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Summary: technical feedback for advanced users
Review: I've been working with 802.11 for two years now, setting up networks for friends, family and small businesses, so I'm fairly experienced. when I set up my networks, they are secure - 128-bit shared bit encryption, SSID broadcasting disabled and the end-all defense of MAC address filtering, which is how I configured this router. installation and configuration was a breeze, and the configuration options for this router cover just about any and every setting you could think of (VPN/PPTP support - excellent!). after a couple days of use, though, clients on my network started to suddenly and inexplicably stop seeing the router, right in the middle of active use. one client connection would go down while my other clients hummed along fine in full contact with the router. at another time, one client would see the router fine, put the client couldn't ping it. TCP/IP wasn't the fault, the loopback address worked fine, the problem lay elsewhere in the OSI model. disabling the NIC and re-enabling it (WXP) would solve the problem, though. baffling. since clients were randomly loosing contact with the router, I hunched that turning SSID broadcasting back on - against my security preferences - would solve the problem and, for now, it apparently has. at least I still have the power of MAC address filtering in place, so if someone really wants to try cracking the encryption and then spoofing a MAC address, have at it. my suggestion would be to move on since there a many easier targets out there, guys. note that all this applies to a DI-624 Rev C with the latest firmware (the upgrade of which was a snap). contrary to some of the other reviews here, I've found D-Link's tech support to be excellent - thorough, patient and able to actually support, but each situation is unique and your mileage may vary. I did have some problems getting my DWL-G650 PC card to operate at the advertised Super G transmission rate (it started off at 11 Mbps!), which I will write about under the reviews for that specific card when I get a chance. if you've been thinking about upgrading to a wireless network, I do indeed recommend D-Link's products (I keep all parts of my network under the same vendor for ease of support and a better chance of minimizing problems). if you're a novice user and aren't going to do advanced configurations like the kind I discuss here, I'm guessing there won't be a single hitch. and seeing as how I paid almost three times the cost of this router for my 802.11b router two years ago, the prices can't be beat. frankly, I don't see how they could get much lower. and the transmit speed of Super G is awesome - I stream mp3's off my file server all day long without any hiccups. I give the DI-624 a four star rating simply because nothing's perfect - as witnessed by the minor issues I had - but overall I definitely buy it again.
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Summary: Excellent Product
Review: I installed this product 2 weeks ago (took less time than ordering a pizza) and it works great. I have a Dell connected to it via ethernet cable and an HP connected via wireless DWL-120 and an X-box connected via ethernet also. Everything is working like I expected and I have extremely high expectations (I'm an impatient user). The set-up was extremely easy. I have a Comcast cable internet connection and it was no problem setting everything up. I'm not a shill for Microsoft but if your a video game fan and have an X-Box, X-Box Live is one of the best products I've used in a long time. I surmise that it is because it exceeded the hype by a large margin. It is what it says it is. And it is a blast.
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Summary: Very Nice Router
Review: I had zero problems setting up the DI-624. First thing I did was to update the firmware to latest version. No problem there either. The unit gave immediate top notch performance and I changed location from desktop to bottom shelf with no degradation. You need a matching 108mps adapter to get 108mps speed but for me, 54mps is fine.
All the wireless routers work on 2.4ghz, so if you have a 2.4ghz wireless phone, then there is bound to be a problem.
Price with rebate was also attractive.Don't forget to enable 'Block WAN Ping' which is disabled by default.
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Summary: Two strikes and it's out!
Review: I returned the first unit beacause it would not detect a connection. The connection was not detected whether it was set to DHCP or static. It also rebooted itself constantly and would not keep a set time but instead would reset the clock back to 1 April 2002! What the heck?! Technical support was useless; I'm convinced that they are min wage workers in some overseas location reading from a scripted algorithm, probably the quick set-up guide or online FAQ's. I returned the second one for the exact same reason. Amazon has been very good about the series of transactions; the return/replacement/refund process has been very easy.
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Summary: Don't Bother - It Doesn't Work
Review: I wasted two weeks trying to use this as directed, along with the DWL-G650 wireless CardBus (PC-card for laptops). I selected the WPA-PSK encryption format for security and found that it worked from 5 minutes to 2 hours at a time. Same thing with the old and fairly INsecure WEP encryption format. I emailed and phone D-Link's tech support line and got responses that did nothing to help in any way. I spent weeks researching and reading ratings penned by numerous others to choose what should have been the best wireless networking gear for my environs only to find D-Link's products a miserable failure, backed up by mediocre, faltering tech support.
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Summary: Good effort
Review: I'm an IT professional and prone to breaking and consequently fixing things. This is my 2nd wireless product in as many weeks after I tried a Linksys wireless that didn't work and promptly returned it. Got this router cheap on a Christmas sale. This router suffers the usual D-Link products reboot problem. That is, it reboots every 5-10 seconds depending on your network traffic load. Since I use it for my home office, that means every 5 seconds. It is very annoying. After upgrading, downgrading and re-upgrading the firmware and trying suggestions other have on the web, I found that my problem can be solved by turning off the wireless radio. But what good is a wireless router without a wireless radio?! To add insult to injury, D-Link informs me an RMA is needed and that I would have to pay for the shipping cost to D-Link and I would be without a router for a week!! I bought the router and was not expecting to have problems. Why should I pay for your mistake???!!! P.S. Over Christmas I've used a Linksys, D-Link and SMC wireless in order of most expensive to least expesive. Ironically, I got the SMC for free and it's the only one that didn't give me any problems! P.P.S. I bought the router because it had a lot of features such as DDNS to link up with DynDNS.org ... it never worked!
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Summary: reboots
Review: why this router reboots by itself is beyond me truly worthless
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Summary: Simple Installation = Good Product
Review: To me it's all about the ease of the installation and the reliability of the day to day use. This D-Link router handled both of those aspects perfectly. I was able to get this up and running in a matter of minutes with my one wired computer, one wireless laptop, and cable modem connection. It's been running for over 2 weeks and nothing has gone wrong, or been weird. I had zero hangups and I think most people wont. I understand there are those that have special cases, but I think for the average user, this router can handle 98% of everything you throw at it.
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Summary: wifi ap works the first time.
Review: wireless access point functions fine. I've had no problems with that. WPA encryption works well. Reception is at 30-40% with antenna FACING the direction of the base station at 50yd distance with 7 walls (drywalls, not solid concrete) in between. I give it 8 out of 10 for wireless function.
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Summary: A Superb Router
Review: I bought this router when it first came out and I certainly don't regret it. As long as you buy this router, the matching card, and upgrade to the latest firmware, there is no problem. In fact, I've never had a dropped signal anywhere on my property. I frequently have people over that have other brands of cards, and their's seem to work great as well. Don't listen to the people who are too lazy to put on the good firmware. I in fact enjoy this router so much, I've gotten other people to buy it and am going to purchase a second one for my other house.
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