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.

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.

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

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 :)

Just a few things to keep in mind.

1) Download the latest firmware BEFORE you hook up your wireless connection. Do this on your wired connection- the DI-624 wireless router has both wired and wireless connections.

2) Install the latest firmware. The card would also only work in a specific PCMCIA slot that I had installed it in.

3) Disable any internal builtin wireless cards in your laptop.

Happy surfing.

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

In general, the setup is easy (I'm using it with the D-Link DI-624). The program installs everything for you, I ran into trouble after my ISP shut down my service for some foolish reason and made me change some settings which I guess messed with my network setup. In any case, this comes highly recommended for anyone that wants to set up a wireless network, even if you aren't particularly computer savvy, as I am not.

Summary:

I have this router for almost a year and I was never able to use it for its wireless fetures more then a few hours at a time, and only once. It usually drops the connection after 10 minutes. Then it does not work for days.

Customer support is really bad, they give you the run-around trying to save a buck replacing the unit. They blame your wireless computer for it and want you to upgrade everything like there is no tomorrow. (My wireless worked well with other networks, and even in the house "sees" a neighbour's wireless network). I really wasted 1 hour on the phone with them so they told me (after on hold most of the time) they will connect me with level 2 technician. Probably somebody smarter at the run-around.

THIS WAS MY FOURTH AND LAST CALL TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AND I TOLD TO THEM HANG UP BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO "HELP" SOMEBODY ELSE (WHO IS PROBABLY ON HOLD FOR HALF AN HOUR). These were totally 3 hours wasted.

I will never buy from NETGEAR again. (I have a 15 year experience with computers.)

Thank you!

Switched back to my old 22mbps Netgear card and the network has been stable so far. Not as fast, but at least it works and doesn't drop me.

The unsure: I don't know for sure if its the base station or the card (I think base), but every once in a while, the connection will just drop. Windows will still show a link, but pings ect (to the base or anywhere) just fail).

May or may not matter to you: No external antenna connector. There are ways to "install" one if you really need one, you can find at least two pages via google. Linux drivers - no distro comes with working drivers, and d-link doesn't provide a driver or support. You need to go here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/ and compile the stuff. And it doesn't get you full functionality. - so if you are in linux most of the time, you should probably pick another card. Me, I'm in 2k most of the time with my notebook, so the linux support is workable. I'm happy.

As a result of all this, including not being able to get all my house covered, I'm back to my blue wires...

I give this card 5 stars because it deserves it. I had zero problems, and am very pleased with it's performance.

The people that gave this card good reviews either (1) are not using encryption, or (2) don't have revision B of the card.

I started out with the original drivers under WinMe. But I was frustrated because it would never remember my encryption settings. Also, I wanted to experience the much-touted "108Mps", so I downloaded the latest drivers. After that, nothing worked. The new drivers are complete junk. I'm a software professional, and I spent about 24 hours over the last 3 days trying to get the updated drivers to work.

I'm currently using the old driver and the newer Utility (which you use to set it up and see what speeds you're getting).

It's unbelievable that such a well-known and well-respected (?) company as D-Link would put out such a bad product. The hardware may be good, but it's useless without decent drivers.

Pay the extra money and buy a better card. I wish I had.