Hot D-Link DI-614+ Wireless Router for $14.86 AR at Office Depot is back!

[jrichrds]

Originally posted by: ckmoocow
Did anyone check out the $25 rebate I mentioned earlier? Here's the link. I believe you can still use this rebate along with the office depot rebate and coupon. If so, that makes this deal even hotter!

Yes, it's been mentioned many times in various threads about the DI-614+. Check the "Offer not valid at:" section on the rebate form. It's in bold type and underlined. Kind of hard to miss. Those retailers have their own rebate forms.

 

[ckmoocow]

Originally posted by: jrichrds

Originally posted by: ckmoocow
Did anyone check out the $25 rebate I mentioned earlier? Here's the link. I believe you can still use this rebate along with the office depot rebate and coupon. If so, that makes this deal even hotter!

Yes, it's been mentioned many times in various threads about the DI-614+. Check the "Offer not valid at:" section on the rebate form. It's in bold type and underlined. Kind of hard to miss. Those retailers have their own rebate forms.

OOPS...didn't see that... i guess i did miss it

 

[boggsie]

The link to the $20 rebate works fine, but the link to the $30 rebate opens a blank window for me. Did anyone else experience this?

 

[phrawd]

this is the crappiest piece of technology ive ever owned and im including used toothbrushes... good god. i can literally spit on the router from where i stand in the hallway with virtually no signal. ive upgraded the firmware, ive called tech support, ive played with the channels... we have no cordless phones except cell phones, no microwave and no a/c. the tech support guy even told me that at his house the router only gets like 15 feet thats why he switched back to wired. i am the most technically inclined person i know and i can't get this POS to work beyond 30ft AT ALL. ive tried with three o/s's (two windows one linux), 3 wireless cards (1 linksys cf, 1 intel inside a dell laptop, 1 enterasys pcmcia) and none can pick this thing up down a hallway. the wired switch works fine, no complaints there. and damn was it easy to setup. anyways save your cash and get something better.

 

[michal1980]

mine works fine... sure urs isn't just bad?

 

[ivol07]

Originally posted by: michal1980
mine works fine... sure urs isn't just bad?

I'm thinking he got a lemon. Mine also works fine.

 

[sk3tch]

but he is "the most technically inclined person".

 

[jrichrds]

There's plenty of technically inclined and uninclined people who have this router working very well. I'd say he got a bad unit as well.

 

[PinchyCM]

My AIM doens't wanna stay on for more than an hour at a time. Doesn't look like the connection's failing, but it's gotta do something with the router. Any ideas? This is wired, and wireless.

 

[boggsie]

Still NO $30 Rebate form via link ... anyone, anyone

Originally posted by: boggsie
The link to the $20 rebate works fine, but the link to the $30 rebate opens a blank window for me. Did anyone else experience this?

 

[LSUEskimo]

Originally posted by: saimike

Originally posted by: osiris3mc
So I couldn't have a desktop hooked up to the wired router and the laptop hooked up to the wireless router simultaneously? I would have to swtich it over every time???

i think u can do this:

modem -> wired router -> wireless router

or

modem -> wireless router -> wired router

u just need to switch dhcp off on the router downstream.

but why do that? just use:

modem -> wireless router

and that should take care of everything.

Not quite everything. There are too many walls in my old house to allow the signal to reliably reach where I want it in the front of the house.


Here's a PM posibility. IncompetentUSA has this router for 79.99-20.00 IR. If OD will PM, they have 50.00 in rebates.

59.99 PM at OD
50.00 MIR
--------------
9.99 +tax at their B&M [edit] after rebate

If they PM online and you can find a coupon, the savings just keep growing.

 

[LSUEskimo]

Originally posted by: boggsie
Still NO $30 Rebate form via link ... anyone, anyone

Originally posted by: boggsie
The link to the $20 rebate works fine, but the link to the $30 rebate opens a blank window for me. Did anyone else experience this?

Try here. This should bring up a page with all the D-Link rebates at OD. As I am sending this, the 1st rebate is a $30 rebate, but it is just for OD.

 

[Torghn]

Just to let everyone know, this deal is back again.

