D-Link DWL-G650 Wireless Cardbus Adapter, 802.11g, 108Mbps Reviews

• Good performance and compatibility

  
  By A1UQ73K74VGISX on 2004-05-05
  I purchased this card with a D-Link DI-624 router/WAP; as a pair, they perform flawlessly, and offer the advertised performance, which is on-par with wired Ethernet.

  Compatibility of this card with other access points was good in my testing. It connected just fine to all the WAPs I normally use (all of which are B protocol), and offered the expected performance.

  The only complaint I have is that I attempted to install the card using the latest drivers from D-Link, downloaded from their web site. Despite carefully matching the hardware revision of my card with the offered download, my attempts to use the card failed. The drivers installed fine, but it would not "sniff" any wireless networks (there were two within range), including one a few feet away.

  After uninstalling the downloaded drivers, and using the earlier version supplied on CD with the card, it fired-up just fine, and operated perfectly.

  Unfortunately, this is something I've encountered before with D-Link products, both with device drivers (as for this card) and with firmware updates for various D-Link products I've owned. It's not always the best advice to stay fully current on updates, as they occasionally introduce anomalies. If you're technically inclined, this is a minor annoyance that can be dealt with using a combination of patience and judicious back-ups. Average users may not have as much tolerance for this as I do.

  With the installation stabilized, I find myself quite satisfied with the DWL-G650, and definitely recommend it -- though less technical users should stick to the drivers on the packaged CD.
  
  

• Works as stated, plus it has good speeds and range!

  
  By A12HJUUJ0NU0TP on 2003-05-07
  I have quite a range with this and the DI-624 from D-Link. Everything was rather simple to setup and configure. I can do a site survey and see that my neighbors have an access point up and running as well. I enable WEP so they can't get on my network, but it "looks" like someone can get ont their network pretty easily.

  This along with the DI-624 work great together. Plus with this G650 card I can go to other wireless hotspots because they are mostly all 802.11b and the G products can connect to those just fine.

  I am completely satisfied.
  
  

• Make sure u have the latest revision - read for more info...

  
  By A2G0IJJOB7I9PG on 2004-04-14
  First, you must know that D-Link has the annoying and unprofessional habit of releasing unfinished, not so ready hardware to market. It seems that their engineering team is under pressure from marketing (typical) to deliver products before they are completely tested and ready. There are several revisions (internal designs) of this and other D-Link products. As of this writing (April 2004), the DWL-G650 has 7 of them, A1, B1, B2, B3, B4, C1, and C2 each representing a correction to a "Oops" of some sort! The DWL-G520 has 2, A and B, while the DI-624 router has 3, A, B, and C. The latest revision is what you should look for, it is usually on the sticker on the back of the box - just below the serial number.

  OK, so I had the DI-614+ router, DWL-650+ PC Card, and DWL-520+ PCI card, and they worked great. I just needed the higher speed to stream music and video from my server upstairs, and wanted to use the more secure WPA protocol (not yet supported on the DWL-520+ *stupid D-Link*), so I upgraded to the DI-624 router (rev. C), DWL-G650 PC Card (rev. B4), and DWL-G520 PCI Card (rev. B). I upgraded the firmware on the router right away to 2.42 and the driver for the G650 to 2.48. The router seemed to work fine, but the card was not seeing it. My older 802.11B card (DWL-650+) was able to see and connect to the new router, but not the new card. I tried many things to no avail. I then installed the older driver 2.42 and the card started seeing the router but had trouble keeping the connection..I played with many settings and nothing helped. I tried two other laptops (different brands) and experienced the same symptoms.
  Finally, I went to the a store and purchased another DWL-G650 and made sure it was the newer rev. C2 (the latest). Guess what, it worked right away and kept the connection solid. I tried FTP between the server (wired to the router) and the wireless laptop and got a transfer throughput of about 2400KBytes/sec... This is while using WPA-PSK with Super G enabled and using a short preamble. The same results were obtained with the PCI version of the card (DWL-G520).
  I returned the bad PC Card (rev. B4) back to the store and kept the new one! So, just make sure that you have the latest version of the hardware.

  One more thing, if you compare the signal quality/strength between DWL-650+ and DWL-G650 or between DWL-520+ and DWL-G520 you'll find that the new cards have a much lower number (worst). For example, my old 650+ used to get around 70% quality compared to 36% for the G650 at the same exact spot/direction. The difference is identical when comparing the 520+ to the G520. I have not experienced any performance issues though, the TxRate is typically at 72Mbps (not 108Mbps)! I think the new AirPlus XtremeG utility calculates the quality number differently and hence the difference, and future driver updates may further enhance the signal measurement.

