Wireless cards

species8350

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Dec 28, 2009, 10:40:09 AM12/28/09

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Hi,

I am thinking of buying a wi-fi card for my PC (DELL Dimension).
Running Vista 32 bit

D-Link DWL-G510 PCI Card looks good

Anyone any experience.

It has a low profile back plane, will it fit my case?

Thanks

Pen

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Dec 28, 2009, 12:23:11 PM12/28/09

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The card fits a normal PCI slot. The problem with desktops
and wireless is that the adapter is not able to be moved so
if you are some distance away from the wireless router you
won't be able to do anything if there are problems.

http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=DWL-G510

Paul

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Dec 28, 2009, 1:06:14 PM12/28/09

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It comes with a low profile faceplate, the card is low profile,
so you can use either faceplate as the situation arises. Some
Dell computers are "slim", and use only low profile cards. You'd
install the low profile faceplate in that case. For regular
desktop computers, you could leave the full height faceplate
attached to the card.

Reviews are here.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16833127145

Paul

larry moe 'n curly

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Dec 30, 2009, 8:06:06 AM12/30/09

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On Dec 28, 8:40 am, species8350 <not_here.5.species8...@xoxy.net>
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The card measures 64mm x 120mm. I have some, and they've
worked fine, but D-Link's software supports only the easy to crack
WEP encryption, not the much, much better WPA encryption.
Fortunately Asus makes an essentially identical wireless card,
the WL-138G, and its WPA software can be used for the D-Link
card. However no driver software is needed for Windows versions
2000 and newer because they provide native WPA support. Actually
installing D-Link's software may prevent WPA from working and
also make the card sluggish.

Don't overlook Airlink brand cards, especially if you're using Windows
ME
or 98Se, because their AWLH3026 and AWLH3028 cards support WPA with
them, even though they don't say so for the AWLH3028. The USB AWLL
versions of these adapters do, too.

species8350

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Jan 1, 2010, 5:50:21 AM1/1/10

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On Dec 30 2009, 1:06 pm, "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencu...@my-

Thanks for responding

I am looking at the wifi cards on the Novatech website.

The DWL-G510 is well reviewed. I don't see end of line as an issue.
Just how well it works.

How important is the type of antenna?
They have an Edimax with a lead to the antenna. is this a big
advantage.
They also have an Edimax with three antennas that supports N
broadcasts. Could this antenna system be an advantage. I will probably
connect through a Thomson router
Their Novatech card has a double dipole antenna. Is this a good idea.

Is the antenna the most important part of the card?

Thanks

species8350

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Ps Vista 32 bit OS

Tinkerer

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"species8350" <not_here.5....@xoxy.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks for responding

Just fitted one of these into my daughter's PC and it works a treat.
Chosen for two reasons.
1) It was the cheapest available
2) You can move the antenna around if the signal is a bit iffy. E.g. if the
computer itself is between router and antenna (hers was)
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Tinkerer