Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.7 / 5.0

Fair product, bad software:

I purchased a DWL-G520 PCI card and installed it into my Dell 8200 desktop. The card works fine with my Belkin 802.11g wireless router and seems to give me good data speeds, but the included software to control the card and modify the settings does not work. It will not recognize the card in my system ("no card found"). I contacted D Link and they have a complicated procedure to remove the card, uninstall the drivers, reboot, reinstall the drivers, reboot, reinstall the card, blah, blah, blah... Needless to... more info

Crashes some systems:

I purchased two of these cards and a D-Link DI-624 Wireless access point. The card I installed in my wife's old PC running Windows98 worked fine. The one I put in my PC running Windows XP Pro randomly freezes the computer.

I know the problem is related to the card, because XP only crashes when I have the card enabled. If I connect to the access point using standard wired ethernet, the crashes do not occur.

I do not recommend this card, and will not buy any other products from D-Link.

BUYER BEWARE!!!:

Bought the DWL-G520 from another internet merchant along with the DI-624. The DI-624 works great, but this PCI card is the worst product I've ever bought. Running on Win2K SP4, it locks up my computer after 5 minutes of use everytime!

After talking to clueless Level 1 Support several times and jumping their hoops (upgrade bios, upgrade sound card drivers, upgrade video card drivers, upgrade chipset drivers, upgrade OS service pack, use newest driver, revert to old driver, move the card to a different PCI... more info

Accessories:

Netgear MR814 802.11b Wireless 4-Port Cable/DSL Router from Netgear

TRENDnet TVIP-200W Wireless Internet Camera Server from Trendware International

D-Link DI-624 802.11g AirPlus Xtreme G 108 Mbps Wireless Router from D-Link

SMC SMC2635W 802.11b Mbps Wireless Cardbus Adapter from LEXAR MEDIA INC

Kensington WiFi Finder (33063) from Kensington

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