Belkin F5D6000 Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter

by Belkin

Product Details

Product Manual [1.67mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000063WPB
• Item model number: F5D6000
• Average Customer Review: 1.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 23, 2002

Product Description

With a simple install, this Card gets your PC wireless network-ready, instantly. Just slide it into any available PCI expansion slot, and enjoy the freedom to share Internet access and other resources through your router with all your other connected computers. Using our included network setup software, you'll be sharing files, hard drives, printers, and scanners in no time--without the hassle of installing network cabling.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Compatibility issues, July 5, 2002

By 

David Thomas (Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Belkin F5D6000 Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter (Personal Computers)

It appears that the Netgear MA401 802.11b Wireless PC Card will not work with this network adapter.

Belkin's site claims:
Q: Can the Wireless PCI Card Adapter be used with any other PCMCIA or CardBus adapter cards?
A: No, the Wireless PCI Card Adapter F5D6000 will only work with and was only designed to work with the Wireless Notebook Network Card F5D6020. Using other PCMCIA or CardBus adapter cards will not work.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Okay adapter - but not a PCI-PCMCIA bridge, October 6, 2003

By 

Collin B McClendon (Manassas, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Belkin F5D6000 Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter (Personal Computers)

I bought this thinking that it was a generic PCMCIA - PCI bridge...so I could use any pcmcia card in it. However it uses firmware that only works with the belkin 802.11b pcmcia card. You can't upgrade your wireless and you can't use it for modems or other pcmcia cards...it does what it says but nothing more.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Does not seem to work with F5D6020 ver 2 PC Card, May 13, 2003

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"private_fm3" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Belkin F5D6000 Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter (Personal Computers)

I thought I would be smart and go the route of buying a PC card for my Lappy and then the adapter for my desktop so that I could use my PCCard in a PCI desktop slot. I got the F5D6020 like the info tells us to do to use the above product. The PC card works great for my Lappy and I am able to connect to my wireless network no problem. The issue though is that I have installed the PC Card reader that yall see above(i.e. the F5D6000) on my Desktop and plugged in the PCCARD to the adapter. Upon install everything goes great. It looks like everything is a go, but then I get an error. The error says:

Device Cannot Start (Code 10)

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, even tried installing the PCI adapter onto another desktop. All results are the same... I get the Code 10 error and the device will not start. I am at wits end and tried to contact tech support. No answer at all!!! I have been to MS Support and even fished the Belkin online support and still nothing stating anything about the product and whats going on. The only thing I have come up with is the fact that my F5D6020 card is a version 2 model, what ever this means. I have Googled my heart out and nothing seems of importance. I am stuck and no help forth coming and no support from the site at all. Why would Belkin create an identical PC CARD and name it the same freaking thing if it would not work in this reader. Also why are places allowed to sell these two items with no concern that a incompatability might exist.