| D-Link DGL-4300 Wireless 108G Gaming Router |
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Model: DGL-4300
Brand: D-Link
Manufacturer: D-Link Systems, Inc.
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 105
Form factor: External
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
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| Features: |
Optimized Gaming Experience with GameFuel Technology
Up to 108Mbps* 802.11g Wireless Connectivity
4 Gigabit Ethernet Ports
Customizable Settings for Games and Applications
High-performance CPU supports thousands of concurrent connections--ideal for P2P applications and multiplayer interactivity |
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| Description: |
| Enjoy playing games online? Push the limits of basic networking technology and experience the evolution in networking. Wirelessly share broadband Internet, boost network performance, stay competitive in your online games with D-Link's new cutting-edge GamerLounge Wireless 108G Gaming Router, powered by GameFuel Priority Technology. Enhanced wireless technology for optimal range and connectivity - up to 108Mbps - when used with comparable D-Link AirExtreme products High-Performance CPU to support thousands of concurrent connections - ideal for P2P applications and multiplayer interactivity Enables multi-tasking between other applications without degradation in game connection Pre-configured ports to accommodate up to 256 policies for games and applications Customizable settings to add or modify new applications or game configurations Firmware upgrade notification feature keeps your new D-Link Gaming Router up to date One Fast Ethernet 10/100 WAN port which supports virtually all broadband Internet connections Four Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 auto-sensing LAN ports 5dB high-gain antenna for exceptional wireless signal coverage Fine-tuned web GUI enhancements for seamless device management Protect your wireless data with support for both Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and 128-bit Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) Integrated Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall and Network Address Translation (NAT) firewall help protect against hackers, wardrivers, and other unauthorized users Create versatile Access Control policies to control network access based on time, date, websites, and/or applications Disable SSID Broadcast and MAC Filtering features protect against unauthorized access from your wireless network Supports Virtual Private Network (VPN) pass-through to create a secure connection to office networks |
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| User Reviews (105 total): |
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D-Link DGL-4300 Wireless 108G Gaming Router, February 13, 2008
By F. Plotnikov
Wireless 108G Gaming RouterI love it! Router running great! Downloading large files while having Video Call on MSN plus friend watching online movie on a laptop in the other room... no problems!
Was really easy step by step set up! no brainier...
Best of all I love the looks with these bright blue LED lights!
Price might be a bit high but you get what you pay for! with fast 108G Wireless and Gigabit wired connections! Great and easy to set up protection and for people who love online games -- GameFuel(tm) Priority - Technology
I can keep going but... no need I give this Router 5/5!
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impossible to figure out, February 13, 2008
By S.O.S.F. worldwide (kent, ohio)
i spent at least 12 hours trying to configure this thing. i finally gave up and purchased a different wireless router that took me two minutes with an instillation disc (belkin n wireless router). I do have a different d-link router at work and it has never given me a bit of trouble, so i think it may be the model rather than the brand.
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Horrible bugs which ruin all gaming fun., February 12, 2008
By M.Kunze
I just bought this router recently, but had to give it back after 2 days already.
The router does look flashy, and the diffrent options (such as gamefuel) do look interesting, but to my dissapointment, I had to find out that this router has many bugs in it, which ruined my entire fun.
The first one which I encountered, was that after each reboot, the computers would totally lose the connection to the router, and a "Limited or no connectivity" message would appear. I had unplug and replug the router around 10 times each, until the connection suddenly worked again.
However the second and most annoying bug of them all, is that the router loses my internet connection around every 20 minutes. Nothing like that has ever occured with any other router and my current Internet service provider. I must thus conclude, that the DGL-4300 is to blame for this bug too.
I have tried updating the firmware, which only aggrevated the two bugs.
Though unsure if and how it works with other people, I certainly cannot recommend this router, as I have wasted 109 $ for a product which simply does not work as it should.
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Excellent Router - Pretty Good Wireless, February 10, 2008
By Jonathan S. (Freeport, Maine USA)
This router was extremely easy to setup and get going with my XBOX 360 and other wireless devices including an HP All-in-One wireless printer.
Even at 200' from one of my computers the signal is very strong. I don't like the embedded configuration interface as much as LinkSYS's but overall it is a very good product and it seems very stable.
Unfortunately, my Charter Internet cable service sucks and goes down frequently. But when the internet is working this DLink router does a great job!
