DI-524 Router

Question

Any good or bad opinions on this router performance,setup ete-Any suggestions welcome~~~

NemesisDB · Answer

there's a lot of variation depending on what hardware revision you get.  do you have one currently?

wwwerty · Answer

Since I posted I reordered {'upgraded'} to Linksys wrt54G for the same price.I know the Linksys price is double the D-Link so I took a chance.Same question applies to Linksys -pros/cons would be appreciated.I'hopefully going toethernet my XPS Gen 2 desktop to my Dell 9400 3945 wireless when it arrives-next week is the delivery date.T2400,1G Hard Drive.2G Ram.wuxga,9cell battery.MCE 2005 w/remote.3-yr On site.complete acre.tech support pkg Dell also tells me you can't install a tv tuner internal card for a 9400 so I looking for USB tuner-ANY sugestion-I should post this tuner in video catagory? Thanks in advance.

NemesisDB · Answer

as for TV, I've been using this for 4 years or so without complaints: http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvrusb2.html ... not a clue how it ranks anymore

As for linksys, I would only buy something that supports third party firmware like dd-wrt. Since few new linksys routers do this, I would go with buffalo models that do. That said, opensource firmware certainly isn't for everyone.

rwm32 · Answer

For those of us with simple demands from life, the Linksys WRT54G works fine. I've got the v.5 model, which, per NemesisDB, does not support 3rd party firmware, but that is not a problem on our WPA2 home network.  The heaviest use it gets is 3-way multiplayer gaming, across 3 floors of our house -- it sustains 54Mbps over (too) many hours.

NemesisDB · Answer

Yeah ... I agree that the stock router is probably fine. I like the 3rd party stuff mainly for the quality of service features ... which are great for VOIP or P2P file sharing.

And just fyi, the v5 can run dd-wrt firmware -- if you're willing to put some effort into it ;-)

wwwerty · Answer

Thanks for the all the info especially on the tuner.Why didn't Dell squeeze a little space for internal tuner for conveinice.Oh well I try the USB.I made a typo 120 G Hard drive on my system.Typing humbug!!

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DI-524 Router

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