Super G with MIMO Wireless Router, 802.11g, b
1 This unit has some basic design flaws
Here's the scoop with this product. The base product and card work fine. However my woes started when I tried connecting to my company VPN it would not work. I followed the instructions to enable it - but the some of the settings would not stick in the firmware. Finally I followed instructions to reset the box - a bad mistake. The system does not work - asks you to load a new firmware. When you go to the d-link web site there is no firmware. I contacted their support - they asked me to return it to my local store which I did and got a new box ....same problem. Now d-link acknowledges that the unit does not have any firmware to download ...basically this is an unsupported product. The d-link tech supports folks are sympathetic but the only thing they will do is to replace it with the same model type which of course is worthless to me.
So my advise is to stay away from this product. It is a badly designed product with a fundamental flaw where the reset button destroys the firmware and worse there is no firmware that you can download.
2 Works Great For Me!
Purchased both the DI-624M & DWL-G650M two days ago. Very easy to set-up and configure. Works like a champ......no problems at all. I'm connected at 108 Mbps using the DWL-G650M card just fine. Perhaps the previous poster didn't not have his router configured for "Super G with Dynamic or Static" mode enabled. Also a few bucks cheaper than the equivalent Linksys router. One thing about Linksys' router that bothered me is that no where on the box does it claim any rate of speed, however the part/model has "54g" as part of it (suspect) I was specifically shopping for a 108 Mbps throughput for video sharing on my network. I upgraded from Linksys' 1st gen 11b router so this is a major jump for me. BTW my WLAN is made up of wireless-11b/54g, and now the 108 speed. Router responds well with all mixed speeds. Oh yeah, coverage is excellent so far!
3 Router is good, but wireless card can't connect at 108mbps
The router worked fine. I had plenty of signal everywhere through my house. The problem was that the DWL-G650M card didn't have a 'super G' option available. That meant that I could only connect at 54mbps rather than the full 108mbs. D-lin's support was able to replicate the problem, and after 5 hours on the phone, they didn't have a solution. On the plus side, they did try very hard to help.
I ended up returning the card and the router, and buying a the Linksys WRT54GX router and WPC54GX. If you don't care about 108 vs 54, or you have the patience to wait for a firmware upgrade to fix the Super G problem, then you can't go wrong.
If you want to take advantage of teh 108mbps, take a look at the Linksys or the Belkin competing products..
