| 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
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 469
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 (469 total): |
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Lots of features but lots of problems, May 11, 2005
By user
This product is actually the DI-624 Rev C. It's a wireless router with an adjustable antenna, four 100 mbps LAN ports, and one 100 mbps WAN port. It has a pretty great feature set. I use the PPPoE support, DHCP server, WPA encryption, DNS and MAC based filtering, and the integrated IP firewall. All this is controlled through a relatively decent web interface.
The problem that I and MANY others have had is with the stability of the device. It has a number of nasty habits; like dropping the WAN connection then being unable to reconnect, stalling immediately after it receives a DHCP lease request, or spontaneously rebooting. These problems are intermittent which only adds to the frustration you feel when they occur. The tech support will have you do flash updates and careful reset and reconfig procedures. These don't help. Because of these stability problems, I strongly recommend against buying this product.
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Stay away from this piece of junk, May 9, 2005
By user (Denver, CO USA)
When it works, it works fine. Otherwise, the continual dropping of its Internet connection is a royal pain. Absolutely no reason for that to happen. Update the firmware? How about this D-Link: why don't you fix the problem in the first place before you sell it? You're so fired.
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Router Performs as Stated, May 9, 2005
By user (San Jose, CA)
I've had this for about 2 months now and never bothered to write a review because it works fine. I imagine most people come here to write a review because the product wasn't working for them and they need to vent somewhere. So on the other hand the people for whom this router works fine for don't post any reviews because they have forgotten they have a router (since they aren't getting reboots, and don't have to fiddle with settings) or they don't feel the need to post a review if all they have to say is that it works.
For me I got this as a hand me down from a friend who purchased a firewall and an access point seperately. So I got this router and replaced my older all metal casing router. I forget what brand it was, but it didn't have wireless and my laptop now has built in wireless so I figured this would do fine.
And guess what? It has been running with zero problems since I got it. I have never upgraded the firmware, and frankly don't know what version I am running right now, but I know this router is working fine.
I don't believe I have a reboot problem, but if I do I don't notice it. The Internet works non-stop and the wireless range is suprisingly very good. I feel very protected with MAC address filtering on and DHCP notched down to only 5 IPs since I only have 3 PCs totaly in my home.
I can't tell you what it is about this DI-624 that is working perfect and why others are having a hard time because I just don't fiddle with it much.
I've heard theories as to why the router reboots and my friend who gave this to me said he got his working better by simply changing the wireless channel he was using from the default channel 6 to channel 1 or 11. I changed mine to 11 when I first got it and I've never had any problems. So you can try that if you are one of the people having problems.
I hope this helps add to the few people that actually write reviews about how this router DOES work well for them.
I have to give this 5 stars because the router performs just the way it is supposed to.
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The Great Rebooting Router Mystery Tour, May 3, 2005
By user (CT USA)
This is an inexpensive, easy to setup router / firewall combo.
You'll be fine if you do no online gaming or anything requiring consistent connectivity.
There are ongoing, unresolved issues with DLink routers and how they handle a PADT packet from your ISP's equipment.
This router handles the command by not only disconnecting, but by also REBOOTING itself. This leads to a 15-30 second disconnect condition while the device reboots.
I'm sorry to say I really can't recommend this item (it's rebooted 3 times while writing this!)
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Best Router Ever!, April 30, 2005
By user (Cmos Ceisley)
OK this might have been my only router I've ever owned, but it is the best. I had a constant problem with my Internet disconnecting and thought it was the router, so I upgraded the firmware, reset, and called tech support. They helped my troubleshoot and found that it was my cable modem that was causing the problem. I was relieved that it wasn't this D-Link router.
So my cable company replaced the modem, and now everything works great!
Thanks for the reliability D-Link!
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worked great for about 3 weeks., April 25, 2005
By user (Boston, MA)
All of these folks writing reviews about how great it works, just wait a while. It will break. Mine was good for about 3 weeks, now it just freezes up constantly. I know that many other people experience the same thing. Now I have to buy another one, it's not worth my time to talk to support for two hours and then return it to them. You can get a linksys for about $50.
I strongly recommend avoiding D-link. BTW, the reviewers will names like "darth nerd" and "geek" work for D-link. When in doubt, check out their other reviews.
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Ok for 6 months...now nothing, April 22, 2005
By user
Ok, at first I was impressed. It worked right out of the box, not a problem. I have had the thing for 6 months now and suddenly its dead. Spent 2 hours on with tech support...they can't fix it. Now they agree to RMA it but I had to pay for shipping...they will look at it and then send us another one if it is broken...in the mean time I have to deal with not being able to use the internet..just use my roomates computer which we just connected now directly to the internet modem. This is ridiculious!! I plan on just buying a new one becuase I don't have a month or two to wait on D-Link to look at it and tell me its broken nor the time to pack all this up and send it back to them at my expense. Come to find out all kinds of people have had the same problem. STAY AWAY! Get a belkin or linksys router...you'd be better off.
