| D-Link DWL-G820 Wireless Gaming Adapter, 802.11g, 108Mbps |
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Model: DWL-G820
Brand: D-Link
Manufacturer: D-Link Systems, Inc.
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 35
Form factor: External
Hardware platform: Game console
Data link protocol: Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
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Enables 802.11g Wireless Connectivity for any Ethernet-enabled game console
Transfer rates up to 108 Mbps
Plug & play installation
Use for multiplayer online gaming or head-to-head gameplay (2 adapters required)
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and 128-bit WEP encryption |
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| Description: |
| With the D-Link AirPlusXtreme 2.4GHz Wireless Adapter, you can experience the freedom of wireless online gaming! This Gaming Adapter provides lag-free performance and allows your gaming console to join a wireless network. Make any Ethernet-enabled device wireless -- just connect it and configure through any any Java-enabled browser. Full support for Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and 128-bit WEP encryption The Adapter uses D-Link 108 Technology for data transfer rates that are 15x faster than standard 802.11b rates. Dimensions(LxWxH) - 4.1 x 2.4 x 1.1 (103mm x 62mm x 27mm) |
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| User Reviews (35 total): |
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Works Great with Ethernet All-In-One Printer, November 21, 2007
By T. Daniel (Fresno, CA)
D-Link DWL-G820 Wireless Gaming Adapter, 802.11g, 108Mbps
I used this wireless gaming adapter as a wireless bridge from the ethernet connection on my HP Officejet 6310 All-In-One Printer to my D-Link wireless router. It connected my printer/scanner to my wireless home network and it works great! The only problem was that I had to download the updated firmware from D-Link for it to work. After this was done, it has been working great with no problems!
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Worked for 3 weeks than stopped?, October 31, 2007
By R. Gingg
The game adapter quit working after 3 weeks and I can't get it to work anymore. Once I got it running I threw out the packing so I guess I can't return it.
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Works perfectly as a bridge for my Mac!, October 30, 2007
By A. Foster
I've got a Mac G4 and didn't want to buy an airport card or a third-party USB wi-fi adapter. Got this instead. Yes, the menus and setup are NOT great, but not horrible either. I am reasonably wi-fi savvy so that helped with setting this up ... others may have challenges so be warned.
Using with a Netgear MR814v2, two rooms away (40 ft) and I get 100% signal strength with 128-bit WEP. Speed is identical to what I got for my wired Ethernet DSL. Used continuously now for five days - no dropouts, no unreasonable heat.
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Works for some time, October 18, 2007
By H.S.
This works decently for about 3 weeks at a time, then freezes up. Powering off and on does not fix it. I have to completely reset it, and then set it up again for my wireless network.
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Radio interference from xbox 360 wireless controllers, September 22, 2007
By Benjamin Prior
While this Wifi Bridge works flawlessly with the ps2 & xbox, Logitech wireless controllers on both, it does not with the xbox 360's wireless controllers. The wifi signal dies the second I activate the wireless controllers. I'm working on trying to fix this, but if anyone has any advice, it'd be greatly appreciated !
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Does what it is supposed to, September 12, 2007
By sjp777 (California)
not the easiest config but not nearly as bad as other reviews would have you believe. Most of the "doesn't work" reviews can be attributed to user error.
It's worked flawlessly on my xbox1 and 360 for 2 years. Strong connection, good speed to both the linksys and dlink routers i have used it with.
Beats $99 for the ms 360 wireless adapter and works just as good
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Abysmal product - no support, June 7, 2007
By Dean Jennings
As others have pointed out - it's difficult to configure. It does not allow you to change it's IP (produces Gateway Error), there's no documentation on how to use a pair of them to replace a cable (as mentioned in the product features). Tech support took about an hour to tell me that they had to refer my case to a more senior technician - that hand-off got dropped. Subsequent email requests for support have been unanswered.
DLink advertising is misleading at best - I will not purchase any DLink product again.
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Just awful. Never worked correctly., May 29, 2007
By dad (Florida)
As others have indicated, this unit is just awful. Runs hot, very difficult to configure, my unit failed within a few weeks. Generally speaking I like DLink stuff because it's simple, down-to-earth, and easy to configure. What a mistake the DWL-G820 has been. It's even been discontinued at the store where I bought it -- too many returns. Pass on this one.
