Belkin Gigabit Ethernet ExpressCard with 1 External Port ( F5U250 )

10 Review to this product

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  Judith Ann Letostak
  October 22nd, 2010 on 4:18 am

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  My internal ethernet device failed in my laptop recently and I need a wired connection for downloading, wireless just doesn’t cut it. I couldn’t use my old PCMCIA ethernet card as my new laptop only has a slot for express cards. My network at home is 100MB and this card worked great. Fedora found it right when I plugged it in, and I’ve had 0 problems with it. My main concern when I bought it was if it was Linux compatable, and it is.

  Now I’m tempted to switch my network to Giga for the speeds.
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  Ciaran
  October 22nd, 2010 on 4:20 am

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  Transfers files faster than my hard drive can push them. Great piece of hardware for an older model inspiron w/ out gigabit ethernet in conjunction with an RT-N16 (DD-WRT). I am currently using Debian 5.0 w/ the latest distro kernel, and all i had to do to install the card & update my /etc/network/interfaces file w/ the new ‘eth#’ device + assign it to DHCP. Worth the $$$. No more file transfers at 40-70 Mbps. 900 MB in 17 seconds.
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  Nelson Coronado
  October 23rd, 2010 on 11:30 am

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  After researching the options out there, I found this Expresscard to be both a good price and a apparently a good product. Without a doubt it delivered on the steady Gigabit connection no problem! I didn’t even have to install anything, I just plugged it into the slot, Vista recognized it installed it and that was it! I wish I would have known the ports on my PC were 10/100 not Gigabit ports, but back then I wasn’t aware of home connections at that speed, well I’m happy and thanks to the Belkin Expresscard I can have crystal clear connections on my Voip phone.
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  Brian Arenofsky
  October 23rd, 2010 on 2:12 pm

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  The internal LAN card in my laptop was going bad and I needed a quick fix. The Belikn card has performed so much better than the internal card that I am not going to replace it. I will continue to use the Belkin for my business demo’s.
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  Sachin Kumar
  October 23rd, 2010 on 5:27 pm

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  I got this to have gigabit Ethernet capability for my Vaio CR590. Although this product is not approved for vista, it did install correct drivers by automatically downloading them from MS download on vista home premium (32bit). I cannot comment on 64bit version.
  
  Product is nice to have when you require gigabit connection for connecting network drive or other peripherals.
  
  I’m happy about this product and would like Belkin to update the product summary about vista (32bit) compatibility.
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  N. Creamer
  October 23rd, 2010 on 10:34 pm

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  I have been using this Belkin gig card for approximately a month now and it is flawless. Zero transmit and send tx/rx errors. It is being used on a high end laptop to move extremely large files to a terabyte NAS appliance. Runs smoothly and I have been pushing and pulling several terabytes of data per week with no issues. Price is excellent and this is another product by Belkin that runs well. Easy to install, works on Vista 64 Bit OS. Low overhead and footprint on memory and CPU – no GUI to slow down system. Recommend for anyone needing more bandwidth on their network.
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  Hank3484
  October 24th, 2010 on 11:54 am

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  One thing I recommend doing with this product is enabling 9014 byte jumbo packets (device manager – properties – advanced tab). I’ve used this with my gigabit ethernet router and my networked external hard drive and got just over 200Mbps coming down from the drive (limitation of the spin rate of the drive). I’ve also used it with a PixeLink GigE Vision camera and was able to get about 900Mbps out of it!
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  R. Zhou
  October 25th, 2010 on 6:56 pm

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  Ordered the express card after a thunder storm blew out my internal ethernet port. Installation was very easy, just slipped the card into the slot. Connected the ethernet cable, turned on the laptop, and I’m browsing the internet again! Performs wonderfully!
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  S. P. Kendall
  October 26th, 2010 on 7:16 pm

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  This is the second gigabit expresscard I’ve tried on my laptop. The first, a Linksys Expresscard Gigabit Eth Adapter Pci Express, has a spring-loaded RJ-45 jack that folds down to allow for easier storage, but doesn’t protect the pins well and they eventually broke. That Linksys card was not very fast; I never really got gigabit speeds with it. This Belkin card is significantly faster, and was detected by Ubuntu Linux (7.04, Feisty Fawn) right away, nothing to load or configure. I would buy one of these again in a heartbeat. This Belkin card is not as cool-looking as the Linksys, but it has it where it counts, and that’s speed.
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  Christian J. Michel
  October 27th, 2010 on 1:17 am

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  Bought an expensive Dell XPS-M1530 laptop, pre-loaded with Ubuntu LTS.
  
  Realized too late that it has no GB ethernet. Looked for expresscard product recognized by ubuntu. Found Belkin F5U250 at Amazon.com, choose free shipment option, came within a week. Plugged the device, a reboot is needed to sense the new HW. Happy with the product: give 5 stars to Belkin (also to Amazon.com).

  cjm knoxville, tn