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Powers My Expansive Luxury Home, April 21, 2005
By user (Supercool Island)
How's that for a title line?
That's right this bad boy is what provides myself and my beautiful family with hours of endless fun. Well OK the "Internet" actually does that, but this router from D-Link helps share our conenction and keeps us safe from all those mean script kiddies out there.
The wireless range on this bad boy is pretty good, but still can't reach all corners of my home, but that's expected since my house is so big. I got a sweet wife AND a boat too. So to get the wireless signal to cover more of my home I bought a couple DWL-G800APs and set them up on opposite ends of the house near the end of the DI-624's range. Then those DWL-G800AP's repeat the signal from the DI-624 and whammo! my wireless coverage has expanded.
The security is top notch for it's price point, and I greatly appreciate the ease of use from the web based interface. D-Link makes it easy to upgrade firmware and each new firmware either fixes something I never had a problem with, or adds new features.
Overall this item is great and I'd recommend getting one even if you don't live in a big masion like me and my beautiful fammily.
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Works Perfectly, April 19, 2005
By user (Oklahoma)
I plugged it in and upgraded firmware ASAP. Then I did a quick recon of my available options. WOW! there are a lot of options at this price point.
Next I setup my wireless configuration with an emphasys on wireless security. I can allow only certain MAC addresses, have WEP enabled, or WPA, and only passout a certain number of IP addresses, thus allowing only as many PCs on my network as I need. Awesome!
Now the reliability of this router seems to be in question. And I don't doubt others have problems as it seems there are enoug of them, but I bought this off of recommendations from others who have it working. I'm not sure what other people's specific problems are, but this router works great for me and has been for months.
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D-Link works pretty well, April 14, 2005
By user (Sf, CA)
This router is easy to configure and seems to have better range than the B version (which I have). The range increase is worth getting this extra speed.
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This Router Works Great!, April 12, 2005
By user (Bayside High)
There isn't much I can say about this router, except that it works wonders for us here at home. We use it to share our Internet conenction between 4 PCs and a wireless laptop. The laptop has become ultra portable and is very useful with it's wireless capabilities. We don't have any problems with the PCs not connecting, or staying connected to the router/internet.
All the good things are pretty much covered by everyone else here in the reviews. Bascially it's easy to use and it works. I don't think you can ask for much more than what this provides.
I recommend upgrading the firmware when you get it though as the copy loaded onto the router may be an older version.
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Major Problems with Web Interface and Set up, April 11, 2005
By user (Atlanta, GA)
I have mixed feelings about this router. Once I got it set up the wireless connection and ethernet works great, but anytime I try to access the router's web based configuration utility from my Dell Dimension desktop pc (which is connected to the router via ethernet cable), the utility load AS SLOW AS MOLASSES. As a result, it takes almost 20 minutes to go through the "easy" set up wizard that should take no more than 2, and all of that time is just waiting for the page to load. as a result of this, troubleshooting problems on the router has becore for me an all day affair.
Also, I have discovered that if you live in the Atlanta, Georgia area and you use this product in conjunction with Earthlink DSL service, you have to set up the router with the "dynamic IP" setting instead of the "PPPoE" setting as D-Link recommends. Because I couldn't figure out why the standard setup didn't work and the Web configuration utility ran SOOOOOOOO SLOOOOOOOOOOW, setting this thing up took all day. Again, D-Link Tech support was NO help whatsoever and even told me "it shouldn't work with that setup, but i guess it does, so just leave it that way". Real professional troubleshooting.
For some bizarre reason, though, the configuration utility runs just fine when I access it from the Compaq Presario 2500 laptop a bought several months later. I tried turning off all the security applications and checking for spyware/viruses on my desktop to see if that was casuing the slowness problem, but the PC is clean. I have no idea what is causing this issue and D-Link technical support refused to help me figure out why the router sucks with my Dell since that is "an unsupported problem".
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Special Router with Years of Improvement, April 9, 2005
By user
This router has been on the market for many years now and it just keeps getting better. With the new hardware upgrades (faster processor, more memory, etc.) and firmware upgrades (more effecient speeds, and reliability) this is only getting better with age.
If you are looking for a well seasoned router that's been through the ringer and back, this is your router. All the features this thing has is incredible. For being such a reasonable price this router has a very good features to price ratio.