  D-Link's release of faulty hardware is wrong and must be stopped. The problem is that their competition are not much better. So go for what works, and buy from a place that has a good return policy. Someday another vendor will make better products and offer better support, and I will abandon D-Link :)
  
  

• Wires, who needs them!

  
  By A2G2QNKDL1Y6AC on 2003-12-10
  Thanks to my research on the Internet, I selected this DLink wireless PC Card. And what a great decision it was. It took 20 minutes to install this card in each laptop, and that included the time to download an updated firmware from support.dlink.com that doubled my connection speed!

  I get great performance, and even maintain acceptable performance on the floor below where the signal must find it was way through several walls and doors. In the same room as my router I get lightening fast performance that appears to be as fast as my wired connections.

  DLink provides a nice status and config tool as part of installtion, and that really eased the way into verifiying that all was operating properly. You can see signal strength and check on which wireless mode you are operating in.

  One suggestion, you should enable WEP to add security and encrpytion to your wireless network. It requires changes to both your router and the wireless card(s), but its pretty simple and I did not notice a big performance impact.

  If you are thinking about going wireless, this is a great card to select.
  
  

• Great Adapter with Awesome New Firmware - Thanks D-Link!!

  
  By A2EI4R10EUG7G4 on 2003-10-21
  I recently bought this adapter about a month ago and it installed and runs great with the supplied firmware. I can get some good range and the 128-bit WEP works great. Speeds are fast as well.

  But now the speeds are even faster thanks to D-Link. All I had to do to get double the speed I used to is download and install the latest drivers. I did this and I was able to transfer files from my desktop to my laptop in half the time. I transfer files (video and MP3s) quite a bit and this extra speed for free is a great perk.

  Overall this card has caused me zero problems on my XP laptop.
  I'd recommend it to others who either already have a DI-624 (D-Link router that supports new fast speeds) or is looking to get an 802.11g setup.
  
  

• Finally Got it Working Good
  By APGPEJS55U2SF on 2004-02-23
  I bought the DWL-G650 card (Version B4) along with the the 624 Router (Version C1) about 5 weeks ago. I found it very hard to set up. XP Professional was installing its own drivers and would not recognize the D-Link drivers. It took me about 10 hours to resolve that issue. Customer support at D-Link was of no help. Then I had a dropped connection problem and a slow web surfing issue. I recently resolved that issue by upgrading my cable modem for free to a Toshiba PCX 2600. I was using a Toshiba PCX 1000. My point here is that there are so many factors that determine how this card will work for you. I'm getting 108mbps and hope I can continue to enjoy these fast speeds. It's no fun trying to fix things all the time.
  
  
• Very Easy to Install and Plays well with Ubuntu!
  By A2MIRMIT7EI9IG on 2006-03-19
  I decided to dust off a 5-year old laptop (Winbook Z1) the other day and install Ubuntu on it. I selected this card because of the Atheros chipset. I can't believe how easy it was to get it working. I plugged it in, installed Ubuntu and the new OS recognized the card. With in minutes I was on the internet, thanks to my neighbor's open WiFi. After a few hours of reading some wiki's and messages, I had WPA running and my "new" Linux laptop was on my network. Piece of cake! Great card and great chipset!
  
  
• Don't use this card with a Dell Inspiron 4000!
  By on 2003-11-27
  After three frustrating months owning this wireless card and trying to get it to work with my Inspiron 4000, I am giving up. It has never worked properly, even siting right next to the base station. A lot of the time the card isn't even recognized by the computer as being in the slot. This is documented by D-Link as a problem with Texas Instrument-made slots, which the Inspiron has. Unfortunately D-Link's customer service is so poor that you get a different answer each time you call. And then the solutions are something like "reinstall your operating system," even though there is a documented problem with the hardware. Don't buy this for use on an Inspiron 4000!!
  
  
• ************ Avoid D-Link Products ********************
  By A1FX964IBOXKZP on 2004-04-19
  The product may perform up to your expectations but I only hope you never have to interact with D-Link's support organization. After dealing with conflicting, contradictory and completely erroneous information from their support organization, I have come to the conclusion that I don't care to do business with D-Link again.

