| D-Link DI-624 Wireless Cable/DSL Router, 4-Port Switch, 802.11g, 108Mbps |
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Model: DI-624
Brand: D-Link
Manufacturer: D-Link Systems, Inc.
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 461
Form factor: External
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, 802.11 Super G
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Up to 108 Mbps with AirPlus Xtreme G products
Advanced Firewall and parental control
Backwards compatible with all 802.11b and 802.11g products
Increased Security with 802.1X and WPA
Features robust security to protect the wireless network from intruders |
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| Description: |
| D-LINK DI-624 - The D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DI-624 Wireless Router is ideal for those creating their first wireless network, and for more advanced users seeking additional management settings and policy based content filtering. Filters can be set based on MAC address, IP address, URL and/or Domain Name. Allows pass-through of multiple concurrent IPSec and PPTP VPN sessions Dimensions - 1.3H x 6.5W x 9.25D; weighs about 2 pounds 3 year warranty Product is Firmware upgradeable for updates via D-Link (requires product registration) |
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| User Reviews (461 total): |
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easy, December 6, 2007
By Woodworks (Athens, GA)
I unpacked the product, installed it, and have been useing it ever since with no problems. I have an Acer Laptop (wireless) and an Apple iMac (Ethernet) on the network in my home, and both perform very well on DSL.
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Another solid performer, December 4, 2007
By http://www.leopolus.com - Professional computer technical support and website design (Phoenix, AZ USA)
With this product, D-Link once again proves why they are on top of the consumer networking products market.
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BAD, December 3, 2007
By Q. Yip
The worst router that I ever use! Super unstable, bad customer service. They are unwilling to repair/exchange/refund their defective product. The tech support only asked me to follow their troubleshoot procedure. However, it wasn't to fix the problem even I followed their procedures for three times! D-Link: I am not purchasing the product for troubleshooting. At the end, I got a new Netgear router. This brand is much better and much stable. Get a Netgear router! It is much cheaper and much better.
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Good to go here, November 23, 2007
By Spartan Child
I have owned the D-Link DI-624 for about a year now and moved from San Diego to Florida with no problems setting it up to our cable modem in both places. My daughters laptop picks up a strong signal everywhere in our two-story house and my son plays Xbox Live downstairs (with the router connected upstairs) with no trouble at all. Every once in a blue moon (like once a month) something trips it and they lose the connection but we just hit the reset button on the back and it's up and flying again within seconds. I'm a grumpy, easily irriated man and our monthly reset routine doesn't even raise my blood pressure. The wireless internet connection appears to be just as fast as my hardwired connection on our main computer. I'm happy with the performance.
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Very good. It's basic, but works fine., November 22, 2007
By Rodolfo Rosetti Piva (Curitiba, PR, Brazil)
Nice product. It has the basic functions and I already connected 3 wireless devices and it is working fine. No delays at all. The range is fine. I live in a 2 store house and it works on the second floor. When I go downstairs it does work but no more than through 2 walls.
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Wireless lemon, November 17, 2007
By tech (Seattle, WA USA)
I don't know about the other reviewers writing good reviews, but I've had the router for almost a year. I've been having many problems with the wireless--very slow speed, intermittent disconnection and even spontaneous reboots. I'm tech savvy and have tried different settings to no avail. I have wasted much time trying to fix the problem.
A month ago, I decided that I couldn't live any longer with the frequent connection drops, and had it exchanged by D-Link. The old router has firmware v2.76. The new one has v5.00. I still get serious wireless problems with the replacement. The wireless connection often becomes very slow for no good reason, while at the same time, the wired connection still looks good and has good bandwidth. Given that what I have is a v5.00 replacement, I think this product is beyond redemption.
Given the numerous complaints about the wireless connection, that D-Link gave me a replacement that doesn't really fix the problem doesn't reflect well on them, either. I don't think I'll buy D-Link ever again, but if they pay me to give their product so someone I hate, I might consider.
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Bad bad router, October 18, 2007
By Maryana Alegro
The worst piece of hardware I've ever bought! Even having the latest firmware in it, it just wont work right. Keeps lagging the connection and now D-link has discontinued the product. Just don't buy it. Buy something from linksys instead.
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The DI-624 is a piece of GARBAGE!!!, September 26, 2007
By Jimbo R (Chicago Area)
This thing is junk with a Capital J. Range is lousy (I sit 20' away in my living room and I lose connection - 1 plaster wall in between). At best, I get 27% on signal strength and 21% quality of data.
When I first got it, I couldn't print to my network printer from the laptop. I had to downgrade the firmware 3 revisions in order to allow network resources like the PRINTER to be used.
I can be accessing email through my server and I'll get an error that I can't access my PST file, so log off and restart Outlook, wait a few minutes while it resyncs the PST and then try again. By that time I may have lost the connection again. Power down reboot the router and it's okay for a day or so.
I could never get 108MBPS from it.
With all of this, I've tried contacting tech support via email 23 times and have yet to get an answer from them outside of the typical "reset the router to factory defaults and start the configuration over with the 'Wizard'. I've been an IT professional for 7 years now and have configured Cisco equipment without a hitch. The 'wizard' won't let me set things up the way I need it for my network, and even when I did once, it still didn't work correctly.
Buy a Netgear, Linksys, anything but this piece of electronic feces. I wish there was a rating for -5 stars. That would be closer to my experience.
