| 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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A Simply Great Little Router, January 30, 2005
By Dustigroove
I have owned three DI-624's since the product line has been released spanning all three hardware revisions. 2 are still in use and one was lost (rev B) to a great dane puppy that thought it to be a new toy for him to play with. (Note - although well made, the D-Link is definitely NOT a good dog toy.) I have also owned 2 Linksys and 1 Netgear router and have found the D-Link to be the best (IMHO) of the hardware I've owned in terms of ease-of-use, range, and uptime. That's not to say I didn't experience a few hiccups with the D-Link, I did encounter a couple of firmware updates that had less than happy results (see reboot issue in other reviews), but these were usually resolved easily with reverting back to the prior firmware revision until a replacement update was available. I can't fault this with D-Link as I've encountered this with the Linksys as well. Sometimes mistakes are made and they make it to the public, it happens and I'll bump them a star for it. But all in all I have been nothing but satisfied with my purchases and would recommend the DI-624 to anyone looking for a wireless "G" router.
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The Missing Link, January 29, 2005
By RJ (Tucson, AZ United States)
I have had this router for 5 months. It will drop the wireless connection at random. So, I will be in the middle of something online then I am not online anymore. I have tried to work with D-Link tech support but they do not have an answer. It is not worth the money for this product.
You will be missing your link and missing your money.
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Very Disappointed, January 29, 2005
By J. Heller (Cincinnati, Ohio)
I purchased this unit in November and almost immediately there was a problem with the router rebooting itself. Sometimes it would reboot after a couple days and sometimes it would reboot every few minutes or so. This was very aggrevating. I downloaded and upgraded to the new firmware v2.50 thinking this may take care of the problems. It did not. I emailed customer support and they suggested that I perform a "recovery" on the router. I was also instructed to call customer support in the event this process did not work. I followed their instructions and to no avail, the problem still continued. I called customer support and spoke to a very nice representative. He had me change a couple settings and advised that this should take care of it. In the event that it did not, he suggested that I return the router for a new one or send it to D-Link per their RMA policy and they would send out a different unit within a couple weeks. He advised that if I returned it to D-Link, they could not assure that I would receive a new router from them. It may be a refurbished router. After my call with customer service, the router problems began again almost immediately, rebooting itself every minute or so. I finally decided to give up and purchase the Linksys WRT54G wireless router. The Linksys router works perfectly so far. I would not recommend purchasing the DLink DI-624 router.
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Gets the job done, January 28, 2005
By Jason P. Gold (Huntington Beach, CA)
I had a Belkin 54Mbps router and took it back because it didn't have the range I needed. At about 30' away, it was losing connection with four different wireless cards.
So, I got an Airlink 108Mbps rounter and took it back because I didn't like the software inside of it. On the other hand, it had the range I needed.
So, I bought a Belkin 125Mbps. Again, same user friendly software and firewall, but no range. So, back it went.
On the suggestion of a friend who is a network administrator with a wireless phone service provider, I got the D-Link. The price is better than the Belkin, the software is almost as good, and it has the range of the Airlink.
The D-Link is staying.
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Poor Quality, permanently defective product line. AVOID!, January 27, 2005
By Andrew Arace (Boston, MA USA)
The DI-624 product line is completely defective.
Do yourself a favor and search google for 'DI-624 reboot'
I have gone through 3 units, and each one of them exhibits the same problem. They stay connected to the internet for a while - sometimes a day, sometimes only 10 minutes at a time - and then spontaneously reboot, causing loss of internet connection for ~10 seconds, a re-connect with my ISP, which results in a new IP address.
I have filed a Better Business Bureau report against D-Link, and I have spent months, actually months, trying to get a product exchange for a different model router.
I would avoid this router.
I have had great success with D-Link routers in the past. I had one function for two years buried under cables and dust without a glitch.
The DI-624 seems unique in it's fatal problems.
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Finally Working, January 25, 2005
By Radio License (East Coast USA)
I thought I'd like this product but had a lot of trouble right from the start. Called D-Link and they said that I'd need new firmware and that my unit may be an older "vintage" but with the same Model name. I'm fairly computer savy so I didn't have much trouble with the process but not happy that I have an "older" unit. That said, I found the range very limited. I have a Cisco router (Linksys) and the range (right next to my new D-Link) is far superior. I'd say the Linksys is offers about twice the range. So, because of the problem with the firmware and the poor range I'm only giving the unit 3 stars. The good part is it seems to work consistently at close range with no hiccups so far.
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UNRELIABLE ON TWO DIFFERENT UNITS, January 24, 2005
By Jon Gindick (Malibu, CA United States)
I went wireless using DI-624. It took a long time working with a phone tech to get it set up. Wonderful customer service, but it took over an hour. Then I had wireless! It was incredible for three months. Until it quit working. Ninety minutes with their customer service reveakled the unit was broken. They encouraged me tio send it back. They replaced it. Three months of wonderful wireless. Now the second unit is broken.
I am moving over to Linksys. Wish me luck!
