DLINK DWL-650 (PCMCIA 802.11b) for $39.99 at OfficeMax B&M

[jaredchandler]

Was out trying to find something to do with the $20 off $50 coupon for Office Depot and ended up at OfficeMax which to my surprise was having a sale on DLINK wireless gear.

THe standout winner was the D-LINK DWL-650 wireless care for only $39.99! I've been using one of these cards for almost a year now, and the chance to pick up another was too much to resist. They had 10+ of them in stock, all for $39.99 ea.

SKU# is: 7 90069 22840 7
OfficeMax Store# 518

I checked the officemax website and its listed there for $99, so this looks like B&M to me.

Happy Hunting

 

[coolVariable]

Which Office Max Store is that? (And where is it?)

 

[jaredchandler]

Northway Mall, Anchorage Alaska

YMMV

 

[coolVariable]

I was hoping it is one in SoCal ...

 

[jaredchandler]

give em a call, it looked like it was part of their back to school sale. I believe OM is blowing out all their old 802.11b gear to make way for the new DLINK 22megabit stuff.

 

[KiDFuZioN]

Its also listed as 39.99 in So Cal, but they are out of stock so good luck finding one.

 

[cappsa]

These have been $39.99 at the local OM for at least the last few weeks. I picked one up to use with my 39 cent access point from the CC pricematch a couple weeks back. I was having trouble getting WEP working with my 3Com card from work, so I thought I'd give this a shot. The signal strength was crap compared to my 3Com card. I live in an apartment, if I went into the room next to my AP, the Dlink card showed a Very Good signal. If I went into my dining room, it went down to Good. My 3Com card has Excellent signal strength everywhere in my apartment. So once I figured out what I was doing wrong with the 3Com card, I took the Dlink back. I believe the poor signal strength has something to do with the low price. But hey, for $40 it worked.

 

[jaredchandler]

I dunno, i've done a good deal of wardriving with my DLink, i think it's the quality of the antenna on your AP and its positioning which will make the most difference

 

[Hav0k99]

What software do you use to wardrive with the Dlink?

 

[jaredchandler]

For Linux / BSD all the major stuff works. For windows however the two programs are APSniff or Aerosol.

 

[Freejack2]

For those whose officemaxes are far away or they are playing stock games with you, give Circuitcity a try. With the 110% pricematch the card comes to $34.99. Not the latest and greatest technology but not bad for $35. Now all I have to do is find an access point or wireless router for cheap.

 

[ai42]

For Linux / BSD all the major stuff works. For windows however the two programs are APSniff or Aerosol.

Well I know for a fact that the DWL-650 works with the NEWEST version of NetStumbler. However it is still beta testing Prism WLAN chips so it is still a bit buggy but it does work. Also you have to be running NDIS 5.1 (which only comes in WinXP).