  I hope that if you do buy a D-Link product it works flawlessly (which mine did not), and you never have to call their tech support organization.
  
  

• What a pain!
  By AWCGDM2HFIVMP on 2004-07-01
  I had no problems installing the drivers for this card when I bought it. Excellent signal strength, fast speeds. It decided to stop working about 6 weeks later. I have tried getting help from D-Link support and it has been no help. I have been unable to reconnect for 3 weeks now, and D-Link refuses to accept that it might be a problem with their product. My first contact with tech support was rude and patronizing. The second contact directed me to download a "new" driver from their website--a driver which was older than the version that came with the card! The third, fourth, and fifth contacts were no help either. I've given up hope. Do not buy this card unless you have a lot of time to fix their bugs.

  (I'm running Windows Me with a Toshiba PXC1100U cable modem and the D-Link DI-624 wireless router. My roommate has no problem connecting the router with his XP & Centrino-running laptop)

  UPDATE: I finally got through to someone at D-Link that was helpful. An hour later on the phone, he was finally able to get it working. They need to work on their self-install guide to make it easier for non-techies like me to get their networks up and runnning!
  
  

• D-Link DWL-G650
  By A1G4MIWB78DU8G on 2003-11-17
  The card itself is more or less OK. Works with Windows 2000 and D-Link DI-614+ router.

  However, the software which comes with the card, AirPlus -- to find a network and configure the card is pretty bad. One has to be logged in as an administrator all the time to use it. If you have pre-configured a profile for a particular network (having logged in as an administrator), the card will work when you are logged in as a regular user. However, there is no way to see to which network you are connected, what is the signal strength or if you are connected at all!

  This is on top of the fact that the software is shipped on a CD with a virus (Dropper.Netbuser.A in autorun.exe file).

  Yet the hallmark of D-Link is its tech support: a characteristic combination of incompetence and rudeness. Once you get in through a busy line, as soon as you ask them something they don't know -- and they don't know much -- they simply hang up. Happened to me 3 times. The supervisor, whose name is Joe, just tries to compensate his lack of knowledge with agressiveness.

  The bottom line is -- why buy D-Link products and suffer if there are excellent products from other companies on the market?
  
  

• Tech support says super-G is unstable and not recommended
  By A2SEV0PT0UH2YO on 2003-12-07
  I had a good experience with a previous DLink purchase, so I chose DLink again and bought DI-624 and DWL-G650 this October. I upgraded both firmware and enjoyed 108MB connection for over a month without any problem.

  Then, first the router stopped working (It rebooted every 5 minutes or so) and was replaced. We had another fine week before the card started losing connection this time; The signal strength became weak and often goes to no-connection. (We have another wireless card from Lucent which is working fine, so the router is not the problem.) I called the tech support and got the following recommendations:
  * Disable super-G because super-G is unstable;
  * Don't update Windows because the latest Microsoft virtual device driver does not work with this card; Talk to Microsoft because this is a Microsoft problem;
  * Don't move around;
  * Don't use a wireless phone with the same frequency; Neighbors' wireless phones can also interfere;
  * If you don't like these recommendations, just return it to the store because we can't do anything about it.

  I followed their recommendation and returned it to the store.
  
  

• D-Link DWL-G650 "Version B" sucks big time!!!
  By on 2004-02-11
  This is the worst 802.11g card out there. Apparently, there are three versions (batches) of this card and the people stuck with version B are in for a major ordeal. Basically, they (D-link) have updated the driver 4-5 times and everytime they ix one bug, another pops up. I have had this card for about two months now and everytime I switch WiFi netwroks (home to school), the card goes crazy and hangs my laptop. After that, everytime I restart the machine, I get the infamous blue screen and the laptop hangs. If I remove the card, the machine boots up perfectly. This is usually followed by me reinstalling the driver and getting pissed-off. The bottom line is that if you get this card, make sure that you get version A or C.

  I'm not making this up... see for your self at the D-link website (they only have 1 driver for version A and C while version B has 4-5 updates). Also, just type "D-Link DWL-G650" in google groups and you'll see at least 100 posts about the same problem.

  By the way, I'm getting the Linksys card. I have their router and WiFi game adapters and everything works the first time!!
  
  

• Card causes my laptop to freeze
  By on 2004-04-18
  When using this card my laptop freezes without any apparent reason. Sometimes it freezes immediately - sometimes after hours of use. All I can do is to reboot the laptop.