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This Router Performs Smooth and is Overall a Great Router, January 15, 2005
By Tony A. (New Orleans)
I like the simple way this allows you to set it up. Setup wizards in a router are very useful. I was able to plug this into my network, go through the setup wizard and reboot the router all in 2 minutes. I was up and running directly after that reboot, it was great.
I get adequate wireless coverage in my home with this router as well. I can't think of what more I'd want from this wireless router. My wireless PCs in the back rooms stay connected and are quite stable contrary to other people's expereinces.
I like the fact that D-Link is able to keep upgrading the firmware on this router. I just noticed the other day how there is a new firmware out. So I downloaded it, installed it into the router and was back up and running with new features and I think I noticed a slight boost in speed. But I'm not sure.
Overall this router is great. Being that it is easy to use and stable.
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Poor signal quality - not recommended, January 5, 2005
By wifiguy_va (USA)
I have an old Netgear MR814 rev. A that is 802.11b and I wanted to upgrade to 802.11g. I decided to get a DI-624 since the review was good on CNET. Sorry to say my review isn't as good. This router just didn't have as strong a signal as my ancient Netgear. I thought for sure the technology had improved since my last purchase. Maybe DLink sacrificed speed for reliability, but I think that's a mistake. The features provided in this router are good, but the signal quality just isn't up to snuff. I did upgrade to the latest firmware at the time 2.50, but that didn't help. I don't recommend this router.
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DI-624... a great little Firewall/Router, January 2, 2005
By Jay D. Anderson (Stafford, Virginia)
First of all you can completely implement the NSA firewall hardening guide on this firewall (except going to 256 bit encryption). It has everthing you would ever want if you are concerned about security. The port 113 Identity port keeps talking though you can route incomine to a nulled IP you set up. I use external scanners to show me that all ports are completely stealthed (totally non-reactive to outsiders--as if nothing is there).
Full featured in every way... it mails you its logs, can get time info from timing sites, has a full HTML interface, can be remotely managed (securely), and much more. The D-Link web site has full tutorials on it and FAQs and that is a huge plus for neophytes.
My only complaint would be that that I don't get enought signal strength to reach but about half way through my home. I guess I would need a repeater (which D-Link sells). You can also get higher gain antenna for the DI-624 to boost range. The range is much dependent on the receiver sensitivity of your WiFi devices though. Some of my devices work anywhere others I need to move closer to the DI-624.
Oh yeah... works great with Packet8 VoIP and also Xbox Live. All my kids have a TV and Xbox in their rooms and can play against one another through the Intranet (internal home LAN) from room to room. Especially great for Halo2 cause you get a full screen to look at and your opponent can't see your screen and know what you are up to.
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Bad compatibility and customer support, December 19, 2004
By stranger
I had troubles with ths router - it didn't handle communication with Linsys G card. But the most surpising experience is one with customer support - unprofessional and rude. It's a last time I'm buying their products.
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Wonder router especially if you have a Toshiba A75 laptop, December 17, 2004
By Guoqiang Wu
I have been using this router for 3 months and never regret that I bought it. Things I like about it:
1)Signal strength: the connection sustains until I get about 50 meters away from my apartment.
2)Speed: I have a Toshiba laptop (A75 series) with built-in Atheros super-G wireless card (actually this is the main reason I went for this router). As I suspected, I get a stable connection speed of 108M bps out of it! So it is not true that a DLink super-G card is required to get the super-G speed. I would expect a Netgear super-G card can get 108M connection with this router too.
3)Stability: the router has not failed my connection once yet.
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Great Product, December 15, 2004
By Paul Weaver III (Vineland, NJ USA)
I purchased a D-Link DI-624 router to set up a wireless network at home. I was originally running my network with just two wireless D-Link network cards. I was running in ad-hoc mode (peer to peer), but realized it would be better to purchase a router to share my printer and cable internet connection without worrying about both PCs being turned on.
I haven't had any major problems at all with the router. Installation is simple if you follow the instructions provided. It is advisable to make sure you have the lastest OS software and router firmware updates for optimal performance.
Overall, this is a great product.
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Great Router and Value., December 14, 2004
By cheekycj (Chalfont, PA USA)
After my Linksys wireless router conked out and I got the reason as 'It happens' I went with a different Mfg. I selected D-Link after a couple of co-workers (I work in an engineering dept) recommended it.
Setup/Installation:
It was a nice surprise to find the installation so easy. I was up and running in under 10 mins with my Cable Modem and my desktop.
I configured my laptop and got that running in under 5 mins.
Features:
Wow does this thing have features. Support of VPN is nice but I really like the ability to route various requests to an ip address and a port. I can setup remote desktop to go to my desktop and only my desktop. I can setup ftp requests to come in at on port 33 to go to a server listening on port 21. Its nice.
The GUI is easy to use and features are easy to find. Anywhere from being able to deny access to certain IP addresses to Setting up Virtual Servers. The feature list is exhaustive. Even if you don't understand the full feature set the wizard will guide you through basic setup and the defaults will suffice most peoples needs.
