| Belkin F5D7010 Wireless 54 Mbps Notebook Card |
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Model: F5D7010
Brand: Belkin
Manufacturer: Belkin Components
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 49
Form factor: Plug-in module
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: IEEE 802.11g
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| Features: |
Device Type - Network Card
Form Factor - N/A
Interface Type - CardBus
Cabling Type - N/A |
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| Description: |
| Belkin F5D7010 802.11g Wireless Notebook Network Card - This networking card gives your notebook PC the freedom of wireless networking. In a wireless network, your notebook will be able to wirelessly access other computers, peripherals, and the Internet! Supports Windows 98SE, Me, 2000,&XP |
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Good but not Excelent, February 17, 2008
By HarKon (Davie, FL United States)
The device is a good device, but the range is no the better and the software is a little odd.
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Easy Net Access, January 17, 2008
By Thomas E. Curley (Eastern PA)
Well worth the price. Compatable with WIN XP Pro. Up and running with strong signal in no time.
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Works pretty well, October 11, 2007
By James L. Pautz
This is definitely a steal. The product works great, (most of the time) and the price was amazing. It didn't work for me the first time, so I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and then it worked. I would recommend it for the price, but if price is no object, buy a new computer with internal wireless.
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nice, September 26, 2007
By Zhigit (Chicago)
Free shipping thats a pain thing. I had to wait 2 weeks until it was delivered to me. I dont live in Alaska though. Card is very good: good speed, easy to install. What else do you need...
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Fine product, but costly, September 15, 2007
By Harold Fuss (Grand Blanc, Mi. 48439)
Belkin F5D7010 Wireless 54 Mbps Notebook Card
I thought I had purchased this item ($34.12), with a $30.00 gift card, expecting to be billed the balance on my master card. This month's bill came with the full ($34.12) amount billed. Now In selecting a product link,(above) the price is lower at $22.95. Go figure!
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No major complaints, August 15, 2007
By danbaatar (Provo, UT United States)
These devices are basically all the same these days. I got this card because it is supposedly compatible with Linux, but then I ended up needing to keep Windows installed on my laptop.
My only complaint was that the Belkin software isn't all that great, but I just ended up using the Windows wireless configuration tool. Specifically, I think my problem was with entering my WEP key as ASCII.
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Good Budget Card, August 2, 2007
By Dwayne R. Glover (New York, New York United States)
Good card for those on a budget. I dual boot on my laptop between Windows and Ubuntu. Card works great with decent reception strength in Windows and I have been able to get it working with Ubuntu.
However if you are buying this for a linux installation, I would suggest searching the support forums of your linux distribution before purchasing. The card I received had the Broadcom BCM4318 chipset [AirForce One 54g] which was recognized but wouldn't "work" out of the box. It seems most linux distributions don't contain firmware to fully enable Broadcom based cards because of copyright etc... I needed to use wired connection to download firmware to fully activate natively supported kernel drivers. In the end I didn't like performance so went the ndiswrapper path.
Summary - Good card with no problems in Windows. If you are new to Linux or want simple plug and play you might want to try another card.
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Easy Install and Great Range, June 16, 2007
By R. A. Murphy
My mother and I were looking for a wireless internet card for her laptop. She has an older laptop running Windows ME. We searched around and this wireless card had the best reviews of any on this site. So we went and bought one. The installation was simple (took about 5 minutes). We live in a house behind the main house. The main house has the wireless router, yet in our house (about 60 feet away through numerous walls) the reception is amazing with a whopping four bars. The CD with the installation drivers worked fine and dandy and there was no trouble with the product whatsoever. I would most certainly buy Belkin products again!
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wireless card, May 8, 2007
By oscar
Easy to install, followed instructions on the cd. I use this card in an old school building, the reception is excellent. Have used for a few months now without any problem.
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Good Purchase!, May 7, 2007
By saraa220 (tamarac, fl United States)
This card is a great investment if you do not have built-in capabilities. Easy to install and works well with the belkin router. I would definately purchase this product again.
