D-Link CABLE/DSL ROUTER 4-PORT SWITCH USB PRINTER SERVER

MPN: DI704UP

Description: The DI-704UP is an Ethernet Broadband Router with a built-in 4-port switch. It also features a USB port to share a printer on the home or office network and includes a print server application for Windows1. As many as four computers can be connected to the router?s integrate... read more

The DI-704UP is an Ethernet Broadband Router with a built-in 4-port switch. It also features a USB port to share a printer on the home or office network and includes a print server application for Windows1. As many as four computers can be connected to the router?s integrated switch by using its four 10/100Mbps Auto MDI/MDIX Ethernet ports. The DI-704UP package even includes an Ethernet cable to get you started. The DI-704UP is ideal if you are creating your first home or small business network, or if you are looking for additional management settings for an existing network. The DI-704UP includes an easy-to-use D-Link web-based graphical user interface (GUI) to configure the router. To prevent unwanted Internet intruders from accessing your private network, the DI-704UP also serves as a feature-rich firewall. Along with its firewall features, administrators or parents can easily configure to prevent certain web sites to be accessed by computers on the network. This feature is known as parental control to block out web sites containing explicit material. minimize

jgrznar

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Started Feb 14, 2004

Strengths: Getting the D-Link 704UP router up and running was by far the easiest hardware project I have ever had. It flat out worked out of the box without editing any options. Very impressive!

Weaknesses: Have not found any as of yet in my home environment.

From the time I opened the box, glossed over the install info, hooked up the cables and followed the suggested power up sequence I was online and surfing in just over 7 minutes. Plus, after I tested out a couple of WEB sites, I decided to cable up my old computer and see if it would be able to share my Cox Internet connection. No problems, had the second computer online and surfing at just over the 10 minute mark.

Wow! I am really impressed with this router. Two computers up and running in just over 10 minutes without doing any router setup at all.

After loading the print server drivers and following the setup instructions, neither of my two computers was able to communicate with my Cannon i960 printer (which is not on the list of approved printers at the D-Link WEB site). However, I was able to get everything working properly by going to each computer's printer preferences and disabling offline use. Changing that option did the trick. Having the ability of both computers to share my new Cannon i960 printer is very cool!

Also tested the firewall capabilities and the two testing sites I used reported no open ports. As a side note, this router did not slow down my connection speed whatsoever, I'm still seeing over 3 Gig Bit/Sec download speeds. I would recommend this router to anyone.

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