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D-Link DI-713P Wireless 802.11b Router Broadband +ACCESS Point 3PT Switch

D-Link DI-713P Wireless 802.11b Router Broadband +ACCESS Point 3PT Switch

MPN: DI713P

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cpoberle from CA

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Jan 2002

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I purchased my DI-713p near the beginning ($200+) ...

Strengths:

All-in-one Wired/Wireless LAN/WAN package.

Weaknesses:

Print Server usage limited / error prone.

Posted Oct 14, 2002 - I purchased my DI-713p near the beginning ($200+) and combined with an ORiNOCO PCMCIA for the notebook and D-Link's DWL-120 USB clients for the kid's computers. The Print Server was abandoned after adding my HP OfficeJet K80 because it lacks bi-directional control needed by most all-in-one devices like this (and supplied software). Previously, the Print Server would frequently get hung, needing power resets and computer reboots, using an Epson Stylus 850 printer, so it did not do that well. As a wired and wireless router it is pretty decent. Still, there is an occasional network hic-cup that renders the LAN disconnected. Hangups require a power cycle of the router and a reboot or re-connection of other wireless hardware to get it talking again. This problem is more likely to occur during large data transfers between machines combined with Broadband Internet access (a loading problem?). Overall, the networking is pretty robust between wired and wireless clients and the shared WAN. It is too bad, D-Link seems to abandon firmware fixes once a product is superceded by an improved model in their product line, because I believe a lot of the quirks and ills many have experienced could be resolved with better support from the vendor. Only one firmware revision was released early on for this device!

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steveivy from MD

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Apr 2002

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So far, I'm satisfied. Wired and wireless speed i ...

Strengths:

Works great, and easy setup. Wireless is suitably fast even with 64 bit encryption enabled.

Weaknesses:

Documentation sucks.

Posted Apr 6, 2002 - So far, I'm satisfied. Wired and wireless speed is extremely sufficient and so far I haven't had the lockup problems others have had. I will update this entry if I experience any problems. Print server function works fine with Linux even though it isn't documented. Just point the printer to ldp://192.168.0.1/lp in the printer setup (using CUPS.)

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johnnyrcp from CA

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DI-714+P What a hunk of crap, on my Second ...

Strengths:

Great as a wired device.....Key word WIRED

Weaknesses:

BUT its a wireless device.. that is always down, what a hunk of crap

Posted Apr 30, 2004 - DI-714+P What a hunk of crap, on my Second unit and its broken again and being returned AGAIN ! There is some kind of Firmware issue and there latest versions make the problems worse, they had me step back four versions for firmware and still broken. Second unit in Two months and its broken again, Tech support is great but there products Suck !

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jclark6 from TX

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May 2002

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User has 6 Months of experience with this product

D-Link tech support is terrible! My print server ...

Strengths:

Price and ease of use

Weaknesses:

Does not support Hewlett Packard Printers and all D-Link wireless products have conflicts with ATI video drivers.

Posted May 22, 2002 - D-Link tech support is terrible! My print server worked well for five months, but in the last month it no longer allows me to print more than one page at a time and frequently and consistently drops wireless connections. The environment has not changed and I am pretty sure the unit has just crashed, but the D-Link tech support folks won't help because they stated that this product does not support any HP printer in the 800 series and if your computer is using an ATI video driver they again will not support any of the functionality of their product, even though "it appears that the unit is malfunctioning". I used to recommend their equipment, but after four phone calls to their tech support line, I will never buy another D-Link product again.

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wingman34

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May 2002

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User has 2 Days of experience with this product

Hi, I have owned my 713-P for 48 hours now, and ...

Strengths:

Relatively low-cost neat little package

Weaknesses:

Doesn't work!!

Posted May 4, 2002 - Hi, I have owned my 713-P for 48 hours now, and it has worked for two of them. Setting up and configuration of my hardwired LAN was no poblem. I'm still waiting for my telco to connect me to DSL, so I plugged in mu 56K modem for the time being. Modem operation was temperamental. Since my ISP requires I define proxy server settings in IE5, it made switching from Internet and local IP addresses (for setting up the 713P) a pain - if when told not to use proxy for local addresses! Anyway, once the modem was operational I was at least able to get a connection. The problems began however when I tried to configure it to work with my Cisco Aironet 350 PCMCIA card. I had wanted to buy ALL D-Link equipment, DSL-Modem, Router, Wireless PCMCIA, but they don't have the necessary drivers for Windows CE (Jornada 720). Cisco do. Starting up the Cisco often caused the 713P to freeze. Now I have both M1 and M2 lights on which suggests I must return it to D-Link for servicing! I cannot ping the the unit now either. Yes, it is a dead plastic box!! I am very disappointed about all of this. It is now the weekend so I must wait till Monday to call - I have called D-Link tech support before and found them to be quick and helpful (I am in Australia though!). I keep hearing bad stories of US tech support, so you might be better off calling to Australia! I guess the bottom line is that this technology appears to be fairly new, and is still suffering from big problems.

