I get great signal strength from the other side of the house and I would recommend this to anyone who wants to start sharing their DSL or Cable connection quickly and painlessly.

I bought the 614+ because of the alledged increase in performance. Forget that. I timed some small and large file transfers over wireless and with files ranging from 1Mb to 10Mb file, I saw about a zero or 2 second difference than with a Linksys wireless router. I think the whole thing is a clever ploy to get people to buy their wireless client adapters, since only the two, working together, will get 22Mbps.

Two days ago I added another D-Link access point to support roaming - because the range was a little less than advertised, which is pretty common with wireless networking. Roaming allows you to move around your network and still be connected - an important feature with wireless. Well, roaming doesn't work with the 614+. I was about 150 feet from the 614+ and 5 feet from the new access point and the connection was very slow because I was still connected to the original access point. I've installed Netgear and Linksys access points and roaming worked very well.

I reluctantly called tech support. I think my grandfather knows more about networking than they do, but they were good for a laugh. I got the standard, "we're working on these things so check back soon." Sure, I'd love to sit on hold for the rest of my life.

I've used other D-Link products in the past, mostly wired Ethernet, and haven't had any problems. However, I'm going to stay away from their wireless stuff.

One more thing about wireless network speed: A little known, yet rather technical, feature of most 802.11b wireless is Short or Long Preamble. Almost all 802.11b devices ship with Long Preamble enabled. If you change ALL wireless devices on your network to Short Preamble, the speed is the same or better than the "turbo" 22MBps offered by the D-Link 614+.

It usually boils down to that - you get what you paid for, but in this case I am happy with this purchase. Setup was a breeze for both the wired and wireless networks and I was up and sharing my DSL access with my notebook in no time.

There are issues here though, specially with wireless range, but then do remember that all wireless units are subject to connection disruption just like any other wireless device. Resolution? Find the best channel that suits your setup/location - I switched to channel 1 after having problems with channel 3 and 6 (lossed/dropped connection). This is important to note, specially if you are using a brand of wireless interface other than D-Link for your client. I have a Toshiba laptop with a built-in wireless NIC and it seems to like channel 1 way better than the first two I set.

Don't just give up yet on setting up and 'experimenting' specially with the channels. Do note that your home/location may not be 'wireless friendly' too, with obstructions and other electrical devices that can disrupt wireless signals. If so, you'd better be off getting the higher/pricey models or install wireless repeaters/enhancers on set points in your house and/or upgrade the router's antenna to something better (D-Link has a wide range of antennas that can be fitted to the DI-614+).

I do agree though with one of the reviewes here that some parts int the setup do get technical and you'd need at least basic knowledge of networking to get the advanced features running.

But for the casual user, I'd recommend this unit well. It has good security features (up to 256-bit encryption), it's light (very light actually), and the price is great.

I was impressed with the speeds and the advanced features that come standard with this router. The speeds were comparable to my old wired network as far as web browsing and some downloading goes. The features look like they'd be great, but right now I don't have a high demand for them. I have been using some port filtering and one MAC address block, and I am glad that there are more options to utilize in the future.

I brought this baby home, plugged in the power, plugged in my WAN connection, filled in the neccessary settings, upgraded the firmware, and the next thing I knew I was able to access the Internet with the greatest of ease. There are so many controls that come standard with this router I don't think I will ever use them all, but I am happy they are there. Well when my kids get older and start using the computers I can use the parental controls to restrict what they can access on the Internet. There is even a feature to only allow certain MAC addresses to have access the Internet so if my neighbor has an 802.11b card they can't use my Internet access without me knowing.

Everything about this was fairly simple to set up thanks to the manual, and I would definitly recommend this to others.

Easy setup and so far from what I can tell it is reliable and easy to configure.

It has been working great with my PCI based D-Link wireless network card since the first day I purchased both.

For one, I have already upgraded the firmware twice (1.1 to 2.0f, 2.0f to 2.03), and it is still flaky. Two, I have been unable to get a Cisco Aironet 340 PCMCIA Card to Associate (one that works on other networks). Three, a Compaq WL100 PCMCIA Card will Associate, but, it has obtained an IP address only once in over 100 Associations! Four, the router appears to reset itself, irregardless of configuration; this means that even my wired PC connections lose access to the WAN. This latter has nothing to do with my ability to configure the unit. ...

Most of the time, my wife's computer is within 10 feet of the access point. Signal strength at this distance varies from "Excellent" to "Low". Also, if her computer is left on overnight, the wireless network is always down in the morning. The only way to resolve this appears to be by rebooting the router/access point. (This is an option in the web interface.) Needless to say, this is pretty annoying. If the computer were half way across the house, I would be a little more forgiving. But since it's within a few feet (with nothing in between them), I'm not so happy with it. At this point, I'm not certain whether the problem is with the access point or the NIC. Given that a reboot of the access point "resolves" the problem, I'm inclined to believe that it's the access point. Unfortunately, I don't have any more equipment to test this theory with.

