| D-Link DI-624S Wireless Router w/ 2 USB Port, 802.11g, 108Mbps, 4 LAN Ports |
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Model: DI-624S
Brand: D-Link
Manufacturer: D-Link
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 13
Form factor: External
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
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| Features: |
Includes a 60-day free trial for Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security software. PC-cillin Internet Security features virus protection, spyware dectection, advanced user or global parental control settings, and an easy-to-use Home Network Control interface
Dual firewall functionality, with both Network Address Translation (NAT) and Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) technology, to help secure and protect your network from hackers and malicious attacks
A built-in Cable Tester utility can detect and troubleshoot physical Ethernet cable problems if they arise
NOTE - High speed capabilities require use with other D-Link AirPlus Xtreme-G products |
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| Description: |
| 802.11g just got faster! Up to two-times faster wirh D-Link AirPlus Extreme G. Get ready to experience wireless networking in high gear. Powered by D-Link 108G Technology, this 802.11g wireless router device is capable of delivering maximum wireless signal rates of up to 108Mbps when used with other AirPlus Xtreme G products. The DI-624S Wireless 108G Storage Router creates an 802.11g wireless network and shares a single broadband Internet connection throughout your home or office. With two USB ports to attach USB storage devices, allowing you to get more out of your wireless investment, give you the option of connecting either flash-based or hard drive-based storage. You can then use the router to wirelessly share storage on your network. Setting up is a straightforward process using the Setup Wizard and user-friendly web-based management utility. For computers running Windows XP Service Pack 2, you can take advantage of Windows Connect Now. This allows you to simplify the configuration of your wireless network by storing configuration information on a USB flash drive. WiFi certified, the DI-624S features high performance as well as industry-wide compatibility. This 802.11g router is backward compatible with 802.11b devices. The built in 4-port switch allows you to connect up to four Ethernet enabled devices such as additional computers or network storage devices. |
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| User Reviews (13 total): |
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Works but the storage feature has a long way to go, January 23, 2007
By nima_auctions (Seattle WA USA)
I bought this router to replace my DI-524. It does what I need and the storage feature works...sort off. There is no documentation on it and you have to read a tonne of internet posts to get it working. In my case, the labels on the ports were switched so a flash drive in USB1 actually shows up as connected to USB2. Other than that I could not connect to this drive from my desktop without another undocumented gem - use the IP address from wireless and the router name from the desktop. Also the partitions are readonly depending on the formatting of the storage you connect - NTFS partitions are readonly...
Finally, turn on the VPN pass-through feature for PPTP and IPsec else you will not be able to connect to your corporate network. Tech support does not really help and you have to wade through lots of documentation and tech support sites to figure this out.
If I had to buy this router at the regular price I would not do it. It cost me about $15 so I think it was OK
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It works! and I got it cheap!, January 11, 2007
By William Diaz (Miami, FL)
I certainly relate to what people are saying here. I had my DI-624s for about two months and it took over a week for Sunrocket (VOIP service) to get back online. Somehow the 624 was blocking ports or something. I knew that calling the D-link support was hopeless so I called Sunrocket instead once I got transfered to Peer2 support it took about 30 minutes to configure the sunrocket box to work with this router. Funny thing is that my older 614 worked fine with the same configuration.
Then there's the network storage. NO info on it at all, I plugged my portable HD and nothing would show up on "Network places" I sent Support and E-mail...still waiting. It turns out that the network storage takes some time to show up. so if you walk away and come back it will show the network storage.
I looks like every time you plug something in you have to access the router settings and share the device. I hate that because One of the reasons I wanted this was just to plug stuff and see it right away on my xbox running XBMC. Now it forces me to turn a PC on to share the device.
Once the device shows up the PC and xbox can see it with no problem, was able to stream 800mb avi file as well as DVD format files. no problem.
I noticed I couldn't write to the network device, Well I just read here that there's no NTFS write support, so I will have to format the drive in FAT32. At least I found what the problem was, I spend several minutes trying to write something to it. then I just gave up and plugged the network drive directly to the PC and wrote to it.
Overall I Paid $13 for this router so I can't complain to much. it's been on all this time since I got it and I've only rebooted it once when playing around and switching back and forth between DHCP and static Ip on the xbox. After the reboot I got my static IP back.
Overall most of my stars are for the price! but definitely D-link dropped the ball
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Not enough security, January 10, 2007
By Krystmas' Used Reading Gallery (Stone Mountain, GA United States)
The router provides with it advertises. However, there are some problems with they way that it provides everything. First is the fact that it doesn't have any in-depth manual that tells you how to use the features on the router. Second, the setup for the shared folders is not documented and the support available from a tech is non-existant. Third, the wireless encryption is manual. You have to setup your own wep key or whatever type of key you want.
Overall I don't like this router because you have to fumble through everything to get it working. Once it is setup its fine, but it will take the average user about 3 weeks to get EVERYthing going.
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Utter Junk, January 3, 2007
By Salman Khan (Phoenix, AZ)
Utter junk. USB is impossible to use. The wireless throughput is slower than a dialup. I bought it and spent 2 hours with D-Link customer support and they asked me to return it for a replacement. Not sure if that is going to help, since i think the product is faulty and replacing this piece is not going to change one thing.
There is no firmware update either. If I could, I would give it zero ranking.
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Buggy and raw, December 2, 2006
By Usve (USA)
All I have to say is this: at least until the new version of firmware is out the router is barely usable. I read all those negative reviews, but they mostly concentrated on USB Storage, so I thought everything else is ok, and since price was the same as for DI624, I bought it.
