D-Link DIR-825 Xtreme N QoS 4-Port Gigabit Switch Simultaneous Dual Band Draft 802.11n Router (White) | 
 enlarge | Brand: D-Link
Category: CE
List Price: $266.08
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 871
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 9.7 x 3.3
nv:Device Type: Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
Interface: USB
Form Factor: Desktop
Management: Web Based
WAN Port(s): 1
Print Server Port: USB
Antenna Type: 2 External Reverse SMA Dualband Antennas
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: DIR-825
Model: DIR-825
UPC: 790069318122
EAN: 0790069318122
ASIN: B001F7HLRC
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Intelligent QoS technology prioritizes Internet traffic as well as wired and wireless network traffic | | • | Xtreme N technology allows for farther home coverage | | • | Secure your wireless network using advanced WPA or WPA2 encryption | | • | Supports Good Neighbor Policy--will not interfere with other wireless networks | | • | Backward compatible with 802.11g and 802.11a devices including game consoles and digital media players |
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Product Description
Delivering best-in-class performance, network security, and coverage, the Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Router (DIR-825) is the ideal centerpiece for your wireless network in the home or office. This router has the intelligence to prioritize all the different kinds of traffic for uninterrupted performance. With the D-Link Intelligent QoS Prioritization Technology, wired and wireless traffic are analyzed and separated into multiple data streams. The dual band technology in the DIR-825 supports 2.4GHz & 5GHz wireless signals at the same time. This allows you to check e-mail and browse the Internet using the 2.4GHz band while simultaneously streaming High-Definition (HD) movies and other media on the 5GHz band. The DIR-825 is designed for users looking to get a true HD wireless connection that can handle multiple HD video streams throughout the house, while being backward compatible with existing 802.11g and 802.11a products. Use the power of HD Fuel to play your movies and games with superior technology over competing routers. With SharePort technology you can connect a USB printer or storage device to your router and allow users to access them from anywhere on the network. Conveniently turn your existing USB printers and storage devices into network devices for everyone to share. Advanced Firewall Features - Network Address Translation (NAT), Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), and VPN Pass-through / Multi-sessions PPTP / L2TP / IPSec Security - WPA & WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access) and Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) - PIN & PBC 4 Gigabit LAN Ports, 1 Gigabit WAN Port, and 1 USB Port for Windows Connect Now Interface System Requirements - Windows Vista, XP SP2 or Mac OS X (v10.4), Internet Explorer v6 or Mozilla Firefox v1.5, CD-ROM Drive and Network Interface Card Dimensions - Width 4.6 x Depth 7.6 x Height 1.2 Weight - 0.7 pounds
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 Has everything November 20, 2008
Matthieu Hausig (Brooklyn, NY)
Dual band and gigabit all in one makes this an ideal router. Setup was easy, the wireless connection was good and the obnoxious lights are at a minimum. All of this comes at a premium but these features are important and the combination of gigabit and wireless-N is long overdue.
It works! (that's all I wanted) November 20, 2008
Barton Creek (Nashville, TN USA)
I threw away a brand new Link-sys product, just because the set-up was a disaster.
This D-link was up and running in just a few minutes. In a couple of hours, I had three laptops, a networked printer and my TIVO all humming.
I had previously installed Cisco's Network Magic program on my PC's and that may have helped a bit, too.
As an obvious "non-techie" I highly recommend the product.
Workin' Well November 19, 2008
EMTP EJ (Washington, DC USA)
The install went fine, be sure to read the manual and instructions first, before you try to set this up behind another router, as I did, including following the instructions from the manufacturer of your main router. You may need to re-boot it at least once.
I really don't have much to add over what has already been presented by the prior reviewers. I have not had any wired or wireless security issues.
This is the first D-Link router I have had, and it seems to be just as good as the Linksys and Netgear wireless routers I have had. I am pleased with the range and performance of this device so far. A feature I have yet to explore is the USB port device setup -- I plan to connect a laser printer at some point to be shared by the PCs on my home network.
DLink 825 Router November 16, 2008
Diane L. Clementson (Lake Wales, FL)
This router works as advertised with the exception of extended range. N-draft seems to be the same as standard G routers.
There is not enough information about the USB Share Port feature. I would like to know if the USB Share port will accept other devices or are printers and hard drives the only option. For example, I have a USB driven internet, large outside antenna, that I would like to plug into the router USB port to pickup up our park provided internet service.
Impressive! November 13, 2008
Vlad G (Boston, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well, I should congratulate D-Link. It seems they have a group of talented people who have brainstormed to get list of router features user may want.
*Installation*
Of course, as many products in this area this one is not totally "plug'n'play", though D-Link has demonstrated great progress toward this direction.
Just for review I stopped being geeky and decided to follow supplied D-link wizard to replace my old Linksys router. To my amazement it worked.
Well, the wizard refused to start on multihome system (that is when you have many network cards or virtual machine adapter or... hopefully this is not your situation) and then it hang trying to detect newly plugged router, but after reboot it managed to pickup installation process and in the end I got router in working condition along with WiFi network security properly set. All members of the gang of my WiFi devices - T-mobile cell phone (802.11b), Wii (802.11g), two laptops (802.11a,n,g) and IPod connected successfully on their preferred networks... Wire connection for desktop and NAS storage drive was never a problem too.
It also was fast finding my ISP. Not bad at all!
*Features*
This is where this router shines:
- two separate WiFi networks: 2.4 GHz 802.11 b-g-n and 5GHz 802.11 a-n
- WiFi guest network support (so your friend with laptop cannot see your locally shared My Pictures folder when connecting to your home WiFi)
- excellent web interface: clean, powerful and fast; wizards for easy setup of ISP, wired and wireless networks; lot of "manual controls"
- ability to (almost) share USB device (including hard drive) between network computers
- dynamic IP providers support (like DynDNS)
- secure connection (one, I would guess - and it works)
- quotes and schedules (so you kid machine goes off internet at 9pm)
and many other standard features, like firewall and Upnp, port forwarding, DMZ, etc
*Problems and drawbacks*
- N-network is disappointment, I can always get strong 54Mbit/s for G, but N signal is weak and I always get mediocre 24-36 Mbit/s; may be this is just interference with my 5GHz phone?
- I had dropped connections problems with my old Dell D620 laptop; driver upgrade helped, but not 100%; it looks like when router sees b,n,a and g devices all together some bug manifests itself and WiFi signal may physically disappear from air for several seconds...
- Only one network computer can control shared USB device at a time, special utility must be installed for that and this utility UI is not beauty context winner
*Conclusion*
Way to go D-Link!
Yes, new product, some bugs and quirks are inevitable (and I still want, my 150 MBit/s per stream for 802.11n) but general impression is very positive.
I hope after another firmware upgrade I can firmly put the fifth star to the product rating.
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