Belkin F5D8010 Wireless Pre-N 802.11x Pre-N Notebook PC Card Adapter

Product Description:
Belkin Wireless 802.11x Pre-N Notebook PC Card Adapter - This PC Card adapter allows your notebook PC to connect to a Belkin Pre-N wireless network, or older 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11a networks. When utilized with a Belkin Pre-N network, you get the latest in wireless technology. Giving you amazing increases in speed, coverage, & performance when compared to other wireless 802.11x networks. Some of the benefits include up to 800% greater coverage and up to 600% greater speeds than 802.11g! Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) Support Pop-Up Blocker (6 months free) - provides pop-up, adware, & spyware blocking

Average customer rating:

Great Hardware Poor Software
card didn't work - poor customer service
Great PC card with very good range
Noticeably Faster!
Worked better than the newer Linksys N

Belkin F5D8010 Wireless Pre-N 802.11x Pre-N Notebook PC Card Adapter

Manufacturer: Belkin Components
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Note - increased speeds require a Belkin Pre-N router or access point
With increased Pre-N speeds & coverage, you can more easily transfer large files!
Improved resistance to wireless interference - the adapter will sense potential interference and dynamically shift to the clearest wireless channel available
If a standard 802.11g or 802.11b networking product is introduced into the Pre-N network, the Pre-N adapter will not drop to the lowest networking speed.
When used with 802.11g & 802.11b devices, the Pre-N adapter improves their wireless coverage by up to 20%!

ASIN: B0006A7X2W

Product Description

Belkin Wireless 802.11x Pre-N Notebook PC Card Adapter - This PC Card adapter allows your notebook PC to connect to a Belkin Pre-N wireless network, or older 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11a networks. When utilized with a Belkin Pre-N network, you get the latest in wireless technology. Giving you amazing increases in speed, coverage, & performance when compared to other wireless 802.11x networks. Some of the benefits include up to 800% greater coverage and up to 600% greater speeds than 802.11g! Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) Support Pop-Up Blocker (6 months free) - provides pop-up, adware, & spyware blocking

Customer Reviews:

Great Hardware Poor Software.......2007-05-15

Works as advertised. Going from "G" to "Pre-N" increased my range by at least 30 feet but more importantly the signal was able to get through walls that that the "G" signal could not penetrate. The drivers work fine but the configuration software supplied with the card does not work very well. Use the Microsoft operating system configuration wizard for best results.

card didn't work - poor customer service.......2007-04-17

I bought this card and the Belkin Pre-N wireless router in Nov. 2006 at a BestBuy store during Thanksgiving sale. The router worked but the card did not. I called Belkin many times. Everytime they asked me to re-install the drivers and software for the card but the card never worked. I wasted more than 4 hours on phone and re-installing drivers again and again. Then finally Belkin asked me to ship them the defective card to get a replacement. I pointed out that I should not have to bear the shipping costs because the card never worked to begin with but Belkin was not ready to cover the shipping costs. I have shipped them the defective card today and am awaiting a replacement to arrive.

Great PC card with very good range.......2007-04-03

I use two of these cards. I bought one for my neighbor to utilize my wireless Belkin network and have had no problems or dropped connections.

Noticeably Faster!.......2007-02-16

Just installed it following the directions from a previous review on this site...THANKS. Its fast! The card DOES SUPPORT WPA ENCRYPTION, just don't install or use the Belkin connection utility. Only install the drivers then cancel and let XP handle the connection. You plug your encryption key back into windows network connection manager when you connect and you are good to go. Have used several newer and supposedly fast adapters and this one smokes them on speed and range. Belkins website says that they were out of stock due to popularity of the product so you would think that they would get the message, pump out more of these and upgrade their software to take advantage of the higher security encryption.

Worked better than the newer Linksys N.......2007-02-10

I picked up a much newer Linksys N router and Notebook adapter and promptly took them back. The Belkin Pre-N Access Point and Pre-N Card had a more stable signal and seemed to be just as fast.

I am able to stream recored HDTV from my Media Center PC to my laptop with this setup without a problem.

The only knock is that these units won't be flashable up to the N standard, but since the performace is already there, it's no big deal to me.

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