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D-Link DGL-4500 Xtreme N Dualband Draft 802.11n Gaming Router | List Price: $239.99
Discount Price: $159.47
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Brand: D-Link
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year limited warranty
Features: - Nothing ruins a frag-fest faster than lag. GameFuel allows you to customize your network settings to prioritize game traffic so your roommate doesn't hog all the bandwidth while downloading tracks from his favorite 80's hair band.
- You can never have too much information. That's why we've included a Network Activity Display to show you what's going on with your router. Check your Internet, LAN, WAN and other various settings all from one screen
- Playing by yourself can be fun, but getting online and fragging others is way better. Make sure your wireless signal can make it into the basement with our Xtreme N Duo wireless technology*.
- With Xtreme N Duo technology your router also has the power of dualband (2.4 or 5GHz) wireless signals to get your game on in the wireless band of your choice.
- Push the limits of networking technology and experience the evolution of gigabit speed. Share broadband Internet, boost network performance and stay competitive in your online games.
NAT problems? [Posted on 2008-05-04]
Say no more with this router. I purchased this router for my gaming problems when I try to play Halo3 with my brothers w/our separate Xbox 360's (3) of them. When I plug n played it, set a few wireless settings so no leacher can get free net and walla! Too easy. And with Amazon's quick shipping and great pricing its a no brainer.
a bit below expectations [Posted on 2008-05-05]
I purchased this to replace an aging linksys wrt54gx2 and to take advantage of N technology. I did my research and this router seemed to score very good in testing. I had very high expectations.
In practice I do not see any real improvement in range versus wrt54gx2. This is based on a lot of my own unscientific comparison of where i could previously get strong signals, versus with the d-link 4500. Also I still can not get wireless back by my pool , about 50 feet away from house. (perhaps this is because i am broadcasting dgl-4500 in mixed mode as required using both n and 802.11 g clients). I also thought the displays looked cool, but in practice it take a lot of non-intuitive button pressing to navigate menu's and the display only stays lit for a few seconds , then you gotta start all over again. I don't even use it anymore (recommend going with Dlink DIR-655 without display and save cost of this feature) Lastly I was hoping for more frequent firmware updates. D-link is still on v 1.02 dated 11/07 . D-link had a beta release in January 2008 which made my router seriously unstable (disconnected every hour).
On the positive dlink customer service has been superb -- helpful well written responses always within 24 hours. The throughput on my LAN also has also noticeably improved going from 10/100 to Giga speed.
I wish I could give this product more then three stars but it was below expectations for the reasons cited above. Three stars is generous. (Or maybe my linksys wrt54gx2 really was that good)
good choice [Posted on 2008-05-13]
This does what it says it can do and that is improve the speed of online gaming. easy setup and no down time
1st defective, 2nd okay so far. [Posted on 2008-05-19]
The first one I purchased worked fine.. for one weekend. After that, it would reboot itself every 2 minutes or so unless I had ALL network cables unplugged. Wireless was disabled, so there shouldnt have been any sort of 'interference' issue. Amazon was GREAT about sending a new unit and a link to print out a return shipping label, so it didn't cost anything to get a replacement, and the new one arrived very quick. The second one has been working flawlessly so far. I don't use the GAMEFUEL or Wireless features on it, I really only purchased it for the gig LAN/WAN features as I'd like to speed up my LAN for file copying, and speed up the WAN as the old 10 meg wasn't cutting it anymore since my connection is now 15 meg. I also purchased it so I'd have the opportunity to expand if I found a reason to actually use wireless. I give a thumbs down to D-Links technical support though -- 5 days to respond?! They basically ignored the information I had provided in my emails and were giving me basic "dummy" suggestions on what to try.
Stay Away [Posted on 2008-06-24]
They released this as an upgrade to the previous gaming router, but as soon as it was released it was obsolete. DLINK decided to focus on other routers, and since has not updated the firmware to fix bugs. I would strongly discourage buy this item, since DLINK doesn't bother with it.
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