| 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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Worked Immediately "As It Should", May 28, 2006
By Hubertgreen (Germany)
My internal wireless went KA-PLOEY so I rushed to the nearest store and bought the least expensive card I could find. I followed the simple "3" step directions and it installed perfectly. I then entered my router info and MAC address (helps if you know what they are and what you're doing) and I was back in buisness. Opening the package to surfing the net !!.UNDER 5 MINUTES.!!!
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awesome card, May 12, 2006
By Michael (Memphis, TN)
This is my secnd Belkin 54g card ... It works great I oringinally bought it to connect to hotspots, however my neighbor two houses over has a linksysy network router ...I pick his signal up at 11 Mbps stable. granted I can't rome all throughout my house but it is after all a network two homes over ... I rate this card very high . I will however say that since this is my second card of this same model number Belkin changes the design of the card often... the two look nothing alike but yet same model.
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Excellent WiFi card and a great value, May 9, 2006
By C. Pollman (Atlanta, GA)
I had problems with very poor reception while using a U.S. Robotics 802.11b card in my laptop. The signal simply couldn't reliably penetrate through the floor to the room below, where the 802.11b router was located.
I'd read 802.11g cards could improve matters even when used on 802.11b networks, so I first tried a D-Link card (couldn't get it to work at all) and then this Belkin card. I've been using it for nearly 18 months and all I can say is WOW! The reception is vastly improved and I can roam all over the house and still get a good signal! I know this is not some fluke of other conditions because I've tested my laptop and this card side-by-side with other laptops using various 802.11b cards. My laptop always maintains its signal, yet the others frequently drop theirs.
I'm not always a fan of Belkin products, but this one definitely deserves all five stars.
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Incompatible with Mac OS X - Error on Belkin's Website, May 1, 2006
By Venkat Iyer (San Diego, CA)
I bought Ver. 5000 of this card to use with my Pismo PowerBook running Mac OS X 10.3.9. Despite the claims on Belkin's website, this card is incompatible with Macs. Belkin does not even provide Mac drivers for this 'Mac-Compatible' card !!! A quick call to Tech Support confirmed this.
Older versions of this card (ver. 2000 and 3000) used the Broadcom chipset and are Mac compatible. Newer versions use the Atheros (?) chipset, which does not work in Macs.
I returned this card and bought the F5D7011 Ver. 1101, which runs natively in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and Mac OS X 10.4.
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Easy to Install and it works, April 15, 2006
By unknown
I installed the Belkin F5D7010 card in IBM Thinkpad A22p which is next to the window in apt building. It connected to the internet very quickly. It was amazing. The speed however, is only at 11mbps not 54 as expected. Nevertheless, I am impressed.
I don't have a router or dsl connection. The card connects to Internet via WLAN whatever that is. I wanted to connect at Hot Spots in neighborhood but now I don't have to go outside to connect. I recommend this product.
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Crap, March 25, 2006
By CWC (texas)
tried for two and a half hours to install. Tried installing from the disc, tried downloading drivers from the company that makes the chipset, tried drivers from Belkin's website. NOTHING WORKED. Avoid this piece of crap and save headaches and time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Can't beat the price, March 21, 2006
By Redsoxalso (Hawaii)
Great deal on this wireless card. Use it on my HP laptop in 802.11g mode. Reception is good and at a substantially lower price than other wireless cards.
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BIG TIME DRIVER ISSUE, February 12, 2006
By Gr8Stogie (St. Louis, MO)
Like others I'm having problems with the drivers. One moment it will show the wireless networks tab under the card properties, the next minute after a reboot it won't. This is a real pain when it loses its network settings every time I reboot. I have to reconfigure WEP and the ssid each time since I have a hidden ssid. This card is a pain and there are too many other options out there to put up with this.
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Very good, January 25, 2006
By hameitz (NY)
I upgraded to g from my built in adapter in my thinkpad. At first I got a netgear USB adapter which had horrible reception. This one has good and stable reception. The range still is not any better than my built in Intel 802.b adapter but the speed certainly is. Its only getting 4 stars because it sucks the life out of my battery (netgear had the same issue which is related to loss of energy in the form of heat- its HOT).
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Works great with Windows 98se, December 23, 2005
By D. Dill (Rochester, NY)
I bought a Linksys WPC54G card for my ThinkPad 600e, but couldn't get it to work after many hours and calls to support. Exchanged it for this product and in 15 minutes it was up an running. Strong reception (picks up networks from down the block); provides very fast software downloads, anti-virus updates, etc. Highly recommended!
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Great for Xandros Desktop 3, December 12, 2005
By Sam Hsu (Alhambra, CA)
I don't write drivers for Linux so I want something that Xandros Desktop will support. I decided to give Belkin a try since it's name brand and in case I have issues I can call the tech support. I loaded the bundled CD (which was designed for Windows) into the drive. Copied the "Driver" folder onto my HDD. I went to Control Center, the network section, and added the driver to the list. I put the PC card into the PCMCIA slot, and the device was instantaneously recognized by Xandros. No problem at all. Highly recommend.
