djst's nest

Yes, David, WLAN sucks because you can't use it properly, or you have faulty kit.

I have had problems with Mozilla installing before. Do I then say Mozilla sucks? No.

Try returning it, and also check your signal strength. Something is obviously up if you are getting 1/10 of what you should have.

My signal strength is "Excellent". And I didn't say WLAN sucks, I said: "WLAN sucks. Or I suck." :)

D-Link totally sucks. I had one and returned it because it didn't work.

I now have a Linksys and it works flawlessly.

Trust me, it's D-Link's fault, it and their firmware sucks so hard.

I got a nice Linksys now, thank god.

I have had several experiences with D-Link over the past couple of years, and they have always been positive. I even run a DLink router at home - with no difficulty, WLAN or otherwise... But maybe my experiences are just different than others'.

It is entirely possible that your router is horked, however... A replacement model could never hurt :-)

you only get 27mbps on a 54mbps link because 802.11b/g is half duplex.

everyone who's anyone uses cables where they can, for reasons just like this.

I use a Linksys, without problems at all.

Anyone know where I can get a WLAN cable? ;-D

My experiences with DLink hardware have been almost unilaterally negative. Ditch it and go with Linksys instead, their stuff is much more reliable.

It's not you that sucks, it's D-Link. Worst networking products ever made.

Linksys, Netgear, Buffalo, even Microsoft make fine wireless hardware.

I have only D-Link here at the office. Not a single problem, speed is excellent.

Some hypes are nonsense, but a completly portable laptop throughout my unversity downloading with +/- 3MB/s using my Atheros card (built in a IBM Thinkpad) is bliss. So I'm sorry for your bad experience.

I've set up a few Linksys WLANs, and all of them have worked well for me. I haven't tried a D-Link WLAN, but I have a D-Link wired router here, and it's pretty mediocre. The D-Link firmware seems to have more features than Linksys, but I don't think it's as stable.

Somethings that you might wanna make sure off:

1)Get the DI624+ Rev C. It only has one antenna, but it's the only revision that actually works.

2)Make sure the Super-G Mode is turned off. It allows the router to be more stable.

I've had mine for a few months now, works great.

27Mbps is good for a typical 802.11g setup. I have no idea why the wireless slows done for wan vs lan use but I can only assume something is screwy with your setup or the wap. The fact that it gets good speed over local is odd. I suggest a full hard reset of the wap and then buying another brand if possible.
Your still somewhat luckier than I am though, I only get 2MB max over my free Verizon wap. 27Mbps would be a treat.

My D-Link DI-624+ Rev. C is less than ideal. Even with all the fancy features turned off it still crashes on a fairly regular basis. I've also had issues with it occasionally deciding to not connect from the LAN to the internet until I've manually power-cycled it.

I hear other wireless routers can be better, though.

I've had both Linksys and Netgear. I have several friends who went with D-Link.

The only one I can actually recommend is Netgear. Very powerful equipment. Good signal, good processing power (important if yours is also a firewall and there's a virus looking for open ports).

The linksys proved to be cheap POS. Unstable, slower, not great signal quality... you get exactly what you pay for.

D-Link has just proved all around to be good marketing. It's an average quality product. They just have great product placement in stores.