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Summary: very satisfied
Review: I am using the router with a DWL-G650 card which I bought at the same time. The setup was easy...I followed the quick installation guides for both products. To get the full 108MB transfer speed I had to download updated drivers for the DWL-G650. I needed to know how to update drivers by going to WinXP System/Hardware Tab in Control panel. The installed firmware on the router is version 2.28, which works fine. IMPORTANT: Check your firmware and drivers are up to date (this is explained on the D-Link website) or you will be frustrated in getting full speed. One should be comfortable with computers before attempting to set this router/wireless card combo up. However, there were no unforeseen difficulties and I can't imagine it being easier. The D-Link support website is EXCELLENT and highly recommended. Check it out support.dlink.com before you buy!
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Summary: Great Router!
Review: I've been using my new DI-624 for about a week now. I'm also using the companion DWL-G650 Cardbus adapter. Both were quick and easy to setup. Documentation is fairly good, although I wish the manual or D-Link website would give more real world examples of how to configure the DI-624. So far, I've got it configured with a new network SSID (the default is "default"), 64bit hex encryption, MAC address filtering, and shared key authentication. Most of what I've learned is bits and pieces I've assembled by searching the D-Link website, and by searching other websites. So far, this router does what it advertised.
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Summary: mixed results
Review: I dread hearing my kids walk down the stairs lately, usually it means"dad, we're offline again." I have to unplug this router at least every other day, and now my wireless printer won't work thru it, even wired to it. Very unhapppy, think I'll return it.
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Summary: Poor documentation and a few bugs
Review: It took an unusally long amount of time to set this router up. The documentation is rather poor; it covers the basics that most people need to know, but has no in-depth information on "what it all means." I already had a 2-Wire router and I just wanted to use the D-Link router as a bridge so that I could add some wireless devices to my network. Finally I figured out that I had to turn off the DHCP server on the D-Link and assign it a static IP address on the same network as the 2-Wire. It took a long time because the user interface is very poorly laid out and is very anti-intuitive. Most people won't notice this because they'll just run the "Wizard" and be done. But for advanced setup you might have to spend quite a bit of time trying all the different settings and cursing to yourself. Another problem is that every time you turn off the router the date and time get reset to the year 2002, and the automatic time-set feature using NTP doesn't work at all.
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Summary: Wireless devices CAN communicate with wired ones.
Review: A recent reviewer wrote that with this router, wireless devices cannot communicate with wired ones. I don't know how her network was setup, but this is certainly far from an absolute truth. I have been doing this on several Mac home networks beautifully and without any additional configuration. File sharing between a wired and wireless Mac on this router is as easy as if they were both wired. Now I haven't tried this with a PC network, but I'd be really surprised if it couldn't be done with some good configuration troubleshooting. It sounds like the sort of information a lazy tech support guy would make up to get a customer off his back. Say what you will about the pros and cons of PC's vs. Macs, but there's no contest when it comes to simple and secure home networking.
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Summary: Huge improvement over previous models
Review: Having worked with a 714 and 614, I was about to go to Linksys for my "G" Upgrade. But reviews seemed to favor the Dlink 624.
Well, set up was slick. Performance is great. I had problems with Checkpoint VPN, so I wrote Dlink an Email. Within 4 hours I had a reply that WORKED. I do wish it had 2 antennas. I think the older models had a little better signal strength.
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Summary: Wireless devices cannot communicate with Wired Devices
Review: While all other features of this product work fine, there is one key deficiency that is not evident to consumers via presales information. The problem is that computers with wireless network adapters cannot access devices/computers that are physically plugged into the router's ports. This was confirmed by DLINK's level two support. DLINK simply won't talk to you about this limitation because they consider it a "networking issue" and therefore, you're on your own (aka SOL). How will this impact you? Well, if you want to do file sharing between a laptop and desktop computer you're going to have a problem. In my case, I have a DLINK DP-300U print server plugged into the router. I can print to it just fine via wire, but I can't print via wireless. Can't even ping it from wireless. I mean, the fact that you can't form a network amongst the devices connected to this product via wired and wireless connections is an amazing oversight. No, it's not firewall software, etc., etc. Using a laptop with a USB "wired" adapter and two "wireless" (g and b) adapters, the same result appeared in all tests. Wired worked for communicating with devices physically connected to the DI-624, but wireless did not. In case I wasn't clear earlier, all devices, wired and wireless can talk to the DI-624 and they can access the Internet. Again, the problem is that on the DI-624, wired and wireless devices cannot communicate, making a home network a pipe dream. All devices in these tests interacted perfectly with the DI-624's DHCP server and all were on the same subnet.
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Summary: Good Router
Review: Although I no longer own the DI-624, my experience with the device was positive. I enabled Super-G w/ Static Turbo exclusively, so that it communicated with the DWL-G650 CardBus that I had at the highest possible speeds. For Internet access, it was connected to a DSL modem. I used my laptop with the CardBus in every room of my house. At the farthest point from the router (about 45 feet spanning 3 standard walls at varying angles ), the cardbus' strength readings hover around 50-55% and my throughput averages 48Mbps. I have transmitted rather large TIFFs (I work in the printing industry) from my laptop to my computer, which is wired to the router, without fail or concern for speed. I RMA'd the DI-624 router and the DWL-G650 CardBus because I could not find another D-Link product to complete my wireless networking needs. I bought a DWL-2000AP along with the router and card so that I could (at least I thought I could) connect another wired network wirelessly to the router. Unfortunately, the DWL-2000AP is not compatible at all with the DI-624, despite what D-Link's product description web page for the DWl-2000AP states. (This has been confirmed with D-Link's technical support.) Please note that if you have two wired networks located in separate parts of your house and you wish to connect them wirelessly with D-Link products, you will have to use two DWL-2000APs. If you want Internet access, then you'll need to add a wired router to it. For details, check out D-Link's web site. The information is there; it's just buried. Overall, I was pleased with the performance of the DI-624. If you have simple networking needs such as sharing files, a printer, or an Internet connection between several laptops and wired computers, then consider the D-Link DI-624. P.S. Because I needed to wirelessly connect two separately wired networks, support a wireless connection for my laptop, and share an Internet connection to all of the computers, I ended up buying the following Netgear products: WGR614 Wireless Router, WG511 Wireless Card, and WGE101 Wireless Bridge.
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Summary: Not perfect, but very pleased overall
Review: I purchased the DI-624 (rev. B) router, primarily based on a price and dealer recommendation (the router was the same price as the Linksys unit, but the PCI card and notebook cards were both $20 bucks less). I was a little dismayed at first. Upon installation of both wireless cards and the corresponding software for all three pieces of hardware, I was unable to connect to the internet through either machine. However, I called D-Link technical service, and was actually connected to a real person within 5 to 7 minutes (note: this was during the usual 5pm to 7pm high usage period). The tech was able to correct the problems within 10 minutes. So far performance has been comparable to the speed that I was experiencing when hardwired directly to my cable modem. I do not have any experience with any other home-user based wireless set-ups, but I would not hesitate to recommend D-Link to anyone who is looking for a cost effective wireless set-up.
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Summary: Easy and Great Speed
Review: This is my first wireless ethernet router. The setup was quick and easy. I had it running within 10 minutes out of the box. I live in a 3 story town house. My computer setup is on the first floor. I get 54 mps throughout the whole house. I haven't set up the firewall or encryption yet, I'm sure it will affect the speed a little. Overall, very impressed and happy with the results.
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