The technical support from D-Link is terrible. They admitted that it was probably faulty equipment, since it had worked fine for six months and without any environment change the router started to not print and also began dropping wireless connections.

After several hours of troubleshooting, their senior tech came online and told me that they did not support HP printers in the 800 series and that because one of the computers on my network was using an ATI video driver they could not justify giving me an RMA# and replacing the unit, even though it did seem that it was faulty.

Frustrating experience and while I used to recommend D-Link wireless products, based on their complete lack of support and dedication to avoiding responsibility for faulty equipment I would strongly recommend that you consider another wireless provider such as Belkin or NetGear.

I also had no trouble played Asherons call through it...or Dungeon siege once opened up the correct ports. And I have succesfully video conf'd with people once I went outside the DMZ.

Great product! (if you upgrade the firmware)

I did *not* need a firmware upgrade - the firmware version listed in the config screen was the same as the one available on Dlink website.
I have a 3COM wireless card on my laptop and it works well with that - except that on the laptop, I get only half the download speeds (500 Kbps) that I get on my wired desktop(1Mbps). (which is why I give it 4 stars instead of 5).

My concerns were short lived. I powered everything off, wired up the cable modem, and the pc, then turned everything back on in the order of modem->router->pc. Doing it this way, I didn't have to do squat to get this thing to work. (my provider is ATTBI) As soon as the pc booted, IE and outlook express were working just like having the cable modem direct conncted to the pc. The only thing I went in to the router to do was change the admin password, disable pings from the WAN, and renew the IP forever.

Setting up the wireless section was as easy as thinking up a 26 digit hex code to type in for the 128bit encryption. The wireless on the router has worked flawlessly. The DWL650 PCMCIA card for my laptop has not, however. It does not work out of the box with XP as advertised. Since I figured out the software/driver issues, it has been fine though, and I manage to get 11Mbps everywhere downstairs in my house. The signal strenght does drop pretty quick, but the integrity of the connection appears fine. Even with the 128 bit encrytion enabled, the throughput to the net is the same as the hardwired desktop - about 1.5MBps. Haven't tested the desktop-laptop connection for speed yet, nor have I tried out the print server function.

I wonder if the "updated" 713P I got (silver/green) is going to be better/more reliable than the "old" 713 (grey with smoked front)? Time will tell...

I would have given it 5 stars if the router included stateful packet inspection (SPI) like the Dlink 714. That was the only thing on my wish list I didn't get with this router.

a little difficult to understand, so just 4.5 stars.

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I also use Adobe Web Workgroup Server and it will be interesting to see how computers from outside of the LAN will get through the firewall feature of this and work properly, I have configured it but my co-workes are sleeping at this time of the day, so I haven't heard from them yet...whether it has caused any troubles or not. I will let you know if it does!

HOWEVER, IF I REBOOT THE ROUTER, I GET CONNECTIVITY AGAIN (FOR A FEW MINUTES). Do not buy this router. I've connected to a friends Linksys and stayed connected. I gather from these two things that it's the router that [stinks], and me for not just getting my money back when the first one showed up dead. D-Link has *no* quality control.

So far, I'm happy.