D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL G650

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Network adapter - CardBus - Plug-in module - 108 Mbps - IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.11b more

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The D-Link AirPlus DWL-G650 Cardbus Adapter is a wireless cardbus featuring the very latest in advanced wireless silicon chip technology including enhanced security to shield and...
more...protect your wireless communication from intruders. The DWL-G650 also works with 802.11b standard wireless devices and when used with other D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G products delivers throughput speeds capable of handling heavy data payloads including real-time MPEG 4 video streaming. The DWL-G650 features 802.1x for wireless user authentication, as well as WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) providing you a much higher level of security for your data and communications than has previously been available in a wireless networking solution. The D-Link AirPlus DWL-G650 also includes a configuration utility to discover available wireless networks and create and save detailed connectivity profiles for those networks most often accessed. The DWL-G650 is a powerful 32-bit cardbus adapter that installs quickly and easily into laptop PCs and when used with other D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G products automatically connects to the network. Like all D-Link wireless adapters, the DWL-G650 can be used in ad-hoc mode to connect directly with other cards for peer-to-peer file sharing or in infrastructure mode to connect with a wireless access point or router for access to the Internet in your office or home network.

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Not available in Europe
A review by D-Kill on D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL G650
February 27th, 2004


Author's product rating:   D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL G650 - rated by D-Kill

Speed Fast 
Ease of Installation Satisfactory 
Ease of use Satisfactory 
Reliability Average 
Value For Money Satisfactory 

Advantages: Good Speed  *  *  *  Linux Support
Disadvantages: installation

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

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After some adds of the 108Mbps capabilities of the DWL-G650 and DWL-520 cards I decided to buy one.

Unlucky me! I received the DWL-G650+ and DWL-520+. Apparently, these are the versions D-Link reserves for out-side the US. Trying to upgrade to 108Mbps as promised in the adds was unsuccessful. I didn't even find any info on the G650+ cards on the .COM website. Mails to D-Link remained unanswered. After some research in the newsgroups, I found out the following :

The DWL-G650+ and DWL-520+ are using a different chipset than the G650 (the "+" is very important). You will not find this info on the D-Link website because the "+" has two major implications :

1:because the G650+ uses a cheaper chipset (Motorola) it has currently no 108Mbps support as its bigger brother does (G650, no "+").
2:because of this chipset it has a very poor support on linux. So if one intends to use this card with linux - guess again and try some other card.

When going to the European websites one finds more info on "+" and not the performant ones.
 
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Stability Stable 
Instruction manual Needs improvement 
Manufacturer Support Totally unhelpful 

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