  Sent the card to D-Link and got a replacement but it still wouldn't work. Updating drivers doesn't help either.
  
  

• Perfect Laptop Adapter coupled with the DI-624
  By A2HRA0YOGDGFMT on 2003-08-06
  When I bought this Card I figured it would work just fine and it does. No suprises here. You get what you pay for and it does what it says on the box. I get good range throughout my home, and the install was easy and painless.

  The configuration utility for this and the DWL-G520 looks cool and is very informative. It gives you signal strength, a list of APs in the area, and if they are WEP protected or not. Very useful for finding hotspots. I just wish it had an external antenna for reaching long distances.
  Recommended
  
  

• Poor Range
  By A2D5WW207QDJ1B on 2004-03-10
  I decided to replace my DI-704P wired network, which I had no problems with but just wanted wireless with my notebook. So bought the DI-624 along with the DWL-G650. I live in a two story house. In the room with the router the reception was excellent (I used Netstumbler and Cirond WiNc), but in the next room signal strength dropped to 75%, 50% in the third bedroom, downstairs 25% and outside under the bedroom with the router 15-20%. These numbers all seemed low. So I replaced both units with the same results. However, the story has a happy ending.... Again, I replaced both units but with the Netgear WGR614 router and the WG511 notebook. All I can say is D-Link has "POOR RANGE". With the Netgear setup - signal strength was above 75% anywhere in the house and outside opposite side as the router it was still 60%. The D-Link units need work! In addition, with SSID broadcast off and the WEP at 128bit the D-Link card could not find the network. Netgear had no problems. I found this review of the Netgear WG511 on Cnet's website. It shows the Throughput/Performance of 5 different cards including the D-Link and Netgear cards ---- http://reviews.cnet.com/4505-3251_7-21056546.html?tag=txt ----Hope this helps you make an informed decision.
  
  
• XP or 2000 only.
  By on 2004-04-21
  The card says it works with windows 98. Not for me. After fiddling with it for about 10 hours, I installed it in a Win2000 notebook. Worked right away. I also installed the updated driver from Dlink (108Mbs support) and I was dropping the connection every 15 minutes. Went back to the original driver included in the CD-ROM.

  This card, with the DI-624 router works fantanstic. Setup was easy and trhe wireless connection is 15% faster than the wired 10baseT port on the speed sites. Works fine in any area of the house as well. WEP encryption was easy to setup.
  
  

• Use latest XP service pack but don't use Dlink driver
  By on 2004-04-25
  Dlink doesn't support WPA-PSK very well with Windows XP. If you are considering using this format, I recommend using another card. Or, you can use the built in Windows XP drivers (after upgrading using Windows Update) and bypass the Dlink utility altogether. This works, but you loose the ability to use the Turbo mode on the card.

  Dlink support is slow and it appears that it takes them many months to fix bugs in their drivers. Once they release new drivers, they also frequently have bugs. Maybe they will get it right one day, but I don't have any confidence in their support today.
  
  

• Wireless hodgepodge
  By A3N9VY4O6T7BY0 on 2004-06-16
  I bought two wireless products Linksys B and D-Link g laptop card. As you can see, many customers like or dislike either brand. I have both models working at 11Mbps by using the following settings for D-Link:

  Authentication Type: Open/Auto/Shared (doesn't matter)
  Preamble: Long and Short/Long only (doesn't matter)
  Map Registers: doesn't matter
  Network Addrerss: Not Present
  Power Save Mode: Max/Normal/Off (doesn't matter)
  Radio On/Off: THIS MATTERS!! Radio ON
  Transmit Power: Doesn't matter transmits better on max, however.
  
  

• Doesn't work with Turbo mode to access sharing on another PC
  By A33GRTPGAJJ5EF on 2004-10-30
  But do work to access internet.
  I have a DI-624 (Revision C3, Firmware 2.50) wireless router, a DWL-G650 (B4, Driver 2.54) wireless card on my Laptop (XP SP2), and a DWL-G520 (B2, Driver 3.17) wireless card on my desktop (Win2K SP4).
  
