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Using adapter with Jornada 720 and compaq drivers without any problems
I have no reason to believe that the hardware is not just fine - but I feel like D-link misled me into thinking this card had good linux support. Before I purchased I also got the same impression - but that was for some other revision of the card.So - the two stars is for that. The chipset in this model changes from revision to revision. When I checked their web I got the impression it had good linux support.
And then kept looking for network address. This is great. It saved me in France from being completely without internet service, but connections were spotty.
Not once. Works ANYWHERE in the house and never loses the connection. Then the D-Lind dwl-650.
I first tried a Netgear MA521. This is worthless, and I NEVER got connected anywhere in the house. And I don't even have broadband.
Here at home, it worked fair, but only in a couple of rooms. Then tried a Linksys WUSB11.
I never feel that I have to get super close, nor do I feel I can walk real far away from the AP I'm connected to. And I've never been apart from this card now that it's pretty much a permanent fixture in my laptop.The range is perfect for me. Overall this card works wonders and I recommend it to anyone who needs a wireless adapter PCMCIA slot card in their laptop. When I say that this wireless adapter card works perfectly I mean it. I've never had to reboot because of this being in my laptop, or ever had a problem with my wireless connection because of this card, nor was it hard to get working in the first place.I can't say how much I value this card because you only know the value after it's gone.
Everything seemed to work on the first try and I haven't had any major issues that a normal reboot didn't fix now and then. If I had to buy another wireless card for my laptop, and I wanted to stay 802.11b, I'd buy this card again. It works for me and I don't see why it wouldn't for others. But I don't blame that on this card, just windows.Good range, decent configuration interface, and doesn't take a powerful machine to run it. And how many computer devices can you say that about. Not many in my book.This wireless card was easy to use and installation just took one reboot and some clicking of NEXT.
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