Rating: Summary: AOL for Broadband user AVOID this product! Review: In the world of liars, there use to be liars, damn liars and statistics. Now add on Computer sales people and harware manufactures to the list. I recently acquired a AOL for Broadband account and would like to add a network so my desktop and laptop can use the same connection and share printers. I purchased this modem with the assurance that is compatible with AOL! NOT!!!! After 3 three attempts at D-links technical support hotline--I got three different solutions, only one of which had the router acting as a router! For the public's sake, do not tell people you support a product only to be told after hours invested into installing it that it does not. I am returning the product and will no longer support d-link with my money--I will invest with other companies who chose to be HONEST when representing their products
Rating: Summary: Amazing...Simply Amazing Review: This router by far is the best I have used in the home. I do a lot of home networking side work. I recommend to the customers that this is the best router for the price. For 30 bucks you get a 4 port switch, and a dedicated firewall for your home network. I have never had one issue with any that I have setup. Having a total web browser interface makes it work with any platform. The DHCP server allows 200+ simultaneous connections, for the home is plenty.
Rating: Summary: Catastrophe Review: The DI-604 that I purchased ended up to be a nightmare. All it did was destroy the internet connection so it could not be used by any computer. We ended up having to have CableOne reset our account. Even then, we could not get the DI-604 to work.
Rating: Summary: Great Bargain Review: Great router, at a great price! All my network hardware is from D-Link and they've never disappointed. It passed all the tests that I threw at it with flying colors. My DSL download speed is completely unaffected also. And it's DHCP IP assignment worked flawlessly.I used to use the freeware ZoneAlarm just prior to installing this. My hard-drive used to churn a few times every minute, as it used to log all the pass-thru traffic, now dead silence. This NAT router effectively filters out most of the junk. Now my system is back to normal activity. I can even block ICMP pings. I've already tried online gaming. For that you certainly will need to familiarize yourself with the advanced features, ie opening the appropriate ports. Thankfully there is plenty of info for that both on the D-Link support site, and the practicallynetworked.com site. My sense is that this is a slightly older router, bugs squashed and enhancements already in place, so I definitely recommend it. Mine is version E, which comes with an updated processor from the earlier models.
Rating: Summary: Couldn't be more pleased Review: I got this router around a year ago and I'm more then happy. One of the best things about D-link is they stay on top of getting updates done. There are quite a few firmware upgrades for this available. The newest updates even add a few features that were previously only available with the more expensive routers.
Rating: Summary: defective unit Review: my 604 arrived without the plastic spacer required to hold the cat 5 cable in the connector. after a few dropped connections i realized the unit was defective.
Rating: Summary: Works Perfect Review: Nothing bad I can say about it.. it is light, and the wires do move it around a little, but so is my cable modem. Even if they built it out of nothing but concrete, it'd still move around a little. But really, don't let that change your mind!
Rating: Summary: 5 stars to balance out that guy's VERY UNFAIR 3 stars Review: I'm hoping my 5 stars will help balance out that guy's VERY UNFAIR 3 stars. The blind fellow is very unfair to knock this incredible product just because they didn't take his disability into consideration. I'm disabled too - but I understand that a company can't cover every disability. This firewall router is a necessary piece of equipment for the new online world of crackers and script kiddies. I used this to replace my OpenBSD firewall so my wife can configure it if something were to happen to me. This product seems to protect our network just as good as my unix-style OpenBSD firewall, a dedicated system put in place to protect us. The product is easy to configure, great protection right out of the box - even Shields Up says we are invisible to the world. We all need this kind of protection in the dangerous online world. Buy it, replace your hub or switch, share your online access to the net, install it in about a half-hour, and don't look back. What an awesome product at a great price.
Rating: Summary: Awesome Low Priced Router Review: For the price I expected much less, but I got MORE! YAY! With this router my Internet connection is shared easily, secured automatically, and doesn't need any daily check ups, it is just always working. Now I can play with my PS2 online and my PC can still be online with zero cable swapping. Plus now I don't need to run the WinXP firewall on my PC to protect myself.
Rating: Summary: Simple Install & Setup Review: In order to share my high speed connection I needed to upgrade my router since I had an older hub that did not support PPPoE. I shopped around for the least expensive, minimal bells/whistles router to share my DSL connection between my home pc and my laptop for work which uses a VPN. I had read a few reviews on various products about configuration with PPPoE connections and that they were sometimes problematic. I was prepared for the worst when I opened the box and within 10 minutes everything was connected and working without a problem. The instructions could not have been easier to follow and with the built-in connection wizard it is virtually idiot proof. All I needed to know was my ISP user id and password and the D-Link software took care of the rest. I was immediately able to connect my laptop, share the high speed connection, tunnel through the VPN for work and continue surfing happily along the web. Although I have not been using it extensively yet this product has exceeded my expectations. I would highly recommend this product, and for less then $30 (with the $10 rebate) you can't go wrong!
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