D-Link DI-524 High Speed Wireless Router IEEE 802.3/3u, IEEE 802.11b/g

Pros: Good router , Great signal ! Amazing price . 4 stars because of install .

Cons: Hard Install . Took 3 hours to make it work .

Overall Review: Ok , first off ditch the cd that came with the router . DO NOT EVEN PUT IT IN UR PC . That software is evil . This is what you do (I have cable internet). Cable from wall goes to modem , modems ethernet goes to WAN on the router, ports 1,2,3, or 4 goes to computers. Open up internet explorer, type in 192.168.0.1 : (If you cannot access the configuration page by typing in 192.168.0.1 you may need to turn off all your firewalls like norton's internet security, zone alarm, mcafee personal firewall, windows firewall etc etc) username is admin , by default there is no pass press enter. Now you should be at the configuration screen, go to the WAN button on the left hand side, click CLONE MAC address. the page should blink or refresh. hit apply. Setting saved device is restarting might come up . wait 10 seconds. hit continue, go to Status, check WAN IP address, if you get an IP address of 0.0.0.0 then you need to power cycle... Unplug the power from the mo

Pros: Cheap.

Cons: Firmware rev 4 is what it shipped with and is the current firmware. It crashes whenever you try and make changes via the web control panel. This is the fourth different DLink product that I have owned and I have to say that out of the box they usually suck. Once they get the firmware tweaked they work fairly well.

Overall Review: Buy a different router, it will save you headaches.

Pros: Very cheap, good signal, brand name is somewhat trustworthy. And very easy installation.

Cons: The router is somewhat unstable, one search on Google and you will find lots of complaints about it dieing every 30 minutes to an hour. This also happend to me but after a proper setup it has gone over a month now without any disconnects and stuff.

Overall Review: Overall this router is worth the money for a small network or begenning users. I'm also using it for my PSP.

Pros: There are four hardware releases of this product. I got the "D" release. I got it up and running and have had zero problems. Working perfectly with no disconns or reboots. Maybe the "D" release is the one to get? This thing is way better than my old SMC which had to go through 3 firmware updates to be stable, and it still lost connectivity once a week. Well worth the low price.

Cons: Not any really. Maybe the cheesy web interface that looks like it was developed by my grandma using some AOL web design tool.

Overall Review: Cheers D-Link !

Pros: cheap

Cons: Doesn't work with my Nintendo DS. This is the revision D hardware with version 4.00 firmware (latest). No luck looking on D-Link's support pages, googling, tinkering wtih settings, etc. Don't buy this one if you want to go online with your Nintendo DS. Otherwise it's probably fine.

Pros: Good wireless range, fast, cheap, easy setup.

Cons: Um, this is my second one, and there's a lot of problems you must work through before you have it working the way it should.

Overall Review: Basically what you want to do is... if you get a Revision_A router, RMA it right away and ask for a Revision_D, because hardware revision A is garbage. Then, update the firmware on revision D. Make sure you get the right one when you go to the D-link website. It's firmware 4.03 for revision D routers only. In my previous review, I said to not update the firmware, but that's only true for Revision_A. It just happens to be the opposite with Revision_D.. updating the firmware actually makes it work better like it's supposed to. So hopefully I'm done dealing with problems with this thing. If more arise, I'll be sure to write another review.

Pros: Quick and easy to set up, everything works great after educating myself on these little buggers

Cons: Used to get hot and drop connection a lot, crazy variations in signal strength, signal weakening over a days time until it fianlly wouldn't connect anymore, needed to be power cycled almost every day to get online= was suspicious I had a bad unit, but didn't even bother with the calling for tech help nightmare, just figured it out on my own

Overall Review: Do not set this unit horizontally on a flat surface, like a desk. I mounted mine vertically on the wall literally six inches from where it was before, and 100% of all my problems went away IMMEDIATELY and have not returned in any way shape or form. Signal strength is consistent at very good, all the time, no disconnects, no problems whatsoever, and this for a week straight. I almost jumped the gun and put an article in here bashing this product, now I am very glad that I did not. If you are not lazy and actually mount the thing like you should it will work much better.

Pros: Runs 2 laptops, and a pocket pc with no issues. Also, Have 2 network hubs for a total of 8 wired connections. I use DHCP, Static DHCP, and IP filters to block several computers from accessing the internet. Speed on all connections are solid. Range is similar to any other wireless router.

Cons: When first set up, it had drops every 15min or so. I went into the router configuration and modified a few settings and that eliminated the problem. For the life of me I can't remember which settings.

Overall Review: You must take the time to learn how to configure ANY network router manually using the router's IP address. It will save you alot of time and effort during initial setup and when troubleshooting. I have never seen a router that worked out-of-box using only the installation the CD.