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D-Link DSL-G604T

By Alex Kidman on 23 October 2006

D-Link's DSL-G604T is a ADSL2/2+ modem router with some serious stability issues. Read our Australian review.

Editor's rating:5.0 User rating:4.2

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  zeppos gave 2/10 on 04/01/2007 11:17

  I bought this piece of crap about a year ago. All it gave me was trouble, trouble, trouble from the very first day. Both w/wireless and ethernet connection. I tried almost every firmware update I could find but this "router" just doesn't want to work properly. I still have major issues w/UDP package flooding, it keeps disconnecting. Combined w/my 2 D-Link wifi pci cards it's just a nightmare. Even the cards are crap and d-link's software causes blue screens. Never again d-link, never again I swear on my life!

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  thepom gave 9/10 on 02/01/2007 02:21

  • Good: does everything a router needs to do
  • Bad: distsnce limitation

  Have few issues, but apart from the norm i live in hot climate so expected to some degree. However with drop out issues in general once i set up to secure nework its not as bad as open network. Now and again it drops, but thats when kettle, washing macjine, and xxx of electrical equipment is running. but as they run via elcrical frequency unlike radios its not surprising!!

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  no.go.with.dlink gave 3/10 on 18/12/2006 12:52

  • Good: none
  • Bad: horrible user interface; loses settings; unreliable power adapters.

  Horrible product - I do not suggest anyone purchase d-link adsl products

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  jakethegunner gave 4/10 on 17/12/2006 13:39

  bought it over a year ago it over heats disconects so i baughta belikin54g

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  blade77777 gave 9/10 on 03/12/2006 12:10

  • Good: - wireless network connection
    - 54mpbs transfer rate
    - 4 ports router
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  • Bad: - recieve line drop outs and fluctuation of speeds unless you have upgraded the frimware. YOu need to download and upgrade the firmware for the device from the d-link site. remember, when installing, make sure you know your ip address (10.1.1.1) for your router and the password which is 'admin'
    
    WARNING: WHEN INSTALLING THE NEW FIRMWARE, MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING A CABLE NETWORK CONNECTION AND NOT, I REPEAT, NOT WIRELESS. IT CAN REALLY FUDGE UP YOUR MODEM IF YOU INSTALL THE FIRMWARE WHILE USING WIRELESS NETWORK. AFTER YOU HAVE SUCESSFULLY INSTALLED IT YOU CAN USE WIRELESS

  I bought this brand new a week ago. The internet web browser speeds keeps fluctuating, between slow and fast speeds and not maintaining a constant connection. After weeks talking to my isp provider, tpg, who said that it was because of my 10 metre phone cable, which had nothing to do with the fluctuation of speeds, I tried to resolve the issue myself. No thanks to them. I simply upgraded the firemware from V2.00B02 to the latest one : V2.00B07.AU_20060901
  and everything when well. No problems now.
  

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  anonymous gave 2/10 on 02/12/2006 16:11

  I purchased one of these units about 15months ago where it was working fine for 1month. After this period the modem started having major stability issues with the adsl connectivity which randomly dropped out and would sometimes take up to 2 hours to re-connect.
  After installing the newest firmware and changing setting recommended by D-Link cusytomer support nothing changed at all.
  The hours lost and total unreliability of this router has resulted in it now living somewhere in a garbage dump.

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  Happy dlink user gave 8/10 on 01/12/2006 23:09

  • Good: Worked fairly consistently.
  • Bad: I too experienced loss of settings. It has occasionally lost my rules for Virtual Server settings several times and the time has resetted to Jan 1st a few times too.
    
    Ive updated to firmware V2.00B06.AU_20060728 but still no luck.

  To people asking why this product is now being reviewed after already being on the market for so long, this router has had a new release (with new firmware & brand new packaging) to emphasize ADSL2+ compatibility.

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  etherial@iprimus.com.au gave 5/10 on 28/11/2006 17:42

  • Good: Convenient all in one.
  • Bad: Issues with WLAN dropping out, loosing ADSL connections.

  I too have had one of these for almost 2 years and never had a problem, but recently I bought a new one for someone in the family and did experience the install issues and the problems with it loosing memory, dropping out and WLAN not staying on. My first one was an ADSL1 version, the second is ADSL2+ capable, maybe this has something to do with it...?

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  Siggi gave 6/10 on 06/11/2006 18:34

  • Good: Very good price, cheaper than most other models, and has more features
  • Bad: Sometimes repeatedly drops the connection, so it might redial some like 20 times in one day, until you turn it off for a while
    
    Firewall is one SOB
    keeps blocking outgoing traffic but ports can pretty easily be opened for said applications
    
    its a pain to re setup though, as every so often the modem will lose custom settings
    

  Extremely good for its price range, but not for anyone looking for extremely good performance on many workstations

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  Anonymous gave 4/10 on 30/10/2006 19:25

  • Good: DLink console easy to use and configure Modem/Router
  • Bad: Following power outage, WLAN does not seem to come back up. In small home/office situations this is a pain in the butt! Need to re-connect using LAN, assign new SSID and restart AP.

  WLAN Problems following power outage

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