D-Link 4-Port RangeBooster Wireless-N Router

by D-Link

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000GG5LUW
• Item model number: DIR-625
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (162 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 17, 2006

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

From the Manufacturer

What This Product Does
Create a wireless network to share high-speed Internet access with computers, game consoles, or media players from greater distances in your home or office.

RangeBooster N Router Benefits

• Delivers up to 12x faster speeds and 4x farther range than 802.11g
• Award-winning QoS Engine prioritizes Internet traffic to enable enhanced gaming and phone calling (VoIP) experience
• Dual Active Firewalls (SPI & NAT) help protect your network from Internet threats such as hackers, viruses, identity thieves, and SPAM
• Easy to install and use with the included Quick Router Setup Wizard

Additional Benefits

Exceptional Performance
The D-Link RangeBooster N Router (DIR-625) is a draft 802.11n compliant device that delivers up to 12x faster speeds and 4x farther range than an 802.11g wireless network while staying backward compatible with 802.11g devices. Connect the RangeBooster N Router to a cable or DSL modem and provide high-speed Internet access to multiple computers, game consoles, and media players. Create a secure wireless network to share photos, files, music, printers, and more, from greater distances throughout your entire home or office. With D-Link’s award-winning QoS engine that prioritizes time-sensitive online traffic, this router enables smooth Internet phone calls (VoIP) and responsive gaming.

Superb Wireless Coverage
Powered by RangeBooster N technology, this router provides superb wireless coverage for your home or office. Use it with a RangeBooster N adapter (DWA-142, DWA-542, DWA-642) and enable smooth Internet phone calls (VoIP), responsive network gaming, secure Web surfing, faster file transfers, enhanced audio streaming, and greater wireless coverage in larger homes and offices. The D-Link RangeBooster N Router also features a Good Neighbor Policy that allows it to coexist and not interfere with existing 802.11g and 802.11b networks.

Advanced Network Security
The RangeBooster N Router supports the latest wireless security features to help prevent unauthorized access, be it from over a wireless network or from the Internet. Support for WPA and WPA2 standards ensure that you will be able to use the best possible encryption, regardless of your client devices. The DIR-625 also supports our new SECURESPOT 2.0 network security platform that provides comprehensive, managed security for all the networked devices in your home. In addition, this RangeBooster N Router utilizes dual active firewalls (SPI and NAT) to help prevent potential attacks from across the Internet. Delivering unmatched wireless performance, network security, and coverage, the RangeBooster N Router (DIR-625) is ideal for networking in larger homes and offices.

The DIR-625 now supports D-Link's new SECURESPOT 2.0 network security platform that provides comprehensive, managed security for all the networked devices in your home. SECURESPOT 2.0 is total network security for multiple computers in your home. With the unique Web-based console you can monitor, install, and control how your network is protected from a single location while the router still utilizes dual active firewalls (SPI and NAT) to prevent potential attacks from across the internet.

SECURESPOT Features:

• Firewall Protection
• Parental Controls
• Parental Reporting and Alerts
• Identity Protection
• Pop-up Blocker
• Virus/Spyware Protection – Powered by McAfee
• Spam Control
• Access Control
• Remote Management Console

Product Description

RangeBooster N Wireless Router

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

101 of 110 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible range and strength, July 11, 2006

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G. Spear (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: D-Link 4-Port RangeBooster Wireless-N Router (Personal Computers)

I've had this product for about a month. I did a lot of research, reading up on the technology and the reviews before I bought this router, and it won by default, because I wanted the new, longer-range 802.11n (draft) technology and all the reviews on existing products with "n (draft)" were just terrible, but this product was too new to have any reviews!

OK, not great reasoning on my part, but the other piece of my thinking was that maybe the latest to market had more time to correct the bugs of the other products...

Score! D-Link got it right with this baby.
It did take a while to get it set up, but I've found that's true of most wireless routers. Read the documentation carefully, follow the directions carefully, and then call tech support when it doesn't work!

