| 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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Great design, failed product, April 19, 2006
By Paul Anderson (San Francisco, CA)
This would be a terrific router if it worked as advertised. The configuation screens are easy to understand and have a huge range of options. Wireless throughput, when it works, is fast and robust. The key phrase, however, is "when it works."
First, the firmware usually crashes every time you save a configuration change. Upgrades have not solved this. If you're lucky you can recover by power cycling. If you're not, you have to hardware reset and start all over.
Second, if you don't use a DLink receiver your wireless connection will cycle on and off about every 10 minutes.
Finally, this isn't a problem with the router itself, but the "installation CD" is actually a 30-day demo for Network Magic, roping most users into needing the software. The manuals to configure the router yourself are PDFs hidden in the "bin" folder. That's outrageously unethical.
If you have a DLink receiver and already know how to configure a router, this might actually be good. But Dlink doesn't deserve anyone's business for this product.
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Horrid Range, April 13, 2006
By Scott (Appleton, WI)
I bought this router so that I could use my work laptop at home with my home computer. It always had horrible range. If I was across the same room as the router, I would get two bars of signal if I was lucky. Recently, we moved the desktop to another room. That caused no signal reception from 10 feet with one wall in between.
At work there is a Linksys with a booster antenna. I get max signal at my desk surrounded by a ton of other electronic equipment, steel, and concrete. So I thought maybe I just need an antenna. I bought the DLink antenna. Now from 10 feet I'm back to the two bars of signal, with many dropouts.
Recently I've noticed the dropped connections with my desktop. That's a new thing that wasn't happening before.
I would strongly recommend getting something else...
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Lasted 5 days..., April 12, 2006
By T. James (Valparaiso, FL USA)
The other negative reviews are CORRECT on this one; after 3 days of use, it began faltering ("Network cable disconnected" message in Windows). It has now failed completely. The TS guys in New Delhi are of no help whatsoever. Avoid!
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Generally a good performer, March 29, 2006
By Rick S. (Nashville, TN USA)
This was my first wireless router at home. It was fairly easy to set up, although the setup utility was a bit difficult to navigate at first. The performance has been good, except for occasional dropped connections.
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Works great...., March 23, 2006
By R. Graves
Was up and running almost immediately. Instructions are plain and easy to follow. Very good support.
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Nice Simple Router, March 22, 2006
By Just another computer user (St. Louis, MO)
This is a very simple, mostly preconfigured router right out of the box. I take it with me when I go to my other house that uses a DSL modem, and at home where I use a satellite internet connection. Both modems use 192.168.0.1 as their gateway address, so I don't even have to change either setting. I just plug it in and it comes right up.
I have a suggestion on initial setup. Try to compare the Quick Start instructions with the manual on the same topics, and you won't have any problems. The wizard didn't work for me, but the instructions got me through initial setup once I got all the numbers entered correctly.
Quality of the unit is good. I bought a re-furbished one on eBay that quit working about a year after I purchased it. The vendor replaced it no problem, and the replacement has been working fine for over a year. Everything here runs 24/7 so if there were any overheating/design issues, I would have found them. Most refurbs need a firmware upgrade and there were some internal differences between my old one and the replacement (the boards were totally different) though the outside apperance was identical. Both worked about the same.
Signal strength is adequate. I live in a frame house and it works everywhere except in a steel outbuilding 50' away. I'm currently using a D-Link 710 repeater to meet that need. My house is also three stories, and signal strength isn't the greatest up high (the unit is in the basement). This is typical of most wireless routers, they are designed to throw the signal from side to side instead of up and down. I put another 710 upstairs and I have "excellent" signal everywhere. My D-Link seems to have as much signal strength as my neighbor's Linksys that he is using at my other house. Neither one transmits very far through concrete blocks.
I've installed one at work inside a pretty involved network subnet, and the only issues we had with it there was to drop the router's MTU setting down to 1000 to accomodate some cheap Windows laptops so they could get larger downloads. This did not seem to affect speed or range at all.
Downsides:
The router will do some basic firewall functions like URL blocking and it lists connected users, but beyond that only offers cable checking as an added feature.
Upsides:
For the price, it's a great way to get started with wireless for not much money. The website is a great resource of information on networking, and will get you going quickly.
Summary:
I give the item five stars as I am completely happy with it's performance, and as far as value, they are available very reasonably priced here and elsewhere. The documentation is good, but might be confusing for a first timer.
This is a good solid product.
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Great product and great warranty/service, March 17, 2006
By Mommy of 2 (Virginia, USA)
I got this router 2 years ago and was very pleased with it until it died on me a few weeks ago - it may be due to my 2 year old dropping it a few times or not, who knows. Fact is the product came with a 3 year warranty and the tech support was so thorough in trying to help. But in the end, I shipped my defective unit to them and they shipped me a BRAND NEW replacment unit - same DI 624, not refurbished. The software it ships with has improved since 2 years ago but they make it too dummy and don't put the security stuff as a standard which was disappointing since regular folks don't think of security unless it slaps them in the face. Security is in the extended install which they put as an option.
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DO NOT BUY THIS ROUTER, March 1, 2006
By James (Colorado)
After a few hours it began to reset every few minutes. I had the unit replaced, and the replacement did the same thing. I tried every trick I could find in all the online forums, and nothing worked. This is a piece of garbage. I switched to Netgear and had no problems.
