D-Link DGL-4300 Wireless 108G Gaming Router reviewed
TomsNetworking has scored a review of D-Link's new-ish DGL-4300 Gaming Router and gives it mostly high grades. The router has two main features D-Link hopes will justify its higher than average price: upstream QoS (or as D-Link calls it, GameFuel) and gigabit Ethernet. It does seem to deliver on what it promises, but you'll have to decide for youself if it's worth almost twice the cost of a plain old router without the glamour of the "Gaming" moniker.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Florent @ Dec 19th 2005 2:14AM
Especially as cheap models from Linksys (WRT54G & GS) or Asus (WL-500G) already include QoS in their latest firmwares...
Hank @ Dec 19th 2005 2:14AM
Those other brands might have QoS, but it is restrictive. Here is a quote from someone who was having trouble getting QoS to work so they could have reliable VoIP calls, so they called for support on their QoS. "When I called L... about the issue, they said that the QoS function was only meant for the LAN side, NOT WAN side traffic (which really baffled me..) This is why I tried non-linksys firmware. But, like I said, nothing had any effect..."
This D-Link gaming router has gigabit LAN ports and QoS type priority for the WAN port. This means actual perfomance enhancements. Read all the reviews about it. Editors Choice and 5 stars all around.
Do more research, then your arguments will carry more weight.
SpudgeBoy @ Dec 19th 2005 2:14AM
I have one of these and it freaking rocks! "Gaming" is not just a moniker. This router is all about gaming. There is a drop down list of games, so all you have to do is select the game you play and then enter the IP address of the PC that will it will be played on. After that all of the ports are automatically entered for you. Usually us gamers have to hunt this information down on the support site for our games. This is will save me a lot of time. And the most important thing about the DGL-4300 is that it automatically prioritizes the gaming traffic, so you don't need to do anything but click a check box for it to work its magic.
Tim @ Dec 19th 2005 2:14AM
I own this router also, and its definitely the best router I have owned. Its the most reliable and has the most features. Far better features than any Linksys WRT54G using hacked firmwares. And yes, I do still own my Linksys so I do know what I'm talking about.