Customer Reviews

D-Link DWL-922 Wireless USB Network Router/Adapter Kit, 802.11g, 54Mbps, Includes DI-524 & DWL-G122

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I like this product. It comes with a 802.11g, 54Mbps router and a USB 1.0 adapter. So, everyone has high speed internet and a computer can have wireless internet using the D-Link DWL-922.
The performance is excellent. It did not slow down the connection speed. One tip for those who brought the DWL-922. Log on the web-site and find the appropriate installation precedure. DON'T trust the maunal from the box. Their web-site has more detail, step-by-step instruction. It can save you hours of works.

I upgraded my network from an all netgear 802.11 b to this. I have a wireless printer, a wired desktop, a laptop with an internal wireless nic, and my tivo uses the usb adapter. I went with D-Link strictly on price, and it was really an insignificant $5 - $10 difference too. I wish I had gone with the netgear kit.

A few comments on the router:
1) The netgear routers look better. The lights are a little softer on the netgear, not that this thing keeps me up at night or anything.
2) The web interface is much more intuitive and better designed on the netgear stuff than on this one.
3) The firewall feature limits the number of domains I can block at 10. I have many more to block (I block certain domains that malicious programs use to "phone home", and other more intrusive ad sites). I never ran into a limit with the netgear router.
4) The D-Link doesn't have the ability to limit the devices that are allowed to wirelessly connect. The netgear stuff allowed me to set up an access list, supplying the MAC addresses of the devices that I want connecting to it. This is one way of trying to keep unwanted guests off my network. I'm reasonably safe with the encryption and not broadcasting my SSID, but I'm still paranoid without this feature.

As far as the USB adapter, I plugged it into my Tivo, and tivo is happy with it. So I don't really have much to say about it. (incidentally, I don't think Tivo is actually any faster, which kinda defeats the whole reason I upgraded the network to begin with. Oh well!)

All in all, like I said, I wish I had gotten the netgear stuff. This works fine, and was easy enough to set up once I got used to the interface. It seems reliable enough too. I'm saying it's a bad product, but I think the netgear stuff is better.

Restart router every 15 minutes... I use SBC Yahoo DSL, I dont know if it's the reason (as some guy mentioned above)... no internet so I have to restart the router.

Wireless signal is sooo unstable. I use the USB wireless adapter included in the kit. Even though the router& adapter is 1 meter from each other, signal still weak, speed varies from 11 to 54mbps.

LOL... far to be as good as my current 2 year old Belkin wireless 54G router.
Bought this poor stuff just because want to give my mum one.

(PS. here we go... I pressed to send this review... but have to restart the router first... to re-connect to internet :((((

The router itself seems ok. BUT, when using the USB adapter, the signal is very very very weak. My computer is one room away, about 20 feet and the signal is almost non-existent. When I do connect, the signal often becomes lost and I have to restart the router. I'm not sure yet if it's because I have Yahoo DSL like someone else mentioned, or the USB adapter is just bad.

Everything works as it should. I have the router in my office and the USB in my daughter's room, 25 or so feet away. It works without a hitch.

Save yourself some time if this is your first wireless install. Once you've got everything installed and running right-click your wireless connection in system tray and deselect the option to let Windows manage your wireless connections. That will save you a call to tech support and substantial hold time.

This is a great entry-level system for simple wireless networking.

Item works as it should, but after using it for about 2 months I realized it would have been more effective to just buy a wired router and put a cable for each computer hooked up to it. It seemed like even with full signal the internet was going as slow as dial up. I still use the router but I ran a cable to my computers now.

works perfect.
D-link homepage provides downloadable progrma which can make you install router step by step. It was quite helpful for novice like me.

D-link had a good idea putting the router and adapter together in one package. Upgrade to the latest firmware when you get the router installed, it will make it run much smoother.

Could be better, but for the price, it's pretty good. I prefere netgear the signal is much stronger.

If you don't want to be too far way from the router, it's work fine.

I used it w/ Earthlink and it was fine, but when I used it with my SBC Yahoo! DSL (the cheapest plan) it won't even connect one line. Depends on the ISP or the braodband.