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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 4.6 inches | | Product Width: | 7.6 inches | | Product Height: | 1.2 inches | | Product Weight: | 2.05 pounds | | Package Length: | 11.4 inches | | Package Width: | 9.9 inches | | Package Height: | 3.4 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.7 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 1084 reviews |
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| | Features | Delivers up to 14x faster speeds* and 6x farther range* than 802.11g means Greater Coverage for Your Entire Home or OfficeIdeal for streaming HD video or streaming multiple applications simultaneouslyIntelligent QoS technology prioritizes both wired and wireless Internet traffic to enable enhanced gaming and phone calling (VoIP) experienceGigabit Ports for Incredible Wired Network SpeedsDual active firewall protection (SPI & NAT) helps block malicious attacks on networks from the Internet.
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 very good range! Sep 03, 2010
I bought this router mainly because of its extended signal range feature. I have a 1850sf single story house plus a seperated 250 sf entertainment room 5 feet away from the house. The signal strength is excellent in every corner of the house and in the outside entertainment room as well. We also have a mobile home as a guest house 100 feet away from the main house and I was wishing the signal strong enough to reach the mobile home so the internet can be avaiable to our guest. Guess what? After the setup, I went over one of the room in the mobile home and my laptop can detect the signal! It is not strong but at least there is no problem to go on the internet. I am very happy with this router.
Great router Sep 03, 2010
This is a great product. I've had mine for a couple of years or more, and it has performed well from the start. I wish the USB port worked as a print server instead of the patchwork printer sharing setup, but it's a router after all, not a print server.
Greaattt Aug 31, 2010
Great wireless router thats wireless N and G. Great speed but i dont see a difference in the range, but that might be because of my router location.
Installation Was Soooo Easy Aug 31, 2010
I had the prior version of this router for 2 years. I started having connection issues and based upon process of elimination it appeared to be the router. I decided to buy a new one rather than spending hours trying to confirm the router was dying. Installation of my old router had been difficult but since it always worked well until it apparently died I went for it. In less than 30 minutes the new router was installed and all computers and printer tied into the network - working perfectly. It was a cinch - loved the CD which made installation a breeze. Connectivity is great. Reception is very good. Got a new mini computer this weekend and it found the network easily. I am happy :)
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For the price, excellent buy Aug 31, 2010
On seeing that this product has been reduced in price, I figured I would post a review to help others looking for a new router.
I have had this now for over a year (Hardware A4 version, 1.21NA firmware) and with some small caveats, am very happy I bought it. No router is perfect, and this one is flawed in some respects, but at less than $70, it's a steal.
First the good. At my firmware level, I have had absolutely no issues with performance or reliability. Many router owners have to live with the occasional need for a hard reboot, but this one keeps on going. Reboots are required for many of the Advanced routing feature settings to be edited, but once you are set up, you stay up.
Initial set up was relatively straightforward even though I did not use the included setup disk. There are wizards in the web interface for both wired and wireless setup. I had a few attempts because I was using some bad DNS addresses at first, but this was user error. I used advanced DNS eventually which works well. Some users have reported issues with this with some 1.3xNA firmwares, but it works fine for me on 1.21NA and is easily disabled if you need to.
Wired performance is good with my setup. I have a Windows 7 desktop (and was using Windows XP before my upgrade with this also), a Mac OS X 10.5 MacBook Pro with a Windows Vista VM on it (I often use this on wireless also). I have a VOIP telephone using a LinkSys adapter and a PS3 console. All run with no issues. Connecting wirelessly, I have a Windows Vista Dell laptop, running on the extremely useful guest access feature. This allows you to give a different account which can have limited access (i.e. no LAN access) or a different security type if needed. Very useful for visitors.
Wireless range is great, and even wireless G gives good speeds. I have tested with wireless N and can connect at 150 MB/s. It is due to the limitation of the AirPort card of my MacBook Pro that I can't connect at the full 300 MB/s that wireless N supports, so I can't comment on this side of the router's performance. What I can say is that the N range I have is good and that others on the D-Link forums seem happy with this aspect of the router.
The web UI is good and well organized. The feature set is quite extensive for the price. You have virtual routing, which allows you to route an incoming port to one of your attached devices for a particular service. One example might be to route port 22 to port 22 on your desktop PC and allow ftp to run on that box. Used with dynamic DNS (which allows you to use a free service that constantly 'maps' your router's dynamic external address assigned by your ISP to a web URL of your choosing) you can set up an ftp web site for yourself, available anywhere on the internet at (for example) [...]. Not bad for $65.
I also use this to stream HD content from my desktop to my PS3. I now use wired and can stream 1080p content without a hiccup, but with wireless G, I was able to do 720p well. The use of gigabit LAN ports helps here I think, and this is another feature you won't find on similarly priced routers widely. Gigabit is only useful for devices requiring extra bandwidth, but it certainly helps with media streaming and file shares for example.
Finally, the automated QOS (Quality of Service) is just the best I have seen. I use lots of bandwidth-hog applications, and no matter how heavy the traffic, I can still browse the web or make a VOIP phone call comfortably. And this is with default settings. I could add rules for certain devices, but I have not yet had the need to.
There are one or two caveats. Those looking to this as a cheap NAS (Network Attached Storage) or print server solution will be disappointed to learn that this is only designed to give NAS/printer access to one user on the LAN at a time, and each user has to load a software client to use the device at all. Also, this feature is reported to have problems at the firmware level I run. I simply do not use it. I am not tempted to run higher levels of the firmware after reading instability reports on 1.3xNA firmware. Common complaints are having to reboot the router daily/weekly/monthly. Using 1.21NA, I only reboot when I change a setting or my internet goes down.
Please note that this is not a dual band router. It works on the 2.4Ghz bandwidth only. Dual band routers can assign wireless traffic to either band, making your total throughput better. I have no 'real world' experience of this, but do not use wireless that heavily, so it doesn't overly concern me. If you have lots of devices using 2.4 Ghz (wireless phones/mice/keyboards, bluetooth etc.) this may be a feature you would benefit from.
For anyone out there looking for a 'best bang for the buck' router, I would recommend this one. However, I would advise caution with firmware updates. If you want stability guaranteed, remain with 1.21NA and join the forum to keep an eye on the stability of the latest build. Note that once you update to 1.3xNA, any downgrade to 1.2x or lower is unsupported (though it is possible). Only do this to use the USB port or other advanced features designed to work better on those firmwares.
It seems that 1.34NA is performing well, so it may well be worth testing out if your device comes installed with 1.3xNA firmware already. If you need to upgrade, read the upgrade instructions thoroughly, backup your configuration (via the web GUI), reset the router to default settings, perform the upgrade then restore your configuration from the backup. This has been seen time and time again to avoid upgrade issues. In many cases, I recommend screen-capping your settings and changing them manually after the upgrade.
Hope my review helps you make your decision.
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