D-Link DWL-G730AP AirPlus G High Speed 2.4GHz 802.11g Wireless Pocket Router/AP by D-Link
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Digital camera reviews of D-Link DWL-G730AP AirPlus G High Speed 2.4GHz 802.11g Wireless Pocket Router/AP
Digital camera Review: Drops wireless connection once per minute
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this to use with my Apple iBook, with internal Airport Extreme card. The iBook works well with all wireless networks I've encountered.
Until the DWL-G730AP. The connection drops approximately once per minute, with the drop lasting about 3 seconds each time. That may not seem like much, but any TCP packet that gets sent during this interval will be lost, resulting in a delay that can last up to two minutes. After a while this becomes extremely aggravating.
I have spent hours on the phone with D-Link tech support but they know nothing about Macs and just endlessly walk me through the same simple busywork (try different channels, try different speeds, move the computer around the room, verify that there are no cordless phones and other wireless networks, etc.).
If you have a Mac, I would recommend that you avoid this router. I don't know whether it has the same problems with Windows machines.
Digital camera Review: Even D-Link Support Couldn't Get It To Work
Summary: 1 Stars
Before leaving on a trip, I tried to get this to work in client mode with my home network. The laptop worked just fine with the wireless network as it was, using WPA2 for security. After following the directions in the manual, I was able to see my network in the device's web page and select it to connect to, all the lights on the device were green, but the IP address my computer received through DHCP was garbage and I couldn't connect to the internet with Windows XP telling me the network adapter has limited or no connectivity. After spending about 2 hours on my own, I called D-Link support and while they were quite friendly, the call ended 2 hours later with the support person telling me to take the router back to where I bought it.
I'm not interested in a product that will give me an open wireless connection, so I didn't even try this without using WPA or WPA2.
Digital camera Review: Excelent
Summary: 5 Stars
Excelent device, very fast, I have tried other portable AP's before but nothing better than this D-Link, My wife is also happy all the time she uses internet at home.Digital camera Review: Excelent for travelling
Summary: 5 Stars
Very light and small it has a USB power source that can be very usefull, it's easy to setup and use, you can setup your own wireless network wherever you are.Digital camera Review: Excellent Device
Summary: 5 Stars
I was skeptical at first to purchase this item. I read many reviews here on Amazon.com before I decided to give it a try. It had more good reviews than bad so I ordered it hoping that the reviews that spoke of how easy it was to set up as an Access Port were reliable. I am happy to say that I love this product. It was as simple as plugging it in to a wall outlet and an ethernet jack. I had several ethernet connnections in my apartment but wanted to have wireless Internet access for the i-Touch I recently bought and for my laptop computer. I set the switch to AP, plugged in the a/c adapter and connected the supplied ethernet cable and voila, I had wireless Internet. Now the signal is not super strong, but from one room to the next you will have no problems. I don't want the neighbors stealing my signal anyway. I didn't have to install any software or go through a modem or router, I only had to "connect" to d-link on my i-Touch and laptop when they picked up the wireless signal. I would definitely recommend this product to anyone just looking to make a small area wireless. I cannot attest to the other capabilities of this device because I am only using the one feature.