D-Link DGL-4500 Xtreme N Gaming Router

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Very best router I have bought it a extended time. My signal strength via wireless is at least 3 of 5 bars anyplace in my 3 story home or around 300-500 ft away from my house. Uncomplicated install and effectively worth the cash if you want great wireless N. Also, I have both PS3, four wired and 2 wirelss computer systems all at the very same time and nothing at all to worry about. Cant get a hot from time to time. Has needed a reboot from time to time. And by time to time I mean once every six months on average.Price tag if you are tight on cash. Overall: If you are looking for a excellent wireless gaming router than you need to for positive think about this a single.

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- signal strength- signal variety- net console is relatively straightforward to use with a much more granular setup than a typical Linksys household router - none at the moment So, who appears at the LED display on this router? Not me. Just questioning what it all implies and why it is there.

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Wow! This in fact improved my bandwith for Call of Duty Black Ops and I seldom lag anymore! I wasn't sure it would make a huge difference but it enhanced my connection up to 3 times. It is easy to hook up and set up and I think the LCD screen is fairly cool. All gamers should get this! Only point, I don't know how to transform the date and time, I am certain its not that tough, if I appear it up but as of now, not confident how??? I shopped about from Walmart to the actual D Hyperlink website and this is the finest place to get it from!

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Awesome throughput and never ever stalls. No resets essential in 9 months. It would be good if the show would keep on and rotate through stats, info, and so on. The push buttons can be monotonous. No blinking lights. The energy LED is vibrant but some black nail polish dimmed it to a reasonable level. Nice to have the network specifics and stats displayed on the router but they are too hard to get to on this unit.

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Rapidly when it functions.Screen is cool. Not so speedy when it doesn't perform.Not trouble-free to see hyperlink status due to location of screen. This has dropped my world wide web connection twice now. Not fantastic when I'm trying to access my technique from outside. When this occurs and I navigate to the general information screen on the router, it's blank. Newegg is sending a new 1. Hopefully it's a hardware situation. We shall see.

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Fast wireless when it's functioning, Gigabit wired connections are rapidly. Pricey, crashes 1-two times a day beneath wireless usage. I should have read all the negative evaluations. I will do my homework subsequent time and not rely on brand loyalty. My router shipped with the 1.21 NA firmware revision which I later found out is the buggy one particular that you must stay away from.

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this is the suckest router i ever use. i kept freez up and connection interupted. the setting are so confusing. if u a noob dont bother. not encouraged. ; ( it kept rebooting 3 time a day. connection interupted when u use more then a single pc. never buy d-links once again. this my 3th occasions.

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A incredibly function rich appliance, if it would only function for much more then 6 hours at a time even in a nicely cooled and ventilated workplace. Setup out of the box, and began using it. Router would lock up for the duration of tx/rx of significant files ྴ+GB) over FiOS for SQL data backups from my office to my house for offsite storage using the USB shareport. Did some digging around on forums and sadly this is frequent for this model.Contacted D-Link help and after troubleshooting with them they determined that I configured the router incorrect and told me to turn off all the characteristics I bought the router for and it really should operate...even in performing so it still locked up often, getting to reboot the device two-3 instances a day. On a stick to-up contact to D-Link they reccomend i upgrade to the newest firmware that was just released on 08ቡቦ, which i did and the unit nevertheless locked up. I used to ɛ D-Link but i guess as tech adjustments so does QC. Returning to the egg at 1st glance looked to be a blow to my wallet far more then the router was with restock charges and shipping, referred to as newegg help and they got it sorted out. five stars to Newegg as generally.Now just to find a comparable model from a unique manufacturer.

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Seemed like a very good router... Spent hours attempting to get this issue to perform. All of the QOS possibilities would wreck streaming/file transfers. Couldn't method the theoretical speed with computer systems ten feet away. Switched to an Apple Airport, operates a lot greater.

