 squarrel69
join:2003-09-25
Rancho Cucamonga, CA | Should have returned it when you had the chance nuff said | |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
Premium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs | Re: Should have returned it when you had the chance I was gonna buy one of these doorstops when my linksys was acting up.
Perhaps I'll buy a nice dinner out to celebrate the fact I didn't waste my money!
Not out of anything other than luck, mind you..... | |
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DeathK
Premium
join:2002-06-16
Cincinnati, OH | Re: Should have returned it when you had the chanc I don't have random reboot issues anymore with my DI-624.
Cure? 5.8GHz phone. Router is rock solid in Super G mode. | |
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Lurch77
Stop looking at me.
Premium
join:2001-11-22
+44.88-87.89 | I almost bought one of these. It would have been my first wireless router. Thankfully the more knowledgeable users on this site talked me out of it. I ended up with a Buffalo G54, and couldn't be happier. | |
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zoom314
Superman
Premium
join:2001-04-30
Yermo, CA
| Re: Should have returned it when you had the chanc I'm just glad I bought a Netgear router, a model RP-614 in fact, I've not heard of anything wrong with that brand. But that's life. When life deals You Lemons, Make Lemonade. 
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| nshulga
join:2002-06-06
Morrisville, PA | let me guess.. firmware dev't was outsourced a year ago or so?
Based on my experience with DI-604 - I won't touch a D-Link product again except with a sledgehammer. | |
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BonezX
Basement Dweller
Premium
join:2004-04-13
Canada | Re: Should have returned it when you had the chanc amen | |
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| | jcolbert
join:2000-09-03
Springville, IA | Re: Dlink Problems What? You mean the 604 that has been running reliably for me for 3 years now? I might have a problem once every 3 months or so, and that is cured by cycling the power.
I am very happy with my 604. | |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
 ·AT&T Midwest
| No, I believe that honor belongs to Linksys "longest ongoing effort to obtain stable networking hardware ever recorded in mankind's history"
The BEFSRx1 two-steps-forward, one-step-back firmware revision saga has been unfolding since 2000.
D-Link is just emulating a market leader...  | |
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raye
Premium
join:2000-08-14
Orange, CA
| How much is this thing? My guess is around $100 or so. Assuming you make $25/hr (or more), if you have spent more than four hours trying to make it work and you are a business then you are losing money. Stop wasting your employers money and get something that works.
If you are a hobbyist/home user then I can see playing around with it until it works. | |
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dsless
join:2001-05-16
Pittsburgh, PA | Just Purchase a WRT45G Because my year old D-Link 614+ A version just went poof! Smelled burnt electrical circuits. | |
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| apollo80
join:2002-01-31
Richmond, VA | Re: Just Purchase a WRT45G What a perfect excuse to say, "Honey, we REALLY need to spend the money on a new router now..."
Now only if that old TV would fry in similar fashion... | |
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join:2001-05-16
Pittsburgh, PA | Re: Just Purchase a WRT45G We just purchased a Hitachi 46in big screen about a month ago.:) I usde the "honey the computer died" excuse to build a new computer in march. hehehe. | |
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rogertipps
Hello My Name Is
join:2003-01-24
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| Oh Boy .... This isn't hard to use people.
"How much is this thing? My guess is around $100 or so."
Nope $70 or $50 re-packaged.
"D-Link is just emulating a market leader..."
Nope they are #1 ... »presslink.dlink.com/pr/?prid=154
"The latest firmware update, v2.44 popped up on the D-Link international website ..."
If you are downloading International firmware for a product you bought in the US, you are asking for trouble.
"I haven't had any issues with DI-624 or 2.4GHz phones. I have setup 2 more DI-624's at family member and friends house."
Same here. I've installed this di-624 and the di-604 at numerous homes and they all work fine. Don't use 2.4Ghz phones when you are worried about a reliable 2.4Ghz network connection. Duh.
"... and the endless stream of firmware that's supposed to cure what ails it."
Damned if you do damned if you don't. If D-Link was to stop spitting out firmware for this product there would be a fuss, and apparently if they do keep making new firmware there is a fuss as well.
I always use the newest firware when I install one of these routers and it works fine with it. The only one I've upgraded with new firmware each time is my own to see how it works/what is changes.
This router is easy to use, provides fast wireless networking, and the setup is rather painless and simple.
I don't know why people seem to have such a problem with them. | |
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| Deathsadvoca
join:2003-08-20
South Lyon, MI
clubs:
| Re: Oh Boy .... said by rogertipps  :
I've installed this di-624 and the di-604 at numerous homes and they all work fine.
You were able to find a di-604 that didnt overheat? my 604 overheats all the time. Drops packets,Disconnects from isp, doesent foward dns information. DI-604 is what i consider one of the worst routers for home networking ever made. | |
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verolom
join:2002-03-23
Eagleville, PA
 ·Comcast
1 edit | Re: Oh Boy .... That is because you do not have a DI-714. Mine is as bad as you describe it + it has no options to configure firewall/open ports + it has only a 10 Mbps uplink port, which in combination with crappy hardware technically halves my OOL connection to about 4400 Kbps (PC is hardwired to the router) + it is no longer supported by D-Link (after two pathetic firmware releases, one undercover on their FTP site only: ftp.dlink.com/Gateway/di714/Firmware).