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Works with PS3, Xbox 360, PC, setup is not easy, January 23, 2007
By Web addict (New York)
I use Dlink DI-624 router. Setup is not easy, I needed quite a bit of help
from tech support. It's working fine after that, downloaded a few GB of
demos from Xbox live and PS3 online, played PS3 online on COD3, no lag.
It also works with my PC.
I was holding out for the final N router and gaming adapter, but this is
good enough.
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Did not work with Apple Airport Extreme and PSP LF-PK1, January 10, 2007
By HB (New Jersey, USA)
I could not get this unit to work wirelessly with the Sony Locationfree LF-PK1 and an Apple Airport Extreme router.
I WAS able to use the Buffalo Technology AirStation Turbo G High Power Wireless Ethernet to stream TV to PSP wirelessly and across the internet.
Tech support was fine, the device was just incompatible with my apple router.
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Gets the Job Done, December 20, 2006
By - SlimJimGuyMan - (Thousand Oaks, CA)
I use this to connect a PS2 to the Internet and it seems to be working, although it took a bit of setup. If you're really good with setting up networks you can probably set it up quite fast. It took me about an hour because the instructions that come with it really aren't adequate. There are a couple things to look out for when setting it up. First of all, if your wireless network doesn't use the default SSID and stuff, you have to log in to the device's firmware to change some settings (and you should anyway if you want to configure security settings). So you have to enable your network card on your computer and connect the G820 to it, and then make sure your computer is set to a static IP in the same range as the G820's default IP of 192.168.0.35 (in other words, 192.168.0.xyz). Then you can log in to the G820 with the default username "admin" and no password. At that point the setup wizard pretty much walks you through the settings. One important thing to note is that if you have MAC address filtering on your wireless network, you must add your console's MAC address to your router's whitelist. As soon as I did that the WLAN indicator on the G820 lit right up. You do not need to add the MAC address of the actual G820. By the way, to get your PS2's MAC address, put the Network Adapter Startup disc in and get to the point where you test your connection but do something like disconnect the ethernet cable to make the test fail. When the notice comes up that the test failed, press Select and it will display the MAC address.
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Not for the impatient..., November 27, 2006
By D. Naas
I've had my G820 for about a year, and it has worked well on my Xbox. But make no mistake, it is VERY difficult to configure, especially if you have any kind of security on your wireless. It took me multiple hours of trial and error to get it on my network. However, once I finally got it right, I've had no problems at all. The bottom side of the unit does run extremely hot. I just flip it upside down to help vent the heat. I rarely remember to unplug it, so it is usually left on for days at time. So far, no lockups (or fires) in my experience.
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Works great after some effort, July 6, 2006
By Matthew VanZante
Configuration of this adapter is somewhat painful. I ended up having to use a cross-over cable to connect it to my PC and assigning my PC a static IP address of 192.168.0.51 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 (with no DNS server specified) before I was finally able to access the adapter via it's ip of 192.168.0.35.
I bought this gaming adapter for my xbox media center, and had frequent lock-up problems as others have described in their reviews. The lock-ups are caused by improper cooling of the adapter's internal components. D-link's case design on this unit is horrible and is to blame for the poor cooling.
I got frustrated with the lock-ups and was about ready to buy a different unit, when it dawned on me that I might be able to add a heatsink to the thing. First I wanted to see how it would behave if I could take the top cover off and let the heat dissipate that way.
It took a little trial and error, but after disconnecting both the AC adapater and the antenna from the unit, I was able to use my fingers to squeeze beside the front/back end caps of the unit and disassemble the plastic casing without breaking anything. I then decided to leave the top piece off and see if it still locked up. To my surprise, it has been working without lock-up for over five days now, simply due to the fact that it doesn't overheat anymore. I would recommend this to anyone who has experienced similar lock-ups and doesn't want to go through the effort of returning an otherwise decent product.
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Annoying, June 9, 2006
By Book buyer (Nowhere)
This thing gets very hot and requires reboots quite often jsut like others have said. No firmware updates for it either. Get it together D-link.
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Works fine with XBOX 360 but not at all with my PC, June 2, 2006
By Rouzbie (Washington, DC)
I bought this with the intention of using it with my PC; however, my PC broke down the day it arrived. Before I repaired my PC I bought an XBOX 360 and used this wireless adapter to play Final Fantasy XI. This adapter works rather well, although I've had some really slow times with it. The only way to fix that is to disconnect for a few minutes and then try again.