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Great Router!, February 5, 2008
By Jilby Besaw (Vermont)
This is the absolute best gaming router! My husband has been playing XBox online and was previously having lots of trouble keeping his connection. We bought this one and wow what a difference! He has not been disconnected once. Definitely worth the money, you will not be disappointed!
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Do not buy this router, it has a high fail rate, January 2, 2008
By ceakins1 (Port Orchard, WA)
I bought the router in March of 2007, started having issues with flaky wireless in May, then it finally died. I had to pay to cross ship a new RMA'd router. This second DGL-4300 lasted less than six months before it bricked itself all together. So in December 2007, I call up and explain it's bricked, they RMA it again. However I don't want to pay for shipping period. I run into a brick wall with RMA, and including the head of the RMA department, who claimed he didn't have a boss. I got around this by calling they direct cooperate number and asking for the person he reported to. I got Van, he seemed nice enough, and cross shipped it with no charge and sent me a label to send the bricked one back. Ok so I get the new DGL-4300 last week on the 27th of December 2007. The radio has become flaky and now no one can connect to it. It didn't even last a few months, not even a week. So far this is a 100% failure rate for a router that cost's more than other routers out there, double what I paid for my netgear that still works fine 4 years later. Which I'm having to use right now.
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easy to install, works great, December 31, 2007
By rhisson (Stamford, CT USA)
Our sons play a bandwidth intensive online game and we've had no problems since installing this router. Plays smoothly, and installation couldn't have been quicker and easier. We considered some much less expensive routers, but based on some reviews, decided to go with this one. Very happy with our decision.
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Think twice before buying this router, November 28, 2007
By dsm (Maryland, USA)
I bought this product based on all great reviews it got. However, I had to return it because of its terrible quality. First of all, installed firmware (version 1.7) is buggy. It can't load one of the setup pages due to an error in Java script. Router notifies you that there's a newer version 1.8 available, but when you go to a manufacturer's web page it's not there. Apparently it's been taken out without any notice because of being so broken! So, because of this error I was unable to change my internal LAN speed from 10Mb/s (default setting) to 100Ms/s.
Furthermore, buggy firmware is not the worst problem with this router. It has some hardware problems as well, causing it to drop packets (I was only using wired connection, so it's not caused by problems with wireless network). Network error rate (according to router's statistics page) is over 1%. This is really unacceptable and greatly affects router's performance.
Think twice before buying this product.
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A must have for XBOX Live..., November 26, 2007
By R. Kocher
Am I ever glad I bought this! This router has worked perfectly with my XBOX 360 (and my computer, of course). The setup was very quick (although having some background in networking helped, the walk through option for this computer is relatively self explanatory). It works seamlessly with the Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter. While the price is a little more than some other models, the "game fuel" feature is worth the price!
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Good Product, November 3, 2007
By from (California)
Good Product, Full of Functionality, Takes a little while to tweak the config. Helps to have a IT background for advanced features.
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D-Link DGL4300, October 27, 2007
By Lloyd (Aloha, OR USA)
I had a wirless network router (linksys) I had problems with it dropping out. I would have to reset it often. I have windows and apple systems and with this new router I have not had any trouble and it is great. I have even hooked up the Wii to it and it runs great.
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GOOD ROUTER, October 24, 2007
By dcasey627 (ann arbor, mi)
This router gives an excellant direct connection but leaves a little to desire on the wireless side. With all of the presaved settings for bittorrent downloads, xbox live and other games i saw an immediate differance in performance. I am now able to connect to more seeds and far faster downloads with the proper ports open and my xbox has complete priority. The differance in the xbox is so noticable my roommates know im on when they try to access the internet in the other room. If your a serious gamer or even like to download torrents this router is perfect for you.
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Overrated Junk - DO NOT BUY, October 9, 2007
By E. Shamilova (Grand Rapids, MI USA)
I have been using routers since 802.11b and this is the biggest mistake I've ever made, buying this router.
1) The price is not great. This costs 50% more than other 108G routers.
2) Router dies 1 month after purchase.
3) Before router died it would constantly drop connection
4) Browser interface is terrible. Features are useless. It's a plain router like any other when you realize that all of these features are just useless junk and are just there as selling points.
Do NOT buy this router.
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Great wireless router!, October 5, 2007
By C. Russo (Salt Lake City, UT)
This router has a ton of features and is a great option for the novice home user as well as the uber-geeky networking professional! I haven't messed around with the game fuel tech yet (not a big online gamer), but the router is easy to setup and runs great. Haven't had any issues with it since it's been configured.
