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Summary: DI-701 is Excellent For Sharing the Internet!
Review: I have 4 computers in my network and they all share the internet through D-Link's DI-701. This product is great because not only can I share one IP address, this unit also serves as a firewall protector all at once. The D-Link DI-701 is an excellent product with a low price.
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Summary: Economic, Practical, and Easy
Review: I have been using my D-Link DI-701 for about 5 months now and absolutely love it. I work for an ISP doing technical support for our DSL customers, and am quite familiar with much more expensive and advanced routers that provide the same basic services as the D-Link. I choose the D-Link because of the price mostly but also because of the simplistic nature and the dependability of D-Link products.My primary use consists of sharing my cable modem with 4 other computers, and running a web/email/ftp/dns server on it. The interface is simple, even using telnet! Port mapping is easy and NAT (Network Address Translation) works like a champ. Sure there are some more advanced things the D-Link can't do, but the average end user will never need that. Simply put, the D-Link DI-701 is simple, safe, fast, and reliable. And for the price, you can't go wrong.
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Summary: Dont bother if you need IPSec, security or Netflix 0-star
Review: I have had this unit (DI-701) for a year or so and recently found a problem in addition to the security hole thats posted here. I upgraded to the newest firmware 4.10 because I needed the IPSec protocol that the 4.06 didnt have and it seems to work fine until I tried to access Netflix.com. The unit totally halts. All lights stay on and the unit cannot be found through its configurator. I have to recycle the power to the unit to get it back up and running again. I called tech support and they told me to call Netflix and ask them what ports they are using to send back http requests. I told him that Netflix didnt have a tech support since they do not provide hardware. And it shouldn't be the case since I was able to access Netflix with the 4.06 firmware. Who knows what other site it cannot access. So to the recycling bin it goes!
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Summary: "Firewall" Feature Crippled by Bad Design
Review: I owned a DI-701 briefly. The DHCP function worked fine, and it seemed relatively reliable. But my primary need was for the firewall function. I wanted to protect an HTTP server, so I set up the DI-701 to pass port 80 requests to my web server. That worked fine, too, until I realized that the DI-701's settings are easily hacked from outside the firewall. That's because the DI-701 may be configured via telnet from outside the firewall, and its password is inherently insecure. Get this: The password is limited to six characters, it's transmitted in the clear, and the DI-701 allows unlimited attempts with the wrong password, without even a delay between attempts. That means the most simple-minded script kiddie can just run through hundreds of thousands of passwords until he gets in, and then he can give himself (and the rest of the world) unlimited access to your LAN. A secondary concern is that computers inside the firewall can't connect to computers outside the firewall via Microsoft's "VPN" (PPTP) protocol. I need that, too. Purportedly the competing Linksys device works with PPTP, and it's only a bit more expensive. The DI-701 is cheap. If you don't need its firewall features or PPTP, go for it.
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Summary: Why Bother
Review: I wrote a very uncomplementary review about this box revealing a MAJOR defect which renders the box useless (if not worse - because users think they are protected). Your not publishing same and not contacting me re verification of statements made ( which you can REDILY verify for yuorself with simple test) not only impunes the veracity of ALL your reviewers but worse, leads me to question your basic honesty. An honest merchant might delay printing such a review for a while to verify the staements made but you have failed! hank
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Summary: Works great for me...
Review: I'm running it for 3 computers on a DSL router, works great! I really pounded it, and it keeps coming back for more. I'm not sure what difficulties the first guy ran into, but it is very secure out of the box, sets up quick, and can be configured for anything... You can re- direct incoming port requests to a specific IP and port inside your LAN, block specific traffic, or allow others. Very easy. I understand that the first reviewer had a difficult time with blocked traffic, but if you want security, you HAVE to block certain types of traffic (I.E. ICMP packets). Most users will NEVER notice the difference.
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Summary: not really a sharing router
Review: I've been using my router for a few months now, sharing our cable connection through out the house. Though the price is GREAT, it doesn't work consistenly. It often loses the connection, and only regains it when you unplug the unit, and wait a minute before plugging it back in. This happens at least once an hour with heavy traffic. A true impossibility for those of us staying connected to a gnutella network, downloading large files, or connecting to an outside server. I'm very disappointed with this product and am leaving this review as I sift through routers looking for a NEW ONE!
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Summary: Price is great...when it works.
Review: I've been using my router for a few months now, sharing our cable connection through out the house. Though the price is GREAT, it doesn't work consistenly. It often loses the connection, and only regains it when you unplug the unit, and wait a minute before plugging it back in. This happens at least once an hour with heavy traffic. A true impossibility for those of us staying connected to a gnutella network, downloading large files, or connecting to an outside server. I'm very disappointed with this product and am leaving this review as I sift through routers looking for a NEW ONE!
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Summary: Okay -- but buggy?
Review: I've had the DI-701 for about six months and when it works, it's great. It took forever to get PPPoE support, and all the bios updates have been "beta" -- read "unsupported." I have a lot of trouble with ftp and e-mail -- can't send long e-mails or ftp send file (yes, even in PASV mode, d-link). It also seems that every time I flash the bios (had to do it about 10 times so far), it takes an inordinate amount of restarting my dsl modem and the di-701 to get them to talk. The telnet configuration does not match the gui configuration (if you do a "renew" from telnet, it tells you you're not set up to get your dhcp configuration from your ISP. Sweet!) In short, I'm dumping this and getting the Linksys 1-port DSL router; I'll post a comparative review in a few months over there. Should that fail, I'm going to turn an old P-75 into a Coyote Linux box and do it myself.
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Summary: Okay -- but buggy?
Review: I've had the DI-701 for about six months and when it works, it's great. It took forever to get PPPoE support, and all the bios updates have been "beta" -- read "unsupported." I have a lot of trouble with ftp and e-mail -- can't send long e-mails or ftp send file (yes, even in PASV mode, d-link). It also seems that every time I flash the bios (had to do it about 10 times so far), it takes an inordinate amount of restarting my dsl modem and the di-701 to get them to talk. The telnet configuration does not match the gui configuration (if you do a "renew" from telnet, it tells you you're not set up to get your dhcp configuration from your ISP. Sweet!) In short, I'm dumping this and getting the Linksys 1-port DSL router; I'll post a comparative review in a few months over there. Should that fail, I'm going to turn an old P-75 into a Coyote Linux box and do it myself.
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