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Summary: OK... Gamers stay away product not for you as well as others
Review: Ok this product seemed easy to setup and worked fine for about 2 days untill i noticed problems with it. Rocket Area 3 won't work, no more than 3 out of the 4 people on my network could use AIM, FTP eventually died. If you have verizon DSL or any other provider supplying VPN/DSL using PPPOE serivce not a good choice of router. Its now to the point that the router won't even ping out when i know the DSL connection is running. I only had 4 machines running off it (with a hub) all configured properly. Also, the password protection i didn't like. Too short of letters to use. The firewall on this is the biggest joke i've ever seen. The same game saw 2 different list of servers (neither computer had even the same server not even 1) that eventually had a ping of 99999?. Good grief... and when i tried to contact d-link hmmmm d who?? tech support wasn't very helpful. My DSL provider (verizon which is a joke in its self) couldn't help me either (which is no surprise to me). Anyway not good product period.
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Summary: Review update
Review: On a wild chance I tried the latest firmware upgrade from Dlink. It does indeed work with the 3com shark fin modem now. Furthermore they have made telnet management of the device optional (the default is off) thus plugging up a vulnerability on the device. I still would not recommend this product to anyone who might need technical support from Dlink however, but the device itself has run for several days without choking. My strictly empirical tests seem to indicate a faster connection now that I removed WIN 98 SE's ICS. However this could be due to the variability of the bandwidth inherent in a cable connection.
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Summary: Does the job for me....
Review: Perhaps I have not yet put this product through its paces, but I am very satisfied with it so far. I wanted a firewall of some sort since I have several computers networked at my home sharing cable internet access via Windows 2000's very slick internet connection sharing utility. What brought home this need for me was navigating to my computer's fixed IP address from a friend's browser and perusing my own files from this foreign computer! I had considered the software solutions available (eg BlackIce Defender) but none seemed really to fit the bill, or were incompatible with Windows 2000. The I Share was easy to set up and configure and it is quite fast. I notice very little if any change in speed compared to before I installed. I have not really delved into any port issues as mentioned by another reviewer here because I simply don't use them. For the average home user this device should serve its purpose quite well.
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Summary: Firewall Fraud
Review: The D-Link DI-701 firewall is a joke. Anyone can easily enter and gain control of the system behind. Full access to the device's control is available through port 333 which is default always open on both sides and no method is furnished to close. The port is protected by 2 passwords, one default set to nothing, limited to 6 or less chracters; the other default set to "year2000" limited to 8 or less characters. If defaults are not reset by user, not even a password is required! If you insist on using one, the other password default was just given here. The external, 8 character password has slightly stronger control than other control access methods; with it one can restrict the number of users on the inside (to as few as 1). Scripts can solve the 6 character faster than some of us type. There is no warning of attack. When notified of these problems by email and voice, the manufactuter refuses to reply. Phone calls always end up directing you to a recording machine after the usual BS message about "all our... busy..others..." and lots of push this for that and hold music (5 min to machine my best time in 3 tries, one included very short conversation with two human beings who "transfer" elsewhere.) I have recieved no replies after a week. Unlike other reviewers I claim no special computer credentials other than not being an idiot; evidenced by my being a registerred professional engineer.
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Summary: Getting what you pay for...
Review: The DI-701 is an inexpensive router that delivers most everything it claims to...at least for me. I use it in my home for IC sharing. That's it..that's what I bought it for. Seems to me if others out there have files that are that secret and sensitive, quit being so cheap by purchasing the least expensive product on the market. What did you expect? If your information MUST be protected, ever hear of "removable media"? Hey, if someone is so desparate to break into my puny little "network" and steal Aunt Martha's letter I'm sending to her, they're more desparate than I am.
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Summary: not really a sharing router
Review: this does not directly enable sharing, unless you have an additional piece of hardware called a hub. i also experienced the loss of connectivity described by others, and am returning the item to amazon.(com)
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Summary: If It Works For You It's A Great Product
Review: This is my first disappointment from D-Link. I've come to rely on their switches, hubs and NICs for my home network. I decided to add the DI-701 after I got a cable modem installed. Physical setup of the unit is a snap, earning D-link one star. All parts attach as advertised in the manuals with one caution: check the cable from your your cable modem to the computer: despite what the manual said, my cable turned out to be a regular patch cable, not a crossover cable. Installing the software was also very simple and setting the configualtions on unit was trouble free, therby earning the DI-701 its second star. The only problem encountered was a major one: my system never saw the connection to the Internet through the DI-701. All indications were the unit was functioning perfectly: I had flashing lights indicating traffic between the Internet Modem and the DI-701 and the DI-701 and my hub. I could ping the unit by IP address, but not by name, even after adding appropriate entries to the hosts file. No amount of fiddling with the PCs routing table helped either. After spending four days and trying to connect it to my usual computer on the network and three other computers in various configurations, I gave up and requested a refund from Amazon. I've read other successful reviews, so obviouly it works for some configurations, but not others. The one major difference I noticed between my setup and the suggested directions is I have my own domain and am using my own DHCP server and not allowing the DI-701 to be the DHCP server. It may be that if you are using a peer network, the DI-701 will integrate just fine. If you have a domain setup, the DI-701 does not appear to be the correct solution. If it works for you, it is a great solution. If you have a single computer, you should try it. I am now going in search of other hardware firewall solutions to the Internet security problem.
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Summary: ADSL Routing from D-Link
Review: This product was to replace our older software sharing product, but alas it has some SERIOUS flaws. There seems to be no way to allow IRC file transfers to pass, the hardware firewall blocks even the good traffic which you WANT to pass. Despite repeated appeals for help from MIRC, from D-Link, and from other sources, it looks like it may have to be returned. Too bad, cause I like the look, the increase in performance over the software sharing, and in the easy configuration.
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Summary: Does exactly what its advertised to do.
Review: Total install time was about 5 minutes. Performed exactly as I expected and has never let me down - been running 7x24 since last November. Not real fancy, but then for less than $100 what do you expect? Simply put, it does the job and it does it well.
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Summary: Does exactly what its advertised to do.
Review: Total install time was about 5 minutes. Performed exactly as I expected and has never let me down - been running 7x24 since last November. Not real fancy, but then for less than $100 what do you expect? Simply put, it does the job and it does it well.
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