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Fantastic for casual use. Strong wireless signal. Router will die, resetting live connections anytime there is a large load going by the router. The device advertises itself as becoming a high-end gaming router, but in reality, it is only great for casual browsing and use. Use of services such as Netflix or Hulu will kill the router quite swiftly. Sometimes, even games such as Team Fortress two, Left four Dead, Left four Dead 2, World of Warcraft, are sufficient to kill the router on their personal. I have performed comprehensive testing to confirm this issue is triggered by the router, such as attempting different modems for my cable service, even modifying ISPs temporarily and testing the device on a various connection. Had I only read the 1 star critiques, I could have saved myself nearly a month of complete annoyance and confusion.It might not sound poor at initial, but trust me, becoming disconnected, even for a handful of seconds, every single ten or so minutes while playing a game, or streaming video, is particularly annoying, and even worse if you don't know the cause. If you only intend to browse the web and to basic net applications or games, then maybe this router will work. Don't stream video or play substantial games on the router as it will reset often on you, disconnecting you each time. On that note, even so, this router is in all probability additional costly than your needs and you can almost certainly look at the other items Newegg provides from other companies. For those seeking for a fantastic gaming router, or a router that is capable of operating Hulu or Netflix streams, and even capable of running multiple streams from those services without having crashing, you may well want to appear into a NETGEAR RangeMax WNDR3700 Wireless router. The Netgear router is the identical price as this D-Link one particular here on Newegg, but substantially superior and a lot more reliable.This wasn't a case of hardware failure or misuse. These routers are simply designed incorrectly. There are a great number of others who have shared a comparable practical experience with this router. Conserve your self the trouble and choose the Netgear.

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This router is a beast. I use it for gaming, P2P ,streaming media from the net ,LAN gaming with tough wire and wireless connectivity,network file transfer,Nintendo: Wii,dsi x3, also an apple i-touch as effectively as my laptop. Runs smooth as silk and i have been utilizing it for these purposes due to the fact Feb. of 2008 Heat can be somewhat of an issue. I just have the router propped up on higher stands for simple air flow from below this takes care of my heat situation. Straightforward repair so i couldn't take an egg for that. I bought this router simply because the model ahead of it was a beast as nicely which ran an even more demanding network setup. Very good get worth the dough.

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It worked (mostly) for a year and six days. Wired connections were solid and consistently quickly. It looked pretty. It has the neat display on the front. The port forwarding configuration is way also convoluted. Wireless connections would drop out on large(ish) transfers. There had been times that playing Apple Lossless formatted music from my file server (wired) to my laptop (wireless) would have to re-buffer several occasions in the exact same song. Watching 720p mkv files across the network, forget about it. It also didn't appear to deal with lots of concurrent connections quite nicely. Torrents would bog it down, even when limiting the upload rate and downloads not being anyway near saturating of my connection. I finally gave in to my constructing hatred for this router when I attempted to upgrade the firmware to 1.23NA last night. It uploaded the binary, stated it was going to reboot and be back in 65 seconds. No huge deal. Walked away, came back five mins later. The box sat dark. D-Link support got me an RMA, which was excellent until I realized it was 6 days out of warranty. Considering that I got to hook up my desktop directly to my cable connection, I decided to do a speed test. It went from 18Mb/s throughput behind the router to 23Mb/s plugged straight into the modem. Um... yeah. I'm replacing my bricked DGL-4500 with a ์ Buffalo router. Confident, I'll lose the gigabit ports, but individuals say it's fairly solid for reliability. I have a gig switch that will do the job for my wired boxes. A single final note, in my knowledge, if you see "gamer" in the title of any item, it's most likely just an over-priced pile of mediocrity, at very best.

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Dependable (always all 5 bars but it's also only 20 feet away) N performance at either five GHz and 2.4Hz, strong interface alternatives, supports the complete range of needed encryption (AES/PSK/etc.) for WPA2 (best), WPA (hackable) and WEP (almost useless). manual band switching only - not simultaneous 2.4 and five GHz in contrast to the DIR-855 which is only ๖ more and does both all the time, you only get 150 Mbps if you have any 2.four GHz equipment, 300 calls for five GHz, so a lot of interface selections that it takes a although to discover what you are searching for when you want to adjust anything or will need the WPA2 password/key (I use complex ones) to add a new device Needs you upgrade all equipment to 5 GHz to get 300 mbps, I mainly got this for the capability to prioritize by information packet forms & protocols so that downloading big files/data would not interfere with streamed video rather then the complicated on-line gaming selections and must have gotten the DIR-855 considering that it can do that substantially and has simultaneous 2.four GHz and five GHz as opposed to the DGL-4500, bought from NewEgg during last years Black Friday sale.