It turns out that as a router it is also below criticism due to instability.
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no firmware, no good!, November 9, 2006
By Charbel Eid
actually I made the biggest mistake, I upgraded from DI-624 to DI-624S.
My DWL-2100AP does not work as a repeater for DI-624S and there is no firmware update to support this product. I gave up after several attempts to contact dlink support.
eventhough it says 108mbps, it opens 54mbps unlike the DI-624.
Simply this product was created and was left behind! ... what a shame!
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Avoid it like plague, April 5, 2006
By pc_reviewer (NJ)
I read about this product on D-Link's website and bought it. This product is bad. (1) Documentation to connect a USB port is non-existent. (2) Tech support guys are friendly but are unable to help. I've spent close to 10 hours with tech support at D-Link and none of the level 2 or 3 technicians have been successful in getting a USB device to work. I returned the product for an exchange, but my new product did not work either. I've researched a lot on Google and found that almost everybody has had similar problems. Don't waste your time and money buying this product.
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Poorly Supported and Documented, November 21, 2005
By dangard (Seattle, WA)
When I saw this product I was very excited! I have a PC and a Mac lapyop and wanted to share an external USB hard drive between them. A wireless storage adapter seemed like the perfect solution.
When I got it home and got it all setup with my internet connection it seemed to work decently as a wireless router. To my dismay though I found almost zero information about using the USB storage device feature in the quickstart guide or the manual. In addition the information that was there basically just told me how to use the routers interface to turn sharing on, nothing about how to get your computer to see or use the drive. I am fairly savy so my next step was to visit the D-Link support site. I poured over the FAQ and found zero information to help get things working. So finally I decided to call tech support. Still no luck on getting it to work and the process ended with me being told I needed to update the firmware only to have to e-mail support the next day to be informed there was no firware update. Basically the attitude I was given over the phone was "it should work" but very little about how to make it work. The most useful information I found out about things to try and limitations was right here in an earlier customer review.
I ended up returning the router for a refund an\s I was never able to get it to work and I know of another person who had the same experience. I'm willing to believe that I may have had a defective model it seems a little less likely when it happened with two of them.
Other people have got them to work as is evidenced by a review or two but my suggestion is that you avoid this product. If you still choose to purchase it then be prepared for bad documentation and poor support.
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I like it, August 18, 2005
By Peter (MD)
DI624 costs $35 (after rebate), network storage link (like LinkSys NSLU2) - about $80. So "all-in-one" DI624S for $100 looked as a fair deal...
Bought one yesterday and "played" with it for 2 hours.
Bad:
- looks like the product is being sold before the documentation is written. As of today (8/18/05) I cannot find detailed spec for the product anywhere online. Supplied mannuals are of no help.
- administration is far from perfect. Just to name a few things: the DHCP configuration page opens after a delay of 15 secs (!); you are asked to wait 40 secs each time a setting (that leads to router reboot, like setting a static DHCP address) is stored... But well, spending half an hour for the initial setup is acceptable;
- USB disks configuration is very strange designed (IMHO - annoying). For example: "scrolling" only 5 folder names at a time (and waiting 10 secs for the next screen to appear); possibility to set write permissions to a folder without sharing it (maybe the idea was: by sharing the parent folder different children to have different read/write permissions? )
Good:
- the signal coverage looks better than that of my very old DI614+, it is even better than the one of LinkSys WRT54G I have tested;
- no reboots/glitches for the last 10 hours (something unusual for a DLink product:) );
- reads USB connected drives with FAT32, NTFS, and Linux partitions (well, it cannot write to NTFS). No problems with non-latin characters in file/folder names (I tried with cyrillic);
This is really a first glance. But so far I am impressed by the product.
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It's being returned today, August 17, 2005
By F. Gamache
What junk! And what horrible tech support. After struggling trying to get an attached USB drive to work, an email to tech support describing the problem was answered with - "This product is so complicated you'll have to call us". After 15 minutes on hold, the tech support rep asked me what type of cable I was using to connect the USB drive to the router. When I told him it was a USB cable he said, "Oh, you have to use an ethernet cable". When I explained that it was a "USB" drive he then asked me if I was using it for file sharing. When I said "Yes" - he responded by telling me that they don't provide tech support for file sharing. When I told him that I could see the drive through Network Neighborhood and that everything was Read-Only, and then asked to speak to someone who knew about this router, the tech support rep hung up on me. The documentation on this router regarding attaching a USB drive is non-existant. There is NOTHING in the documenation or on the D-Link website that says it has to be formatted as FAT32 - and now I'm assuming that is my problem. Unfortunately, with Windows XP, there's no way to format it as FAT32. I don't want to spend another $40 on Partitioning software, so it's going back.
A great idea, but a horrible implementation.
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Just Trouble, bad item, August 13, 2005
By dr p (los angeles, ca)
VERY VERY cool idea, but the USB implementation is the worst. It took me 2 hours with numerous D-Link reps, who were all very nice, but none of them understood how to get the network drive humming. (Of course the manual doesn't explain it either...) Finally I did get it working, the drive needs to be Fat 32 - which sucks for us Mac users wanting to name our files whatever we want... I tried to test it by transfering a 150mb file. It was going to take 2 minutes, which is VERY slow and what do you know it crashed the router on every try. This unit is going back right now unfortunately. Can't wait till they fix the issues and make it much quicker...
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