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Great product, April 4, 2007
By J. R. Sgro (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey United States)
This card work fine, as advertised. Install was a breeze. I highly recommend it to anyone.
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Good Choice, March 10, 2007
By Royben (East Texas)
I am happy with this wireless card. I have several computers that I have installed wireless cards on. This one was one the easiest one to install, because the software worked the first time. I have had trouble in the past with some other well known brands, but this card was installed and working in a few minutes. I haven't tried it outside of my house yet so I don't know what kind of range it has, but it works well in my house. Before this I had a wireless usb card and it broke because it projected out of the back of my Dell laptop and when I would set the laptop down, it was usually the back first and so it became damaged. This card does not project out nearly as far as the usb type and also comes out the side so I don't have to worry about damaging it. I highly recommend this card.
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Linux Users Beware, March 8, 2007
By theblackgecko (Bozeman, MT)
I purchased this card after borrowing a card with an identical product number from a friend. My friend's card worked out of the box with my version of Ubuntu Linux.
When I received my card, it simply did not work. After doing some research, I found that I had a card with a different version number, and a different chipset. My friend's card had a chipset made by Atheros, which worked out of the box. The card that I purchased had a Broadcom chipset, which is notorious for being incompatible with Linux. Even after going to the forums, I was unable to make the card work.
Belkin is dishonest, in that it makes changes to the chipset without changing the product number, only the version number, which the consumer is not made aware of. Had I been aware that the card had a different chipset, I would not have ordered it.
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This card will work with Windows 2000 with Belkin's version 4 driver only, February 21, 2007
By G W
This card works great after much testing of their different drivers. Version 4 (or lower) of the drivers on their website was the only (newest) driver I was able to get to work... so yes :) it works in Windows 2000, but save yourself time and only download Belkin's version 4 driver.
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Great card, works out of the box, January 25, 2007
By Kristin M. Taylor (Brooklyn, NY)
I bought this wireless card because I found some linux site saying it was compatible with most distros. Installing Ubuntu, it worked without a problem. So, if you're looking for a linux wireless PCMCIA card, stick with this. You don't have to mess with any ndiswrapper nonsense.
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Works well with dodgy XP installs, January 5, 2007
By AaB
I bought a wireless adapter for $20 from some manufacturer that I hadn't ever heard of and don't remember. It had some clash with my XP install, and kept blue-screening. I gave up on it and their crappy tech support, and shelled out for the Belkin. It was worth the extra price.
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Works well in Linux, December 15, 2006
By Andrew M. Matta
I was looking for a card that I could use easily in GNU/Linux without trying to emulate Windows drivers. I'd read that this was possible with this card so I decided to try it out. I'm running Debian with a 2.6.17 kernel. All it took was the following: download MadWifi (free, open source), extract the program, run 'make', 'make install', then 'modprobe ath_pci'. Using KNetworkManager you can then connect to any detected networks and easily switch between wired and wireless networks. It seems to work very well so far.
I have not tested the card in Windows, although since it was designed for Windows yet works well in Linux I can only assume that it will work at least as well in Windows. According to the very simple-looking quick start guide, Windows users need only insert the CD, go through a standard install wizard, and plug the card in to have it work.
I have used Belkin products in the past and have never been disappointed; it doesn't seem like this product will break that chain.
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easy to use, September 1, 2006
By F. Asmussen (Sarasota FL)
bought one for my college daughter, installed it prior to her leaving. She was amazed to turn on her computer at the airport and was immediately connected.
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stay away!!!, July 29, 2006
By SGP (Los Angeles, CA)
Terrible! The CD-ROM didn't even have any data on it. I am in the process of returing this junk for a refund.
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Very fast and dependable, July 9, 2006
By Liz (Seattle)
We've had our Belkin wireless card for a few months and are very happy. Installation was a breeze with our DSL wireless hub, made some moves to get the hub up high and away from appliances, and not a glitch since. Transmits every bit as fast as plugging in to the hub directly (haven't tried moving any big files though).
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