D-link DI-514 Wireless Router

Pros: Easy setup. Many advanced options.
Cons: None at this time.

I purchased this wireless access point, firewall, router and four port switch from BestBuy after they had a $50 dollar rebate. I also was looking for a small footprint firewall to replace a Linux IPTables system I was using. I must say I am very ...

Pros: Small
Cons: Wireless does not turn off, but goes unencrypted instead

Caution: you may unknowingly be providing open access to your network, but new firmware from Dlink fixes this trouble. Supposedly you can turn off the wireless function and use only the 4 port router. When wireless should be disabled, it actually ...

Pros: Great Price, Easy Setup, Small Form for the desktop
Cons: Bulky AC adapter takes up more space on the power strip.

Overall This is a great wireless router to build your home wireless network around. It is great in price and easy to setup. How and where I bought this We recently moved to Montana from Nebraska, and in the move decided it ...

Pros: Connects all my direct connect computers to the Internet 90 % of the time.
Cons: Hit or miss Wi-Fi connection. Undependable internal clock.

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 ...

Pros: Inexpensive, mac address filtering, high speed ethernet, fairly strong signal strength.
Cons: Annoying disconnection issue about every hour, wireless connections are dropped. Sometimes a bit cranky.

Well, it's a bargain wireless and 10/100 ethernet (4 port) router. MAC address filtering and a powerful firewall (but the firewall requires some experience.) BUT, one significant issue: the wireless part seems to drop wifi connections every hour or so. ...

Pros: $29 price tag, simple and dependable, small footprint (size of a paperback book).
Cons: I have no cons - it does exactly what I expect for $29.

I purchased the Dlink DI-514 as an extra router for a second DSL account at home and I am very impressed. I have been a customer of D-Link for some time and also own their DI-624, and three wireless cards. The DI-514 confirms that I continue to like ...

Pros: After updating firmware this router has proven to be a full featured reliable router.
Cons: (Aug 2003)Didn't work well out of the box with my centrino tablet laptop!

Short story: Pros: After Updating to latest firmware this router has proven to be a full featured, highly reliable router. Well worth the 50 bucks I spent to purchase it!! Cons: Didn't work well out of the box with my centrino laptop! ...

Pros: di-514 is extremely affordable, works perfect and is highy customizable
Cons: none

I purchased the dlink di-514 to replace my dlink di-711, which I dropped while moving to a new house. I bought the di-514 from buy.com for $41.50 with free shipping and then there was a 20 mail in rebate. So I got the router for a total of 21.50, can't ...

Pros: Cheap
Cons: Flaky, problematic connection, overheats

I bought this router, probably for the same reason other bought this router, because it was fairly cheap and looked to have good features. As a caveat, I should say that, if one is a beginning user this router would be a good one to use. However for ...

Pros: Great features for the budget minded home user.
Cons: Do not use in a remote office type situation. Firmware make support difficult.

After rebate, this thing was $19. So I got what I paid for, plus more. The router has some nice features. I bought it for the wired hardware router. Later I added WIFI using an Airolink 4800 NIC. The initial loaded firmware was very buggy, as is ...

Pros: Ease of installation, and flawless performance.
Cons: Problem with weak signal strength

I purchased this type of router at Best-Buy because my wife and I have separate computers in different parts of the house. The set-up on this router was very easy, which surprised me as I'm a novice with this kind of thing. Hooking up the other end of it to my wife's computer, the slave, proved effortless, also. The only drawbacks were with their customer service--seemed a little unknowledgeable, and a bit unconcerned--and the signal strength which my wife received. That was not quite up to par, and was the reason for my call to customer service. However, I solved the problem of the weak signal strength by buying a 35' cable and hooking this up to my wife's computer via US Bus and an ethernet card. So far, the system works flawlessly.

Pros: Cheap, worked within 50 feet
Cons: Did not work at about 80 feet (from upstairs to downstairs). Poor quality driver software.

I bought the DI-514 at Best Buy 2 weeks ago, and installed it without much problem. We also got a DWL-G650 Extreme G notebook card, and the Dlink wireless-B card. At first all was well, but then my wife noticed that her Dell Win98SE laptop could not connect in the kitchen. I found my much newer Toshiba could, but was suffering from low power level. I tried giving her the Extreme-G card, but not only did it not help, but it prevented her PC from going into Standby mode when you close the lid. This is one example of poor software quality by Dlink. The second example is that back when originally doing the driver installation, something got stuck, and the Dlink Install/Uninstall program did not work. Their tech support told me to get Uninstall Plus (shareware) off the web, to fix it. Which it did, but geez!

I switched to a Linksys Wireless-G router, which has two antennas and have had no problems with low power level, or software quality, although the user interface is not perfectly obvious.

Pros: D-Link is compact and cheap. Customer service good on weekdays
Cons: Weak transmission.customer service was bad on weekends.

I purchased a D-Link 514 router from Best Buy about a month ago. I bought it because the price was right. Upstairs, I noticed the signal strength varied which wasnt of concern to me at first. After repeated signal loss and no improvement I was back to the store. Too bad I had invested so much time trying to get help in trying to fix the problem. (Being on hold for ten minutes at a time is no fun!) Well to make a long story short, I returned the D-Link 514 and got the linksys router. Guess what? Its been heaven! No "cant find page" messages. Yahoo. My advice: go the extra couple of bucks, it may be worth it.

Pros: Great Product, Good Quality, Good Dollar Value, Small Footprint.
Cons: Maybe D-link could use numbers instead of words to reflect signal strength.

If you are interested in a good quality wireless network at an economical price, then this is the router for you. It was easy to setup and the instructions were very clear and easy to follow. I just bought this router from buy.com for $44 (Free S&H)and will be receiving a $20 rebate from D-Link. The unit worked flawlessly and signal strength was either Excellent or Very Good at all times. So, if you are thinking about going wireless, this would be a great addition to your wireless network.

Pros: Cheap, relatively fast, PC and Mac compatible.
Cons: Sometimes can't open certain pages (not often), loses connection every so often.

Hooked into PC, but operate Mac off wireless and still configures even though the techs say it shouldn't be working on 10.3 It does disconnect from time to time or isn't able to properly open very few types of web sites, but all and all, it works well. The connection is very quick for 11mbps. Tech support does take a while by phone, but they are helpful. Never have problems with signal strength.