Rating: 
Summary: Very dissappointing and obsolete
Review: After a great deal of research, I decided to purchase a DI-714 for my home network. Unfortunately, when it arrived, it did not live up to the promises made in its behalf. I run Linux on most of my computers, and therefore, wanted a wireless broadband router compatible with Linux. For whatever reason, the DI-714 would only allow me to access its administratiive functions via a Windows computer. I need to clone the MAC address of my network card to the router in order to connect to my cable modem. Here again, the DI-714 failed to "remember" the new MAC address. I eventually found out that my unit wouldn't even allow me to change the admin password. The last straw broke when I found out that, rather than the advertised wireless range of 300 feet, I could only get about 3 feet of wireless range of any kind. Even after upgrading to the latest firmware version (that actually worked, I was surprised.) these problems remained. I eventually returned my DI-714 and bought a newer D-Link DI-614+. The DI-614+ does everything that the 714 couldn't, or wouldn't, except allowing a backup modem connection (the 614+ lacks that feature.) In all other respects, the DI-614+ is superior to the 714. Its wireless connection is capable of 22 Mbps, its firewall is much more advanced than the 714's firewall, and it allows filtering of individual websites or keywords for "parental control." If your looking for a wireless broadband router, get the 614+ and steer clear of the DI-714, you'll be pleased that you did!
Rating: 
Summary: Easy, breezy, and cover girl like!
Review: Although the web-based management interface might take some time to get use to, it was actually nice and pretty easy to navigate after fiddling with it for couple of minutes. Setup was painless. In fact it was so easy that I got it up and running with wireless SMC2602W PCI card in ten minutes. I kid you not when I say it's a matter of plug and play to get it up and running. As for why I chose SMC's wireless card, the reason is simple...their card required PCI 2.1 compliant motherboard whilst D-link's DWL-520 requires a PCI 2.2 compliant motherboard (hint: older computers are PCI 2.1 compliant and not 2.2). Performance was amazing even though the wireless computer was on the second floor (DI-714 is located in the basement and the wireless computer is located on the second floor). With the wireless computer I can download from the internet at 154 K per/sec (with no other computer using the net of course...and that's 1.54Mbps). File and print sharing was pretty easy to setup too. I also tested the gaming on my brand new LAN. I setup a counterstrike server on the wireless machine and got a nice 20ms-36ms ping on the hard wired machine (it fluctuates to 76ms ping once in a blue moon but that shouldn't be too much of a problem). I should also note that it was pretty tedious to setup access control. I was however able to make sure that my next door neighbor couldn't just login and use my connection. All in all I got a big bang for my buck as the alternative would have been to pay some John Doe to wire my whole house with cat5 wires for $500 (cost of wires excluded). For $200 exact I got DI-714 and a SMC2602W PCI. One more thing, you might want to give a program called "Virtual Network Computing" or VNC for short a try. It enables you to remotely control the desktop of any computer on the network. I found it useful during setup...works with Linux systems too ;p
Rating:
Summary: Very dissappointing and obsolete
Review: I bought this to replace my Linksys 4 port router/switch (BEFSR41) because I have an ibook with airport and grew tired of using the ethernet cable. Configuration and setup is easy and straight forward with the step-by-step wizzard. All setup and management is through telnet or web browser. I had some trouble with the wireless and intrusion detection until I downloaded the firmware update (ver 5.0.2, I believe). You can setup the wireless access to be freely open or restrict access to only clients with certain MAC hardware addresses. Also has an intrusion detection log and backup serial DB-9 port so one can attach a backup modem, in case the broadband goes down... The only downer would be the inability to open specific ports to specific IP numbers on the LAN, for example, 5800 for VPC, or gaming port numbers. One can only unlock port numbers for FTP, TELNET, HTTP, MAIL, or ALL (DMZ). Compatible with Airport, cheaper than Airport, and 3 more 10/100 LAN ports! All in all, super cool features, super cool price!
