Pros & Cons
Cons
This router is plain and simple, unreliable. Now it's actually unusable and i only had this thing for 7 months. All standard, silly instructions.
Lags and needs rebooted often then takes up to 5 minutes for wifi to come back on. Boot and re-boot times for the device are so slow that i think it must be running a processor from the very first apple ipod inside of it.
It has a good range and delivers a good speed, but that's about it. Signal is not that strong either, would lose signal in my room upstairs. I normally like to use the internal lan to connect to different devices but it seems the the device have inter... Read More
Linksys ea4500 randomly started rebooting after 9 years of use. Some online investigation seems to indicate that these models might suffer from overheating, but the unit never felt hot at any given time.
As someone who uses and swears by d-link's powerline adapters, i am extremely disappointed in this product. This router does not work any better than the refurbished one we had which is also a dlink brand. Dlink tech support has no clue (and aren't ve... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Very quick easy to install definitely love the range signal quality i was receiving through thick concrete
Right now i couldnt be happier with the d link smart router
Price
It was a good price and works great
Packaging/appearance
Works fine howeveri paid for a new device and this one is so obviously used not only is it dusty and ce unwrapped with some of ... Read More
Competitiveness
I stick with dlink products when it comes to router and ethernet products
I talked to a dlink representative and he told me that this feature is no longer available
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I purchased a much more expensive model that was supposed to offer commercial grade features and wifi signal strength and i could not program it whatsoever
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My computer tech guy could not even get into it to program it either
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Works fine howeveri paid for a new device and this one is so obviously used not only is it dusty and ce unwrapped with some of the original packaging missing but it had someone elses name for it and password
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I think i deserve some relief in the form of
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Tried to use for my office in a special networking environment but it was missing a couple of features for what dlink used to be good with
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For example the creation of a static route within the local network was not possible only towards the wan which made it for my application useless
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The firmware user interface is targeted for network novices which is good for the common user but bad for those who want to get more out of it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Also it does not have a mac filter for enhanced security