  If I enable the "Super G with static Turbo", all connected at 108M, when I do a speed test, shows like below:
  
  G520 ---> Internet = 3M
  G650 ---> Internet = 3M
  G650 ---> G520 = 20k~250k
  G520 ---> G650 = 20k~250k
  
  If I disable turbo mode, all are connected at 54M, will be like this:
  
  G520 ---> Internet = 3M
  G650 ---> Internet = 3M
  G650 ---> G520 = 12M
  G520 ---> G650 = 12M
  
  if I connect my Laptop to the router with a cable to get rid of the G650 wireless car, enable "Super G with static Turbo", will be like this:
  
  G520 ---> Internet = 3M
  G650 ---> Internet = 3M
  Laptop ---> G520 = 30M
  G520 ---> Laptop = 30M
  
  G650 just doesn't working properly with 108M! (Also tried with driver 2.46 and DI-624 with firmware 2.42, same thing.)
  
  (Somebody mentioned revision C2 is the latest one and working better than B4, unfortunately I can't get one in Canada.)
  
  
• Good value for money
  By A1KZX6SSF86EA7 on 2006-09-05
  All,
  I Have used this card to connect to various routers and it works well. The Extreme G mode is problematic to enable sometimes. New drivers are available, make sure you down-load the right one. D-Link how about having an automatic update command ?, instead of letting the user figure out which card version he has ?.
  /
  Brian
  
  
• Can I give it less than one star?
  By A3HR3RJQGGPIAC on 2006-12-04
  Wow, I can't begin to tell you how absolutely terrible D-Link products are! Bad, Bad, Bad! I purchased a D-Link DWL-G650 Wireless Cardbus Adaptor for my Dell notebook running XP professional. I also purchased a D-Link DI-524 wireless router. I can tell you the "D" in D-link stands for "Don't work"!!!
  
  First, the router has terrible transmission problems. I barely get a signal one room away, and it will flip from "excellent" to "poor" reception constantly. I also get kicked off about every 30 minutes. It doesn't work at all more than 25 feet away.
  
  Second, the wireless card has a lot of difficulty connecting to the router. It takes anywhere from 30 seconds to 4 minutes to acquire the signal. I also had huge problems trying to use other networks while on the road. I developed a problem where I would try to connect to a network and my computer would completely crash! I would get a message saying something like: "A problem has been detected and windows has shut down" my computer would then go into DOS and I'd need to power down. This happened almost every time I tried to use the cardbus adaptor.
  
  I've tried to call D-Link support but just wait on hold for more than 30 minutes. (I hit 42 minutes today and gave up)
  
  I had to buy a 3-com cardbus adaptor and have never had any crashes with the 3-com brand. The router still works like crap though. I've even tried a different notebook with the same problems. I really recommend you stear clear of anything D-Link!!!!!!!
  
  
  
• Get the new 108Mbps drivers for FREE!
  By A30QIOQBOPUTXL on 2003-10-15
  Download the new 108Mbps drivers at D-Link's website. Get it for your card and for the router (DI-624) and you can get double the data rate. I can literally transfer files from one PC to another in half the time.

  After downloading and installing the new drivers you will notice that the card is very stable, has good signal range, and causes no problems with windows.
  
  

• Beware
  By on 2003-12-01
  I bought the card because I had heard that D-Link had good customer support -- what a mistake -- after waiting on hold forever a hopeless technical support person says there must be "some sort of hardware conflict" and I should call my laptop maker. When I asked wasn't there anything he could suggest -- he suggested returning it -- which I will.
  
  
• Why oh why did I buy this wireless card?
  By ASZO34JB59CC0 on 2004-01-29
  After seeing good reviews at Amazon I purchased both the D-Link DI-624 router and the DWL-G650 PC Card. I upgraded the router firmware to 2.28 right away, and upgraded the G650 driver to 2.46 to get 108 Mpbs and WPA-PSK. The router seems to be OK, but the G650 gives me nothing but problems. I found that if my PC suspended, when it resumed the WPA pass phrase would be lost and I had to reenter it. Sometimes, I couldn't get connected to the net even though the D-Link utility showed I was associated, and ipconfig /renew did not get me a DHCP address. I've rebooted numerous times. I've installed the newer 2.48 driver fix which caused me not to have wireless connectivity at all, so I dropped back down to 2.46. I had to give up on WPA-PSK and use WEP 128, and the only reason I bought this combination was to get WPA support. I spent hours and hours tinkering with this (in fact, days and days!) and I wish I purchased a different brand combination of router/card (even though the DI-624 seems OK, I'd prefer a single-vendor wireless solution). After having the above problems with my IBM Thinkpad, I'm trying a second G650 in my Dell Latitude C640 and I'm having similar problems. Today, however, after having removed the G650 for a day and plugged it in again, I can't get the PC to boot all the way. Removing the card lets it boot. If I try to insert the card after boot completes, the system hangs completely. I've removed and reinstalled the G650 drivers in an attempt to get a workable Dell. No luck. The one good thing I can say is that when the G650 is working, it gives me great coverage. I've been able to roam anywhere in my two-story 4-bedroom home and stay connected to the net. In toto, though, I wish I stayed with Linksys, my previous wired router vendor.
  