Rating: 
Summary: great price and protection, all in one!
Review: I bought this to replace my Linksys 4 port router/switch (BEFSR41) because I have an ibook with airport and grew tired of using the ethernet cable. Configuration and setup is easy and straight forward with the step-by-step wizzard. All setup and management is through telnet or web browser. I had some trouble with the wireless and intrusion detection until I downloaded the firmware update (ver 5.0.2, I believe). You can setup the wireless access to be freely open or restrict access to only clients with certain MAC hardware addresses. Also has an intrusion detection log and backup serial DB-9 port so one can attach a backup modem, in case the broadband goes down... The only downer would be the inability to open specific ports to specific IP numbers on the LAN, for example, 5800 for VPC, or gaming port numbers. One can only unlock port numbers for FTP, TELNET, HTTP, MAIL, or ALL (DMZ). Compatible with Airport, cheaper than Airport, and 3 more 10/100 LAN ports! All in all, super cool features, super cool price!
Rating:
Summary: Works pretty good
Review: I originally had the SMC wireless router, and returned it for this one b/c of file transfer problems with the SMC. This router works without any major flaws, no problems transferring files, no prblems connecting from my wireless notebook equiped with Dell TrueMobile. Only other wireless router w/ built-in print server. (that I know of) Only complaints about the router are: 1) Does not have DNS server built-in for local network.
2) Cannot get router to get IP dynamically from modem, must use static settings.
3) Range is not as good as SMC, but still very usable from my entire house. Overall, I would recommend this one over the others, becuase it works. But I must upgrade to the latest firmware
Rating:
Summary: great little wireless router
Review: I struggled a bit to choose between Linksys
and D-link DI-714. Some people's negative
experience with the Linksys product made me turn to the D-link product even though there is not much review for the relatively new DI-714. I opened the package today and the experience so far is excellent. It was 2 hours from the time I opened the package to
me surfing the internet from a laptop. Most of the time is spent in configuring my desktop to talk to the DI-714. I had fixed IP address with my cable modem provider. The instructions given to configure my desk top to this new environment were woefully
inadequate. Even now, I am not sure if I have set all the TCP/IP
parameters properly on the desktop. This experience of taking too long to configure the desktop to talk to the router is the reason I gave this product a 4 star as opposed to 5 star. Once the router was given all the TCP/IP settings, setting up the laptop was less than 5 minutes and it established the wireless connection ( with D-link DWL650 ) right away. It was
a very pleasant experience. Throughout the house, the link quality is greater than 75% and
signal strength is greater than 65%. Even at the low end of these numbers, I did not see any deterioration in speed.
I could watch video at 300kb/sec easily. It is just a cool thing to see full screen video on your lap top as you walk around with it. My advice to D-link would be to provide better documentation on the quick install manual about how to change the desktop if it is configured for static IP addresses with the DSL or Cable Modem provider. If I just follow the instructions given, it just does not work. It says, run winipcfg and select releaseall and renewall. That does not do anything. I had to statically
assign the router IP address to talk to it first. I do not know
what the problem is. I did not have to download any new firmware. Dlink website has great scope for improvement. When I went there to see if there is any firmware update for the 714, it is just absolutely unuserfriendly to figure this out. Even now, I do not know if there is a firmware update or not.
Rating:
Summary: Piece of Junk
Review: Not only is the design of this router ugly and unattactive, but the guts don't work either. I was at first impressed with the router. The firmware is very easy to access and configure. It worked great for a while, but I noticed that Internet programs such as chat clients--AIM and ICQ for example--kept disconnecting on their own, after about an hour or so of being connected. This never happened with my Linksys router. I check my configuration. Everything is how it should be. So, I called their free tech support. Now I know why it's free. The guy I talked to didn't know a Broadband Router from a hole in the ground. He came up with every excuse as to why it wasn't working, and myself being a CIT major, told him why the reasons he was coming up with didn't make any sense. He finally decided that I had a bad router, and that something was just "missing" from the firmware. "But I have the most recent firmware installed on it!" "Yeah, well, sometimes it just happens to where there's something missing on the router." Right. I'll be sticking with either Linksys or Netgear, and I recommend you do too.
