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D-Link Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Router |
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Publisher: D-Link
Type: Electronics
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The D-Link Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Router (DIR-825) is the latest addition to the award-winning Xtreme N product family. The dual band technology in the DIR-825 supports 2.4GHz & 5GHz wireless signals at the same time. This allows you to check e-mail and browse the Internet using the 2.4GHz band while simultaneously streaming High-Definition (HD) movies and other media on the 5GHz band. The DIR-825 is designed for users looking to get a true HD wireless connection that can handle multiple HD video streams throughout the house, while being backward compatible with existing 802.11g and 802.11a products.
Average Rating: 
Review: 2009-11-01
Don't Buy This Router
I purchased the D-Link DIR 825 router based on the Editor's Choice from PC Magazine. My experience did not match theirs. Regularly every 20 minutes, the D-Link router would drop the internet connection. The only way to regain the connection was to reboot the PC. I tried calling D-Link about this, but after 1 hour on hold I gave up. Since I am very busy running my own business, I could not find time to install the router until 2 days after Amazon.com's return policy had expired, so of course they refused to take it back. I am stuck with it, but I will not use it.
Review: 2009-10-29
Lots of aggrevation
I had problems from the start. Would drop connection even on the wired ports. When it worked it was fast, but it would not stay connected to the internet. Come back later and it was connected. 7 calls to tech support. Made all kind of setting changes. One tech told to disable my firewall. Total fustration for me. Finally returned it and got a Linksys Dual Band WRT400N. Hasn't missed a lick.
Review: 2009-10-24
Could Not Connect to Internet - Had to Return
Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Router has been my trusted and reliable router for 8 years. But then I every time I would transfer a TiVo recording to my computer and sometimes after watching Netflix movie, the router would lose Internet connection, and I had to power cycle the cable modem and the router. Specs on D-Link Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Router looked great, I figured I could use 2.4 GHz network for streaming movies, because TiVo wireless adapter is 802.11g and 5 GHz for regular Internet & network use.
But I could not get D-Link DIR-825 to connect to the Internet through Toshiba cable modem (Charter Cable). Returning stuff is such a hassle that I repeatedly called D-link support, worked with three tech support reps, and they could not get it to work. Finally the tech support lady told me to return it. Regular network, on each band worked, but the router could not connect to the Internet. It was easy to get hold of D-Link tech support without much hold time and they were courteous and tried to be helpful.
Smallnetbuilder web site has great reviews of networking equipment and they got best performance from Netgear Rangemax WNDR3700 Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router (Black) and I returned D-Link DIR 825 and got that. It connected to modem in a snap. D-Link DIR 825 is rated even lower than Linksys by Cisco WRT400N Dual-Band Wireless-N Router. Of course, dual band 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz is useful only with 2 radios (simultaneous). Interference from other devices like microwave, cordless phones and intercoms is more on 2.4 GHz channel and this band has only 3 non overlapping channels - 1,6, & 11; 5 GHz signal is reduced more when passing through walls etc. but it has more non overlapping channels, so less interference from other networks. G and single band N radios work only on 2.4 GHz. So you can connect G devices on 2.4 GHz and N devices on 5 GHz.
Review: 2009-10-23
It works as advertised
The only thing I did not like is that it won't let you assign the LAN and WAN to the same subnet, so you have to build some routing in somewhere if you need packets flowing between subnets.
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Amazon List Price: $185.90
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