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    Router death to resurrection of my network in about an HOUR! D Link 108G MIMO Router

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by titaniummd, May 7, 2006.

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    My Linksys router of 3.5 years just died. I ran off to buy a replacement 10" after discovering its untimely death.

    I walked into CompUSA and saw a whole isle of routers. I almost bought the same Linksys adapter and remembered how much of a pain it was to set up. Then again, I was new to it all.

    I opted for the D Link Wireless 108G MIMO Router. Why? I don't know. The pretty packaging? The weight and feel of the box? The $30 rebate that I have to mail off? Who knows and who cares. I was drawn to the words in red and white "Get Connected in Minutes" comment on the box. I recalled it took me 45" with the Linksys and a couple of calls to Technical support at 11 PM 3.5 years ago. I thought of Netgear but it wasn't on rebate and I wasn't a fan of buying something to see it on sale 21 days later for $50 less.

    It boiled down to rebates and what was on sale. I had an old D link Network card in the past and it served me well.

    I take the router out of the box; there is a CD saying run first, a plug and a blue network cable. I put the disk in and every step of the way, I get instructed to set up the hardware. It took about 10". Now, I am back online. Whew! what a crazy 60". From the time of the death of my router to being back online a less than an hour later. Thanks D Link. That was the least painful installation of my life. It took me longer to drive there than to set it up (drive = 12 ").

    We'll see how this performs while I test it out before the 21 day return period expires. I gotta mail off that rebate paperwork too before I forget.

    Thanks for listening
     
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    Update: I checked the signal around the house and I am getting Excellent signal everywhere. This is in contradistinction to the Linksys WRT54G with the large antennae (? 11 DBI).

    I will update whether my Tungsten C gets better signal. It is more sensitive to low signal networks (I was able to surf in my parking lot until 6 of the neighbors got WIFI). There were definite dead spots with the old Linksys using that down (everything out of the line of site of the stairways had patchy coverage).
     
    titaniummd, May 8, 2006
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