wireless card question.....

I have the ze4610us laptop and bought a Dlink DWL-650+ wireless card. I have been having alot of trouble with it and noticed others with that card also troubles with freezing the computer. Latley i been having disconnects so i'm tired of messinf with the card. So i need some recommendations of other wireless cards. It can be the 'B' version since my Dlink router is also 'B'. thanks

 

If you want the best card and have the cash get a Cisco 350

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I currently use SMC products. I find that the product works great...just don't expect much from the techincal support people. I have their wireless router & USB wireless adapter. They're located on 2 different floors with multiple 2.4Ghz cordless phones around, plus the router's sitting on top of my desktop powersupply & the signal strength is 100%. All are 802.11b standard, plus it works with SSID Broadcasting turned off (Microsoft's USB adapter didn't). If you don't have the money to pay for the Cisco, I'd recommend the SMC, price is comparable to Dlink, plus it has a Limited Lifetime Warranty.

-Vb-

 

I have a 4610 and a D-Link 650 card and have had lots of trouble with it including freezing and difficuty connecting. My friend recommended a Linksys USB "g" adapter that I tried and it works wonderfully with the laptop. It has much better range than my card had and I'm quite satisfied with it. This unit runs on USB 1 or USB 2. I noticed that when I use a D-Link usb 2.0 PCMCIA card and plug in the Linksys wireless adapter, it freezes. I'm starting to think there is either a problem with the 4610 PCMCIA slot or a compatability issue between D-Link and the Hewlett Packard PCMCIA slots.

 

Regarding the DLink freezing, the only real way to find out if it's the PCMCIA slot on the unit or the card itself is to try another card in the unit or try your card in another unit. There's the possibility that the card could be defective.
You also indicated that when you plug in the Dlink USB 2.0 PCMCIA card & the Linksys wireless adapter...USB PCMCIA doesn't exists. Is this a typo?

-Vb-

 

Thanks for the reply. There is a very large, multi-page thread on Broadband.com D-Link forum about the 650(+) PCMCIA freezing with many brands of notebook computer. I just began reading it and some people there seem to think that the problem is with D-Link drivers. One suggestion there is to exit out of the D-Link utility and use the MS wireless zero config. utility to connect. I'm trying that now on my notebook and it seems to be working for me so far.

The Linksys is a USB "G" wireless connector that plugs into a USB slot. It has the advantage of having a real antenna and perhaps gets better reception that way. The 4610 came with only two USB 1 slots so I purchased a D-Link PCMCIA card that provides two USB 2.0 ports. These 2.0 ports have worked well with a printer but when I try to plug in my Linksys wireless connector, it freezes the system. The Linksys works fine in the USB 1 ports but the system complains that I should plug into a high speed connection.

 

Just a follow-up note. Since I disabled the D-Link connection utility, I've had zero problems with the D-Link PCMCIA card. As a bonus I tried connecting my Linksys USB wireless adapter through the USB 2.0 ports and that too is working without freezes. As far as I'm concerned this solves the problem for me and the HP 4610 but I have to note that according to users on the D-Link forum, disabling the D-Link utility did not solve the problem for everyone.

 

At the risk that I'm writing to myself I have to note a second follow-up. Disabling the D-Link utility apparently did not totally solve the problem. It seems that as long as I am plugged into power everything works fine. As soon as I go to battery power, even with the D-link utility gone, I get freezes of the D-Link card and I also get freezes when I plug my wireless USB adapter into the USB 2.0 Pcmcia card. The only thing that makes sense now is, that aside from problems with the D-link utility, there is a lack of sufficient power under battery operation to the pcmcia slot to properly run these adapters. The only way I can connect wirelessly under battery power is with the USB adapter plugged into the onboard USB 1 slots.