D-Link DFE-530TX+ 10/100 Fast Ethernet Desktop Adapter

I ordered this when I was still in the middle of fixing my problem of my cable modem disconnecting during any sort of downloading thinking it was my onboard NIC starting to go bad.It turned out not to be the NIC cards or the routers but instead the original cable splitter I got from my cable company went bad and was causing all the disconnects. I am still using this over my onboard NIC now and it seems to work great so far and have not had any problems with it at all.The drivers install quickly and was very easy,even grabbed the latest ones online that I could find and those work well also.The only weird part with this NIC card that I have never seen was this card would get no link light on my cable modem when plugged directly into it,even the link light on the back of the nic card would not turn green. So in turn it would never get an IP and was not able to get on the internet.As soon as I would plug it into my router I would get a link light on both the router and the nic card and it would grab a IP from the router instantly and I was all set to go. Now this isn't a big deal for me but there is still quite a bit of ppl out there that just hook directly up to their cable modems and this could cause problems unless it's some sort of defect with mine.I gave it 4 stars because of this. This doesn't matter much for me or most people with a router,but can cause some problems like I had when I was trouble shooting my connection and was trying to rule out any problems with my router and could not directly connect to my modem with this card.

The network component on my old Intel MB was not supported by Windows 2008 Server R2. I ordered this card to enable me to use the MB with Windows Server 2008 R2. It works perfectly. Card is recognized on install and driver loaded automatically. Later, I upgraded to Windows Server 2012 and the card works perfectly with that version of the server product also. Easy to install, and didn't have to bother with the install CD.

This card is worth the money. However, make sure you install the drivers for the NIC card first as it will lock up your PC on bootup without doing this first. It clearly says this in the installation documentation though, but...who reads that.I had no issues with the RJ45 not snapping into place as another review stated. It has been working fine for weeks now on my parents computer.

I have a motherboard with built in network adaptor which went bad and I spent numerous hours trying to get it fixed. Finally fed up with all the hours spent and not getting anywhere, I resolved to buy this card since I have one expansion slot available. After I un-installed the original network software and drivers, then installed the software came with the D-link network card. Turned off the computer and unplugged the power supply first before inserting the D-link card into the expansion slot then reboot.Windows XP automatically sensed the new hardware and installed the driver automatically. Everything was done in less than 10 minutes and my network and internet was up and running.This network card works as well as others which cost many times more. It's a great deal for the money!

Too thick

After 9 yrs of use, the built-in Ethernet card burnt out on my desktop PC. No biggie, i figured. I'll just go to Best-Buy and pick up a PCI ethernet card. After the B-Buy employee stared at me with a blank look on his face, i said, let me guess you don't know what i am talking about. Those guys are just morons these days. Anyhow, it ends up they don't even carry them in store. So i ordered this one online. It cost like $10. Great! I plugged it in and it worked. Pretty easy stuff. Now i can continue my quest to keep my dinosaur PC alive FOREVER!!!!!! Muhahahahahaha, MUHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! (evil laughing)

I read a good many reviews before selecting the d-link nic card. I found the install easy and trouble free- but the quality isn't what I'd expected. The RJ45 connection is poor (cable doesn't lock in) and I've lost my connection several times, having to remove the card to get a proper connection. This may well be a faulty card, but I can only speak from my experience with the one, which thus far has not been great.

Ok, so I don't often say that. But really, this NIC is super. I am a PC/Network tech and I use this card on new & old Win PCs as well as RedHat, Mandrake & SUSE Linux. The Nix distros all recognize it without any additional drivers. If you want to compile it into the kernel, get the driver form Dlink and have at it, but it is not necessary.This NIC performs great on each OS I've used it on. It is a great card for ADSL and works perfectly with SpeadStream DSL modems. The 3Com cards may have more bells & whistles, but for this price you can't go wrong - and a lifetime warranty at that. The retail for this card is somewhere around 35 or 40. Overall, unless you have a specific need for a specialty NIC, try this one!...

Well thanks indeed to 'maple tree' who wrote a review (Dec 2007) and got me thinking !!! Got out 'old faithful', my old w98se computer and installed this PCI card, Ref D Link DFE-530TX 10/100Mbps PCI Ethernet Adapter Card, and just as he/she says, it has given my old w98se machine a new lease of life. Install the driver from the supplied CD first, only THEN (after initial reboot) install the card and hey presto, my old w98 computer is now on my small home network together with my Xp computer. Am I pleased... you bet. The actual install went very smoothly with no problems experienced whatsoever. The card arrived just 2 days after ordering. Amazon on the ball yet again. Thank you. To give an update on the driver details, this new card is compatible from w98se right up through to the dreaded Vista. I now have a worthwhile backup machine with loads of my old favorite programs on it together with a permanent backup location for the more sensitive stuff. All this for around a tenner!Great find. Thank you 'maple tree'. Without your post I doubt I would ever have bothered. All IMHO of coarse.

I needed a new NIC after the one provided by my ISP decided to give up the ghost.So I ordered the card with Amazon on Friday and got it first thing Monday (nice one Amazon).Comes with a disk full of drivers, a very good manual and installation guide. No problems setting the card up, actually Windows XP recognised it, and has drivers for it so was up and running in no time.Simple to install, and runs like a dream. Well worth the money.

I was a little dubious that a product this cheap might not work properly but I need not have worried. If you're happy fitting cards into PCI slots inside your PC then this will do the job for you. It was delivered within 2 days, installed within 10 minutes and worked immediately with Windows XP detecting and installing the drivers automatically. The card is capable of handling far greater volumes at much higher speeds than our old Pentium II PC can manage, so why pay any more as this does the job perfectly at an amazingly low price.

Urlaubsbedingt wurde es noch nicht getestet, sieht aber alles gut aus - ich denke, dass alles klappt und es auch funktioniert.

I bought this for a macintosh server that needed to be multi-homed. The server was running 10.3 OSX server software and some reviews on a website that talked about NICs for macintosh suggested it would work. The NIC is cheap and so I got it. The box suggests that it has drivers for macintosh that will work with 10.3. However, they don't since the card was not visible either with or without the supplied drivers. I'm sure the card will function fine in a Windows PC, but that is not why I bought it. It might even work with 10.2 OSX, but that is ancient now. In the end, I had to upgrade the server software to 10.5 server anyway and I ended up getting a Netgear GA311 Gigabit card off ebay that just plugs in and works without any need for drivers.