| 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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works but not at 108mps, August 23, 2007
By user (Oviedo, Fl)
It has great range, and works well, but I was under the impression that I would get a 108mps signal, and I only get 54..but other than that it's a great product!
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Works Great., August 12, 2007
By user (Brisbane, Australia)
I do a little bit of gaming and have compared wireless to running a hard wire and don't find any difference in speed or signal strength. It works well throughout my house (two story 2500 square ft).
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perfect for your dorm life, August 9, 2007
By user (Chicago)
If you are a student living in a dorm and wanting to walk around with your laptop without losing connection with your friends online, this is the thing you are looking for.
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Piece of Garbage., August 8, 2007
By user (Canada)
This router looses its internet connectivity regardless of a wireless or wired connection if you so much as look at it wrong.
I could be working on my main desktop which is connected via RJ45 Port and the connection would drop (Cable is unplugged) out of the blue. Very annoying when you are in the middle of conversations. This is a new machine. The one previous did the same and so did the one before that.
The wireless connection does the exact same thing.
Appearantly there was a fix to this with firmware v.2.76 which I did install, but the problem got 100 times worse. If the connection disconnected once every hour, it now did it 10 times every hour. The only way to fix that was to go back to the old firmware and live with the less frequent drops.
DLink tech support is just as unreliable as their product. Their techs are inexperienced, redundant, and under qualified for their jobs. Their solution to every question is to reboot the router or computer and try a firmware upgrade. If that fails it MUST be a problem with all 8 Ethernet cards that I've tried on all computers and laptops.
I think that in the future I will upgrade to a better brand name.
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Works great, July 27, 2007
By user (Georgia)
It was easy to install (except for the password in the instructions was wrong) and in the month I've been using the router it hasn't given me one problem. Highly recommended.
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Love these older D-Link boxes, July 27, 2007
By user (USA)
God I love these older D-Link boxes. I used to be a Linksys bigot but around 2000 I noticed that my Linksys routers started having DNS errors after about a year of use. On a whim I bought a D-Link DI-604 back in 2003/2004. It ran great for many years and still runs great now. I decided that I wanted to use the wireless adapter in my laptop. After seeing people have mixed results with the newer routers I decided tried and true was the way for me so I bought a refurbished DI-624 and it runs as good as new. They're like the Energizer bunny with a Timex watch.
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Wireless router, July 3, 2007
By user
Very easy setup. CD included walks you through the setup also includes diagrams. I was up and running with a wireless connection within ten minutes of installation.
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Piece of Junk, June 4, 2007
By user (El Paso, Texas)
I bought the DI-624 router as an upgrade from my old DI-514. After more than six months of use, I've decided to retire it and bring back my old, slower router which had never given me a bit of trouble. The DI-624 was constantly losing internet connectivity and required lots of resetting maintenance.
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Reliable, but the range could be better, May 22, 2007
By user (San Francisco)
This is a solid, dependable WiFi router. I found the instructions to set up a password were nonexistent and the web interface was not all that user-friendly, but fortunately phone help resolved it. I wish mine had as good a range as others here, but so many factors influence that, I can't fault d-link. I did get an antenna booster, the D-Link ANT 24-0700, which boosts the range a lot, but not enough for me! In all, it has worked for almost two years, so I can't complain ...
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Damaged item, May 15, 2007
By user (Sosa, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic)
This item arrived damaged and for this reason I decided to return it because I was scare to receive another damaged wireless router in case I decided to change it for another router. I really didn't like all the money I had to spent.
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shipping, May 15, 2007
By user (oceanside, ca)
The router is good- ... 3btech is less than dismal on shipping
I ordered with a 3day select ups ship and received over the 3 day
period - they had some lame story about not shipping until the 1st full business day - .. which was two days AFTER I placed the order - they refused to do anything refund wise -
I will never do business with them again-
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Performs as Promised, May 15, 2007
By user
I read many reviews before purchasing the D-Link DI-624 Wireless Router and although there were negative comments, there were more for any other acceptable alternative. I'm a Mac user and found it tricky to set up, calling tech support before I got it right. But now that it's up and running, it works perfectly. My MacBook Pro gets a full signal anywhere in the house, and most of my yard which is over an acre. I downgraded it to four stars for the lack of comprehensive instructions, but their tech support was both courteous and very helpful. After a couple of months now, It still works seamlessly, allowing my portable wireless internet access and my desktop access through Ethernet connection. Based upon my experience, I recommend this for others as well.
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D-Link DI-624 Wireless Cable/DSL Router, May 13, 2007
By user
Excellent router - great speed and distance coverage in my house. It even provides great connection speeds to the second floor bedrooms.
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Junk, May 7, 2007
By user (Floripa, SC Brazil)
Spent hours of time with my ISP and D-link people. Simply cant stand a conection for longer then 2 hours...