I'm done giving D-Link the benefit of the doubt. Zyxel, here I come  | |
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BonezX
Basement Dweller
Premium
join:2004-04-13
Canada
1 edit | #1
"Nope they are #1 ... »presslink.dlink.com/pr/?prid=154"
notice link is a dlink site.
#2
"#1 Global Revenue Share"
which means they make the most money, not sell the most products
"I've installed this di-624 and the di-604 at numerous homes and they all work fine. Don't use 2.4Ghz phones when you are worried about a reliable 2.4Ghz network connection"
this shoulden't be a problem at all
"Damned if you do damned if you don't"
their so damned why did they bother in the first place
"I don't know why people seem to have such a problem with them"
becase they make such shoddy equipment, and they don't listen to the chip makers example when they say max operating temprature they mean don't go over this temprature, not stick it in an absolutely non functional passive cooling system
and have any of you ever called their tech support ? about 10 people i know have called them, their all idiots | |
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | Other coverage DSLR likes to cover this 624 issue so much, they should put the heat on D-Link and report on the failed promise to deliver WPA support to AirPlus products and what this means for the security of all users on the internet. | |
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dyoung1949
join:2002-01-22
Dallas, TX | 624 nightmare Had a 624 C for six months. Constantly locks up or reboots. Its gotta go. Any recommendations? | |
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SwampKracker
join:2004-06-08
Victor, NY | Not surprised Does any manufacturer make a quality home-user internet router these days? I must have been lucky when I bought my ancient RT-311 (for almost $200!!) so long ago. Never had a problem with it. | |
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jsimmons
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-24
Falls Church, VA
| Re: Not surprised I hear-ya. The RT-311 was sweet. Guess what - it was really manufactured by ZyXEL and OEM'ed and rebranded by Netgear. ZyXEL continues to make some very good home/soho routers and firewall units. A little more expensive than the typical computer store brands (d-link, Linksys, Netgear, etc.), but full of features, and you have to look a little harder to find them in the US.
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XBL2009
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join:2001-01-03
Chicago, IL | This is FUD I have a DI-704 and it runs 24/7 without a hitch.
To much sky is falling from dslreports lately. | |
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Doubledee32
join:2002-06-20
Charlotte, NC | So thats why Comp-Usa is giving them away.!! I was looking to buy one of these puppies and I heard that Comp-Usa had a great deal on them and they do-but after reading this I now understand why...........HMMMMMM....... | |
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| randommantus
join:2002-04-10
Ashburn, VA
| Re: So thats why Comp-Usa is giving them away.!! Actually, I've found that the D-Link is the best of my three routers, I have SMC, Linksys and D-Link. I've never had any trouble with them, recommend them to clients and in general it is my favorite router. It is true that I hated all previous products from this company, but I think that they have come a long way. It is my Linksys router that is non-functioning at this time.
I think that the 108Mbps, standard or not, is a godsend. | |
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chronoz1
join:2004-06-26
| No return policy... Ok...call me stupid...didn't do any research on the damn thing before buying it. Now i'm stuck wit it and need help setting it up.
My problem with the router is...i can't get the router's wizard to run anymore(the default 192.168.0.1). Accessed it a couple of times, made mistakes and reconfigured it. Now i totally can't get it running. Hardware reset doesn't help.
Anyone facing the same problem? | |
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| chronoz1
join:2004-06-26 | Re: No return policy... Oops...forgot to mention the router's model: DI-624+ | |
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rorrim180
The Original Captain Chaos
Premium
join:2001-12-29
united state
| I just purchased a DI-824VUP. Is this issue just related to the specific model(s) mentioned here or all of D-Link's wireless G products? The most recent firmware release for my router gave me the option for WPA. It has been running great for me so far. No complaints.
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hsuyining
join:2004-08-11
Bloomington, IN
|  Now I'm confused and need help...please!
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| sZuRHeaL
join:2003-07-09
Los Angeles, CA
| Re: Now I'm confused and need help...please! A few months ago, I was in the market to get a router and I ended up in the same boat as you. I read so many good things about the 624, an then I stumbled upon the bad. Ultimately, I decided to try it out due to a really great sale at BestBuy (DI-624, C1: $45 after MIR). At first it was problematic, resetting all the time, especially when wireless users attempted to connect. However, after updating the f/w (ver2.42) everything has been running great.
I recently lost connectivity on one occasion, but it turned out my dsl was down. Other than that incident, my router has been working flawlessly. I currently have 3 computers hooked up to my DI624. My main computer is connected with a wired connection, the other two being laptops with Netgear WG511's in both (GREAT range, but only 54G). I've tested TURBO mode on static on one occasion and it worked great, trasmitting at ~5MB/s.
The reviews can only say so much. Try it out, see how you like it. If you've been tainted by what other people have to say and want to avoid the DI624 altogether, customers have been giving me good feedback regarding the Netgear WGR614 & Linksys WRT54GS. Otherwise, you could always go out and get a Buffalo Airstation 54Mbps. My two cents | |
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dlink_dead
@com.au
| Re: Now I'm confused and need help...please! avoid the DI624 altogether,
Dlink support is hopeless.
avoid the DI624 altogether,
They waisted the 30 warranty period by not responding timely
avoid the DI624 altogether,
Then they finally came back not willing to replace
avoid the DI624 altogether,
The upgrade procedure is broken
avoid the DI624 altogether,
Now have a dead dlink.
Go netgear. | |
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