D-Link DWL-122 USB Wireless Adapter

I just bought this d-link adapter for an eMac 1 ghz OS X 10.2.8 and started seeing the same problems, drop out after 5 minutes, freezing in the Finder, etc.

Now I see this is a common complaint even with the 1.3.2 driver. I'd like to see if the 1.4 driver fixes these issues or I'm returning the DWL!

So... why didn't you just install an AirPort card?

I bought the D-Link instead of the Airport Extreme Card because it cost 50% less and I'm running a 11 meg wireless network so Extreme would be wasted bandwidth. Although I may reconsider if D-Link won't work.

In the meantime....
I've downgraded the eMac to 10.2.4 and the internet connectivity is good (ie stable).

Only problem now is when I try to connect to another Mac on the network it kills the wireless access. Must be a conflict between the USB adapter and Network/Rendevous.

So you saved some money on the intitial purchase but you gained a lot of aggravation trying to make this device work. Many have found that the USB wireless adapters just don't play well with OS X. They are a constant struggle and not worth any $$ savings.

I fixed my D-Link problem....returned it to Tiger Direct, bought Belkin's F5D6050 USB Wireless Adapter (doesn't say Mac support on latest box but Belkin Tech says they still do), downloaded from Belkin the 10.2.x driver (10.3.x available too), installed said driver, ran Disk Utility's Permission Repair, futz around with the USB ports until the Belkin app recognized the adapter (common USB plug & pray issue---e.g., same with Palm Serial to USB adapter), then found my wireless network and bingo!

Cost comparison Belkin vs Apple: Cdn$70 vs Cdn$150, more than 50%.

If you want to go with USB wireless, go with Belkin!

BTW after reading a web page with instructions about running a Netgear MA101 Rev B USB Wireless Adapter using a modified Belkin driver (switch USB Vendor and Product IDs) I also bought a refurbed Netgear unit (Cdn$27) and tried it. No luck. Maybe Belkin modified the driver, dunno. In any case I am very happy to give Belkin my $ for something the really works as advertized!

This is the second time Belkin has come through. I bought their SCSI to USB adapter and now use three different SCSI scanners, including a Minolta Scan Speed slide scanner, a SCSI Zip 100, and laCie SCSI HD's, albeit one at a time (hot swappable!).

Bought one of their Bluetooth USB adapters by mistake off their clearance page, and can wait until I get a Bluetooth cellphone...ah more toys!

Hi Pankers,

I'm successfully using the Belkin F5D6050g on a B&W G3 after running into trouble with the D-Link DWL 122 product (or rather the supplied USB driver) earlier on.

The Linksys WET11 Ethernet product is probably a better choice for B&W G3s but the Belkin USB is doing fine, too.

D-Link sent me the beta 1.4.5 drivers this morning, I haven't had time to try them yet but I have uploaded them incase anyone else wants to try them:
http://www.apvx02.dsl.pipex.com/DWL122.tar

Hi Mark-

I have had similar great luck with the DI-624 ($49.95 from Justdeals.com, + S&H) and an Aria extreme 802.11g PCI card from Sonnet) in the slot. (($47.95 + S&H, lots of vendors. Plug put it in a go... no special drivers or anything. But... have you figured out how to share an internet connection with one? I can't see to get it to.

Well this is all good to know, considering I am about to buy a router. So basically what I have gathered is......just buy an airport card and get over it? This should work with any router then?

Steve...I only have my TI book right now.
Very soon though I will be chanllenging this router with a hookup to a windows PC and an older PowerComputing Mac clone.
We'll see what happens then!

This is a very interesting series of posts about D-Link. How does it impact on the viability of D-Link DSL-G604T ADSL Router/Modem/Wireless that I had decided to buy?

I'm using a D-Link DI-624 router with a hard wire connection for my G4 Mac. Works just fine now that it's running the 10.3.3 update. I tried using the Wireless Airport card but it wouldn't connect with the router, despite my laptop sitting next to it with a D-Link wireless card. I could connect to my PC's with the airport, but everytime the phone rang, (cordless 2.6 Ghz) the connection would be lost to the Mac.

I returned the Airport card and ran a hard line and solved the problem. It now gets the full 100Mb access to the network.

my power mac is connected to a cable modem at the moment. will this d-link adaptor allow my mac to act as a software base station and share internet access with my pc?

Hey Matthew, any luck with the 1.4.5 driver? Your link is down, is there any chance you could re host it for a bit? let me know.