D-Link 514 vs. 614+ routers?

Is there any meaningful difference between these two routers? A B--t Buy
salesperson told me they stopped selling the 614 because of reliability
problems. And the D-Link site says there have "numerous" revisions in the
514's manuals and firmware. Or should I just forget D-Link and go to a
LinkSys router?

On 1/2/2004 7:36 PM, j carter wrote:
> Is there any meaningful difference between these two routers? A B--t Buy
> salesperson told me they stopped selling the 614 because of reliability
> problems. And the D-Link site says there have "numerous" revisions in the
> 514's manuals and firmware. Or should I just forget D-Link and go to a
> LinkSys router?
>
>

The 614+ can connect at 22 mbps using a compatible Airplus 802.11.b
card. 514 is 11 mbps.

On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 18:36:02 -0700, j carter wrote:

> Is there any meaningful difference between these two routers? A B--t Buy
> salesperson told me they stopped selling the 614 because of reliability
> problems. And the D-Link site says there have "numerous" revisions in
> the 514's manuals and firmware. Or should I just forget D-Link and go to
> a LinkSys router?

I have a DWL-614+ It works fine. When I first got it, the first few
months were heavy rain season. I thought the power supply didnt like
power fluxes as during the heavy rain months I had to reboot the thing a
once every so often after a rain storm. I have considered getting a
second ups just for the wireless ap, maybe a little office one that
handles 6 min battery assist. I dont want to add anything else to my
server's ups as I havent taken the time to set the power shutdown scripts
on the linux box yet and need as much time as possible to shut it down
manually when power does go out. If it goes out.

Now my only trouble is my brother talking on the 2.4ghz cordless phone and
trying to use the laptop on the wireless. He gets no connection on the
laptop and brings it to my room to gripe about it all the while talking on
the cordless phone. I look at the laptop and then notice what phone he's
holding and tell him to hit the channel select button and viola.. the
laptop connects. The dern cordless phone selects a clear channel every
time it gets turned on. It doesnt know the wireless network is using
whatever channel especially when its idling with no broadcasts.

DRACO-

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From what I've read, microwave ovens can have a similar effect.


"DRACO-" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 18:36:02 -0700, j carter wrote:
>
> > Is there any meaningful difference between these two routers? A B--t Buy
> > salesperson told me they stopped selling the 614 because of reliability
> > problems. And the D-Link site says there have "numerous" revisions in
> > the 514's manuals and firmware. Or should I just forget D-Link and go to
> > a LinkSys router?
>
> I have a DWL-614+ It works fine. When I first got it, the first few
> months were heavy rain season. I thought the power supply didnt like
> power fluxes as during the heavy rain months I had to reboot the thing a
> once every so often after a rain storm. I have considered getting a
> second ups just for the wireless ap, maybe a little office one that
> handles 6 min battery assist. I dont want to add anything else to my
> server's ups as I havent taken the time to set the power shutdown scripts
> on the linux box yet and need as much time as possible to shut it down
> manually when power does go out. If it goes out.
>
> Now my only trouble is my brother talking on the 2.4ghz cordless phone and
> trying to use the laptop on the wireless. He gets no connection on the
> laptop and brings it to my room to gripe about it all the while talking on
> the cordless phone. I look at the laptop and then notice what phone he's
> holding and tell him to hit the channel select button and viola.. the
> laptop connects. The dern cordless phone selects a clear channel every
> time it gets turned on. It doesnt know the wireless network is using
> whatever channel especially when its idling with no broadcasts.
>
> DRACO-
>
> --
> In order to bend the spoon, you have to first
> realize you are holding a butterknife!
>
> To email me remove .not as it is an invalad TLD
>

Do you have to use the Airplus card for that to happen? Looks like any
802.11b card would work just as well.
Since my cable modem will never run at even 11mbps, what advantage would
there be if I only use the wireless laptop setup for connecting to the
internet?
Also: if I hard-wire my two desktops to the router, can I assume that I
won't notice any slowdown in their operation no matter what I'm doing?



