I also used the DWL-120 USB adapter.(Also highly recommended) It took 2 calls to tech support to get it going, which took no more than 5 minutes each call. Once they had to call me back, which they did within an hour.

I must say, it works much better than I thought. It is located in my basement and my sons PC is on the 2nd floor and I still have a great connection signal. The print server is just an added bonus.

Also D-link support [stinks] - there is no phone support! Just e-mail.
And do not believe in whatis written on the box 24/7 i it just to 6PM PST - nothing after that time.

Jacek

This one has much better documentation. The snag I ran into is 1) my ISP uses the MAC address of the NIC to verify I am getting their service. (You follow this, right?). So, well, to get the router to work, you simply have to clone the MAC from the NIC to the router. Time to click "clone" button. Oooh, two seconds. Time to research what the heck an MAC is and how my ISP uses MAC. Well, two weeks, but I slept and ate and worked.

Anyway, the MAC issue aside (won't apply to many), the other problem is the DHCP. Isn't that a great word, or acronym. I pronounce it, Duh Hiccup. Point is, this mean Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Dynamic means it does all the work and you head off to your favorite site. Downside is that if the DHCP WON'T self-configure, you have to do all the work. Yuck.

Well, in XP, doing all the work means putting the DNS address for the router into the network settings. This is basically a 192.168.0.xxx sort of thing, and then 255.255.255.0. So it may not be a big deal

The other problem I found was in IExplorer. When you go to Tools and Settings and LAN, you get some choices that are beyond my comprehension. When I worked through this, I got the thing to work, but there was a proxy setting I don't understand.

It works when you get it to work. It's not intuitive. Check the networking sites if you want to get a little educated up front.

My only complaints are not having a good version of the app that runs on the client, and a failure of the DI-713P to pull a good IP address from my cable provider (Road Runner).

I loaded the driver for the 650 on my laptop OK (both from the CD and a newer version from the website), but I just couldn't get a version of the app to run without bluescreening my Win2000 Compaq M700. Not a show stopper, but it did prevent me from getting signal strength readings from different parts of my house.

My second issue is that the router won't pull a valid IP address and config from the ISP. I would release and renew, but it always came back with an address in the 10.0.0.0 address space. I did download and apply the firmware upgrade for the router, but still no luck. I had to pull an address from my desktop and then manually enter that information in the router, but I know I'll lose that when my router doesn't renew the lease with the DHCP server. I do feel it's something that I am missing though and will keep trying.

The web admin interface is great. Easy config of all of the features of the unit, except I couldn't find how to enter the "passphrase" for WEP, only the keys manually. This made WEP impossible as I could only enter the passphrase on the client and no keys, as the client app would not load. Again, maybe it's just me.

I still would buy another one and encourage everyone else to as well. Great buy.

Bought the D-Link b/c couldn't find another Linksys at the store

Easy set-up

Print server works great

D-Link PCMIA card easy to configure

No complaints

When they arrived, I figured the installation was going to be problematic, since several reviews had warned users of some potential problems and the need to upgrade the DI-713P's firmware right away. I turned off my PC and Cable modem, unboxed the DI-713P and inserted it between the modem and my PC's Ethernet card, then powered everything up. Voila, success! Immediately I had internet access through the DI-713P.

I installed the software, then connected the DWL-120 to my wife's PC via a USB port. Voila again! Her PC had instant wireless broadband internet access, although I had to play around with the DWL-120's and DI-713P's unit and antenna orientations to get an acceptable signal level between them, diagonally (45 degrees) through two walls at 25'.

Next, I plugged the DWL-650 into a PCMCIA slot on our laptop and installed the drivers using the included Quick Installation Guide...and you guessed it. Wireless internet success! I was on a roll and my vision had shifted to include a complete wireless network, which I now sensed was within my grasp.

It was now time for real "wireless" networking. To give myself an edge, I downloaded and installed the latest firmware for the DI-713P and drivers for the other two wireless units. By now I was wondering why I had waited so long to set up a wireless home network. I read the User's manuals, took a deep breath, and started setting up my PC and the laptop to "talk". But...for some reason I could not get the two computers to communicate, except for internet access. The User's manuals are fairly descriptive, but I would have killed to know what Windows software options needed to be installed in each computer and a step-by-step procedure on how to set up Network configurations for Windows 98 SE and Me OS's correctly. Fortunately, I was able to get my PC and our laptop communicating after about an hour of trial and error semi-educated guesswork. When it finally started working, it was a thing of beauty to behold.

Unfortunately, I wasn't so lucky with my wife's PC. Apparently, two Windows Me machines are harder to set up to network together then are an Me and a 98 SE . I spent several hours trying to get it to work "properly" and finally shut everything down in disgust, thinking that I would call Customer Service the next day for help. When I powered the system up the next day, it worked PERFECTLY. My guess is that I needed to reboot the DI-713P before it would recognize and allocate an IP address to a second computer. What a kick!

So now I am a happy camper, smiling and chuckling to myself every time I use our ... wireless networked system with its two shared printers and 80 GB's of shared hard drives. I LOVE IT!

My only problem is that I think the advertised communication distances are overstated. Indoors, our laptop can only get about 25 meters (not 100) away from the DI-713P before useful internet/network communications are lost. Even then, the laptop/DWL-650, the PC/DWL-120, and the DI-713P orientation and antennas must be carefully aligned to transceive adequate signal strengths and achieve acceptable signal qualities. This is borderline performance in my book and cries out for product improvement.