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exciton from CA

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Oct 2001

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MY RECOMMENDATION: DO NOT BUY DI-713P (new model), ...

Strengths:

Wired connectivity satisfactory.

Weaknesses:

Wireless connectivity hopeless.

Posted Apr 17, 2002 - MY RECOMMENDATION: DO NOT BUY DI-713P (new model), spend a few more bucks for an alternate (vendor)! I purchased the new, sleek, silver-polished, version. It was a complete disappointment. The wireless connectivity did not work. I trobleshot thoroughly before calling the D-Link support. After a painful discourse, I was escalated to 2nd-Level (BTW, 1st-level is 3rd party provider), who also assessed the unit as malfunctioning. I returned the first piece for a replacement, attributing the problem to random chance. The wireless access in the replacement worked for a few hours, before dying out. I believe they are using very unreliable chips for wireless functionality, perhaps from a cheap source. DO NOT BUY IT.

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iujflyl from FL

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User has 1 Months of experience with this product

I am a technology product testing enginner, and fo ...

Strengths:

Omnidirectionality of signal strength, adequate uptime for average consumer use, security controls, web-config UI

Weaknesses:

occasional (about 2x weekly) RF hiccup requiring power cycle of dl-713 router, which then requires a reboot of all wireless clients in order to properly relink w/router

Posted May 21, 2002 - I am a technology product testing enginner, and formally tested this unit. While it doesn't quite make the grade for the corporate market, it performs quite well in the home-based environment. I have personally owned it for a month, installed on XP clients (wired Compaq desktop and wireless IBM Thinkpad 600E) with acceptable results, and would recommend it.

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harrya

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May 2002

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After spending a long time reading reviews from va ...

Strengths:

External antenna connection capability

Weaknesses:

none so far

Posted May 9, 2002 - After spending a long time reading reviews from various sites including this site, amazon and practicallynetworked.com, my choice came down to DI-713P and SMC 7004AWBR. Although the SMC unit received much higher ratings from users, I chose the D-link because the two antennas in the back are detachable and can be replaced with an external antenna. I read about potential distance problems especially if the unit is located in the basement where my desk top connects to the DSL line and I wanted to use my notebook computer in the master bedroom which is located two floors up from the basement and on the opposite corner from where the D-link unit is located. Because I was paranoid about the distance problem, I also got the Orinoco card because it can also connect to an external antenna. The hardware set up took about 10 minutes and the software set up took another 10 minutes or so. It was very easy to set up with my DSL provider, Verizon. The orinoco card installed itself under Windows XP home edition, although I updated the driver from D-link once the card was up and running. It had no problem talking to the D-link unit. Overall, I am very happy with the set up. My worries about the distance proved to be unfounded. Right from the start, my notebook connected right away from the master bedroom. In the status screen, I get two or three bars out of five and it connects at 11 Mb/s. If you have a big house, get the same setup I have. Otherwise, get the SMC7004AWBR.

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cyberpac from CA

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User has 7 Days of experience with this product

I purchase two of these and one is working barely ...

Strengths:

same as other brand

Weaknesses:

signal doesn't seems strong

Posted Apr 20, 2002 - I purchase two of these and one is working barely fine. The distance from the router and a pc is only about 50 feet and it seems like I have to position it certain way otherwise it doesn't communicate well. The other one's 3 port hub is not working at all. It works for few seconds and die. It can't even ping itself for 30 seconds. DON'T BUY IT!

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klwong from CA

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I held off writing a review until I had my wireles ...

Strengths:

Easy setup, great features, what more could you ask?

Weaknesses:

Must be a bad run of chips ...