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rather weak product on all fronts, April 29, 2007
By user (Los Angeles, CA USA)
I bought two of these routers to use in a spread-out, single-floor residential setting with a mixed Mac/PC environment. I figured I could locate them at opposite ends of the house for good and, hopefully, overlapping coverage. Not so.
Firstly, these devices will eventually drop the wifi connection and need to be restarted on a weekly basis if not more often. Secondly, they have TERRIBLE range. Using a variety of computers, I succeeded in getting no more than 30 foot range. I located the routers as high as possible and away from sources of interference, use only 5.8GHz cordless phones, and experimented with different channels. They simply don't perform well.
Their customer support is absolutely the WORST I have ever experienced, and I deal with a lot of electronics for home and for work.
After 16 months, the first of them has now completely failed. I'm replacing it with a similar device from another manufacturer.
I'd give it one star, but it does, usually, work.
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Very helpful customer support, April 12, 2007
By user (Florida, USA)
I have had this product for over a year and have had absolutely no
problems with it. The range is excellent in my single story 4 bedroom house
(router is on one end and I pick up all the way on the other end). I did
have some problems configuring it with my Sprint DSL and the DLINK
customer support was the best I have ever experienced. Sprint was doing
something a little different than normal on my DSL router and the tech
from DLINK walked me through how to configure everything properly. I
have never experienced some of the problems others complained about (reboots,
bad range, etc.) so overall I am extremely pleased. I wanted to wait for
at least a year to write a review to see how well it would last (it's been constantly on for the entire time).
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NO PROBLEMS, March 29, 2007
By user
Ok so I had Verison FiOs as my ISP when I was using this router and my connection was as follows; I had the FiOs cable from the wall to my router and an ethernet cable from the router to the computer. When I used a laptop with wireless internet compatability with this connection I had no problems. In fact, the laptop was downstairs on the complete opposite side of the house and the connection gave full bars and the internet was extremely fast. Now, I switched to Comcast and I have my connection like this; the cable goes into the Comcast modem and a cable connects the modem with the router and the ethernet cable connects the router to the pc. I have not yet tested the wireless connection with my new connection but I am hoping it will work just the same. So anyway, the D-Link DI-624 Wireless Cable/DSL Router, 4-Port Switch, 802.11g, 108Mbps works well as far as my uses go and I hope it will work the same with my new connection.
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Don't buy it., March 7, 2007
By user (Pottstown, PA USA)
- The wireless range of this router in my house barely made it past 3 small rooms (about 40 ft)
- This router frequently drops its wireless connection, and will sometimes reboot itself when both the wireless and wired connections are in use.
- Latest firmware upgrade (v2.76) for this router locks out Xbox Live.
Be prepared to open ports or use v2.75
- The interface for advanced features (firewall ports, MAC filtering) is a bit clunky.
I switched to a Linksys WRT54G. Much better range, and so far, no dropped connections.
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Works great for me..., March 6, 2007
By user (USA)
I have both the DI-624 Router on my desktop, and the D-Link Wireless PCMCIA card for my laptop. Both work great. The installation was a breeze following the directions on the CD. Make sure that when you have your laptop or other computer search for the Router, type in the Router ID exactly as you typed it on the router's computer. It is case sensitive. Other than that, it has worked fine and I've been online for at least 3 hours every day using my laptop.
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D-Link: The Chinese Torture Device, February 13, 2007
By user (California)
This is the single worst piece of electronic equipment I have ever encountered in my 30+ years on earth. I can barely even write this review because of fear that my internet will cut out due to my D-Link Router. I pray that when I press "Post Review" my internet won't die, and the words which I have read literally thousands of times: "This computer is not connected to the internet" will not appear again.
I bought this crappy router about a year and a half ago, and ever since then, the internet cuts out every 5-10 minutes for a period of about 30 seconds. I swear, this thing is like some sort of Chinese Torture Machine because the periods of "blackouts" are only 30 seconds long and aren't long enough to make D-Link totally unusable, but are frequent enough to be incredibly annoying and raise your blood pressure considerably. The worst part is when you are typing something important, and D-Link dies. I have probably had to re-write hundreds of long emails, and have lost a lot of information because whenever I want to send something, and D-Link's internet dies, even if I push "Back" on my browser, the information is lost forever.
I initially thought that my machine was an exception, I thought it was one out of a thousand which are defective, so I sent it back and got it replaced. When my internet continued to cut out, I thought it was a software issue or a problem with my computer. When I suspected it wasn't either of those, I went to this page and read the many negative reviews, and realized that D-Link is the worst company in the world. Anybody who buys this product after reading this review has to be totally insane.
My health has honestly and literally deteriorated as a result of this stress resulting from this machine. I hope the creator of D-Link dies an agonizing death.
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