my personal opinion i wouldnt buy one of these and didnt, a friend of mine has it and i was trying to hook it up with no luck. I wasnt using the wireless part of it, just connecting through a LAN line cause the DSL modem only has one line.

This was hooked up at one point by someone else, but the wireless part never worked for the most part, except the computer that was right near it.

I get no status light where there should be one and it says if i dont see it isnt working right(obviously), anyone have this problem and is it correctable? I have one option to try, which i didnt, which was make sure the DSL modem was off before hooking up the wireless router, then turning on the DSL (this is what it informs me to do on the installation guide from D-Link.)

This shit isnt that complicated so i guess the router is shit, any help would be good.

yes i am trying to use it as a hub rather then a wireless, i am working with what i got and trying not to spend extra money

[Edited on September 8, 2005 at 9:07 AM. Reason : ]


oh and this was an intresting thing that happened, i tried to run jsut the LAN connection from the DSL modem to another computer, actually 2 and it didnt work, but it did work with the computer it is connected to...

[Edited on September 8, 2005 at 9:11 AM. Reason : blah, long and confusing]

9/8/2005 8:52:43 AM

BTTT

9/8/2005 10:06:03 AM

I've been using one for a year now with absolutely no problems. My wireless works outside my apartment. Sounds like you got a bad one. Have you tried updating the firmware?

9/8/2005 10:41:53 AM

HMM MIGHT TRY THAT, I THINK IT IS A BIT OLDER MODEL MAYBE 2 YEARS, IT IS THE DI-524

BUT I WOULD EXPECT THAT I WOULD STILL SEE A STATUS LIGHT ON THE ROUTER ITSELF AND JUST NOT A GOOD CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET VIA THE COMPUTER, BUT I WILL TRY THAT TOO

9/8/2005 11:24:11 AM

Unplug your DSL modem and wait about five seconds before restoring power. This will reset your IP address. Then try it out.

Of course, no status light may mean you have a paper weight. Good luck.

9/8/2005 11:41:27 AM

thats what it was, had to turn off teh modem, then hook up the wireless and turn the modem back, however the status light doesnt work, LED is prolly burnt out


weird that you have to turnthe modem off, thought they were suppose to be auto sensing?

9/8/2005 2:04:49 PM

I've got the DI-524 as well.

I'd def try to update the firmware.

9/8/2005 2:33:31 PM

yeah i will when i get a chance, it is up and running now, how many updates have you gone through? ... i highly doubt the people who owned it before even tried to update it

9/8/2005 2:52:45 PM