Don't keep time by the di-514 router
Written: Jan 24 '04 (Updated Jan 24 '04)
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Pros: Connects all my direct connect computers to the Internet 90
% of the time.
Cons: Hit or miss Wi-Fi connection. Undependable internal clock.
The Bottom Line: I would not recommend it for Wi-Fi use or timed use like limiting Internet use. Terrible internal clock.
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| jimb2b's Full Review: D-link DI-514 Wireless Router |
Got my DI-514 at Best Buy on the day after Thanksgiving, 2003. I wanted it for my Wi-Fi PDA. When I hooked it up in the basement, all the direct connect computers worked fine. My Wi-Fi PDA was another story. At times it would have a great signal and at others times it would have none at all. This was all from the same place, about 20 feet away on the main floor. Not very good range I would say. 2nd, I wanted to use it to limit my children's Internet time. I would set up the filters to limit access the only problem would be the router would gain time. It would be ahead 40 minutes just 1/2 day later after I set it! Called Dlink and they said it was a bug and it MIGHT be fixed in the next firmware release. They gave me an NTP server to put in but it would do no better and that server setting would go away if you lost power. All the other settings stayed. What did it matter if NTP setting was there or not, it didn't fix the time problem. 3rd, it connects all my systems to the Internet but occasionally I would have to turn it off and the cable modem to reset the connection. Then it would work again. This is the only Wi-Fi router I have owned so I don't know if some of the problems I have noted are common or not.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 20
Driver Availability: Don't Know
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