The rest of the review is somewhat technical. I want to make it clear that the default settings on the device allowed me to connect to the internet and wireless network without changes. However, I tinker with settings quite a bit. What is described below are my findings from these experiments.

One oddity that I've encountered is that the wireless NIC seems to want to look for the access point on Channel 6 all of the time. (This is the default value on the access point.) I changed the channel of the access point to another value, and the network card would only recognize it occasionally. Once I changed the channel of the access point back to 6, though, the network card recognized the network every time the computer rebooted. (Note that even with this setting, the laptop still loses the connection on a regular basis.)

Another problem I've discovered is that generating keys for WEP is not as straight-forward as it should be. With the latest firmware for the DI-614+ (version 2.0f) the access point does not allow the administrator to put in a pass code to generate the encryption keys. So, if you want to use WEP, you'll have to generate the encryption keys yourself and manually enter them into each of the wireless access cards. Of course, not allowing the pass code actually makes the wireless network more secure. But if you need the convenience (such as for a large network), you'll be out of luck.

As a router, the DI-614+ fares well. Out of the box, the router works as advertised. All I did was plug my computer (on a wired network) into one of the ports and the cable modem into the WAN link, and everything worked. The default settings in the firewall are pretty secure, but UPnP was enabled by default and the router answered pings from the outside world. Fortunately, both of these options can be changed. In addition, the other firewall settings are very configurable (as expected).

There are sections that allow the administrator to configure "Applications", "Virtual Servers", and other stuff. Several applications are preconfigured such as Battle.net and MSN gaming zone. These are disabled by default, but are simple to enable. (Note: The Battle.net configuration isn't complete, and won't work with Diablo II. You'll need to make some minor modifications to get this to work.)

The "Virtual Server" section allows you to turn on ports such as 21 for FTP, 23 for telnet, etc. I was a bit surprised to see that port 22 (SSH) wasn't included. As with the applications, these are disabled by default and the administrator can enable them as he/she sees fit.

The last section of the firewall configuration is a more "traditional" firewall configuration. In this section, two rules are pre-defined and enabled. The rules prevent all access from the outside-in and enable all access from the inside-out. These rules cannot be changed. However, rules that are added by the administrator override the pre-defined ones.

One downside to the router, though, is that port 113 (identd) is visible to the outside world. I see no way to prevent the router from answering queries to this port. The response to these queries is that its unavailable, but I wish I could get it to just drop the packets instead.

A quick recap of the review: the router works well and is very configurable (except for the identd port). The wireless access point, though, does not appear to be reliable.

Unpacked unit and read the install documentation paying particular attention to the PPPoE information. The initial configuration went smoothly but could not connect to the internet at all.

Called the 800 number listed in the installation guide and in the tech manual on CD. No answer. Tried again - no answer. Guess what - the number in their documentation is not correct. Got the right number by removing the router, going back to my old configuration and then visiting their website. Got the right number and was on hold for 45 minutes before getting through to a support person.

He was courteous but not very experienced technically speaking. He told me that I needed to install the latest firmare version (2.0f) and that there was a 2.0 version which I needed to get from their website first and install before installing the 2.0f version. Guess what - no 2.0 version of the firmaware was listed as being available on their website. When I told the tech that he said well probably I could just skip it. I also found that there was an error when trying to open the firmware install instruction procedure on their website. The support tech immediately emailed the instructions to me.

I installed the 2.0f firmware update and then went through the router configuration again. No different from the first time, still couldn't connect to the internet. Called tech support again. The wait was shorter this time, only 35 minutes. Thesecond support tech was even less experienced than the first. After trying everything he knew he told me that he would put me in the queue for a call from a level 2 support person the following morning or if I wanted I could call after 9:00 A.M. No second level support techs work the graveyard shift he explained.

Called for the third time at 10:00 (East Coast Time) and after the standard 45 minute wait learned that no 2nd level support people were available until 9:00 WEST COAST TIME. This third support tech had me redo the same steps the previous two had already instructed me to try with the same results - no ability to connect. He promised to have one of the 2nd level support people call me and noted that the second person with which I spoke had incorrectly logged my problem as being resolved.

Great, waited until 5:00 P.M. my time but no call ever came. Called tech support again (4th time now) and hit the jackpot. Wait time was now over an hour. Finally got through and was informed that no 2nd or 3rd level support personnel were available currently. The tech retraced the steps performed by all of his predecessors w/o bothering to look at their notes. Same result, can't connect. Promised to have a more senior support person call me and that the call would happen within 15 minutes. After an additional 2 1/2 hours no call came in. Packed the router and returned it to the store from which it came.

If you aren't using PPPoE this router probably works ok. If you are running PPPoE and you need tech support then get ready for a real nightmare. My advice - buy anything but D-Link.

As for the range and speed of the router it is great! I get pretty darn good throughput and the signal is very strong even at the far end of my house.

I would definitely suggest this router to anyone looking to set up a wireless network.