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ok product but not for gamers, February 24, 2006
By David Brewitz
i bought this produce but when i play games (without the wireless), it still has a lag that is not fun for gaming. slower internet connection. i returned it
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POOR PRODUCT - WARNING BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK, February 20, 2006
By Lawrence Roberts (Tucson, Arizona)
I am the IT Manager for my company and we purchased several of the DI-624 routers for our remote offices. Despite repeated resets and upgrading of the firmware they peform poorly and are unreliable. Save your money and consider buying the LINKSYS WRT54G or WRT54GS. I have purchased 6 of the WRT54G's as replacement routers and have not run into a single problem. They are amazing! If you do your research on the DI-624 you will see that most reviews show this to be an inconsistent product. Technical support at DLINK is not helpful.
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THIS IS AN EXCELLENT ROUTER!!!!!!!, February 12, 2006
By Williams Villasmil (Maracay, Venezuela)
This is my first wireless router ever and so I din't know anything about them... To select the approriate router for me I had to read A LOT of reviews all over the internet... After 2 weeks, I decided for this beauty (I was hesitant between a Linksys and this one...). Now I am very well surprised and glad to have this D-Link! The set-up was extremly easy and quick and the range is amazing! I have no dead spots in my 2 story house and the signal is maximal all over! I really recommend this router....
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The worst technical support and product, February 9, 2006
By dando29 (Miami, Fl USA)
It never worked well. Allways desconnecting.
Do not buy!!!
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Problems over Problems!!, February 4, 2006
By grease Donkey
When I plugged the device for the first time... I allready knew I would have problem since the wireless led didn't light up normaly, according to the owner manuel it it suppose to stay light up when everything is ok, and start blinking whit network traffic, but no it had this steady blinking, indicating theres is a problem with it... I was able to connect to wireless network.. without problem, but I would get lost connection in the entire network every 2 min or so, when I had a Wireless PC connected. After reading many forum on the web.. I found that I was not the only one, and in fact alot of people seem to have the same problem.
One day after school trying to access the network with my wired pc, I was unabled to get a connection at all... I was not even able to connect to the router. I reseted the router unplug the power cord... I tryed everything... and that was it, I took the router and it went right to the garbage!! If you want my advise dont buy this router.. even if some people says it's find.. to many people seem to have issues with it... just pass this one.. and keep your money to get a descent one!! Maybe for an higher cost but at least you'll be satisfied!!
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Do not buy., January 30, 2006
By Tom
This was an awful experience. The first day we got it, we just used the land-line, and not the wireless. Every few minutes it would disconnect and re-connect spontaneously. We called D-Link support, got about a dozen people who knew nothing about the product at all, and eventually decided to drop it. The "solutions" they gave us did nothing at all. Once we tried using the wireless, the problems persisted, but in a different way. Instead of every few minutes, the dropped connections only happened a few times a day. However, the "blackouts" of information, within 3 feet of the router, lasted for prolonged periods of time, from 10-20 minutes. Nobody could do anything to help us. We're hopefully going to return it soon for a Netgear.
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Excellent Router, After You Fix It, January 30, 2006
By M. Crassweller (Manchester, CT United States)
A lot of the reviewers here complain of dropped connections, router resets etc. and I had the same troubles when I first got mine. However, the resets and drops were due to a buggy version of firmware, and simply going to the D-Link website and grabbing the latest firmware and installing it on the router took care of all of my problems.
While it is generally unacceptable for a router to ship with such buggy firmware, if you give it a little bit of time and effort (minimal really) you'll get a rock-solid wireless router for a good price.
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D-Link Does It Again, January 24, 2006
By Tecky (Fargo ND)
D-link is the place to be for speed in the wireless world I have the complete extremeG wireless system now for over a year and it's still going strong... the only thing I don't like is the only company I found to support the WPA-PSK security for printservers is netgear.
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D-link is garbage wrt quality, January 17, 2006
By tonyd (new york, ny)
Just plain crapped out after 6mos. Always needed resetting even a few months ago, now just wont work. Replaced with netgears most basic 802.11g and it solved all my issues.
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Good but..., January 9, 2006
By K. Regn
Works perfectly. Yes perfectly. Flawlessly. That being said, the installation instructions provided with the unit are not the best. Thank God I have an eighteen year-old son. What I struggled with for an hour he fixed in thirty seconds. I'm sure customer service would have helped just as quickly, but being a guy I just couldn't call for help. You know how it is.
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Lasted for 6 months ...., January 4, 2006
By mtek (Boston, MA USA)
I bought this router and D-link wireless notebook adapter about 6 months ago. They worked fairly well for 6 months and then suddenly the router died. With further investigation, I found out that the power adapter is dead. After numerous phone calls, D-link gave me an RMA and I shipped the router to get them to -fix- it. After the fix, it has a wireless range of 1 feet and after that low/no signal. My notebook picks up signals from my neighbors who are 2 stories below my apartment, but not from my router which is 2 feet away. I am undecided if I would send it back for a -fix- again ...
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Not Recommended, December 28, 2005
By R. Nabors
This router would probably work fine for a simple home network or internet sharing, but it almost worthless for gaming. I wish I would have done more research before I bought it, seems a large percentage of people have the same problem as I do with it.
With the original firmware it will reboot itself at random times, most of the time killing any connections I had up, games and file transfers didn't stand a chance. With "updated" firmware it only got worse for me. Instead of random reboots, I got reboots on about a 20 or 30 second schedule continuously. Completely unacceptable for anything but basic internet sharing.
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