Dlink....yuck...
Jan 20, 2006 | 3:16 pm
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Dlink....yuck...
Today I made the mistake of purchasing another dlink product. This makes the second product in a month that simply doesn't work.
Last time it was their storage enclosure; no matter what I did, it wouldn't show up online. Today it was their DCS-2100+ network camera; wireless doesn't work at all.
I can understand a company having a low amount of DOA products, but this is just silly.
I'm never going to buy another dlink product again
Last time it was their storage enclosure; no matter what I did, it wouldn't show up online. Today it was their DCS-2100+ network camera; wireless doesn't work at all.
I can understand a company having a low amount of DOA products, but this is just silly.
I'm never going to buy another dlink product again
Jan 20, 2006 | 5:11 pm
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I said the same thing after going round and round with their miserable, POS, doorstop of a network media player the DSM-320. Six firmware updates and it still won't play video.
IHT.
IHT.
Jan 20, 2006 | 5:47 pm
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I have two DI-524 routers and a bunch of wireless cards; never a single problem.
I notice a lot of complaints about their newest products (eg MIMO routers) but once they update the firmware a couple times things improve. (alanw it seems in your case it needs seven
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I notice a lot of complaints about their newest products (eg MIMO routers) but once they update the firmware a couple times things improve. (alanw it seems in your case it needs seven
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Jan 20, 2006 | 8:19 pm
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Now get this; I got 2 nameless, brandless internet cameras this evening at the same store (2 for the same price as one dlink), and these things are IDENTICAL to the dlink (I opened the dlink up before returning it, to see if something had come loose). Probably the same Taiwanese OEM...
But the kicker is; these nameless things are 100 times better than the Dlink, their software is better and their manuals are better. Plus they work, and the dlink did not.
I am happy again, but will still never buy dlink again.
But the kicker is; these nameless things are 100 times better than the Dlink, their software is better and their manuals are better. Plus they work, and the dlink did not.
I am happy again, but will still never buy dlink again.
Jan 21, 2006 | 8:39 am
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Maybe D-link is shipping their broken crap to Fry's.
I haven't had a single problem with any of the D-Link gear I've purchased, but most of it is tried and true, been around a while wired gear.
I haven't had a single problem with any of the D-Link gear I've purchased, but most of it is tried and true, been around a while wired gear.
Jan 23, 2006 | 7:49 am
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Originally Posted by SoManyMiles-SoLittleTime
I bought a D-link G router a year ago. Never could get it to work.
Three months ago I got their travel router. Worked great right out of the box. Go figure.
Three months ago I got their travel router. Worked great right out of the box. Go figure.
Jan 23, 2006 | 7:53 am
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To me, it looks like D-link uses mainly cheap OEM stuff with their own software. And therin lies the problem; their coders suck. They have a "finder" application for most of their consumer products that is meant to search the lan for the device. This "finder" never works, but with the brandless version of the same product it works just fine.
Jan 24, 2006 | 9:08 pm
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They were cursing a D-link switch at the office yesterday/today. It was only a short-term quick-fix since the real switch was stolen. They had a pair of them and as of the last I knew the second one was sitting behind the server rack out of the circut because none of us could make it behave. The replacement was supposed to show up this afternoon so it's hopefully moot by now.
Jan 24, 2006 | 9:46 pm
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My two go-to brands when it comes to sticking something in that'll work *NOW* are Linksys and Netgear. Netgear has some decent low-end equipment. They make some clunkers too but their "upper end" equipment is done well. I think their Pro Safe access points rock... as our Cisco AP350s die off we're replacing 'em with Netgears. No problems whatsoever. They aren't as configurable but we never needed the advanced functionality anyway.