The DWL-1500 is an IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN Indoor Bridge for with built-in Power Over Ethernet. The device bridges two or more IEEE 802.11b wireless LANs together. It extends the... more
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The DWL-1500 is an IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN Indoor Bridge for with built-in Power Over Ethernet. The device bridges two or more IEEE 802.11b wireless LANs together. It extends the effective communication range of the network by providing connection among wireless users in different LANs. An IEEE 802.3af Power Over Ethernet is built into this bridge to provide easy installation for the wireless network. The DWL-1500 connects wireless local area networks together via a 2.4GHz IEEE 802.11b wireless interface. It listens to all data traffic on all its interfaces and maintains a MAC address database. MAC address information is updated dynamically. When necessary, the DWL-1500 uses the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) to match IP addresses to MAC addresses and stores ARP information in its database as well. The DWL-1500 uses filters to limit the wireless devices that associate with it and the data packets that are forwarded through it. Filters can provide a degree of security and improve network performance by eliminating broadcast/multicast packets from the radio network. The ACL (Access Control List) contains the MAC address of every wireless device allowed to associate with the DWL-1500 This prevents unauthorized access to network resources. The DWL-1500 can discriminate based on the destination address of packets it handles by maintaining a list of disallowed destinations. This can improve efficiency by eliminating unnecessary transmission of data packets. The type of packet forwarded through the DWL-1500 can be controlled using a filter. Filtering out unnecessary frames can improve overall network performance.
Advantages: Very quick and easy to set up, Disadvantages: Shorter than claimed 100m Range, Some configuration problems in Windows XP, No Linux Support
...After recently purchasing a new computer, I decided to jump on the bandwaggon of Wireless Networking. After a rather failed attempt with a previous setup , I discovered the new offering from D-Link - the DWL G520. I bought two for the fairly hefty price of about £120, and they installed without a problem.
However problems started occuring when one of the computers was moved slightly further away, the cards failed to find each other. After a quick e-mail to the D-Link customer support this soon was fixed, by decreasing the speed to around 48Mb/s. This didn't make much of a change to the performance. However when i decided to move one computer downstairs over the opposite side of the house, the cards failed to find each other even by reducing the speeds to 1Mb/s, this distance is much less than 100m. Any e-mails sent to D-Link, were...
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Advantages: 'Free' if you buy the DSL G604T :-) Disadvantages: Becomes very hot, relatively large for a USB dongle
...offerings to consider. If you have a desktop then you may be better investing in a PCI card with an aerial extension for good reception/transmission. I think these USB dongles are best suited to retro-fitting laptops that came without WLAN or for those people dis-inclined to take the lid off of their desktop.
Note: DLINK have released the DWL-G132 since this model, so if you want proprietory 108Mbps performance take a look at that....
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Advantages: Easy to set up and use, Stable, Good support Disadvantages: A bit out dated
...The D-LinkDWL-G650+ is a PCMCIA wireless (WiFi) card, which plugs into an available PCMCIA slot on a laptop. With this card, it wireless-enables a laptop, assuming it doesn't have built-in wireless already. The card cost me about £25 at the time but you may be able to find the same one cheaper now. Most of these seem to be in this price range if not less, since they are becoming redundant with new laptops already having built-in cards. It's a 802.11G card, which means theoretically, it can transfer 54Mbits/s but they never get to that speed. Most residential broadband connections nowadays only range up to 10Mbit/s.
INSTALLATION
I find the installation of this card has always been very easy. I just install the driver and software off the CD and then plug the card in. This literally takes minutes. Only thing I'm not too keen...
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I am back (like Terminator; -))
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I bought the DSL G604T router/ADSL modem/firewall/WLAN hub in mid 2005 (see my review of it in Ciao) and the DWL G122 came as part of the kit. Given that the kit cost me £58 and the DWL retails at ~£25 separately I consider that a very good deal :->... more
Had one for home use, not particularly amazed by the amount of features it has. Firstly, there is no WDS system on it, which I did not realise until after i had bought it. It was originally to wirelessly link my computer downstairs to my two upstairs,... more
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... more
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