My company's VPN worked with no problems (previous routers had to be configured specifically to support it).
Performance: (LAN is fine so I will limit this to WLAN)
I have definitely noticed a vast improvement in performance and range. No more poor or fair signals downstairs. I usually get at least a good signal everywhere I use my laptop. Supporting B and G modes is a nice feature b/c friends can come over and have their own wireless cards. I have tested the WLAN performance transferring huge amounts of data (over 2 GB) and man did this beat expectations.
Reliability:
I have had this router for a while now (almost 6 mos) and I probably turn it off (kickstart it) once a month. That is b/c it is something I like to do, the device does not require it. All I can say is that I have yet to see a hiccup in reliability and not a single firmware update has been needed (which is a nice change in this product market)
Overall: I recommend this product without hesitation. Get one get wireless in no time.
The router has a built in firewall but I still recommend having ZoneAlarm or something similar installed.
Enjoy the range and speed of Wireless G!
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Don't go near this product!!!!!, December 14, 2004
By A.Techie (UK)
Never seen a gimmick like this product. I am an experienced techie and I have not seen a useless product and a pathetic after sales service like dlink. The product does not work out of the box - may do for very few. I had 3yr "old" 3com products which worked well with every wireless device in the house. I thought I will upgrade to a faster standard using this product, but this product is shambles. Technical support is non-existent. you will NOT get thru, if you do, they will cut you off or blame their "outsourced" service in Denmark! The router keeps dropping connection and you will be lucky if you get more than 30MBS even when in front of the router. I can;t think what interference one could have in that situation! I have never seen it go above 48Mbs even in "Super-G" mode let aside standard 803.11g which gives you 54mbs.
All in all if you don;t want to pull your hair out, go for 3COM or LinkSys products which I believe do exactly what they say on the box and you might actually get some technical support!
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Ripoff, December 11, 2004
By Joseph Evaristo
I bought this product from Best Buy about a year and a half ago; my family got cable and a wired network just wasn't feasible with our layout, so we went with this D-Link device.
Connection drops every few minutes, and sometimes it won't come back up until the router is rebooted...which requires unplugging the router and the modem, then putting them through their boot cycles one at a time. When it works its best we do this every other day, at its worst we do it daily; today it had to be rebooted three times in one hour.
I've tried multiple connection devices, DWL 122, DWL G650, DWL G520, and whatever one came built into my sister's Dell. Getting closer to the router hasn't helped; it still even dropped packets. (As an example, an instant message or two may simply never reach me.)
Needless to say, my family's looking for something new since their tech support's suggestions were useless.
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Not the right upgrade for us., December 7, 2004
By quickhappy (Big city, big country)
We currently use an older Microsoft MN500 wireless router, which has been a bit disappointing to us. Our main need is to get reception in the basement, and the MN500 just wasn't giving good coverage. So we decided to get a new "G" unit and hope for better speed and coverage.
The good news: installed fairly easily, and the tech-help was helpful. We sorted things out and had it up and running in about 45 minutes.
The bad news: using our existing 11b receivers, there was a slight slowdown in speed. And the broadcast strength is about equal to the MN500.
We're taking it back to the store.
If you want this , you probably should be upgrading to 11g all around, and you shouldn't be trying to broadcast a signal very far.
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108 Mbps is NOT working, December 6, 2004
By Joyce (Saratoga)
I use DI-624 and DWL-650 with Dell 600m. The 108 Mbps or Super G just doesn't work, the wireless connection drops every 10-20 min. Make sure you visit http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum and search for paeDISCONNECTED and you will meet many unhappy users there. I have tried both 2.42 and 2.50 firmware and many things suggested in http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum. The only way to make DI-624 and DWL-650 work for me is to disable Super G. DI-624 also works with my 802.11b came with Dell 600m.
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not recommended!!!, December 3, 2004
By X. yang (LA, CA)
pros:
all the unimportant features that it claims to do.
very fast and pretty good range.
cons:
-all the features are useless if the router reboots and drops every hour. (even every minute sometimes)
-firmware 2.42 drops my entire connection, which means i have to turn off my dsl modem as well as rebooting the router.
-the newly upgraded 2.50 firmware is worse. people who are considering to buy this router will get the 2.50 version.
-firmware 2.50 have issues with routers rebooting, not connecting, i can't obtain a ip address sometimes with my dell 600m.
http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,11580469~mode=flat~days=9999~start=160
the link will tell you what other people think about the frequent reboots.
-terrible tech support.
-the advertised 108 mbps does not acheive expectations. (extremely noticeable when transferring files from a desktop and laptop, vice versa)
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Perfect, December 1, 2004
By only me (CA, USA)
I purchased this for my home, and it works superb. Easy to install, easy to set up. Works perfectly. I haven't tested the speed of it, the restriction in speed is limited by my DSL anyway. It covers my entire apartment perfectly. Extra features as requiring password to use it was also no problem installing.
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