D-Link DI-724GU gigabit router

[ToasterMax]

I am in the market for a gigabit wireless router with a print server. In my search , i came upon the D-Link DI-724GU. It seems to meet all my needs but their is no information on the actual performance of the product. Has anyone used this device or even seen it?

[ToasterMax]

ANYONE? I guess that noone has heard about this router. It seems to be quite a loaded router, it has gigabit lan ports, a print server, a g-level wireless speed rating. Sounds pretty good.

[nitroshift]

With so many routers around, chances are that no-one here stumbled across that particular one. If it suits your needs, then I recommend you buy it. Surely the store will give you a 30-day money back guarantee...

[bonestonne]

haven't heard of it, and im almost 100% disgusted with D Link. i have a DI-614+ running my wireless and wired at 11.0Mb/s wireless, 100Mb/s wireless.

the DI-624 that i have supports 100Mb/s wired, 54.0Mb/s wireless for about 2 minutes. then i loose wireless...its a defective router, theres no way to fix it.

[CoffeeFiend]

Can't say I'm too happy about DLink routers either, but then again, I've tried 'em all (linksys, netgear, etc) and they've all sucked badly, overheated ridiculously within the first 2 weeks and then started having major problems. I've given up on routers altogether. Yes, there is some quality hardware out there, but it costs hundreds. So I use a PC as NAT/firewall - a FAR better option IMO.

But either ways, I don't see why you want this. You're going for a hybrid that has superfast wired between your PCs (no idea if your PCs even have GB ethernet and right cabling), yet you pick a product that also has wireless (painfully slow for anything but web browsing).

If anything, I'd get a decent gigabit ethernet switch for not a whole lot more $ (and an access point if you really need wireless). Quite honestly, the switches in most routers suck really REALLY badly. On over a dozen different model of routers I've tested, transferring a few GB at plain old 100mbit was enough to overheat the switch chip enough that it would drop right off the network, come back, try again and drop off a few seconds after, etc. Absolute crap. They're NOT built for large/sustained loads/transfers. Consumer grade trash. I have yet to have any touble with a real standalone switch.

D-Link was known for abusing a certain tier 1 NTP server too (I wouldn't want to give my money to a company that does such a thing), but they settled that lately.

[ToasterMax]

crahak,

All of my desktops have gigabit ethernet cards and i have cat6 cables. I was hoping to install a wireless pci card on one or two of my pcs so that i can place them anywhere in the house and still get access to the net and the NAS that i plan on installing. I did not want to run ethernet all over the house and in some areas its really not possible to hide the cables at all. What standalone switch do you recommend? i would prefer one that can do jumbo frames if possible. thanks for your help.