  
• Do not buy for use with an HP or Compaq laptop!
  By A1JBRL6CD1SPOJ on 2004-03-22
  This is the second D-Link PCMIA card I've owned, and they have both been good performers, except they interfere with Windows' power management features on HP and Compaq notebooks. I thought the problem would be solved by buying this newer card, but it hasn't. My computer refuses to stay powered on for more than 20 minutes unattended, and frequently, when browsing the Internet, my mouse cursor freezes and the only way out is to hit the power button. I did some online research, and it turns out many other HP and Compaq laptop users have had the same problem. For some reason, these incompatibilities still exist, despite D-Link knowing about them for some time.

  Again, D-Link cards perform well and are a good value, but I would not recommend one to an HP or Compaq user.
  
  

• Fast and stable, if you don't protect access
  By on 2004-05-02
  It works fine with D-Link DI624 wireless router, if you don't set any kind of protection tool. I have got stable and strong connections at 108 Mbps in any point of my house, even with many walls between DWL-G650 and DI-624.At this moment, I am connected for almost 6 hours, without crash and always at 108 Mbps. It works fine with my Sony Vaio notebook and with Toshiba's. But its stability vanishes when I configure any tool for secure networking (WEP, WPA, WPA-PSK ...). So, it works fine, but is not secure.
  
  
• was great until it starting flaking out
  By on 2004-07-16
  installation was simple on my IBM T23 running W2k and I was up running in no time and getting good range & performance. after 6 mos, i upgraded firmware on my DI-624 and driver for the G650 and the G650 has been problematic ever since - it hangs my PC until I pull the card out. As others have noted, D-Link support didnt want to acknowlege the possibility that the card was bad. I'm at the point of chucking it and trying another brand. I have no such problems using an Orinoco-based "b" setup while I am at work.
  
  
• a very good wireless card
  By AVQ0BNTNQDT6P on 2005-05-12
  This card has given me the ability to be crazy and sit outside with my laptop and do my work from there. For some reason I feel much more creative when I am outside in the open air rather than inside in the boring stale air.
  
  This card was installed in almost no time at all and it felt like it was almost too easy. But after the reboot I was able to find and see that the card was installed correctly and the quick time wasn't a bad thing, but a good thing.
  
  The wireless range seems pretty good. I use a DI-524 as my wireless router, but I also don't have a very big home. Either way I am satisfied and would think others would as well.
  
  
• Works better than I anticipated!
  By A291XTI6NO7DEG on 2006-03-30
  My setup:
  - Dell Latitude PP01L (Intel chip)
  - Win XP Pro
  - D-Link DI-624 Wireless Router (with two walls inbetween the laptop and the antenna)
  - Enabled the WEP feature
  
  I unplugged the old wireless card and simply plugged this in. Windows found the new card and did its Plug-n-Play thing. Not only was I was able to get on the Internet immediately, but the card picked up two other signals in the neighborhood that I couldn't 'see' with my 11MB/sec Cisco Aironet card. This I sort of expected, but was still a bit surprised being that my closest neighbor is beyond the range of most wireless routers.
  
  The CD installed just fine, but when I went to the D-Link site to check for an updated driver it said I was up-to-date. I ran Windows Update and it claimed I had an updated driver available for my new D-Link card. I've never had a problem with D-Link's website (or customer service, while we're on the subject), so I was a bit taken aback that Microsoft was ahead of D-Link's site.
  
  Either way... install the card and get onto the internet, then have Windows Update check for possible updates.
  
  Be sure to enable the encryption feature. If you are running a small network of computers where you are sharing folders then you want to be sure that your neighbors can't go snooping through your stuff. Or worse, lift the signal, and ultimately your personal information.
  
  I've had no problems with my current set-up. I HIGHLY recommend this card to bring your laptop/desktop up-to-date.
  
  

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