Отзывы о Wi-Fi роутер D-Link DIR-825/I1

I've never been a fan of D-Links regular routers, but this pocket router worked very well for me. I set it once as an actual router and once as an access point. Both were very easy to do if you followed the instructions and have a general knowledge of networking. The range seemed good and I didn't lose much speed through two walls. I also used this in a hotel, while hooked into their wired connection. Again, it worked wonderfully. It's very small, has the protected WPS setup, and comes with a convenient carrying case. I would highly recommend this router to anyone who is traveling and wants wireless internet where it may not be available.

I got this router to replace an older D-link model I had. It works well, and worked straight out of the box, however the user interface is not as straight forward as the old one. Previously it was very easy to setup the router through the IP address, but now, maybe it's because there are more features, it seems very convoluted. I had a hard time finding some of the basic functions I wanted like access to the DMZ which is firewall tab, apparently under the tools option. I also have networked printers and a server, so I like to keep the IP address static for some of the connections. I figured out how to do this, but as I said it just wasn't as straight forward as before.My best advice would be that if you really want 8 hard wired ports like I did, this is a good chose of router, it works well and is cheaper than a lot of others. I have many non wireless connections in my house, and I don't want to set up extra access point boxes, so this makes sense. However if you don't need the extra ports, maybe try another router that would be more user friendly.

I ordered this before reading reviews.. then seeing it has problems installing on vista.. i have windows 7 and it didnt install automatically but if u go to dlink website and download the newest drivers they have for vista it works fine.. do not let windows 7 automatically install ..stop the auto install and it worked fine for me..not sure if it will work for u but it did for me..

d-link video and tech support promises of workmanship falls sooooo short its silly as this product will under best circumstances get you no further that your existing router even if you place it 50 feet away and serves no purpose at all.this is so hard to believe but feel free to call me at 845 790 3411 or bobjankovics@gmail.comalso, the customer services department just jerks you around until you go nuts......nobody will help you at all

Setting up this router is basically a breeze. The first thing you do is drop in the included CD and it walks you through each step. It's a hand holder. Step 1 remove the sticker covering the ports on the back, and then unplug this wire, and plug it in here etc. Each step of the instructions has individual screens for each of these baby steps; read one tiny step, click next, read the next etc. By the time you are done you are easily connected to the internet and the router wireless is working fine.Now that I have said that, I also have to add that I spent 2 days working with this router due to a couple of setup anomalies, ones that are unusual due to my networks configuration. You know when someone reads you a riddle, or gives you a mechanical puzzle and you spend hours on it, and finally they tell you, or you figure out the answer, and you say, "Oh, I knew that" or "Oh that's easy". You get the idea. Hopefully these tips may help someone save a lot of time.Dilemma 1: I run a server environment on my home network; Windows Server 03 R2 Standard with an active domain. When I installed the router I got instant internet access, but was no longer able to access the controller file server. On other machines in the network I was able to access the server files but not on the machine I put the CD in to install the router. Then I realized that DLink uses a different default IP address than the one that Linksys uses. The DLink default is 192.168.0.1 and the Linksys uses 192.168.1.1. Even though the TCP/IP properties were set to the server settings, I was still unable to access the server files. So I decided rather than reset all of the machines, including the server to the default IP of the DLink router, I changed the router IP address instead. This presented another challenge; in the router configuration, I changed the IP over to the Linksys default of 192.168.1.1, but in the next configuration box, when I set the range to 192.168.1.100 thru 192.168.1.199, it gave me an error message when I tried to save my settings. Finally after working on this for so long, I saw the instructions in the routers manual. Re-setting the IP address of the router was standard fare, so I figured, let me just try that alone. So I did, and I saved the settings. Then I rebooted the router, and noticed the IP range was automatically reset for me. Wah lah, the router still worked, and I had access through the new address to the router, and my server network was back up again.Looking back on this it all seems like, "Of course". The beginning of my journey was confusing because I have been setting up Linksys routers, wireless and hard wired for quite some time, without any of these problems, but more importantly, I set up the Netgear wireless router which shares the same default IP address as the DLink and never had to do any of this as well. So something in the DLink automated setup changes something that prohibits me from accessing the server files which is neutralized when you re-set the routers IP address back to one that is compatible with your server's, or any devices using a fixed IP address. Anyone who wants to chime in using the comments section is welcome. Share with me, share with others, your thoughts on the subject.Dilemma #2: Setting up the wireless devices, an individual laptop to connect to the router is relatively easy if you are adding an adapter such as the D-Link DWA-160 Xtreme N Duo Dual band Draft 802.11n USB Adapter I am highly reccomending it at this point after an A-B comparison with the Netgear Adapter using it with this DLink system. I was getting drop outs with the Netgear, and not such problem with the DLink. At first I didn't like the D-Link because I was getting a poor signal only 6 feet away, but from the other side of the room it is very good. So I figure the sender and receiver parked right next to 2 cordless phone sets was the problem. It is easy to install. They provide a disk with built in installation and an instruction manual. By the way I found that setting up that adapter the manual method went without a hitch. The auto-connect button did work for me with the Dlink adapter.The dilemma is not in using the DLink N adapter, but in setting up a laptop using the built in wireless function in Windows XP. The strength of the signal in another room, through walls was excellent but getting it to validate, by entering a security key was another challenge.The answer was finally found, and it seems easy in retrospect, because I realized that the older laptop had a built in adapter that did not support the newer WPA encryption, it only supported WEP. WPA2 is the advanced security encryption that is incorporated in this latest release router, and I do not want to downgrade the encryption scheme so that the one laptop can connect; buy an N adapter instead, and enjoy the benefit of the wireless N, as well as more advanced security. WEP is based on the MAC address of the device, which is information that is easily obtai

