D-Link ADSL2/2+ Modem / 4-Port Router Ethernet, TR067/069

List Price: $84.99 Discount Price: $63.59

Features:

• Supports the latest ADSL standards for superior performance
• Access a high-speed DSL connection and share the Internet
• Connect up to 4 computers or other Ethernet-enabled devices

Customer Reviews:

Works great - easy to set up. [Posted on 2007-06-17]
I chose to buy this instead of buying a DSL modem from BellSouth. I am happy I did.

Read this before buying [Posted on 2007-07-24]
I bought this to replace my old dsl modem which has problems once it gets hot. I received it last Thursday. Got all the info from my ISP. I have a static address using a bridge 1483 protocol. The modem did not work, called tech support, wouldn't you know it, it was in India. The phone connection kept disconnecting. So from Thursday until Monday I called their tech support 13 times. They kept insisting that my ISP was mistaken and that I should use PPP0e which would not work. Finally they upped the problem to second tier support, still in India and again they kept insisting that the automatic install should work, when it didnt they wanted to install PPPoE. We finally tried every protocal they had, none worked though my ISP provider indicated to me that the modem was sending & receiving when I configured a bridge connection. The modem could not work since there were no entries for Name, password & statis IP address. Now the forwarded we to third tier tech support at their corporate headquarters. They did not give me the phone number so I had to keep calling India, explain that I was now using what their product specailist (third tier support). Tech support stateside is at this phone number. 800-326-1688, press 0 and get the operator. They could not figure out how to get their product to work with my ISP. Previously I had a DSL modem that gave a WAN connection to my broadband router that worked great with my ISP. But the D-Link does not work as a DSL modem and a broad band router unless you use DHCP PPPoE, PPPoA, MER and IpoA. They claim on the box to be compatible with all ISP's, obviously a lie. Tech support was horrible (first & second tier). Third tier could not get the modem to work either. So they finally gave up the ghost & recommended that I talk to their sales department to find which product would fulfill my needs. Sales could not figure out understand why the DSL-2540B would not work. I finally gave up. The product if it had worked would have been great since I would have gotten rid of one device. Instead I have to find another modem router combo.

No Brainer - Just Works [Posted on 2008-03-06]
Have had the device for about three weeks. Easy setup with Embarq ADSL under PPPOE. Used the auto config option to see how well it would work but was prepared to manually address if needed. Worked like a champ and has never dropped, hung, etc. Very stable. Can't say that about my previous equipment which is why I replaced. VPN Passthru and Vonage works with no additional configs needed from the default settings. Also, the device "stealths" all external ports to external scanning. Very happy so far.

Works with my Verizon DSL [Posted on 2008-03-21]
First of all auto-connect might not work for some people but manual configuration will work, the settings below is for verizon. I have verizon dsl with dhcp, no pppoe or pppoa, which means i get a dynamic ip address from verizon. I had to disconnect my old modem overnight so the IP address would be release from my old modem, and then plug in my new dlink modem and go into the dlink browser and create new wan setting and enter VPI=0, VCI=35,MAC encapsulation,Routing=LLC/SNAP Bridging,Obtain IP Address Automatically,Connection type=MER,Service name=mer_0_35(default),Servicd category=UBR(UBR without PCR),Service state=enabled, nat enabled,Firewall=enabled,IGMP Multicast enabled,wan service enabled, Quality of service=disabled, user/password=admin/admin to start.

Everything works great, and downloads faster than my crappy westell 327 modem/router. The port forwarding is under virtual server section which is weird.

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