My only complaint is the router needs to be "rebooted" after most configuration setting changes. It sucks if you're experimenting with all the settings or trying to troubleshoot a problem. I suggest reading the help section for each option first, this helps eliminate the "oops" I forgot to check that box OR what does this do...moments!
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DGL-4300 Gamefuel Router, September 30, 2007
By Father forgive them because they are clueless. (Atlanta, GA USA)
I could not disagree more with the comments about turning off the Gamefuel option. Even if you are not a gamer, make a rule that places your browser and your movie downloads first and they will work better. We have seven computers, a Wii, and an XBox on line in our house. Two of the computers and the Wii are wireless, the rest hard wired. My wife and I play Everquest, our kids play World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Halo, and a whole bunch of other things. Since we installed this router our ping times have been lower, lag less, and disconnects have been entirely elliminated due to network lag. We are on AT&T DSL extreme with am 8m connection and even my download times improved with this router. We use PPPOE and have it set to keep the connection "always on" with a disconnect delay of Zero.
I found the wireless version for $20 less than the wired. ($99 new)
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Advanced router, but it is totally worth it., September 8, 2007
By extreme ownage (Illinois USA)
This router is a very adavnced piece of technology, and although I hear that many router companies products die within months, I decided to take the risk. This product is great because it has good range ( router in basement whilst i am in 1st floor sometimes second floor) even though they are many walls the router can still pass a very good signal. Security is a must and this router has WPA and WPA 2 security features plus more like hiding your network name and Mac filtering( this denies other hardware that is trying to connect which is not on your allow list). Sure it is a bit pricey, but after you get this product you will learn why. My Xbox 360 connected just fine with WPA ( but if you want best perfomance you have to disable DNS in the gamefuel area and maybe select the speed in the menu instead of its defualt "auto") Their tech support helps but its is sometimes difficult to understand with poor voice quality and thick accents, but then again which router company doesnt have that? Oh, and of course, the blue led lights, yes they are very bright for it just being a router, looks very cool and sleek though. Hopefully this will convince you that this is a great router and has so far not disappointed me in the slightest. Reasoning with 4 star and not 5 is just their support and how the manual is on a cd instead of a booklet which makes it alot easier.
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Good router, once you turn game fuel off, August 21, 2007
By P. Rao (Dacula, GA United States)
Ive only had this router for a few hours, so this is subject to change.
anyways, ive gone through about 5 horrible routers in the past 2 years. some were hand me downs, some just sucked. after my brother destroyed the last one (which sucked btw) i figured we should splurge and buy this one. we play some games, but this one had some of the highest reviews out there. well it was a cinch to setup, took me about 30 seconds to do it, and wham, all was good. my brother started downloading a demo for a game, and holy moly the connection slowed to a crawl. like literally, i couldnt figure out why everything was going so insanely slow, even when you are downloading at max speed, sending and receiving packets for normal web browsing shouldnt be a problem, even with 3 people on at the same time. i got fed up and started searching the web to figure out why this thing is so damn slow. then it sort of dawned on me. they have this nifty feature called "game fuel" what it does is prioritize packet flow by giving priority to gaming and high bandwidth items first, and everything else second. but its a far second, like a far far far second, like it takes me 2-3 minutes to open up google.com second.
once i realized what that thing does, i decided to turn it off. how often do you play games? maybe an hour or 2 a week? and even then they run just fine, lag is never an issue. so i turned it off, and voila, what do you know, everything is back to working like it should. downloads are going fast, and i can surf at the same time.
it also seems very stable, and the connection doesnt seem to drop. thats good, since i work from home and do a LOT of web related stuff.
i recommend this router for everyone, but MAKE SURE to disable this game fuel thing, unless you plan on playing games exclusively on your network. anyone else who casually surfs will be utterly crushed by the speed degradation.
trust me on that.
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I buy again if needed !, August 6, 2007
By Dops Morts
Very good product, long range and faster speedy, cross 3 rooms and still got good quality of signal.
I recommends.
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Reliable and easy to use, July 30, 2007
By Mniot
Previous wireless routers I have owned would periodically drop their connection to my Apple laptops. The DGL gives me a consistently reliable wireless connection.
The web interface is easy to use, but provides many configuration options for experts. I was pleased to see that it includes the option of acting as a bridge, so that my wired and wireless computers can see each other over Bonjour and use the same DHCP server.
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works., July 24, 2007
By Byeong Kim (San Diego, CA)
don't really feel like writing a review on this product, but I can say that this router just works and has a bit more of advanced settings than any other routers.
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