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It was on sale at the time, and seems to function for wired systems properly. Like numerous other latest reviews have said (note the dates on the more good ones), the most recent firmware (over 15 months old as of this review) is horrible for wireless consumers. Do not use it if you intend to use the wireless capabilities, it drops the connection continuously and is extremely slow when it decides to operate. Absolute garbage. Had to send it back to Newegg for a refund. D-Link ought to be ashamed of itself for delivering such horrible help on this sort of product.

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It's a router - kinda. It has a decent wireless signal on 2.4GHz With all of the special gaming and wireless capabilities enabled you will not be able to upload substantial files to the web, such as movies to YouTube. You have to turn all of the special capabilities off before attempting - or it will timeout in the course of the upload. It also demands to be restarted consistently. I'm a network tech, and this factor demands constant attention to maintain it running. It would be nice if D-Link updated the firmware more frequently. I've had this for 6 months and have not observed a single firmware update released in that time. Primarily, to get this to function, you require to use minimal settings and as a result you shed out on making use of the particular capabilities which make the price tag so high. Conserve your income and buy a router for half as significantly income. You'll be glad you did. I tried to give this a NO EGG rating, but you have to choose at least 1 egg to post a overview :).

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awesome... 5 eggs... for 96 days... 08.25.10 : 11.29.10 sub.par... eggs... after 96 days... 08.25.10 : 11.29.ten entirely dead... no power...will edit with newegg and/or d.link customer service report...great thing its holiday season...will i... be buying right here... or not...will edit specifics later...

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It boosts up your world wide web speed, game fuel does literally give you 80% of the connections to your gaming console/PC even though other none gaming devices have to share this 20% of connection they get. (When your sharing the connection) You have to update the firmware it comes with, and also you will need to update of all your computer systems' wireless LAN drivers. otherwise it won't detect your home network. It need to have DUAL band as an alternative of DUO band, so that you don't require to reset the router whenever you want to modify the bands, or to not leave with no connection these who doesn't assistance the 5GHz band.

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Highly configurable. QoS possibilities for just about every little thing you could want. I get a wonderful signal on the primary, second, and basements floors of my residence with 54Mbps connectivity on all floors. two,500 sqft. house...surely not big, but not small. Router sits on the second floor in my property office. My 1st critique indicated that I was disappointed with this router simply because it reboots on me multiple times per day. Effectively, I was wrong, it truly challenging resets according to D-Link. I opened a thread on D-Link's assistance forums to get some aid. The individual that aided me was thorough, but nothing at all worked more than a four day period. This router is headed for the trash can. I just bought the Linksys E3000, from Newegg, I hope this 1 performs out superior. Take a fast look at the D-Link forums for this router and you will see that this issue is properly documented. Although sporadic due to the fact there are customers on this site and D-Link's web page that apparently have very good situations in which the router operates as advertised. I wish I would have been a single of them.My hardware version was A2 running firmware 1.23NA. Supposedly hardware version A1 was much better, according to the individual that helped me on the D-Link forum.I certain miss my DGL-4300! Excellent luck.

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Utilised to replace a 4 port wireless-G Belkin router, so I am in enjoy with this thing. I have it connected to my major machine and have in no way had a challenge with connection or speed. Wireless connections to Wii, PS3, laptop upstairs, kid's Pc and XBox 360 downstairs, plus three iPod touches. This router has worked flawlessly considering that day 1. The clock is incorrect but apparently I'm not concerned about that due to the fact I've owned it more than a year. Every single Computer has a clock in the toolbar and I have a clock on the wall. After installing, my laptop connection jumped from ㅖMbps to 65Mbps (the highest my ISP goes with out losing my wallet). The kid's Computer in the basement went from losing signal to a highest 24Mbps to a continual 54Mbps. (He nonetheless has a wireless-G card). He can be on his XBox Reside even though I'm transferring files to my laptop and surfing the internet/downloading on my primary Computer with no drop in speed for any of it. I could not be happier with the price I paid for this router.

