D-Link DGL-4300 Wireless 108G Gaming Router by D-Link Systems, Inc.
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Digital camera reviews of D-Link DGL-4300 Wireless 108G Gaming Router
Digital camera Review: A real workhouse
Summary: 5 Stars
This router is fast and extrememly reliable. Set-up is super easy, but if you call technical support don't expect to speak with a local representative, your call is routed oversees to India like many other companies today.Digital camera Review: A rock solid piece of networking gear
Summary: 5 Stars
This thing runs flat out all the time, wired and wireless. It has an excellent amount of tweakability. Once you figure out what a lot of the options even do you'll feel like a networking pro. The quality of service (QoS) stuff actually works as advertised, it's amazing once you have everything configured to have this router so dynamically manage your bandwidth - it almost makes you feel like you have an unlimited net connection.
A few of the drawbacks include a lot of options, so there can be a little learning curve if you want to tweak, but the default options are secure and work well anyway. Some of the QoS settings are hard to understand (from this IP and port on my local subnet to this IP range and ports on this subnet over the internet, etc.) but it's dynamic setup does a decent job by itself. I found the ALGs (Application-Level Gateways) seem to cause more problems than good and so I unchecked all of them and added the port forwarding rules manually. In fact this router has three areas to set port forwards, but the 'Gaming' section is the most versitle and easy to use, so that's where you'll probably put in all your rules. The D-Link speedboost stuff only works with other D-Link speedboost gear, but so what, it does regular 54Mbp 802.11g beautifully - I've meseaured the range out to 200ft from the base station with good signal strengh.
If you want the best consumer-level home networking gear, this certainly fits the bill.
Digital camera Review: Adding to the others...
Summary: 5 Stars
I won't waste too much space. I also own this router and agree the other reviews are accurate.
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Bottom line: This router will *help* you if you have multiple users doing different types of tasks (say 1 person games, 1 downloads legitimately purchased music, 1 uploads vacation pictures to a friend), but it won't solve all of your problems if you are an avid P2P file-sharer. I would recommend reading the help guide (very useful online help) to assist in tweaking the router to maximise performance. Also, I've had to call D-Link tech support for my business, they are friendly, knowledgable, and were responsive in getting my problem solved.
Be warned: I've read reports of problems with a feature of this router with X-Box Live (but also note: the feature is DISABLED by default!).
Digital camera Review: Advanced router, but it is totally worth it.
Summary: 4 Stars
This router is a very adavnced piece of technology, and although I hear that many router companies products die within months, I decided to take the risk. This product is great because it has good range ( router in basement whilst i am in 1st floor sometimes second floor) even though they are many walls the router can still pass a very good signal. Security is a must and this router has WPA and WPA 2 security features plus more like hiding your network name and Mac filtering( this denies other hardware that is trying to connect which is not on your allow list). Sure it is a bit pricey, but after you get this product you will learn why. My Xbox 360 connected just fine with WPA ( but if you want best perfomance you have to disable DNS in the gamefuel area and maybe select the speed in the menu instead of its defualt "auto") Their tech support helps but its is sometimes difficult to understand with poor voice quality and thick accents, but then again which router company doesnt have that? Oh, and of course, the blue led lights, yes they are very bright for it just being a router, looks very cool and sleek though. Hopefully this will convince you that this is a great router and has so far not disappointed me in the slightest. Reasoning with 4 star and not 5 is just their support and how the manual is on a cd instead of a booklet which makes it alot easier.Digital camera Review: An excellent router
Summary: 5 Stars
This DGL-4300 is the nicest router I have owned, in looks, features and reliability. My previous routers were an SMC, Microsoft MN-100, Microsoft MN-500, Linksys WRT54G. I've owned this router for over a month now.
This router basically is everything I want in a router, minus a few bugs. Such as if I uncheck one of the logging options, and then it will email me a blank log file instead. The log file btw is detailed, and holds many log entries (350 or more).... unlike many other brands which only store a few lines which tell you nothing. It also does not support UPnP yet, but may in the future, although it does have support for Port Triggering which is a variation of UPnP.
The BLUE LED lights on this are also super bright. So much so that it lights up your room at night time. I suppose that could be a drawback to some people who don't like any lights when they sleep. Its a very nice looking router, with a chrome front plate around the LED's (remove the thin plastic to see the shiny chrome, there is also a thin plastic covering the logo on top of the router), and the matt black color all adds up to a nice looking router.
The chipset inside this router is made by Ubicomm, the chipset and cpu are specifically designed for QOS. Unlike any other routers which claims to have QOS. Just remember to turn on the Gamefuel option and you don't need to really do anything else. Except set your maximum upload speed so it knows how to adjust the QOS. The QOS works great for games and when I was uploading at full speed, it had little to no affect on the game.
I have not tried VOIP, I don't plan on getting that any time soon. One thing I have learned over the years is that every brand of router has its own problems. This one has been the best for me so far.