D-Link 614+ Wireless Router $47 AR

[andrey]

Originally posted by: ckportland
Okay, I need to clarify couple things.

- The router is rock solid and I get 22 mbps, I transfered 150 MB file in about 4 minutes.

I think you're just "a little off" in your math here. 150MB in 240 sec (4 mins) is only 0.625 MB per second. I somehow don't see how 22 mbps equals to 0.625 mbps. :=)

 

[FPSguy]

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Originally posted by: ckportland
Okay, I need to clarify couple things.

- The router is rock solid and I get 22 mbps, I transfered 150 MB file in about 4 minutes.
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I think you're just "a little off" in your math here. 150MB in 240 sec (4 mins) is only 0.625 MB per second. I somehow don't see how 22 mbps equals to 0.625 mbps. :=)

I think you are both off on your math, although maybe ckportland meant he gets a 22Mbps theoretical maximum wireless router, which in reality may never hit that number. 150 megabytes is 1200 megabits. Divide that by 240 seconds (4 minutes) and you get 5 Mbps (megabits per second).

 

[DoubleN]

Just wanna add my 2 cents as I own this router (black friday Best Buy deal).

From having read everyone's comments, and reading information from various websites, I think the problem with all the disconnects between the D-Link 614+ and wireless products has to do with the wireless card that you are using. My Sony Vaio laptop came with a built in MiniPCI Lucent Orinoco 802.11b wireless card, which is basically the standard for wireless networking, yet I have had a pretty difficult time getting the D-Link 614+ router to play with my wireless card nicely. I finally got WEP working properly after spending a good part of the day reconfiguring everything and upgrading all drivers and firmware, but I am still experiencing random disconnects from the Internet. I thought this was a WEP issue, yet it's still happening when I disable WEP, so I think there is a problem between my wireless card and the D-Link router. Someone at another forum said they had similar trouble and that they believed it was a slight incompatability as well. I have contacted D-Link and they are looking into the matter, but my guess is that this problem will not be resolved until another firmware update comes out for the router, or another driver for the Lucent Orinoco series wireless cards is released.

After rebates, I got the device for $49 + 0.0825 * 119, so I'm not complaining, but I would really appreciate anyone letting me know if they were able to solve this random droppouts issue using a D-Link 614+ wireless router and a Lucent Orinoco wireless card. At my university, we have wireless everywhere and I never have a single issue no matter what I do, so I know that painless wireless networking is possible, but so far I haven't been able to achieve it with my current combination of devices.

 

[Hook]

I also bought one of these during the Black Friday sale. I also got the D-Link 650 PCMCIA card to go with it. I had problems at first with what seemed like the router needing a reboot. It turned out to be the card losing signal sometimes (going to the card's utility I could reconnect after losing the connection).

After playing with it a few days I got everything working OK. It still wasn't what I was expecting though (range wasn't very far plus it seemed really slow). I was going to take it back to the store. I thought "if this is what wireless is, I'll wait until the technology works better..."

Anyway, I picked up one of the Microsoft wireless kits (in a different thread) and it was a totally different experience; the MS gear has great range even though it only has one antenna (D-Link has two). With the D-Link on the second floor, I would usually have no signal in the basement. With the MS router in the same place, I have a strong connection everywhere in the house.

The MS gear seems much faster too (even though the D-Link says it runs at up to 22).

So the D-Link items went back to the store and I'm liking the MS wireless a lot.

My recomendation is that you try a couple different brands to see what one gives you the best performance. Now is a good time to do it since stores are nicer about returns around Christmas time.