I really like the product, but the company has some issues. The web site doesn't have information for the problems that you might encounter. The documentation that comes with the product is not that good and the fact that I had to update the firmware was odd since it was a new product.

Overall, I am impressed with the product and would highly recommend it.

I had put off this purchase because I was afraid that it wouldn't work with my DSL and that configuration would be complex. I couldn't have been more wrong.

Installation was a breeze. I followed the fast start guide and had my network attached to the internet within five minutes of unpacking it. The print server was similarly easy. I accepted the defaults and everything worked.

I bought the D-Link PC Card for the laptop (the 650, I think) and the only hitch I had in the whole set up came in the card installation. It made the laptop lock up, but seemed to install the software. However the card would not link up with the router. Uninstalling and reinstalling the PC Card made it functional.

Once it was working my wife grabbed the labtop and headed straight towards the back patio. She then proceeded to download and install real player and spent the next hour cruising internet radio stations. Needless to say, the connection was great.

So far I am extreemly happy with the installation and performance. I recommend this unit highly!

I followed the setup guide carefully. I did everything the manual said to do, step by step, in the proper order. But that didn't work. I would get no Internet connection and the cable modem would reset itself every 5 minutes.

I read the reviews here and followed the suggestions. I updated the firmware. I rebooted the computer. I reset the cable modem. I rebooted the router. I repeated the above a bazillion times in different orders. But that didn't work.

I swore. I whimpered. I threw a tantrum and promised to be good the rest of my life. But that never works.

Finally, what eventually worked for me was:
- I cloned the MAC address of my network card
- I held in the reset button on the cable modem (RCA) for 20 seconds until all lights on the front panel were lit solid
- I sacrificed a chicken
- I cold booted the PC
- I danced, I laughed, I rejoiced. It worked!

This may not work for your situation, but it's worth a try. And hey, what's one chicken more or less?

D-Link technical support is extremely unresponsive. It is
almost impossible to reach a person by phone and "a certified
engineer" never calls back.

Stay away from this product and avoid D-Link because of their
complete lack of technical or product support.

My new laptop (1gHz P-III with 512mb RAM, Intel EtherPro 10/100VE) apparently does clock at T1 speeds using web-based speed tests. I suspect our ISP upgraded from 10mb/s to 100mb/s at some point, and that the extra system ram boosts speed in comparison to those computers that rely on disk storage (such as my desktops).

I am still working on printer support with old HP DJ712c. I run mixed Win98SE and WinXP laptop (wired/wireless) network at home and at office.

Gateway via my cable modem worked without a hitch. Screams along with 100MB/S connection thru my cable modem when connected via ethernet RJ-45 cable.

Getting it to work with my wireless 802.11b D-Link DWL-650 wireless card took several tries. Seems the "new" drivers for the card are only for Win98/2000. They DO NOT work under XP, and I had to revert to the drivers found off the D-Link web site (no manual with minimal web information).

Secondly, the DI-713P with originall 2.55 R4 firmware crashed the wireless portion if attempting with WinXP. Upgrading to latest 2.5.7 R4 works with Windows XP without hitch.

I am able to go thru two apartment walls about 75-100 feet. Better range outside, as is on second-story window-sill with uncluttered range outside the glass window.

Cons: no support for bi-directional communications with my HP LaserJet 1200se (e.g., it no longer tells me I'm out of paper, etc.).

After scouring the Web for insight and equipment reviews (the PracticallyNetworked site was especially helpful) of the myriad of router options, I decided on this one from D-Link. My housemate and I needed to share our newly installed cable Internet service in our three-story house, so wireless seemed like the easiest option. I put the router in my office on the second floor, and he has no trouble accessing the Net by laptop from his office on the first floor, and I can usually get 500+ Kbps (on a PII-333 laptop running a NetGear PC card) in the living room on the third floor. 2Wire's bandwidth meter clocks about a 1.5 Mbps connection for my P4-1.2 wired directly to the router.

I haven't had to call D-Link for tech support, so I can't speak to their abilities/response time. I did use their Web site to download a firmware upgrade. All told, I had our wireless net up and running in less than an hour (which also included a call into RCN to get them to tweak our cable modem on their end).

One thing to bear in mind: pick access clients that are solid performers, whether they're PC card or USB devices. Routers like this are only the access point portion of the wireless equation -- speed and range can be easily hobbled by anemic clients that can't hold up their end of the bargain.

I followed all of the advice that other reviewers posted - upgraded the driver/firmware, rebooted the router/system, etc. Nothing. I have a laptop that connects to a wireless network at my office and its WAN monitor utility showed an erratic signal strength coming from the DI-713P. I was never able to get the D-link DWA-500 card to receive anything at all, even when I moved the host computer right next to the router. Eventually, the unit started failing when it attempted to get a DHCP address from the cable company. Rebooting and other voodoo practices had no effect - I was now totally off the network!

I think I'm going to bite the bullet and start routing wires in my wall so I can get a reliable connection to my machine upstairs.

I don't think this router is ready for prime time.

The only downside . . . I had to move the 713P to several different locations before I was confident of getting a consistent connection to the laptop. On the other hand, the the 713P is one floor and three walls away from the laptop . . . I was frankly surprised that I was able to get a reliable connection!

Buy at your own risk