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5 Responses to “D-Link DFE-530TX+ 10/100 Fast Ethernet Desktop Adapter”

1. Kim Ringenbach Says:
   October 10th, 2009 at 5:45 am

   This was my first attempt at networking and D-link has made it a nightmare. The cards installed fine, but the booklet only explains on how to install it and hook it into the main board. And it explains it in such a confusing way, you have to read it over and over again until you can understand it. Then it says to refere to the readme file on the floppy disk, when you open it up, all it says is to insert the disk and follow the directions. Wow what help that was. I got in installed, or so I thought I did, I really still am not sure if it’s installed. It had no help on how to use the product and make connections with my other computer. Now I see why it was so cheap. Sure this maybe great to an expert, but to any newbie, this will just mess you up and cause you to waste money on it. It changed my passwords on my system some how and just messed it up pretty bad. I needed to format anyway, but I was so surprised on how much it did to my system. The technical help was no good either, I couldnt even get in contact with them. Please avoid this, unless you know ALOT, and I mean ALOT about networking, otherwise it’s a waste.
   Rating: 1 / 5

2. Anonymous Says:
   October 10th, 2009 at 8:08 am

   Unfortunately, after several (5+) hours of working with this device, I haveto proclaim it a disappointment.

   Installing the hardware itself went fine. However, when I attempted to install the drivers for this device, Windows (98 in this case) went nuts.

   It turns out that the drivers on the floppy disk DO NOT include necessary files… However, even when I use those drivers and reboot, my machine STILL doesn’t detect the network card. Windows itself claims it’s there, but ipconfig (in DOS) and winipcfg can’t find it. I’ve checked BIOS to make sure the PCI slot is enabled — it is.

   Additionally, the driver installation freaks out because it can’t find easy-to-locate Windows-related files (ftp.exe, networks, etc.). I imagine the installer is looking in the wrong directories; I point it manually toward the correct directory and the installer continues.

   After checking D-Link’s troubleshooting documentation, I’m out of ideas, and running out of patience. Most likely I’ll return this to the store or buy a different brand of card.
   Rating: 1 / 5

3. Anonymous Says:
   October 10th, 2009 at 8:46 am

   I’m haveing trouble updaing the drivers for windows Me besides that I think its a good product for it’s cost.
   Rating: 4 / 5

4. Traveler Says:
   October 10th, 2009 at 10:21 am

   I have a G4 tower Mac that did have a built in Ethernet. Unfortunately, a lightening strike took out the port and I was forced to get a PCI card to replace the port. The first card I bought was the D-Link DFE-530TX+. I was excited because the box clearly said that the card would work with Macs and that the “minimum requirement” was OS 10.2.

   They lied. OS 10.2 is the _maximum_ for this card. For most people, it won’t work with 10.3 and up. D-Link has no driver for 10.3 or higher, only 10.2. A google search shows that some people have been able to get the card to work with 10.3. I couldn’t. I tried several different drivers (some users recommended a driver from Realtek) and none worked.

   It’s my guess (and totally a guess) that this card is really only for older Macs that are limited to 10.2. D-Link doesn’t seem to have any intention of supporting modern Macs.

   This is the second D-Link product I’ve used (the first was a cable modem) and I’ve been disappointed both times. I can’t speak for Windows users, but this company doesn’t deserve Mac business.
   Rating: 1 / 5

5. Matthew Conley Says:
   October 10th, 2009 at 11:51 am

   its ok for windows, but since it uses a Realtek chipset, its terrible under linux, you have to compile the driver. agh.
   Simontek
   Rating: 1 / 5