D-Link DWA-652 Xtreme N Wireless Notebook Adapter Draft by D-Link
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Digital camera reviews of D-Link DWA-652 Xtreme N Wireless Notebook Adapter Draft
Digital camera Review: Great Speed; Poor Range
Summary: 2 Stars
In the last week, I have gone through two of these items and have been very disappointed with the range of them. My Linksys router, Linksys wireless repeater, and aged WEP-encryption only adapter card were all getting old and needed to be upgraded. So, I purchased everything in the Xtreme N family only to receive this latest disappointment. With D-Link's DIR-655 router and this DWA-652 notebook adapter, I was expecting to be able to get the full range without the use of the repeater. However, from 50-feet away, the signal strength is minimal, and from 80-feet away, there is none! My HP laptop that has an internal Intel Pro Wireless card picks up the signal from 80-feet away that D-Link's own product in the same family-line can't! This is all despite the guarantee of 6x the range if I use the same brand and family of products.
Conclusion:
Don't let those guarantee's fool you. If your range is relatively low (< 50-feet), then you won't be disappointed with the speed this offers. If your distance from your access point is much more than that, go for something else.
Digital camera Review: Great Wireless N card
Summary: 5 Stars
While this card works best with the D-Link Xtreme N Gigabit router, it performs very well with other routers as well. Great product.Digital camera Review: Great card, especially when in use with the DIR-655!
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all this is a receiver of a wireless signal, NOT a transmitter! The guy above A.K. Smith "buddyroo" has no idea how wireless networking actually works. The reason he didn't get any improvement is because the signal he's trying to receive is the SAME! The signal at the college would need updated to a wireless N signal to improve the range transmission! If you want to boost the signal, set up a wireless repeater to boost the college signal (if that is even possible, depending on thier set up.) Notwithstanding the above, this is a great card. And if you plan on buying the new DIR-855 when is comes out soon, you'll already have a compatible card!Digital camera Review: Great wireless card for my older Dell Laptop
Summary: 5 Stars
Just what I needed to connect my aging Dell laptop to wireless networks. Note that if you buy a wireless router at the same time, perform the router installation and setup FIRST, then run the setup for your new wireless card.Digital camera Review: If your laptop has a PCMCIA slot, this will get you 300 Mbps.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have a D-Link DIR-655 router along with several DWA-142 USB wireless adapters. For my HP nc8430, I needed a Draft-N adapter to utilize the greater speed of the router. I bought this, then witnessed what another reviewer stated--it won't support speeds greater than 54Mbps if you use WEP encryption. So this past week or two, I've been changing out adapters and encryption so as to check his report and it's true--employ WPA-PSK (either WPA1 or WPA2), and you'll get 300Mbps. You have to have a PCMCIA slot in your laptop (maybe there's an equivalent Express slot model, I don't know, but this won't fit in it), but if you do, disable the wireless radio in your laptop and after installing D-Link's latest drivers, use XP's Zero Wireless Utility--I think I missed a word there--to configure it (ah, Configuration). After that, you'll be flying. Shop prices--these things are all over the place, but the technology--Draft or not--is stable and secure.