D-Link DI-714P+

My Speedstream router wireless section has died. I have an extended
warrantee but Speedstream dropped that program and now they cannot
find my record. Ya right!

I am looking at the D-Link DI-714P+ as a replacement unit. I would
appreciate anyone comments on both the company and this specific
product.

My requirements are for wireless, firewall, print server, DSL cable
ready router. Suggestions for other brand or model products are
welcome. Thanks.

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A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting.
Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:54:24 GMT, no-(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>My Speedstream router wireless section has died. I have an extended
>warrantee but Speedstream dropped that program and now they cannot
>find my record. Ya right!

Before you give up, try resetting everything to defaults and see if it
magically fixes itself.

>I am looking at the D-Link DI-714P+ as a replacement unit. I would
>appreciate anyone comments on both the company and this specific
>product.

http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=19

You realize that it's only 802.11b and not 802.11g? I have a customer
with the non-printer version. It's been working just fine for about 2
years. The "+" means that it uses the TI ACX100 chipset which is
quite good. The latest firmware update added WPA-PSK, and a mess of
important bug fixes. Be sure to disarm the "4X mode" on the wireless
or you will have erratic performance.

I don't have anything nice to say about DLink, Netgear or Linksys as a
company. They all have their problems although not in the same areas.
If you buy cheap, you can't really expect much from the company.

>My requirements are for wireless, firewall, print server, DSL cable
>ready router. Suggestions for other brand or model products are
>welcome. Thanks.

My suggestion is to NOT buy an all in one product even though it might
be cheaper. You already have a seperate cable/DSL modem, so you got
that part right. The router wants to live where all the wires come
together, which is usually under the desk, on the floor, in a closet,
basement, or some obscure and hidden location. Meanwhile, the
wireless wants to live in the open, as high as possible, and in the
middle of everything. These are not exactly compatible requirements.
Therefore, I suggest you seperate the router/switch part of the puzzle
from the wireless part.

I also suggest you get 802.11g and not 802.11b, even if you only have
802.11b client radios. The g radios tend to have much better RF
performance. As wireless technology improves, you will not need to
toss all the hardware just to upgrade one component.

There's no need to get a dedicated "wireless access point" for my
"component" system. Wireless routers can be used as access points by
simply:
- ignore the WAN port
- set the IP for something that does not duplicate the router IP
- disable the DHCP server
- connect a CAT5 cable between a router and wireless LAN ports

I'm not sure what to suggest for the printer. It really depends on
the type of printer. You could go wireless to the printer, or to a
USB print server, or wireless USB, or some built in print servers.
Make and model?


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Jeff Liebermann (E-Mail Removed)
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 AE6KS 831-336-2558

<no-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> My Speedstream router wireless section has died. I have an extended
> warrantee but Speedstream dropped that program and now they cannot
> find my record. Ya right!
>
> I am looking at the D-Link DI-714P+ as a replacement unit. I would
> appreciate anyone comments on both the company and this specific
> product.
>
> My requirements are for wireless, firewall, print server, DSL cable
> ready router. Suggestions for other brand or model products are
> welcome. Thanks.
>
> --
> A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting.
> Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)?
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

I've got the orginal model, still ticking after 4 years I guess. I think
it's starting to have issues although it may just be us banging on it to
hard with all the downloading and servers I run. I just got the 624 for a
customer and after 8 hrs of screwing with it and Tech Support I am not
impressed with either which is a shame because they use to both be quite
good.