After I purchased this router I was able to resolve all the little issues I had.For example connecting several peripherals, like printers, usb, voip phone, etc. There is a usb port as well and you can network the usb (only one person can use it at the time).The wizard is easy and the setup is a breeze. There are couple of features I really like, the fact you can hide the network so it looks like it is not broadcasting but it is and the other is that you can set to network computer by their mac address. In few words, besides adding a password to connect to your network, you can choose to broadcast using your pc mac address as identifiers. So, if there is another computer connected to your network and the mac address is not listed, there is no connection. (double protection) and you need only a check-mark to activate this. Great feature.The router is also fast. Again, not one issue since purchased, used for the last 6/8 months. Good product, good range, good speed, easy to setup, 8 ports.

Only a day after I installed this device I had to fall back to the old router. Lord I'm annoyed, which is my way of dealing with frustration. The switch part failed, but that's little help.Part of the reason I'm so annoyed is that I put more effort into it than most users. Particularly, I subnetted (a lost art) the box and the tested it for each of the devices on my network. This is different from someone who takes it out of the box and plugs it in.

Easy to set up, have had zero problems with drops or range. Replaced a 5 port mediaLink... seems faster... would recommend.

The router is good and really easy to setup. But I have to admit that the wireless range is not good. With that said now have to look into a access piont.

I purchased this for our home. My husband tried for 4 days to get it to work, which it never did. VERY disappointed. Have returned this item for a full refund.

I live in a two floor condo., this device has range throughout my entire home. Smart phone has excellent signal, laptops, tablets, pc. and my sons ps3.

I've had one of these since the first pocket version was released and sold for over $200. I've used it for years and it's been something I've been really happy to have. Not only is it useful in hotel rooms where I've got devices that need wireless, it's been helpful at various consulting gigs and client sites. It's also been handy for use at home when other equipment failed.D-Link makes this router in a nice carrying case; it is easy to throw in an equipment bag or suitcase.This new N version offers a nice upgrade. It can be used as always as a wireless router (which can give you several wireless connections off one connection in a hotel room). It can be used as a wireless access point, and the new very handy upgrade is the ability to bridge from a wireless to a wired network. This means you can connect something like a game machine with no wireless to a wireless network. Or, in a hotel with wireless only, you can connect the wireless back to a hub. Or, if you have a 3G or 4G card you can use it to bridge your home network if your ISP goes down.This is one of my favorite and most used gadgets.