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1) This router was wonderful on upload and download speeds2)Compact this point is smaller than I expected due to the truth that it lacks all the flashy lights on the front that other routers have, it has a LED display as an alternative3) Great range I was capable to attain my hidden network from a good 100+ feet through walls and every thing. 4) Essentially DUAL BAND!!!! I have mine doing DraftN and G correct nowfive) Stable router (despite all the other evaluations, I don't know what those individuals are carrying out to their routersƠ) Great Security settings (enables you to schedule when you want your wireless network to broadcast and when you want it not to. I guess all newer routers do this but my older one did not so this is a cool tiny addedơ) Fantastic gamer fuel game priority if and when you decide to use iteight) Great router even devoid of the Gamer Fuel stuff9) Straightforward and I mean Straightforward setup. Out of all the 10 or so wireless routers I have configured this a single is by far the easiest I have completed so fa The pro's outweigh the cons on this item but there are still some.1) It's somewhat pricey for some budgets. I got it for 117$ (on sale) shipped and effectively for some people that's a small steep for a wireless router. But well worth it if you have the cash.two) It doesn't do the dishes for me My desktop doesn't get excellent signal from the router. But it is a desktop and has all sorts of wiring on the back exactly where the antennas for the wireless card are. So I am guessing that has anything to do with it. To remedy this I just bought an external antenna to fix this. All my other devices in the residence (three laptops and one particular desktop) get complete wireless signal all throughout the house so I'm fairly positive now that it is the antennas on the desktop pc in question. If you have the dollars and want to buy a good flexible wireless router it doesn't get considerably greater than this one particular. Certain I was skeptical as well when I saw the cost tag and well the critiques saying this point is a waste due to the fact of the gamerfuel issue. But honestly even without it the router performs wonderfully....and if you want the greatest performance for gaming seriously just hardware your laptop or computer.

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been operating this router for a year now and has been flawless with each and every version of the firmware that's been released (current 1.22na). has under no circumstances crashed or needed a manual re-boot. this is a 2.4ghz or 5 ghz router, will not run each at identical time so it's really not a dual band router like other routers out there. want to set up a little App. on your Computer if you want too run a USB Printer or External challenging drive as a network device. have I ever regretted getting this router the initial week they came out. nope.will i get a D-link Router once again. Yes.

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Rapid, straightforward setup, heavily customizable, blazing quickly connection. I have had no random reboots other users speak of. All my wired and wireless devices function flawlessly. File transfers between devices is consistently quickly by means of different OS's and connections. Was only 150 when I bought it. I do have to reset the router periodically, not as frequently as once a week, much more like each and every 10-12 days. A lot more of an annoyance than something, as I've however to pinpoint the result in. It's operating fine under high load ahead of I go to bed, then when I get about to working with the net for some thing the next day I have to reset the router. I have my main Pc running XP pro 64, my Xbox 360, and my LG 47LE5400 Tv hooked up by way of wired connection. My Vista laptop and blackberry, and my girlfriends' XP netbook and Wii connected wirelessly. Even when downloading by means of the wired connection and streaming Netflix wirelessly to the Wii, the router itself by no means stutters. It only mysteriously stops working each and every couple weeks when no one is actively using the network for some time.

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None! Price, Featuers not adequate, Horrible support! I have the DGL-4300 that I purchased form new egg a even though back & received no support from D-Link when I known as about the wireless going out on it. When requesting a replacement that i was even prepared to spend for they turned me away & would not problem me an RMA number (Canceled it) Stay AWAY FROM D-LINK AS THEY ARE Bad Small business, DON'T BELEIVE ME MAKE A Purchase W/THEM & YOU'LL SEE!!!

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No issues for me running 24ǝ for 2 weeks. Cool to the touch. Extended range signal really fantastic. Router in our basement and 3 floors above, in daughters bedrooms, four bars with each desktop and laptop with wireless N. No troubles transferring gb chunks of data. Quite smooth operations. None. The OLED screen is great, but takes a tiny time to get applied to. Not truly a con although. Got it on sale for much less that 100. I was hesitant to get with all the recent unfavorable reviews. No troubles at all, and glad I purchased it. Good router, quick with fantastic range.

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The speed, when it functions. It pukes also usually. I have to do a hard reset at least as soon as month and have to re-power a few instances a week. The router appears flawed. I'm not that impressed with D-Link's tech assistance. It has gone down in quality over the past couple of years. They are slow, charge also significantly and the final results aren't lasting.