Rating:
Summary: Piece of Junk
Review: Not only is the design of this router ugly and unattactive, but the guts don't work either. I was at first impressed with the router. The firmware is very easy to access and configure. It worked great for a while, but I noticed that Internet programs such as chat clients--AIM and ICQ for example--kept disconnecting on their own, after about an hour or so of being connected. This never happened with my Linksys router. I check my configuration. Everything is how it should be. So, I called their free tech support. Now I know why it's free. The guy I talked to didn't know a Broadband Router from a hole in the ground. He came up with every excuse as to why it wasn't working, and myself being a CIT major, told him why the reasons he was coming up with didn't make any sense. He finally decided that I had a bad router, and that something was just "missing" from the firmware. "But I have the most recent firmware installed on it!" "Yeah, well, sometimes it just happens to where there's something missing on the router." Right. I'll be sticking with either Linksys or Netgear, and I recommend you do too.
Rating: 
Summary: yes and no
Review: Overall installation was very easy, up in 15 minutes. I found the wireless component of this product very good. Decent range (whole house), easy to setup. I hear you should use encryption to hide the backdoor of this product, and any "piggybacking" from the outside. The initial install was very good. Using DHCP from ISP, all went together well. All my computers found the router without problems,and received an IP address. This product goes straight down the tubes with its advanced features, which is what sold me. I cannot get its "virtual server" settings to route HTTP, FTP, Telnet traffic to internal servers. The "ALL(DMZ)" setting was the only way to get one server visible on the outside, which defeats the purpose of the firewall. I was only able to get one of three computers in the DMZ. Also, with DMZ enabled, I was not able to VPN (using IPSec) to my company's private net thru the router. However, with DMZ disabled, VPN works fine.
I am using the most updated firmware, which shipped with the product. Hoping there is a upgrade soon to fix this hunk of junk, and allow it to do what I want it to. I had a friend who bought this, and returned it in two days for the DI-713P, which he reports works much better. Support is free, and not very helpful. Reboot the router, upgrade the firmware or send it back seem to be their favorite replys. Don't try to call the support phone number, because you will never hear back. By the time I got around to trying the advanced features, my trial period was over, lost my receipt and original packaging. Definitely re-thinking this purchase...
Rating:
Summary: yes and no
Review: Overall installation was very easy, up in 15 minutes. I found the wireless component of this product very good. Decent range (whole house), easy to setup. I hear you should use encryption to hide the backdoor of this product, and any "piggybacking" from the outside. The initial install was very good. Using DHCP from ISP, all went together well. All my computers found the router without problems,and received an IP address. This product goes straight down the tubes with its advanced features, which is what sold me. I cannot get its "virtual server" settings to route HTTP, FTP, Telnet traffic to internal servers. The "ALL(DMZ)" setting was the only way to get one server visible on the outside, which defeats the purpose of the firewall. I was only able to get one of three computers in the DMZ. Also, with DMZ enabled, I was not able to VPN (using IPSec) to my company's private net thru the router. However, with DMZ disabled, VPN works fine.
I am using the most updated firmware, which shipped with the product. Hoping there is a upgrade soon to fix this hunk of junk, and allow it to do what I want it to. I had a friend who bought this, and returned it in two days for the DI-713P, which he reports works much better. Support is free, and not very helpful. Reboot the router, upgrade the firmware or send it back seem to be their favorite replys. Don't try to call the support phone number, because you will never hear back. By the time I got around to trying the advanced features, my trial period was over, lost my receipt and original packaging. Definitely re-thinking this purchase...
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