D-Link DFE-690TXD 10/100TX CardBus Adapter, 32-bit by D-Link
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Digital camera reviews of D-Link DFE-690TXD 10/100TX CardBus Adapter, 32-bit
Digital camera Review: Mac OSX Kernel Panics
Summary: 1 Stars
This is a strange one. On MacOSX 10.2.8, it works fine with the DSL modem at 10M, but is a disaster with the school network at 100M. And by disaster, I mean: Kernel Panics. It's the kind of crash where everything stops, the screen dims, and you get the "you must restart your macintosh" in four languages. To address this, I did the following: 1) re-installed the driver (1.1.3); 2) re-installed OSX 10.2.8; 3) re-installed OSX 10.2.8 without preserving user or internet settings; 4) erased my MacOSX partition and re-installed everything from scratch. Still, I get kernel panics within 10 minutes of going online at 100M, and at no other time (even with the card used for 10M dsl; even when card is plugged in but not attached). Note: user reviews of d-link's USB wi-fi dongle for MacOSX record a similar problem.Until this problem is corrected, I strongly recommend against use of this card for MacOSX 10.2.8 installations.
Digital camera Review: Very easy to use product
Summary: 3 Stars
The D-Link CardBus Adapter is extremely easy to use and a great solution for people, like me, who lack the right port for an internet cable on their laptops!Digital camera Review: Works Perfectly, Easy to Install
Summary: 5 Stars
Within 15 minutes of receiving this card I had my local area network up and running between two computers. Admittedly, I was looking to do something very simple: two computers, side by side, connected with an RJ45 cable (not included with the card). The drivers included on the CD-ROM work fine with Windows 98. My only complaints are that the card sticks out of the PCMCIA slot about an inch and that if you remove the card and reinsert it the card needs to reinstall (a simple process). I bought this card as a cheap test to see if I could set up a simple network before trying to tackle a wireless network. I am so satisfied that I will probably buy D-Link wireless hardware.Digital camera Review: Works with Kubuntu!
Summary: 5 Stars
Works right out of the box with Kubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Shutdown the PC first, insert the Ethernet adapter into the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot, and restart. The system recognized the new adapter straightaway and Internet functional within seconds. Unlike Windows, did not require installation of USB drivers...just plug-and-play!Digital camera Review: Works with Windoze
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought one of these, new, for the price of a couple of McD's meals, and it's allowed me to bring a small wireless "modem" (from my ISP) into work, hook it up to an aging, otherwise stand-alone laptop I had gathering dust at home, and get good, private Internet access (on my own time) *without* connecting through my company's network, creating any security issues or bringing down the wrath of my corporate LAN-Lords. It's not the fastest thing around, but it is reliable on every Microsoft OS from W98 on - and maybe earlier ones, too. W2K supports it directly, so it's essentially "plug and play" on my old laptop.
I'd give it five stars if it handled 1000TX too, or worked flawlessly with Macs - but right now neither is necessary. And the price was right.