Part "2" On Sunday 01 October 2006 01:05, Harondel J. Sibble Inscribed Thus: > 4) Units that die and go into reboot mode over and over, I've seen > several of
Yes I have seen this ! I belive its an overheat problem ! Unit that do this always seem to get very hot ! > the DI-524 and 624 units do this, the unit will reboot, reload, > internet access will come up and a minute or 2 later it will do this > again and again. I've seen this happen with all hardware and firmware > revisions. A couple of the replacement units from Dlink have done the > same thing. Touch wood ! I have had very few problems. In all cases the distributer has simply replaced bad units ! So apart from crap tech support, not really dealt directly ! > 5) Wireless Incompatibility, this has happened so often now that I > can usually know with 70-90% accurracy whether a client has a dlink > router when they call up to complain about wireless no longer working > after working perfectly for months at a time, typically with the ZCS > stuck showing "acquiring ip address". Sometimes a firmware update > fixes the problem, other times not. Sometimes this problem happens > in conjunction with one or more of the previously listed problems. ?? > 6) In conjuntion with the DIR-625, client also got a DWA-542 wifi nic > for his desktop > > http://www.dlink.ca/products/?pid=502&sec=1 > > The DIR-625 was set at the default of mixed n, g, b mode, in this > setup, using ZCS on XPPro, the XP wifi utility would get stuck on > "acquiring ip address", at the same time, both other wireless > machines on the lan (both in G mode) would have their connection > dropped from the router or slowed down to a crawl, around the speed > of a 14.4 modem. The only resolution was to set the desktop to use > the Dlink wifi utility instead of XP's. I also set the router to G > mode only, not sure if that also had an impact on this or not, now > there are no wireless connectivity issues. Again not to much experience with this, I have always used the Dlink Wireless utility ! So very few of my clients use Wins. Those that do, are mostly laptops with built-in wirless ! > I am sure I could come up with several other beefs agains Dlink if I > sat down and thought hard enough. Generally speaking their stuff is > PURE JUNK IMO, with the exception of what I started this thread with. > Note my comments are based on seeing and working with over 100 Dlink > routers of one kind or another, plus an equal number of other devices > like nics, etc. > > > But it always seems that when you are tight for time and need tech > > support you end up talking to a monkey ! > > Yes indeed. > > > Looks like a nice product, not seen one of those over here yet ! > > I think it's a new product that only recently came out. -- Best Regards: Derrick. Pontefract Linux Users Group. plug at play-net.co.uk -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
