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D-Link DI-714P+ 2.4GHZ Wireless Router

D-Link DI-714P+ 2.4GHZ Wireless Router

List Price: $99.99
Your Price: $85.99
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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't make my mistake, buy Linksys instead!
Review: Buy a Linksys router instead! The D-Link product concept is good. A wireless router with a print server built in. I can hard wire my PC for broadband at my desk, as well as use my laptop anywhere in or outside the house . With this set up, I can surf the net with both computers at the same time with one internet connection. The plus is that I can also use the printer with both computers. The problem is that I have been unable to connect to the internet with this router! Tech support is clueless as to the problem. I have spent several days on the phone trying different scenerios without luck.
The concept is great, but the equiptment is useless.
Buy LINKSY, great equiptment, ran flawlessly and great tech support.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Save Your Self
Review: D-Link DI-714P+ 2.4GHZ Wireless Router has been my worst buy. Many problems and when contacting D-link Support many times you always get a differnt response or cause of problem. I will return it, but it has been very hard to even get approval with return and it is less then 30 days old. Returns are not even close to being reasonable when dealing with D-Link or retailers online. Also bought: D-Link 650+ 2.4GHZ, D-Link 520+ 2.4GHZ.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Novice installer
Review: Have had the router for a week now and after the setup hassle, it's worked well. My old Lexmark Z32 inkjet printer works fine after turning off bi-directional connection. I'm using a Netgear MA521 notebook adapter after incredible frustration with the D-Link adapter originally purchased.
I thought the Quick Installation Guide could be more clear-then again I've never done this before. Use the D-Link FAQ site-it helped me figure out how to attach to AOL.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Print Server is not APPLE compatible
Review: I bought this router because of its print server, however, this doesn't work with my Powerbook...it is a real disappointment!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: I'd look for other products before choosing
Review: I had the SS2624 Siemens SpeedStream router and before it broke down, it worked really well. It has almost the same features as this D-Link but it's much cheaper.
At the beginning i had little normal problems with it, but now, just sometimes and randomly (like right now), i get low speed problems or disconnected when wireless working.
One wierd thing happens, my computers sometimes gets IP address from the router's DHCP, but cant get internet nor intranet access, and i dont think its the Wireless USB Adaptor's fault. (ATTENTION!! I've found out why this happens) The router comes with Firware 1.22 but once upgraded to 1.23 the router gets flawfull when working wirelessly and there is no way to downgrade it.
I've also noticed that the amber LED from my cable modem is turned on most of the time and more than before with the other router, even when there is no computer turned on.

Look around in forums to see this is no joke!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This is a great product!
Review: I have had no problems setting up or using this product! Installation is a snap using the included wizard. Wireless signal strength is very good, I'm using 128-bit WEP security (with a Cisco card) with NO PROBLEMS and the router works fine. The big bonus is I can now use my HP parallel laser printer with all four of my computers!! Highly recommended!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This product beat ALL of my expectations!
Review: I have the LinkSys BEFW11S4 wireless broadband router at home, and it has been working great for 2 years. But, I needed a product that had a print server for all the computers on my home network. Though, there aren't a lot of choices out there for a combined router & print server - I found this D-Link DI-714P+ at Amazon... This product worked PERFECTLY right out of the box. The setup took about 15 minutes total, and anybody could do it! Just install the printer driver found on the CD on all your computers and you are printing in minutes! Do yourself a favor and GET THIS PRODUCT! Inexpensive, easy to setup, easy to maintain, range is great, and it has many of the features that the LinkSys product has...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Pleased
Review: I just bought this unit. I've purchased the DI-614 for work, and it has worked flawlessly for nearly 3 months and is still going strong. I was impressed with the Transieved signal.

So tonight, I decided to upgrade my home wireless network. I was running a Linksys with their Signal Booster, but was still unhappy with the range.

I'm now running a D-Link DI-714P+, and the signal has improved considerably. This is in reference to the signal meter application that came with my laptops SMC wireless card.

Setup was easy, but I've had experience setting these things up. It only gets easier the more you do it.

I'm very happy so far, and it goes great with my Tungsten C, I can know read my e-mail while I sit on the toilet! Hahahaha...

In conclusion, after reading the mulitude of reviews, it seems that these things fail after a few months according to a few (very few) people. We'll see.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: a great simple product
Review: I purchased this product a few months ago and have been extremely happy with it since. Everything works as advertised right out of the box. The only problems I have experienced are related to dropped connections by my ISP or DSL modem, not the actual router (although it appears some folks believe it is actually the router's fault, but in my case that has been the wrong assumption every time). The print server works flawlessly with my older laser printer and speeds between my workstation and laptop are excellent. I can use my laptop anywhere on my 1/4 acre property and 2000 sq. foot home and get at least a 'GOOD' connection which far away exceeds my DSL speeds anyway. Additionally, I found the help manual from D-Link was very good and easy to read. I highly recommend this product for anyone like me who is new to the wireless/home networking world.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Pain in the "you know what"
Review: I purchased this product on February and it worked great after the initial set up but then started to drop the internet connection every few days so I had to reconfigure everything over and over. Tech support was helpful to a point but seemed to give a different answer to the problem everytime I phoned: maybe it's Microsoft...maybe it's your 2.4GHZ phone running on the same frequency...maybe it's the firmware. I finally got back to phoning them again this past month ( June. I have a new baby so I needed to find 4 hours I could carve out to spend on the phone with tech support). After 4 hours I'm up again, but the print server does not work. Come to find out my printer, a new Canon i850, is not on their "hardware compatibility list", which mysteriously was not posted anywhere convenient when I bought both of these products at the same time. Annoying. I may keep the router if it stays stable for a month, but I will need to buy another wireless print server if I want to be truely wireless. If your in the market, I recommend researching other products to avoid this purchase.


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