D-Link DHN-520

The DHN-520 is the 'active ingredient' in the DHN-910 kit we reviewed back in February. It has a fairly simple design, but with two full-size LEDs that make it easier to read in a lighted room than the other two cards. It also seems to have a characteristic manufacturing flaw that makes it necessary to bend the backplate with pliers to fit it in the computer. We have seen a total of four of these cards now, and they have all had this same issue. We hit six big online stores but couldn't find the DHN-520 for sale by itself. However, every one of the six had the DHN-910 kit, and you're going to need 2 cards to begin with anyway. The price for the kit was as low as $107.95, which works out to $53.98 per card. Of course, if you need a third card, it looks like you'll have to get it directly from D-Link… at a price of $69.00

Technical Specifications:

Standards:
  • HomePNA 1.0
  • HomePNA 2.0
  • iLine10
Bus Type:
  • PCI 2.1 Bus (Bus Master)
Ports:
  • RJ-11 per Adapter
  • Auto-Negotiating
Speed:
  • 1Mb HomePNA 1.0
  • 10Mb HomePNA 2.0
Drivers Supplied:
  • Windows 95, 95B (OSR2), 98
  • Windows NT 4.0
  • Windows 2000 (beta)
LEDs:
  • Link
  • Active
PCB Layers:
  • 2 Layers
Power Consumption:
  • 1.1 Watts
Temperatures:
  • Storage: -25° to 55°C (-13° to 131°F)
  • Operating: 0° to 50°C (32° to 122°F)
Humidity:
  • 10% to 90% non-condensing
Physical Dimensions:
  • 120mm X 39mm
EMI Compliance:
  • FCC Class B
  • VCCI Class B
  • CISPR B
  • Canada ICES-003, Class B
  • CE Certification, Class B
  • C-Tick
Technology Brief Continued... D-Link DHN-520 Software
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