D-Link DI-624 Wireless Cable/DSL Router, 4-Port Switch, 802.11g, 108Mbps

This router is my first wireless one ever and I am very pleased with the purchase. After a lot of research, I decided on the D-Link. I have read that LinkSys routers set the standard for ease of use, but I cannot really imagine how much easier installation and setup can get! Honestly, I had the router setup in under 10 minutes with my laptop connected to my cable modem and accessing the internet via the router's LAN port (i.e. ethernet cable). The router sports some nice firewall features. I was not too impressed with the online help however. Several options that the router offers for configuration were not described in the online help (stored in router firmware). The D-Link support site has decent information, perhaps enough for you to get most problems taken care of. However, I had an issue when using the D-Link DWL-G650 card with WAP security which after about 6 hours of frustration got resolved in about 5 minutes with a phone call to customer service. Anyway, this was no fault of the router itself since the blame lies on the outdated driver D-Link ships with the PC card. I use AT&T VPN solution to access my office network and the router works just fine. The DHCP server came up just fine and my machines were happily on the network via wires. Pros: - easy to setup - good security features - D-Link website has pretty good cust service info - IPSEC VPN passthrough worked without any issues Cons: - online help included in firmware not the best - Several advanced options of firewall etc not very well documented (ie. not that easy to use for those inexperience with advanced security settings) Overall, I'd give this router a 4.5 stars and would definitely consider it a good buy for both the novice as well as experienced computer users.

I bought the router along with DWL-G650 wireless card for laptop about a week ago. Prior to placing my order (Amazon.com) I've read tons of reviews about various routers from all major brands. There isn't a single wireless router (within mid-price range) that would make everyone happy. Since I had not had a wireless router before, my colleagues(programmers) as well as online reviews helped me to make this decision. This router had the least amount of negative reviews and the price was very compelling, so I went for it. Things that I like about this router: - Easy installation and wizard configuration; - Great performance (I've noticed my Comcast Cable began working faster with the router connected directly to the desktop through the cable modem) - It supports file sharing applications like eMule or Kazaa (Note: There are some entries to be added to the Firewall configuration settings. The instructions could be easily found on the D-Link website knowledge base) - It supports VPN access. - It works great with D-Link DWL-G650 wireless card for my laptop. I was able to get the near a 100% strength signal with 70 to 100% quality throughout the house in between 2 walls or on a different floor. - I was able to connect to my work computer using VPN and PCAnywhare software from the laptop (wirelessly). - Never had connection-dropping problem yet (knock on wood). - Toll free customer support is a great plus. Some major brands don't have toll free support!!! Some customers have complained about low level of customer support. It seems low-level customer service has become standard nowadays throughout the industry. Judging by my personal experience dealing with any customer service is a hit or miss chance. So, if you missed once, try again. - It supports Wi-Fi standard, that may not be useful just yet, but pretty soon it may come handy, as lots of home electronics will use it more to be able to connect to home network.

have been using this product for more than a year .. the product is great, but the d-link support SUCKS!! after i got it and installed it (by the way, the installation was simple for me, the direction were acurate), but my phone line was interfering with the signals and whenever i got a call, i used to loose connection. So i called the d-link support to ask for suggestions. The first line of support had some standard answers about changing channels etc which were not really helpful. So they transferred me to their technical support and the nerve of that guy who answered the call .. he just told me not to use my phone .. i was so pissed that if that guy was in front of me i would really have given him a piece of my mind .. i told him that if you guys knew that there would be such problem (especially since he had a ready answer), why do they not publish this as a known issue of their product in their website .. i also asked him how would he react if called for some support for some other product and got such an answer .. anyway, after thanking him for NOTHING and telling him that i would be returning the product (he cared less whether i returned it or not), i hung up the phone .. anyway, i calmed down and started looking at the setup and various options and got a channel or downloaded the latest software (i do not remember eactly what i did) but i got it working .. i have not really had any serious issues with it since .. do note that i am a software professional and so kind of knows about software and hardware installations because building software is my job .. i recently shifted to a bigger house which has 2 floors and i have the router on the top floor .. currently i am connected with it from the floor below and it is showing full signal .. i do have the "booster" option on .. i do not remember the correct option, but i am sure you can find that in the settings .. a point to note that is that when you reboot the router, it looses all the setting like the MAc filters etc and becomes available to everyone .. something which might be obvious to others, but i missed and noticed it when i reviewed the logs and found lot of my neighbours using my router .. someone accidently or purposely even changed some of my settings because even the admin password got reset to the defaults .. Update - Dec 2008 Had a issue couple of months back when I dropped the router .. all the lights just stayed on and the router was not working. I tried all options, rebooting etc, but nothing would make it work. So I removed the connections and connected my computer directly to my modem and I no longer had the wirelss connection and I started looking around for a new router. But luckily I forgot to completely remove the router and it was left switched on. After a month or 2, I noticed the lights were blinking. So I wondered whether it has started working .. and I connected it back and tried the connection and suprisingly everthing was back to normal :-) .. it has been 3-4 months since then and its still working ..

Lasted the usual 1-2 years like all D-Link and Netgear routers (I have been through 4 so far)! I am trying an Asus router now and it is still working so far!