 

[WolverineGator]

Question: can this be used as an access point client on an existing wireless network? If so, how?

 

[RhythmAddict]

OK. so i just got in on this deal! Buttttttttt I need a D-link PCI card w/it...I want to use the 256bit encryption + hit 22 theoretical mbps. Any deals on the dlink wireless PCI card from any retailer? Thanks in advance.

 

[LSUEskimo]

Originally posted by: WolverineGator
Question: can this be used as an access point client on an existing wireless network? If so, how?

Yes it can. How? By calling their tsch support and letting them walk you trhough it. It's kind of a pain, but it can be done.

 

[LSUEskimo]

Originally posted by: RhythmAddict
OK. so i just got in on this deal! Buttttttttt I need a D-link PCI card w/it...I want to use the 256bit encryption + hit 22 theoretical mbps. Any deals on the dlink wireless PCI card from any retailer? Thanks in advance.

Yes....print out this page from compusa for the dwl-650+. Bring it in to office depot an price match their bwl-650+. office depot has a $20 MIR. (See posts above for rebate link, rebate center off of main page, or look here.

$39.99 price match
$20.00 MIR
------------------------
$19.99 final price

 

[RhythmAddict]

Yes....print out this page from compusa for the dwl-650+. Bring it in to office depot an price match their bwl-650+. office depot has a $20 MIR. (See posts above for rebate link, rebate center off of main page, or look here.

$39.99 price match
$20.00 MIR
------------------------
$19.99 final price[/quote]

I do appreciate your help, but that is a laptop card....I need a PCI card for a desktop system :-/

 

[LSUEskimo]

Originally posted by: RhythmAddict
Yes....print out this page from compusa for the dwl-650+. Bring it in to office depot an price match their bwl-650+. office depot has a $20 MIR. (See posts above for rebate link, rebate center off of main page, or look here.

$39.99 price match
$20.00 MIR
------------------------
$19.99 final price

I do appreciate your help, but that is a laptop card....I need a PCI card for a desktop system :-/[/quote]

Sorry, missed that. You could try to find a pci card that takes pcmia cards. No idea what they run. About $50 for a wireless pci card at compusa.

 

[Kipper]

For anybody looking for the $30 rebate - thanks to NazzyG at the Chubby Wallet, who is hosting a PDF of the rebate form.


rebate $30 D-Link Router

 

[k1DhYpe]

I was wondering if it were possible for me to use the same wireless network cards on two different d-link routers. And if its possible how difficult would it be to switch back and forth. THANKS.

DW

 

[Torghn]

Originally posted by: k1DhYpe
I was wondering if it were possible for me to use the same wireless network cards on two different d-link routers. And if its possible how difficult would it be to switch back and forth. THANKS.

DW

It's easy to do, the network card will detect both connection and you can choose between the two of them.

 

[WolverineGator]

Originally posted by: WolverineGator
Question: can this be used as an access point client on an existing wireless network? If so, how?

It cannot be done.

See thread here:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=36&threadid=1140761

 

[LSUEskimo]

Originally posted by: WolverineGator

Originally posted by: WolverineGator
Question: can this be used as an access point client on an existing wireless network? If so, how?

It cannot be done.

See thread here:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=36&threadid=1140761

According to D-Link, it can be. You have to plug the main computer into slot 1 and access the d-link router by going to http://192.168.0.1 where you make a few changes (Imay not remember them all). Two of them are to change the address of the router to something else other than http://192.168.0.1 and to turn off DHCP. Then hook up your network as before. To connect the wireless to the old router, use a crossover cable from the old router to port 1 of the wireless router. I was using a Microsoft router and the D-link 614+ as an access point, but I never got to fully test it. My laptop was down and I have since hooked up the 614+ as my main router. But I got the set-up instructions from d-link's technical support.

 

[mindless1]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this deal is "reinstated", yes?

The original linked rebates required purchase by 09/06/03, but these rebates seem to have been extended via new rebate forms:

New $30 Rebate for purchases between 9/14 - 9/20

New $20 Rebate for purchases between 9/14 - 9/20