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It's worked flawlessly for months., November 12, 2005
By loraxxarol (Chicago, IL)
I'm not sure where things went wrong for J. P. Robinson, but I've been using this card in multiple machines for months and months, with the drivers provided on the CD, and the drivers from the Belkin website. I have used the Belkin configuration utility AND the Windows Wireless Zero-Config utility for setting up connections, and each is brilliant. Last machine I put it in was blue-screening due to integrated wireless with Pentium-M - the Belkin card solved the problem!
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Belkin's downloadable drivers do not function!, November 10, 2005
By J. P. Robinson
I am writing this here for anyone having trouble installing this card using Belkin's drivers from their support website.
Simply they are not the right drivers & will not work!
For a working driver for Win9x/2K/XP copy the following into the address bar: http://www.ralinktech.com/drivers/Windows/IS_STA_2500_D-3.0.3.0_U-2.3.6.0_042505_1.0.2.0.exe
This driver is from the actual chipmaker and works fine :-)
Ralink's name for the product is 11g-RT2500 and downloads for other OS's including Mac can be found here: http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm
I hope this helps to shortcut somebody's efforts to get this card working...
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Works great with Mac G4, October 30, 2005
By moderate user (Kentucky)
I have been using this wireless card and a Belkin router for about six months now. I am using a Powermac G4 Notebook, 15" using OS 10.3. The only problem was that at that time they had just started supporting the Mac and didn't include the drivers for the card. After I called, they sent them to me quite promptly. They probably include them now. Setup was then easy and I have had no problems at all. Mac users note, this is a PCI card, and does not install like an Apple Airport card, which is internal. This means it keeps your PCI slot tied up, and I have to remove it when I put the computer in my carrying case--but on the other hand there is essentially no installation--no removing battery, etc. as with Airport card.
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Better than expected, August 24, 2005
By Wally (Michigan)
I was a little skeptical buying a Belkin, but the price was right so I went with it. Wow, it has worked flawlessly for 6 months! The range is awesome and nothing seems to bother it. It even worked through a terrible thunderstorm, I thought the lightning would stop it from receiving properly. It was easy to install and the manual was easy to read and understand. Part of my business software runs under Linux and that is the only downside with this card, Belkin doesn't support Linux, a shame considering the small amout of effort required to produce a Linux driver.
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Works with OS X 10.2, 10.3, but 10.4-Tiger requires driver-READ!!!, July 26, 2005
By Music Lover (CA, USA)
Hi Folks,
I have purchased many of these cards and just received 3 more for client Apple powerbook upgrades. Was ready to return thinking they didn't work with Tiger after reading reviews. GOOD NEWS is I have downloaded the OS X 10.4 Tiger driver from Ralink, the chip maker for Belkin.
Download here for Tiger driver:
http://www.ralinktech.com/drivers/Mac/STA_2500CardBus_10.4.X_2005_06_21.zip
It is now plug 'n Play after restart. Does not utilize Airport SW as in previous OS X versions, but I also installed my D-Link DWL-650X card software and Belkin's card utilizes it. Go to the D-Link site and download their card installer. The D-Link utility appears at the bottom of "System Preferences". So, now you can see your signal and use the save site functions in the D-Link software.
Here's the D-Link download link: ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/dwlg650X/Drivers/dwlg650X_driver_100.zip
So, bottom-line is install the Ralink driver and it is plug 'n play. To see your signal reception and other goodies, install the D-link DWL-G650x driver.
No SW needed for OS X 10.2 or 10.3. These previous OS X versions use Airport SW
Works just fine!!! No complaints and you can't best the price, compared to my $60 plus for my D-Link.
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works under windows xp 64!, July 18, 2005
By aka lizard, a geek (ventura, ca, usa)
had a heck of a time getting my hp zd8100 to connect wirelessly under XP64 (it's not supported by HP to do this, but i was determined).
the drivers that come on the CD with this adapter won't do it -- under x64 that is, they'll work for the 32 bit windows -- but the Broadcom 802.11b/g drivers that ship with XP Pro 64bit will work.
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Great wireless notebook card, July 4, 2005
By Jesus Noe Campos Favela
The card has a great performance, its range of operation is very good.
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I Am So Impressed!!!, December 17, 2004
By mtck01 (Queens, NY)
This is a great card. I will admit that I purchased it because I got it for $5 after rebates but I am amazed at the quality. I set this card up in less then 10 minutes and I have been successfully using it for over a week now. Not a single negative thing to say so far but I do live in a small apartment in Queens, NY. I sent over 5GB of data through my network and I still received a 2718/620 speed test using Verizon DSL and a Westell 327 router.
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Excellent product for the price., November 28, 2004
By B. Sedrine (Florida)
My first wireless notebook experience and it was so easy to install. I take my laptop every where in the house; so conveniant.
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