Belkin F5D8001 N1 Wireless Desktop Card

List Price: $99.99 Discount Price: Too low to display

Features:

• 802.11n draft technology transmits data at speeds up to 300 Mbps
• Card easily connects your computer to a wider, faster network
• Provides an excellent solution for efficiently transferring large data files
• Uses MIMO technology to increase antenna range and speed
• Lifetime warranty

Accessories:
Lorex Network Video Server w/Pan/ Tilt/Zoom Camera	Cables To Go - 27141 - 3ft CAT6 550Mhz Snagless Patch Cable Blue

Customer Reviews:

Complete Garbage [Posted on 2007-11-03]
This product is complete garbage. The antenna connector frequently pops off. I never even get 802.11b speeds from this card, even though the computer is the same room as the Belkin N1 router! My Intel a/b/g laptop card works from anywhere in my apartment with no issues. This card cannot keep a connection for more than a few minutes. The wireless network utility is worthless. It crashes whenever I click the "check for upgrades" button (nice touch). The other people were right, if you MUST use this card, use the Windows XP Wireless Zero config and remove the Belkin overlay software.

Buy anything else.

Belkin N1 desktop--don't bother [Posted on 2007-11-19]
Why no negative stars? I purchased this because I had upgraded my wife's old XP machine to a new one w/ Vista and Vista did not recognize the Belkin PreN adapter (its not compatable.) I spoke to Belkin about it and was told the the N1 would work even better than the PreN. Installed it and performance was way worse. Spoke to Belkin and was told to disable firewall, which I did and performance went up a bit but still very poor. So bad that I bought a new Dell that had XP on it and put the PreN adapter in. Performance is at least 3x better. I am selling the new HP computer (really giving it away) to a friend. I am really disapointed with both Belkin for the N1 and the Microsoft for Vista.

Dosen't work with Vista [Posted on 2007-11-23]
This item has yet to prove its worth to me. it dosen't work with Windows Vista, even with the new driver from belkin, and it dosen't work that great with xp. I like Belkin and their products. So i'm going to hold on to it, and hope they create a fix for it.
UPDATE:
with the vista sp1 update and the driver upgrade from belkin that just came out, i have a rocket ship on my hands. the fastest internet times i've ever seen. i love it.
it's still hard to keep the antenna plugged into the card. any shift and it will fall off. but other than that, wow. super wow. windows update also has an update for the n1.

Crapola [Posted on 2008-02-10]
First the connection between the card and the antenna is a joke. A horrible design that easily disconnects. Second, even with the current Vista drivers, I can't get the think to work. STAY AWAY!

exceeded my expectations [Posted on 2008-04-07]
I bought this card as an upgrade from my belkin 802.11g card which I had been using for 2 years. The single-antenna wireless G card had worked well, but the signal definitely could've been a lot stronger.

In spite of the fact that the router in my house is an old wireless G router and is located on the floor above me, this wireless N card by Belkin has drastically improved the signal strength.

Installation was no problem with my XP operating system. I had no software issues what-so-ever.

I do have to admit, however, that the connection between the antenna and the card is a joke. Mine has not slipped off yet, but I am left feeling disappointed over the lost peace-of-mind from not having antenna connections that are screw-on like those you would expect to see on a quality adapter.

And, yes, like that which has been mentioned in other reviews, the length of the antenna wire also leaves a lot to be desired. But, despite the lack of options for antenna placement due to the shortened cord, I am having no signal reception issues. Again, even though the router is on a different floor and is a wireless G that was purchased 3 years ago, my connection speed is far better than what I had been achieving with the wireless G card I was using just prior.

I am sorry to read so many complaints about this piece of hardware that has really improved the connectivity of my internet connection. I honestly would very much like to see those people experience the level of satisfaction that I am deriving from my purchase of this product.

It almost leaves me wondering if perhaps I am not getting the performance that I should be getting considering what I paid for this product. How is it that so many people could be so disappointed with a product that to me seems to work pretty well?

After all, I am by no means an especially computer literate person. Amongst my peers, I have historically been the least technologically adept. Is ignorance bliss in my unique case? Or has fate furnished for me one of the few Belkin N1 Wireless Desktop Adapters that actually does what its manufacturer claims it will do?

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