keeps your notebook truly mobile by allowing you to access the Internet, E-Mail, & other computers wirelessly! 64 & 128-bit WEP Data Encryption WPA Security Support Built-in Antenna Range - up to 328 feet (indoors) / up to 1,312 feet (outdoors)

Customer Reviews:

Does the job.......2006-12-09

Unlike other reviewers, I have never had a problem using this card and it has worked fine for me. The only thing I did have to do was pair it with a mimo router to get the best functionality out of it - I use an original Belkin pre-n router (one of the earlier pre-n) designs and it works very well throughout my home. With a standard Dlink 802.11G router signal to noise was atrocious.

Points to note:

1. I am in the IT industry and able to troubleshoot things that give less technical folks problems - pardon the lack of modesty. All due respect to the other reviewers but wireless isn't as simple as "plug them in and go" yet.
2. Never had a problem installing the drivers. In case anybody is interested, Windows Vista detects it as a standard Atheros Wireless card and it is up and running as soon as you plug it in.
2. Power consumption and processor utilization are not concerns for me so I haven't studied them. I use the card with a ThinkPad T40 and haven't noticed any performance problems, or problems with power consumption.

Overall good product.......2006-12-01

I had used this cardbus adapter for over 3 weeks and so far, its been working great. I do not experience drop signals which I get frequently with my old USB adapter. The reason I give only 4 stars is because I have problem installing the driver on my DELL laptop computer. After checking for support documentation on website and numerous retries, I called their 'offshore support' who guide me in adjusting the computer system setting manually to get it to work. The support guy just breeze through a script, and if you are a novice, you will have problem following him as he is not detailed on the instruction. I wish they had put the troubleshooting guide on their website and save me some time.

Excelente.......2006-08-15

Pienso que el problema que tienen otros, es que no siguen las instrucciones debidas, yo no he tenido ningún problema y trabaja a las mil maravillas.

Gracias

Causes high CPU utilization.......2006-05-27

According to SysInternal's Process Explorer, both HWI (hardware interrupts) and DPC (deferred procedure calls) tend to run to 3%-40% each while this card is installed; both drop to under 1% once it's removed. Both remain under 1% while using another manufacturer's (USB-based) 802.11/b WiFi adapter. I'm given to understand that such high HWI and DPC rates often indicate buggy drivers, but I've found no useful driver update info on D-Link's web site, last I looked. That other /b adapter, BTW, gives better throughput than this /b/g card of D-Link's.

Not worth the trouble.......2006-05-12

This card died on me after about a year of use. My laptop will detect the card, but it won't power up. My reaction? Good Riddance! I now have an excuse to get a different card.

As others have stated, this card uses its own drivers, and they don't work well. Everytime I woke my laptop from suspend mode, the card would fail to reconnect to the network, forcing me to remove and reinsert the card, then do a 'repair' of my connection. Huge hassle.

It looks like you get what you pay for with these cards, so stay away from the cheap ones!!

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