Rating: Summary: Better than the Linksys WRT54G Review: After a VERY bad experience with the Linksys WRT54G, I exchanged it for a DI-624 (rev C1), and it works great. Better signal strength (45% over 40 feet through 2 walls) than the Linksys (35%), and most importantly, it doesn't break Outlook 2003 like the Linksys did (Outlook failed sending large messages; and Linksys Tech Support could not get it to work and told me to exchange it for another unit; I did -- with a D-Link DI-624!!!).
Rating: Summary: Easy Setup Review: Bought this router after reading rave reviews compared to the LinkSys WRT54G. Setup was relatively painless with the exception of having to re-enter all of my settings following the firmware upgrade. Otherwise, it appears to be working without a hitch. Still need to switch out my wireless network card in my laptop. Hope that change is relatively seamless as well.
Rating: Summary: Works fine with iBook G4, Alcatel 1000 Review: A reviewer said this won't work with Alcatel DSL modems. That's wrong. However, you do need to "lock" the DSL-modem-to-router connection to 10 Mbps. You can use the "CM" versions of the firmware or, like me, plug an old 10BaseT hub between the modem and the router.I use this with my aiport extreme-equipped iBook G4 in WAP mode. Works great.
Rating: Summary: Not for the technically disinclined Review: I bought the DI-624 (rev C) with a DI-520 wireless PCI card for my other computer. The idea was to use it with my Westell DSL modem on Verizon. Networking the two computers (a couple of newer P4 Dells) was just as easy as Dlink describes. BUT: After following the Dlink docs to the letter, and after later cruising the Web for hours in the murky world of DHCP and IP and DNS and TCP/IP and a million other acronyms, I never could get the DI-624 to work with my DSL setup. Nothing. Nada. No joy. Never could get through to Dlink tech support either. So, God bless Amazon, I sent all the stuff back. I should also mention that the wireless networking range is greatly dependent on your domicile. In my apartment, I could never get better than a "very low" signal -- and that was about 40 feet away. Obviously, this Dlink wireless equipment is working for a lot of people or it wouldn't get the great reviews I based my buying decision on. Just be warned that it doesn't work for everybody.
Rating: Summary: This is a wireless winner Review: I purchased this wireless router to expand my existing wired home network. We have 2 laptops and I wanted them to be used without wires. Installing the router took all of 30 minutes. In my situation, I am not using the router's firewall abilities (since I already have a firewall for the wired network), so it took me 15 minutes to figure out that the existing network feed should not plug into the WAN jack, but rather one of the network jacks. With that done, I had to use the configuration utility to assign an IP address to the router (it defaulted to the same address that my firewall has, and that is a big no-no). With that done, I downloaded a firmware update from support.dlink.com (the update is required to activate the highest speed which became available in a recent release). One reboot and I'm off and running. One last word of advice. Do not turn on WEP (encryption) until after you've made your first wireless conenction work. Once you've done that, go back into the configuration tool, activate WEP and type in a 10 digit key code (you'll need to do the same to each of your wireless PCs too). That will make your home wireless network much more secure. If you are interested, I went with DLink's wireless PC Card (DWL-G650) and found that it works very well with this router. overall setup was very straight forward, and the DLink configuration interface is excellent. I highly recommend this unit.
Rating: Summary: Excellent Range and Strength with the DWL-G650 PC Card Review: I purchased the DI-624 54G wireless router and DWL-G650 PC cardthe together with a $40 rebate to replace my old DLink router. The installation and configuration of DI-624 is a snap. After I upgraded the firmware to have the 108Mbps Super G mode, the signal actually became more steady and much stronger. I have the DI-624 router on the second floor. With the DWL-G650 card in my Compaq Presario laptop, I can get on the network with good signal anywhere indoors. I am waiting to test it out at my back yard. In general, the Wireless Configuration utility software that came with the DWL-G650 works fine. However, I do have some problems after I install it on my WinXp laptop due to the interference of the Wireless Zero Configuration service that comes with WinXP. Fortunately, I found an article at the DLink Technology Knowledge base to show me how to disable the WinXp service and use the utility software that came with Dlink. It's much better. It gives you broader control and better configuration with a signal strength meter. In case you run into problems with the installation of the utility, make sure your check the Dlink web site for Knowledge Base. And most importantly, upgrade to the latest firmware. The default broadcasting channel is #6. If you have 2.4 GHz wireless phone, you might want to try either the #1 or #11 channel instead (change the setting on the router admin page). However, for the Super G mode, it only gives you the Channel #6 option. I also tried this card on my son's toy laptop (Pentium 233). It gives me the same speed as of the regular LAN Ethernet card (10/100). On my Compaq Presario laptop(PIII_1.3GHz), I can watch streaming video of news from Taiwan in my family room on the first floor. Isn't that impressive?
Rating: Summary: Very Pleased with my Networking Purchase! Review: I didn't think I could get through this without help, but just as I was calling Tech Support I figured it out myself. I didn't see that 11g only was checked. I had a problem with my wireless print server not working, but then I remembered that it is an 11b product. So everything else works great and I get a nice signal strength all throughout the house. I feel very fortunate to have been helped by the easy to use setup wizard that D-Link provides.
Rating: Summary: Doesn't work with ALCATEL DSL MODEMS! Review: Tried two different DI-624's and tried every firmware update. Tried two different computers and tech suppoprt for several hours! IT DOESN'T WORK WITH ALCATEL DSL MODEMS. I had to revert back to my DI-614 which works flawlessly and gets 5 stars.. You've been warned...
Rating: Summary: Installation was quick and painless Review: I installed this router and my wireless card in mere minutes. Everything was working and updated, then I started adding security. Which is just setting a WEP key at 128-bit it is about 29 characters long. SO I enter that key into the router's security area and then enable 128-bit WEP on my laptop's wireless card and enter the same key. Then suddenly I am connected again with a nice secure connection. Not hard at all. At first I was getting some dropped signals and weird reboots from the router. But after changing channels from 6 to 11 the problems stopped. I guess there was interference that was causing weird things with my router.
Rating: Summary: Reboots constantly, static DHCP doesn't work Review: I'm terribly disappointed with this router. It reboots whenever there is interference due to a cordless phone, causing all connected devices (including those using an ethernet cable) to lose their connections. It "forgets" about machines on the network, seemingly at random, so you have to unplug the router and plug it back in to get your network connection back. And the static DHCP that's supposed to be in the latest firmware doesn't seem to work at all. When I enabled it, it refused to give the static IP address to the machine I selected.
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