If you don;t do any heavy P2P downloading this router should be fine for surfing and light P2P downloading

I hope they will fix the firmware soon other than that the router has nice features and easy enough to configure (for me at least and I work in the IT industry)

The massive traffic generated by either of these applications makes the router think it's being pinged to death. Instead of filtering out the requests or doing something else, the router reboots itself! How great is that. Several firmwares later and the problem remains.

As of the 2.42 firmware, this router is vulnerable to the 'targa3' exploit, a test of which results in a reboot. Many other routers are not vulnerable to targa3, but this one is.

I'd advise against the DI-624. Its been nothing but trouble.

I hope that if you do by a D-Link product it works flawlessly (which mine did not), and you never have to call their tech support organization.

Good luck.

I still haven't upgraded my wireless adapter to "G", using a dwl-120 usb adapter that is 802.11b and works just fine all the way across the house. The encryption works like a charm, even with 802.11b. I'll get a "G" adapter one of these days, but I just don't see the need at this time.

The constant "rebooting" problem people are having is probably a result of this new "firmware upgrade". Honestly, there isn't much of a difference between D-link's products and Linksys's. I do prefer the features of the D-link overall and D-links reliability has improved. I would harp on D-link's tech support about this "rebooting" issue until they make a fix.

Bad points: It will randomly reboot, dropping all wired and wireless connections. I have ver C2 with firmware 2.42 and the problem persists.

Until they fix this problem, I cannot recommend this product.

I asked D-Link for help and they emailed me instructions for configuring the router without running the wizard, without explanation or apology for the dead wizard. Following these instructions brought me into a closed loop that returned me always to the same "WAN Settings" page. I described this to D-Link and they gave me yet another set of instructions for bypassing that wizard, again without comment why the earlier ones had not worked. These new instructions produced the same closed loop to always the same "WAN Settings" page on their site.

I had told D-Link that I could not use the DSL connection without first configuring their router through which it passed before arriving at my computer, but they added to their latest instructions that if these did still not work, I should "pull the power out of the modem for one minute" and then try again. They never explained how I can switch off a modem that is not on in the first place, so it turns out that I can only configure their router with a functioning DSL modem but I first have to configure their router before I can get that DSL modem to function -- a typical chicken-or-egg problem.

Until D-Link can fix its website to enable the allegedly simple configuration of their router, and until their tech support can understand the questions sent to them, this router is worthless to me.

COMMENT: To the person who didn't find this review helpful, what would you have liked me to say? I hope you enjoy your new DI-624!

Well, I don't want to bother with encryption and I don't want other ppl using my router. Can't do that with this router. I wish I had known this b4 I bought the DI-624.

The indicator light interface in the front is very primitive. They are small, and blinking means normal. Usually blinking or a different color signals something is WRONG. There's only one colour. Kinda counter-intuitive.

The latest e-manual is outdated and does little explaination of the features.

I spent 2 hours setting this thing up and searching
in D-LINK web site just to discover that I am
missing a "special cable" that can't be purcashed anywhere..

They will sent it to me for free with-in 4 business days...
but , what will happend if the cable is too short ?
then I will have to order another one ?

This doesn't make any sense.
BETTER GET A LINKSYS PRODUCT !

I turned the power off to everything, plugged in the cables per the quick start guide into the cable modem and CPU, plugged in the router, and turned on the MAC G4. I didn't even need to access the website for the connection wizard, as the computer recognized it immediately. (I will probably configure this to my needs more later).

I installed a D-Link wireless access card into the PCI slot of the Windows computer after putting the CD in the drive, installing the driver, and turning off the PC with the CD still inside. I turned the computer back on and it configured itself (Windows 2000 Professional) and an icon with a green light appeared in the lower right corner. I was able to access the web immediately.

Easy and simple if you understand computers and have this setup. Be sure to turn encryption on through the web browser D-Link settings, and put your firewall up.

The wireless connection goes smoothly through 2 steel doors, down the hall 200 ft. to another apt. in a high rise. My mom thanked me (her PC) and gave me some Ben and Jerrys (she kept saying 'we should wait till your brother is off work to help you'). Screw him, I did it myself and its fine!

I am pretty familiar with computers, though knew nothing of wireless routers on my setup. The setup was easy, and the web interface easy to use, though I have yet to explore all the different options. Overall speed is very fast (used in conjunction with the wireless card DWL-650), around 40 MBPs on the first floor (80% signal strength), and ~ 30 mpbs (70% signal strength) upstairs. Range is good, although strangely, I only get a 60% reading 1 foot from the base station. I live in a large brick house, with perhaps one other wireless connection from my neighbors.

I did encounter the trademark problem of initially having the router reboot every few minutes back to April 1, 2002. If you read the boards carefully, it's recommended that you do a full factory reset (some junk leftover on the memory needs to be cleared out), and make sure that you hold the button in for at least 30 seconds, leaving the power on, then off, then on again. By then, the load firmware page should appear on the web interface, and you can load the latest firmware (2.48 I think). (After loading the firmware, it doesn't tell you when it's done, so you'll have to go ahead and reboot both your computer and the router.)

Also, disable any built-in internal wireless cards you might have; I had an Intel Wireless Pro 2100 on my IBM Thinkpad that was causing problems with the functioning of the DWL-650.

After applying those two fixes, my network has been running flawlessly. Tech support is 24/7, and I got help from a very helpful tech that was fortunately based in the US!

I intend to buy the signal booster and usb wireless adapter (for my printer) to eventually establish a true wireless network.

Am very happy with the products!

Finally realized that the problem was not the router but my Wireless card. I have a Intel Pro/Wireless 2100B or something like that. It is 802.11b standard, and found out that not fully compatible with WEP encryption.

The solution? I installed Intel PROset Utilities which gives compatibility with every security standard at this time.

Now my connection works great, great range, great speed.

Before blaming the router, find out if your networking card fully supports WEP or any other security standards.

I am impressed. For the value, I think D-Link probably can't be beat. Excellent web site support and service, too.