I had been using a linksys wireless G router for a years without any problems. Since I would rather have a wired connection than wireless for my game consoles and other bigger electronics, I was in the market for a router with more than the standard 4 ports. That's when I saw and purchased the 8 port d-link router. The setup was easy, and my wired connections were working within minutes. Lik everyone else,the problem was with the wireless signal. I experienced the same dropping signal and locking up as everyone else. Theres a website where you can use a custom firmware that supposedly fixes these issues, but I was already past my patience with this router. So, I went back to my trusty ole' linksys g-router, and haven't looked back. I'll figure out another way to get more wired connections in the future.save yourself some time and frustration, and skip this router...at least until they update the firmware.

I was brought up to say nothing if I had something bad to say, but it would be a dereliction of human decency to withhold my honest assessment of the D-Link DIR-632. This router is incapable of sustaining one laptop with an empty Google search page without dropping the signal. Forget about streaming video; that's practically impossible without having to incessantly reboot the router. I've been forced back to my ancient 4-port Linksys which I previously abandoned because of the increased number of devices on my home network.This router is the worst. Do not buy it. Times are too hard to waste money buying this atrocity.

I've had two of these, I bought one for my sister when she went to grad school, I loved a lot of the options I could do with setting up guest networks for when her classmates came over they could hop on that, and I had it setup with specific hours they could use it for.I ended up buying the same router for myself when I moved last year. Easy to configure, loved a lot of the options. Its simple for anybody to use and it met all my basic requirements for home use, I actually have several dual band routers at home and this is my primary one. However in the past month this router has started to act up, one day I came in and it had lost the ability to get onto the internet, so I quickly put my DSL modem over to one of my other routers, sure enough they worked fine. Oddly it looks like it doesn't like the PPPoE, I've reset the router several times now to defaults and reconfigured. Nothing works, the network is fine, but the internet for some reason stopped working. I will say that I use it for a lot of traffic, I have my laptop and my pc on it and most times I'm downloading games from Steam, so gigs of data is constantly passing through. Also I have all three modern consoles hooked and an apple tv (new one), iPad and iPhone hooked up, no drops ever.I tried to find out why all of a sudden the PPPoE has stopped working on it, but I basically have given up. I am a little weary of buying another d-link at the moment and looking for a replacemnt, as my other current router (Netgear) is a lot slower on wifi than this one.

I have been using a couple of these on several XP sp2 computers. Software loads from the D-Link website and runs the usb adapter perfectly. Turn on the computer and puts you on the internet immediately.You can't beat the price/performance, and doesn't take up a lot of valuable space. Signal strength is good from a few rooms away with a decent router. I really have nothing bad to say here. Buy one and simple move from one XP unit to another.Drivers will do Vista too.

The features on this router are about as good as they come without flashing a 3rd party firmware (like dd-wrt). Here is a quick list:* DHCP server with DHCP reservations (I was really excited about the reservations! I have had several routers that don't do this)* Virtual Server* Port Forwarding* Application Rules ("used to open single or multiple ports on your router when the router senses data sent to the Internet on a "trigger" port or port range")* QOS* MAC Address filter* Access control--block specific sites, allow or block sites based on schedules, source IP or MAC address, dest IP range and/or port range* Firewall --> Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) --> Anti-Spoof Checking --> DMZ host --> Various settings for NAT --> Application Level Gateway (ALG) configuration control for PPTP, IPSec, RTSP, and SIP --> WAN Ping Respond (yes/no) --> Set filters based on source/dest IP/port* Routing list configuration* IPv6 configuration* UPnP toggle (enable/disable)* Email settings* Wireless: All the standard stuff, plus --> Channel width --> broadcast strength (transmit power) --> TRS Threshold, Fragmentation Threshold, DTIM Interval --> WLAN Partition --> WWM Enable (helps control latency/jitter for multimedia) --> Short GI (toggle on/off)That is MOST of the settings you have access to. The interface is easy to navigate and the help is actually helpful... at least most of the time. I found the defaults to be good choices in almost all cases.The fact that it has 8 ports is very convenient and has enabled me to get rid of one of my switches. I haven't used the USB port for sharing yet, but it's a cool feature.The signal strength was about the same as my old Belkin router--which is to say it is just about right--with the router in the corner of my basement, I can get clear access anywhere in my house and in parts of my yard. This is with 802.11g. I haven't tried b or n.I have been using this for weeks and have had exactly 0 issues with it that would require power cycling it or similar.All in all, I am very happy with this router. I would certainly recommend it.