After repairing my PC I tried the adapter. At first it was unable to connect to the network using DHCP (automatic settings) so I manually set the network information. I was unable to pull even a web site and I would drop around 50% of pings to the router. I have a D-Link router so I didn't think there would be a problem. I finally got my PC to find an IP through DHCP but I am unable to use the connection even though my router is less than 50 feet away.
Fortunately it works well with my xbox 360. I just wish it would work with my PC.
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Ditto - didn't deliver, February 22, 2006
By E. Henrikson (St. Charles, IL United States)
Product is / was used as a wireless bridge to allow a PC (eventually several PCs and a printer using a hub or router) to connect to my Linksys WRT54G – a great unit – and through the Linksys to my firewall router and then my DSL modem.
The D-Link DWL-G820 Wireless Gaming Adapter (Firmware ver 1.0 is the latest as of this writing) was very painful to configure and would lose settings during its reboot. After finally getting the configurations to ‘stick’ it connected to the network but very slow. Cycling power fixed whatever problem it had. The D-Link was in the same room as my WRT54G for testing and I was able to achieve full internet surfing / download speed, which for me is 1.1 Meg/sec using online broadband testing. I did not test overall link/network speed.
BTW the instructions are totally NOT adequate for even a simple secured network and if you set the unit to a dynamic IP address – you need to know how to figure out its IP address on your network before you can re-log into the unit. I had to reset the unit to a static IP that is compatible in my network – instructions seem to be written assuming D-Link wireless access point set to its defaults more or less. The unit’s feedback as to network connection was very poor… it was not clear from the unit when it was ‘on the network’ or the quality of the link. After taking 3 hours to get working it failed the next day. Like others reported, the unit runs very hot.
Generally I dig into hardware problems and call support and fight the good fight. So your mileage may vary… if you call D-Link. However, this product seems so poor I’m just tossing this thing in the trash. Use this product at your own risk and I’d recommend you have a good handle on wireless networking to attempt using this unit.
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Does not work with DI-624, February 16, 2006
By BostonEngineer (Boston, MA)
This game adapter does not work with the DI624. But works perfectly with a ***BELKIN*** ROUTER. How strange is that.
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DWL-G820 is a piece of crap, September 10, 2005
By Robert L. Williams
Do not buy this for your xbox. It sucks. The unit was functional (well, not defective) and by 'dialing in' to the unit it was able to communicate (with and w/o wires) with my computer. The first red flag was when the xbox did not recognize the DWL-G820 as a wireless adapter. This is normal. It has to be configured with an IP address, which is ridiculous because the wired router connection is normally plug and play. However, no amount of configuration in the xbox dashboard would allow the xbox to connect wirelessly. This was even with the assistance of tech support, which is spotty at best. The folks are nice enough, but getting through can take a very long time. I'm okay with networks - all of my other stuff works great - but definitely not an expert, and I could go on and on about the changes I made. I won't, though. If you prefer painless set-up it's probably best to match brands when designing a wireless network. I'll give D-link the benefit of the doubt and admit I was using a router of a different brand, but with all of the configuration options on both ends, this should not matter. Oh, and I read some of the earlier reviews and I agree that this thing runs real hot. Who knows what that'll do for the product's longevity because I don't plan to keep it. If I ever got it to function properly and I had small children, then I'd probably mount it out of their reach.
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Beats trying to use Windows XP wireless drivers, June 4, 2005
By H. Thompson (Seattle)
I got this unit after fighting with disconnects and networks dropping with different XP USB wireless cards. Windows XP wireless auto-discovery was always switching on and off random networks and I couldn't ever make it stay connected for more than a day. This D-Link bridge solves all of these problems because you bypass Windows wireless implementation. Not a single problem since. The D-Link, other than its awful Web UI, boots quickly and works flawlessly for months at a time.
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Nice features, poor implementation, April 30, 2005
By Michael V
To summarize what everyone else pointed out but I ignored:
* this unit runs very very hot
* this unit just stops working every few days and requires a full restart which _may_ make it work again.
Don't get it. You'll worry in the back of your mind about the heat, and you'll be irritated with the constant reboots.
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