"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 1/2/2004 7:36 PM, j carter wrote:
> > Is there any meaningful difference between these two routers? A B--t Buy
> > salesperson told me they stopped selling the 614 because of reliability
> > problems. And the D-Link site says there have "numerous" revisions in
the
> > 514's manuals and firmware. Or should I just forget D-Link and go to a
> > LinkSys router?
> >
> >
>
> The 614+ can connect at 22 mbps using a compatible Airplus 802.11.b
> card. 514 is 11 mbps.
>

The 22mbps in the AirPlus line is proprietary to D-Link so you have to
use D-Link's Airplus products. I you are only using this for
downloading from the Internet then you will see no benefit, but if you
have multiple computers and transfer large files like MP3 etc then you
will see the benefit.

On 1/3/2004 9:16 AM, j carter wrote:

> Do you have to use the Airplus card for that to happen? Looks like any
> 802.11b card would work just as well.
> Since my cable modem will never run at even 11mbps, what advantage would
> there be if I only use the wireless laptop setup for connecting to the
> internet?
> Also: if I hard-wire my two desktops to the router, can I assume that I
> won't notice any slowdown in their operation no matter what I'm doing?
>
>
>
> "Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:PvrJb.5169$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>On 1/2/2004 7:36 PM, j carter wrote:
>>
>>>Is there any meaningful difference between these two routers? A B--t Buy
>>>salesperson told me they stopped selling the 614 because of reliability
>>>problems. And the D-Link site says there have "numerous" revisions in
>
> the
>
>>>514's manuals and firmware. Or should I just forget D-Link and go to a
>>>LinkSys router?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>The 614+ can connect at 22 mbps using a compatible Airplus 802.11.b
>>card. 514 is 11 mbps.
>>
>
>
>

Many thanx for verifying what I thought was true. (I bought a 514 that was
on sale, probably because no one wants 'em anymore.) My two desktops will be
hard-wired and only the laptop will be "wireless". I play around a lot with
graphics and mp3 files but only on the two desktops.


"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5BOJb.44042$(E-Mail Removed)...
> The 22mbps in the AirPlus line is proprietary to D-Link so you have to
> use D-Link's Airplus products. I you are only using this for
> downloading from the Internet then you will see no benefit, but if you
> have multiple computers and transfer large files like MP3 etc then you
> will see the benefit.
>
> On 1/3/2004 9:16 AM, j carter wrote:
>
> > Do you have to use the Airplus card for that to happen? Looks like any
> > 802.11b card would work just as well.
> > Since my cable modem will never run at even 11mbps, what advantage would
> > there be if I only use the wireless laptop setup for connecting to the
> > internet?
> > Also: if I hard-wire my two desktops to the router, can I assume that I
> > won't notice any slowdown in their operation no matter what I'm doing?
> >
> >
> >
> > "Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:PvrJb.5169$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >>On 1/2/2004 7:36 PM, j carter wrote:
> >>
> >>>Is there any meaningful difference between these two routers? A B--t
Buy
> >>>salesperson told me they stopped selling the 614 because of reliability
> >>>problems. And the D-Link site says there have "numerous" revisions in
> >
> > the
> >
> >>>514's manuals and firmware. Or should I just forget D-Link and go to a
> >>>LinkSys router?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>The 614+ can connect at 22 mbps using a compatible Airplus 802.11.b
> >>card. 514 is 11 mbps.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>

"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:PvrJb.5169$(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 1/2/2004 7:36 PM, j carter wrote:
> > Is there any meaningful difference between these two routers? A B--t Buy
> > salesperson told me they stopped selling the 614 because of reliability
> > problems. And the D-Link site says there have "numerous" revisions in
the
> > 514's manuals and firmware. Or should I just forget D-Link and go to a
> > LinkSys router?
> >
> >
>
> The 614+ can connect at 22 mbps using a compatible Airplus 802.11.b
> card. 514 is 11 mbps.
> I have a 614+ and its great lots of good features a few firmware upgrades
that is all. RadarG