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No more D-Link Products for me, September 18, 2007
By Tiger (Lindon, Utah USA)
Out of the box my router never worked 100% correctly. It would not keep the correct date and time, some functions didn't work as described. I was told to update the firmware, but when I did, the new firmware introduced new and worse problems, so I stayed with the old firmware and its problems for over a year. When I finally decided to go to the latest firmware, it was a disaster. It filled my inbox with logs of TWINGE Attacks. I contacted Comcast and was told by them that they have only had complaints of this problem from D-Link users. They tried to set up a conference call with D-Link, but it didn't succeed. D-link was unable to deal with the problem and said they would replace the router. But the RMA department wouldn't do it until more trouble shooting was attempted. The tech who was supposed to do it couldn't deal with it and escalated to level 3. The Level 3 tech asked me to send some of the logs, which I did. I never received a response to that (sent 8/28/07). When I received no response, I sent an email asking why, but received no response to that.
Sept 18 I contacted D-Link again and was sent to a Level-2 person who then processed the paperwork to allow an RMA, and one was issued by the end of the day. When I read all the rules and procedures for the RMA I felt it was not worth the cost of postage to go any further. This is not a company I want to do business with. I'd rather go buy a new router from another company with better products and support.
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Cost effective and technically strong choice, September 14, 2007
By BobH-OKC (OKC, OK USA)
The D-Link DI-624 Wireless Cable/DSL Router is probably the best you can buy for the money, and technically superior to all of its competitors in this price range. This is my 3rd purchase of this product --- one for myself a year ago, and two others for friends with a need for a secure wireless environment in their home offices. The documentation (pdf on CD-ROM) is excellent for both the novice and experienced tech. Strong WPA security with 128-bit encryption was a breeze by following instructions, and picking up a random key from "Yellowpipe Internet Services" at http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/WPA_key/generator.php
I strongly recommend this product.
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Works flawless! Better than Belkin, September 2, 2007
By Xerotolerance (Seattle, WA United States)
I had a Belkin, which I found out later was the "Huffy" of wireless routers. A friend of mine who is a network engineer recommended this model. The Belkin would work for an hour or so, then go down.
Since I've plugged in the D-Link, we have had our connection since Nov 2006. Hasn't gone down once.
I use this D-Link with my iMac and Macbook.
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D-Link, September 1, 2007
By Carol816 (Norwalk, OH United States)
This was a very good purchase for an experienced user since I did have to know about the setup and downloading the software that didn't come in the box.
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Wasted my money, August 29, 2007
By cytokine (Pearland, TX United States)
Installation was quick but signal range is extemely poor. Unless you want to work in the same room or floor the signal will be single to two bars max. I am also losing internet signal every 30 minutes or so. Now I have purchased belkin from circuit city with two antenas (forgot the model #) and things are perfect.
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works but not at 108mps, August 23, 2007
By J. P. Joseph (Oviedo, Fl)
It has great range, and works well, but I was under the impression that I would get a 108mps signal, and I only get 54..but other than that it's a great product!
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Works fine but I don't have need for wireless yet., August 13, 2007
By S. Robinson (Brisbane, Australia)
I look forward to getting a laptop so I can put the wireless to the test.
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perfect for your dorm life, August 9, 2007
By Luke Z (Chicago)
If you are a student living in a dorm and wanting to walk around with your laptop without losing connection with your friends online, this is the thing you are looking for.
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Piece of Garbage., August 8, 2007
By Photographer (Canada)
This router looses its internet connectivity regardless of a wireless or wired connection if you so much as look at it wrong.
I could be working on my main desktop which is connected via RJ45 Port and the connection would drop (Cable is unplugged) out of the blue. Very annoying when you are in the middle of conversations. This is a new machine. The one previous did the same and so did the one before that.
The wireless connection does the exact same thing.
Appearantly there was a fix to this with firmware v.2.76 which I did install, but the problem got 100 times worse. If the connection disconnected once every hour, it now did it 10 times every hour. The only way to fix that was to go back to the old firmware and live with the less frequent drops.
DLink tech support is just as unreliable as their product. Their techs are inexperienced, redundant, and under qualified for their jobs. Their solution to every question is to reboot the router or computer and try a firmware upgrade. If that fails it MUST be a problem with all 8 Ethernet cards that I've tried on all computers and laptops.
I think that in the future I will upgrade to a better brand name.
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Works great, July 27, 2007
By Dances with God (Georgia)
It was easy to install (except for the password in the instructions was wrong) and in the month I've been using the router it hasn't given me one problem. Highly recommended.
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Love these older D-Link boxes, July 27, 2007
By Brad McNeely (USA)
God I love these older D-Link boxes. I used to be a Linksys bigot but around 2000 I noticed that my Linksys routers started having DNS errors after about a year of use. On a whim I bought a D-Link DI-604 back in 2003/2004. It ran great for many years and still runs great now. I decided that I wanted to use the wireless adapter in my laptop. After seeing people have mixed results with the newer routers I decided tried and true was the way for me so I bought a refurbished DI-624 and it runs as good as new. They're like the Energizer bunny with a Timex watch.
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Wireless router, July 3, 2007
By Andy Q
Very easy setup. CD included walks you through the setup also includes diagrams. I was up and running with a wireless connection within ten minutes of installation.
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