But the D-Link support was helpful and got me through the problems. Oddly, it didn't seem to work consistently for the first day after setup and then it somehow just settled down, like it decided it liked this place or something. (It may also have been that I was actually too close to the router. It doesn't work well within about 6 feet.) After that first day, I haven't had one time-out, no need to re-boot, and no oddly lowered signal strength like I've experienced on other routers. I took my laptop outside and went for a walk with it and I live in the middle of the block and was able to get acceptable signal on either corner, half a block away! Across the street was a breeze.

Location matters. The manual says to pay attention to physical barriers and place the router so that the signal goes through them on the way to a receiver at close to a 90 degree angle, because a smaller angle means the signal has to travel through a lot more solid material. I also think setting it up on end in the stand that is included helped a little. Do try several different locations. I should also note that I bought this with a D-Link cable modem Model DCM-202 and they seem to work well together. I have NOT bought an "n" adapter card for my laptop, so all this great reception is with a "g" class adapter. Using an N-draft adapter should improve signal even more.

Note: don't be fooled by earlier "n compatible" routers. They aren't. If they don't say "n (draft)" then they WON'T be compatible with the final N standard, due out late this year or next year. Draft N routers should be compatible, but there are no guarantees.

I bought this to get the extra range and signal strength, and I'm glad I did, but don't get too excited about the extra speed, because your "high-speed" broadband provider is a bottleneck, unless you have fiber-optic to the door! The draft n standard is good for over 100 mbps, but I have the fastest Comcast cable service available and it's 8 mbps! The only thing the extra speed of the router is good for is transfering data over your own internal network. If you have to swap huge video files and the like between computers on your own home network, then you'll appreciate the extra speed, but you won't notice anything on the Internet.

43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A quality piece of equipment, February 13, 2008

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Koby (AZ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: D-Link 4-Port RangeBooster Wireless-N Router (Personal Computers)

It's pretty difficult to make a wireless network router simple to configure and operate for a non- (or anti-) technical person. As long as you go into a purchase of a router with this in mind, you'll probably be okay.

Personally my technical knowledge of network and computer operations is pretty high, so my experience with this product may be different than most. I have to say that I love this router. In the world of routers, this isn't a "top of the line" product (see the D-Link DIR-655 Extreme N Wireless Router for that) but it's just one click down from that. I can't really justify spending the additional $30-$50 for a few more esoteric options.

This router does wireless N and G very well. You will likely have to do some tweaking and pre-planning on your client side if you want to get wireless N to work. My wireless connections are always strong (I probably venture about 30-70 feet away from the base station) even through walls. I even have one wired connection on the router. I've never experienced a drop in the wireless signal or any sort of random reboot of the router.

One of the most important things you'll need to do, however, is to update the router's firmware as soon as you get it. Then create an administrator password to access the router's configuration. Then carefully take the time to set up wireless security of WPA or WPA2 strength. Unfortunately nowadays there are many free "hacking tools" available on the internet that can crack WEP security - it's just too weak regardless of the length of your password.

Some great features of this router: there is a built-in firmware update tool in the web-configuration that lets you click a button and check for the latest firmware. It also has a "WPA/WPA2" security setting that will force clients that support WPA2 to connect via WPA2, or if the client doesn't support WPA2, it will connect via WPA (if the client supports neither then the connection is refused). This keeps things a little more compatible, but still secure. The web-configuration also includes a setup wizard that will walk you through setting up all the security settings on the router, including the admin password and WPA/WPA2 access security.

I feel that this is a solid and secure router and highly recommend it.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Wireless N router!!! Easy to install and connect to., April 1, 2007

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J. Buslon "Tennis Lover" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: D-Link 4-Port RangeBooster Wireless-N Router (Personal Computers)

I've used a Linksys and Netgear Wireless routers and the D-Link DIR-625 has been by far the best to install and connect to. I've connected all of my devices (Xbox 360, HP 2700 printer, and my work laptop) wireless without a hitch. I'm using Time Warner Roadrunner cable service. The Network Magic software was easy to use. I get full connection bars with my xbox 360 and my family room downstairs used to be a dead spot but with the DLink wireless router I get an EXCELLENT connection!