D-Link DWL-G650 Wireless Cardbus Adapter, 802.11g, 108Mbps | List Price: $39.99
Discount Price: $7.96
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Brand: D-Link
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Up to 108 Mbps with AirPlus Xtreme G products
- Backwards compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g
- Great for video streaming
- Enhanced security from 802.1x and WPA for better encrypted key management and authentication
- 3-year warranty
Easy and reliable [Posted on 2008-09-13]
In addition to running without any problems under XP, this card is also Linux compatible.
Does not install properly on HP notebook running XP [Posted on 2008-09-14]
Did not install properly. DLInk customer services was not one bit helpful. Drivers have not passed Microsoft's scrunity. I cannot recommend this at all.
GREAT PRODUCT GREAT PRICE [Posted on 2008-09-17]
The G650 installed effortlessly and i was on the web immediately...This solved the problem I was having with the built in wireless.and for less than it would have cost to correct it by a tech person..Part of my decision for going with D-Kink was success with other products ..the other was a great price at Amazon.
DWL-G650 on Linux? [Posted on 2008-09-23]
After failing to get another wireless card working on my Linux laptop, I came across this Atheros-chipset card on Amazon. It comes at a relatively low price, around $15 including shipping.
However, there are some issues to be aware of when using this card on a Linux system. First, early DWL-G650's (hardware version Ax) have a completely different chipset and, as far as I could tell, are not known to work at all under Linux. My guess is that those are the 54-mbps models. (Can anyone verify this?) Mine, which works, is a 108-mbps, hardware version B5.
Second, you need the MadWifi driver to use this card. Ath5k, the newer alternative, didn't work for me. In Debian 4.0 Etch, MadWifi is a pain in the neck to set up. The madwifi-source package from Debian doesn't even compile after the recent kernel update to 2.6.24. You have to download a more recent version of the driver from madwifi.org and compile it. In other words, if you don't have some experience with compiling kernel modules, don't even think about getting this card. (Set-up may be easier in other Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, and maybe it will be easier in Lenny; I don't know.)
That said, I am quite pleased with the card's performance and reliability. I have never had trouble connecting. (But I am on a university campus with access points everywhere, so I don't know how it would work in a home or city setting.)
D-Link DWL-G650 Wireless Card [Posted on 2008-09-30]
I currently have two of these cards and I have been very happy with them. I haven't had any issues installing drivers. The card always seems to connect and work well. I also have a D-Link wireless router so the cards connect at 108Mbps, double the 802.11g rated speed of 54Mbps. I would recommend this card.
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