The dir825 product is very good once up and running, with good speed and coverage and seems pretty solid. It is effectively two wifi devices in one, one on 802.11a/n, one on 802.11b/g/n, so you can get all your laptops which do 11a onto the 5GHz band freeing up 2.4GHz for handheld devices.It is a little bit complex to configure to get the best out of it, but mainly all you need to do is set the WPA pass phrases on the wifi and the admin password for the router itself.One downside is that if you want to set static routes, you can only do so for the outbound/WAN interface, and not for the LAN. I encountered this in a small office where there was a VPN appliance on the LAN, and I needed to remotely admin the DIR825. Dlink said that if you want full control of static routes then you should buy the professional/corporate models. However, I discovered via a forum that it was possible to use firefox with the firebug extension and change the web page on the DIR825 so as to make the route's interface change to LAN.If it weren't for the routing issue, I'd give this five stars, as this is a good price for a simultaneous dual-band model.

Received a refurbished unit and the WiFi portion wasn't working. Checked the status using the web interface and said "Init Failed". I updated the firmware to the latest revision but no help. Great return service form Amazon though!

This is a great unit and lives up to the sales hype. My wife's computer was running on slow motion on the other side of the house using the standard FIOS router (junk). The D-Link solved the problem. Setting is up was another story. I am a person who hates to admit defeat but after several hours of trying to figure out the instructions I gave in and called D-Link customer support. They were great as well as patient and stayed with me until everything was working. Buy it for the features, keep it for the customer support.

I was excited to receive this router as I was in need of an upgrade from my old Linksys I'd been using. However excitement turned to frustration when I began to notice a few things occurring that have yet to be resolved. I began to receive numerous "Connection Reset" errors when browsing the web. A simple refresh usually brought the page back but it started to get annoying as it would occur quite often, most often on youtube. I tried adjusting numerous settings and nothing seemed to work. 2 different web browsers even. It happened on every computer I used on the network and I'd never had a problem until I started using the D-link. I didn't however have any connection loss in any online game I played or file I downloaded. There's a few other reports of this same issue and D-link doesn't really seem to care since not enough people are bothered by it. Which is why I factored that it could be my connection from my ISP overloading the router since according to Speedtest.net I am getting 20MBPS even though I only pay for 8MBPS so I think the line could have a lot of noise on it but like I said before I did not have any issues using my Linksys. Whether it's just the router or my Internet connection in conjunction with router, it still shouldn't act like this since I had no problems with the Linksys. Other than that issue it still seems like a nice router. 8 ports for multiple connections is more than any household could ask for. The USB connection in back is a nice idea but doesn't seem to be plug and play and requires some setup that I just didn't care to do so I never really went any further to see why it didn't work. For the price it's okay but needs some more work. There hasn't even been a firmware update since it was released a year ago, which is kind of irritating.

The router has some serious problems which causes to constantly disconnect the communication. Please do not buy this router. You will waste your time and be frustrated like I have been. I am writing this so the average customer review will go down to prevent more people from being victimized.

Nice piece of hardware to carry with you on the go! helped me a gazillion times get Wi-Fi for my iPad and iPhone in hotels where only wired was available.

I read the reviews about this unit dropping connection but found that it was the only reasonably priced 8 port router out there. The set up was easy and the unit worked significantly faster than my old but reliable Linksys. Start runing alot of vido across it from multiple computers using windows media and it dropped the internet and then the connections between the workstations. After resetting the unit it happed again and I thought I was in trouble. Then I noticed that the unit was getting hot on the bottom. So I proped it up on all four courners so that the vent holes would have better air flow and it has worked perfect ever since.My old Linksys had legs on it that were almost an inch but this unit only has 1/8 inch pads on the corners. Maybe the manufacture can learn from this.I really like the USB port on the unit that allows you to attach a printer or external hard drive. Great way for creating a central storage for back up or shared files.