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Installed with Windows XP with no issues, and connection speeds are blazing fast at the other end of the house (where I could not get a decent connection before using a Network G card). Product works as advertised.
Pretty much always at 54 Mbs speed, not anywhere near the possible 300 Mbs advertised. Adding this to a computer is very straightforward if you have previous experience opening your box and adding a card. It took 5 minutes to install, and the setup using instructions included took an additional 5-10 minutes, moving very carefully and slowly. So, the DWA-556 adapter is working fine, when the router is working, except I cannot get the anticipated N speed of "up to 300 Mbs".
Only difference is that the G router was connected to a pc, and the N router was relocated and not connected to a pc. I don't think that configuration should affect the connection. My previous 3 year old Belkin G router almost NEVER lost its connection, which has caused me concern. Needs to be unplugged from power, and reconnected and always comes back on.
Entire experience was painless and easy. Goes out every couple of days or so. You need to first look at your computer board to make sure you can install a PCI Express receiver slot that fits this adapter. Using Comcast High Speed Internet cable connection, which has not been reliable in the last 1 month of installation.
Traveling through a ceiling and one or two walls seems to prevent N speeds. Instructions are well executed. Reception is good from D-Link DIR-655 Extreme N wireless router, but not at the speed I was hoping for.
Avoid this product at all costs if you're on Vista. Loses connection to the router itself on a non-stop basis (every 3rd ping or so gives a general failure)Works fine with XP from what I hear. Put it with my Vista 32 installation. Basically does not work.
I'm running wireless using the onboard adapter on my motherboard. Whats the point. That was $70 down the drain and a waste of a pcie slot on my motherobard.Guess what I'm doing now. Don't get me mistakened, this thing works, but for a pcie card and dlink's current top of the line wireless card, the range is shamefull. its only wireless G, but it gives me 4 bars. My previous wireless card D-link dwa-2320 had only one antena and gave me 3 bars from my office upstairs. I'm not talking three floors above the ground.no.just one floor. This adapter has 3 antenae's, it is 3 years newer, but it too gave me only 3 bars.
I recently bought a desktop computer without a wireless card thinking I was going to wire it directly to the router. I ordered it Thursday morning (payed up for overnight shipping) and it arrived the following day. I had a Belkin USB adapter already and tried to install it on the new computer with Vista Home Premium 64. I then decided to go with an internal wireless card.
Not only that but the speed seems excellent. I opened the computer, installed the card in < 5 minutes. I downloaded the latest driver from D-link site to my flash drive. I cannot express how happy I am with a product that works as advertised and was so easy to install. Inserted the flash drive in my computer, added my MAC address to my router, entered my security password AND I WAS ON THE INTERNET. When it arrived I decided to install the computer in a separate room from the router and therefore needed to use a wireless adapter.
I booted up the computer and Vista asked me for a driver. Thank you D-Link. After several frustrating hours and multiple driver downloads and visits to online forums I still could not get the adapter to recognize my network. Since my computer only has PCI express slots available this seemed to be my only choice.
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