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Excelent Router, April 8, 2005
By user (Mxico City)
I think this is an excelent router i recomended a lot i give it 4 stras because at thebegining i used to have the reebot problems but then i just run the wizard once and it wasll all great.
It has an excelent speed and stability also has a very good range.
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Working all Month with No Problem After Firmware Update, April 5, 2005
By user
OK the first week I had this I was bummed because it seems my Internet connection would drop every 8 hours or so. I don't know what caused it, but it happened. I just had to reboot the router to make it work again.
Well now I got the latest firmware and I think it is fixed. I forgot to check for new firmware the day I brought it home and didn't think that it would solve my problem. But it did, and I wish I would have looked sooner.
The overall use of thei router is pretty easy to figure out. I like being able to log into it from my web browser anytime I want. The performance of this router is good enough for me. i don't think this is breaking any speed records, but it certainly is a little faster than my old router. Just not amazingly fast, ya know?
Wireless works great and has never dropped signal within my fairly-big apartment.
If this router is in your price budget, and it should be, since it's one of the most inexpensive for its features, then I'd recommend getting one. I have to give it 5 stars for being able to do whatever I want whenever I want after the simple and free upgrade of the firmware.
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A Wireless Router that Provides Good Wireless Coverage, March 31, 2005
By user (Atlanta, GA)
With this easy to use wireless router from D-Link I've been able to get many PCs online via our wireless network. I actually happen to share my Internet connection with my neighbor in the apartment next to me. I have this router up against a wall in my office which happens to share a wall with my neighbors "office" as well. So instead of drilling a whole in the wall I just let him know the WEP key and SSID and he can connect his desktop up to the Internet. And we split the Internet cost.
With a product this easy to use and reliable it's no wonder it is very popular. I'm happy to say that I had zero problems with the orginal setup, or with upgrading firmwares, although having to re-enter all my configurations is a pain, I can live with it.
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Best ... Router ... Ever, March 29, 2005
By user
I bought this when I bought my new cable modem (DCM-202) and I replaced both at the same time and now my Internet connection is faster and more reliable. I'm not saying your Internet connection will speed up with this router, just that mine did, and that I am estatic about it all.
The router was super simple to setup due to the helpful quick install guide and the wizard thingy in the router. It almost connected automatically since I have a cable modem internet connection, but I wanted to setup the wireless security before I got online.
Wireless range is adequate and covers most of my two story home, except for some areas due to walls and things. I get decent wireless speeds with this deivce and I havent had too much trouble to where I blame this router.
Overall it's great and deserves more praise then some people give it. Thanks for reading.
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This router Rocks me like a Hurricane!, March 25, 2005
By user (Texas)
This thing has been powering our home network for a good 6 months now and I don't see anything that's bad about it. This router just plain and simple does its job. It does it reliably as well.
I don't remember much about the installation, but I guess that speaks for itself right there. I just remember I didn't have any major problems thanks to the install guide.
I've even had friends come over and they were impressed that my router worked and theirs didn't, so they actually went out and bought on of the same and said it's better than what they had.
Thanks D-Link. :)
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Use this with a DWL-G650 Wireless Card for best results!, March 25, 2005
By user (no pain)
I have this router and the whole wired section works great, and so does the wireless! Yep, I've had trouble with wireless routers before, but this one has never given me any problems. It even connects other brands to it quite well. I've had friends come over with thier built in wirelss and this router lets them connect just fine.
The installation went smoothly, the internet connection is always on and never "breaks", AFAIK, and the wireless coverage in my home is very good. I can even be outside on my porch and even close to the street and still have a connection good enough for web browsing. I can't get enough of roaming around my house with a solid Internet connection.
MP3s stream just fine over wireless so I can listen to my Desktop's MP3 collection through my laptop utilizing the wireless network. I know these are all simple things, but I've heard plenty of people complain about these things with their wireless routers. So if you do any of these things I've mentioned and you've had problems before, like me, then get this DI-624 and relax.
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Solid and Reliable Router that's Easy to use, March 24, 2005
By user
At first I had no patience for all the rebooting I had to do within the settings. Setup everything so it can connect to the Internet, reboot, find new firmware, download it and install new firmware, reboot. set all the right setting again to connect to the internet, reboot. Forget to change something you did before, set it, reboot.
But that's all over with and now I can get to getting everything I want on the Internet. Some advice to new users is to download the latest firmware BEFORE you take out your old router and upgrade to this new one. It will save you time. :)
I feel that overall the entire setup process was straightforward and to the point. No extra toolbars to install, no hidden agendas, no unecessary features to enable, no necessary features are hidden on some hard to find page within the configuration interface, etc.
Now with weeks of uptime with this router I am pleased with my purchase and would recommend it to other. I actually all ready have recommended it to others. :)
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