Posted Apr 18, 2002 - I held off writing a review until I had my wireless card so I could test all aspects of this product. In short, this has every feature I wanted, and was easy to work with!!! I did not encounter the connectivity problems that others have experienced. I believe there was a bad run of chips that were suffering from an overheating problem. That's why wireless connectivity died after a while. As I write this, my wireless connection has been going good for more than an hour now. The only time I've dropped signal was when I stepped out of the house to test the range of the signal. That makes more than 100 feet and 3 walls before I lost the signal (I'm using DLink's DWL-650H wireless card. Look for the H for "high power"). Even at the outer edge of the signal, my Internet connection was much better than 56kbps. This product was a snap to set up with the cable modem. Basically connected it, and it found everything just fine. There is MAC address control so the casual person can't just attach to your network. You can specify packet filtering; you can do DHCP or fixed addressing; it has a print server; it even has a serial connection for command line configuration or a backup dial-up Internet connection. What other features could you want? This one does it all, and it's easy to use too.

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bajakirk from AZ

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User has 4 Weeks of experience with this product

I was finally told to return the unit to where it ...

Strengths:

Looks good. Nice features. Wish they worked.

Weaknesses:

Unit was determined to be defective within a week. Dlink service tho 24/7 did not respond as they indicated they would.

Posted Apr 5, 2002 - I was finally told to return the unit to where it was purchased for a refund/replacement. This was after 3 weeks of talking to their service department and getting the run around. I finally had to get mad to get any resolution. Should have just returned it in the first place. I am trying to find a functional replacement.

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dthomas3 from TX

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Mar 2002

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Purchased this unit 3 days ago. Got the new revisi ...

Strengths:

low-price

Weaknesses:

extremely flakey

Posted Mar 23, 2002 - Purchased this unit 3 days ago. Got the new revision of this model number...uses a slim-line polished metal casing. Wired operation was flawless, but wireless was terrible. Could not establish connection with unit using Linksys pcmcia card. Tried every possible option wep enabled/disabled, different keys....still no link. The WLAN status LED doesnt work...so I assumed it was broken. Exchange with vendor, went through setup process again. Finally managed to get the Linksys card to talk happy with the AP, but after ten minutes the signal was gone....after rebooting the AP it would come up again for 10 mins and then go out again...WHAT A PAIN...checked Dlinks site for help...all solutions point to upgrading to current firmware.....too bad I allready have the current revision...I give up...taking unit back to store.. This unit seemed to get okay reviews on this page but it was a complete bust for me. Maybe it just isnt happy with the Linksys card that I am using....but it worked temporarily and then decided not to work. Don't rely on the WLAN status LED because it doenst work on either of the two that I tried. Maybe all the open box units sitting on the shelf at the store should have been a clue to it's performance. QUIRCKY!

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xboxer4life from NC

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Has worked excellent since I got it. Wireless work ...

Strengths:

Easy as pie setup,great features,super price

Weaknesses:

occasional lockup

Posted Feb 6, 2002 - Has worked excellent since I got it. Wireless works great throughout house. Love the feature to only allow certain MAC addresses to access network and only allow certain MAC address certain access to different parts of network.

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chengpingl from CA

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Dec 2001

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User has 4 Months of experience with this product

This product has just about all the features you n ...

Strengths:

Printer server built-in; easy administration; good wireless signal reception; good price with rebate.

Weaknesses:

Corrupted firmware; Only 3 wired ports; Compatibility issues with different brand of PC card clients; Problem printing large files.

Posted Dec 25, 2001 - This product has just about all the features you need for the home networking: router (w/DHCP), wireless gateway, firewall, and printer server. With the price I paid ($169 after a $50 rebate), I was pretty happy - until the firmware incident which halted the unit. I tried to use a Cisco PCMCIA wireless LAN from a laptop. However it caused the router to reboot about every minute until it crashed the firmware. Eventually I have to send the unit back to D-Link and fortunately I got it back in a couple of weeks. Overall, DI-713P is a good product, but D-Link got to work on a better fail safe firmware.

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mrdbsql from WA

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Nov 2001

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User has 3 Months of experience with this product

This wireless router has been nothing but a pleasu ...

Strengths:

rock solid, fast, good features, good range, great price

Weaknesses:

detachable antennas would be nice to have

Posted Nov 10, 2001 - This wireless router has been nothing but a pleasure to own. I replaced two boxes with this one combination unit and it works great. I've also owned the Linksys equivalent and this is much better as the Linksys periodically 'pauses' in wireless mode for ~30 secs at a time - even with the latest firmware etc. Great value, great features, easy to setup. What more could you want? Well, actually, a detachable antenna would be good ... so I can extend the range even further :-).

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