D-Link DWA-552 Extreme-N Wireless PCI Adapter

Item arrived on time and as described.

Good stuff at a great price, and very satisfied with the product. It arrived at the prescribed time. No complaints whatsoever

I just had to write this review after reading all the terrible commentary on this great network adapter, so here's one that gives this product 5-Stars across the board. I have been using the DWA-552 for more than 2 months in my i7 920-'Nehalem' Quad Core CPU powered home-built PC, and I've got nothing but Kudos to say about connectivity, reliability, speedy transmission, and plug and play goodness that this card offers. When I built my PC I was worried about this adapter, since it was the ONLY PCI adapter available at the time that wasn't some off-brand gadget, and the reviews were so awful about it! Well, no more because I've been pleased as an October pumpkin with the fantastic performance and connectivity of this adapter in Vista Ultimate 64-bit with the new PC. In fact I've never had a bad or insurmountable problem or issue with this network adapter in 2 months of 24/7 use with the new PC. Installation is nothing at all, easy as pie: just simply install the network adapter with your PC powered down, and off, button it up, reboot, insert the CD ROM that came in the kit with drivers and control panel for the device, install the drivers/control panel, reboot, and BAM! Instant connectivity! I have been using the device with a "Gemtech" N-series Router, better known as the NewerTechnology N-Series Router, The MAXPower Router, and the two co-exist perfectly. I never had a dropped connection, never had any connection issues at all with the D-Link DWA-552 device in the two months that I've had it online with the new PC. I don't know what all the trouble and terrible problems are about with the other reviews of this network adapter, but I've got to give it 5-stars across the board in my use of it the past two months. I mean I have ZERO to complain about, because the adapter performs as advertised, with or without the D-Link Control Panel installed. To be honest, I never even bothered to remove or uninstall the D-Link Control Panel, as it never got in the way of my Vista network controls, just sat there kind of passive while I worked with Windows network protocols to acquire a network, and once connected, no problems at all with the D-Link DWA-552 PCI adapter, none at all! After I installed the adapter and had it working 100%, I went to the D-Link web site and found, and downloaded the most current control panel and driver for Vista 64-bit and installed that package, but that isn't to say that the OEM/stock CD ROM drivers and control panel doesn't work. All that I mean is that if you want this adapter to work seamlessly with your system, download the latest and greatest driver/control panel package from[...], and you'll be that much better off for doing it. I can't think of a single negative thing to write about this network adapter, as I had no bad experiences at all with it. It is just that simple, and good, an xlnt product by D-Link! I am going to buy its brother, the DWA-556 adapter, which is PCI-Express not PCI like this one, because I have a need for the PCI-E type of adapter now that I've added twin EVGA GTX-285 video cards to my rig...as that eliminated the PCI slot (it's covered by the 2nd twin-lane video board) for all intents and purposes, and I have faith that the DWA-556 is just as good as this adapter here has been...After having the DWA-552 for a couple months I tend to think that D-Link has its act together for network cards/adapters, and I have confidence that the DWA-556 is just as high quality of an item as this one has been for me. Don't be afraid of this adapter because of a bunch of crappy reviews from folks who have other problems, which are compounded by this adapter it seems, and then they write a bad review of a good product...that just isn't even fair or equitable for such a great product as this one. Wavey Davey gives the D-Link DWA-552 PCI XTreme N Network Adapter 5 stars across the board, and you can take it from me, this thing works PERFECT in Vista 64-bit Ultimate OS! You can take that to the bank! Wavey Davey June 25, 2009

I've changed where its located twice in my motherboard thinking I didn't have a good connection in the PCI slot. The card will randomly decide when it wants to work. I start my computer up and its good and runs fine, the next time i start it up, it acts like i have no wireless card in the slot. I updated the drivers and troubleshoot it and it said it fixed all errors but still selectively works. Not a bad connection, could be better because my laptop gets better signals than my desktop and supposedly this card is better. Will get something new soon if this problem isn't solved.

I installed the hardware and it wasn't working, it didn't detect any network. Therefore I put my pc right beside the router to plug it in, and I realised that the adapter was detecting my network with a 70% signal... right beside it, they were a foot apart. I pluggeg the router to my pc by wire and I downloaded the most recent drivers. It helps, now the adapter is detecting the signal (network) and I have wireless internet on my pc. However, for no reason the wi-fi is deconnecting now and then and it is really annoying when I'm playing online or streaming something. I don't know why but I was downloading something the other day and my wife was on her tablet and the internet connection on the ipad will go on and off... Therefore I recommend that you buy another wireless adapter then this one.

Installed it into my windows 10 machine and worked immediately with no software needed. Excellent range and speed. Would buy it again. .