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  From: Jim O <Jim@kendle.com.au>
  To  : michaeld@senet.com.au <michaeld@senet.com.au>
        <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 14:22:18 +0930

RE: DLINK 604+ experience

Its not the 604 with wireless, but I'm using a D-Link DSL-504 router with my
Internode (Business) ADSL connection with no major dramas.  

Setup was a breeze, configure a machine to use DHCP and plug it onto one of
the LAN ports on the switch, point a web browser at http://192.168.0.1/
(Mozilla works perfectly) and key in the settings provided by Internode.
Then plug in your phone line, wait for the lights to start blinking and
you're done.  My ADSL would've been up and running in 5 minutes had it
Telstra not provisioned the service correctly the first time (not
Internode's fault, but they were very helpful in getting it sorted).

The only problems I've had with the 504 is that the DHCP server
implementation on the thing seems pretty basic, and can (if you swap network
cables around) allocate the same IP to more than one machine which is
obviously a problem.  If you've got a Linux box, this is easy fixed by
turning off the DHCP server on the Router and running a dhcpd on your own
machine.  Also related to swapping cables about is when unplugging/plugging
in network cables the device sometimes hangs and needs a quick power cycle
to bring it back.  In most cases though these won't be a major problem once
the unit is up and running.

I've had my ADSL running at home for a couple of weeks now, and can't fault
either Internode (simply excellent) or the D-Link DSL-504 (sensational piece
of gear).

Jim.

-----Original Message-----
From: michaeld@senet.com.au [mailto:michaeld@senet.com.au]
Sent: Thursday, 3 July 2003 13:51
To: linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
Subject: DLINK 604+ experience



Anyone out there using a DLink 604+ ADSL modem/router/NAT/DHCP/802.11b-AP ?
I'm looking for you experiences before I buy one :-)

Browny points if you can tell me you are using such a beast with an
Internode ADSL account :-)

TIA,

Michael...
-- 
Michael Davies <michaeld@senet.com.au>
Linux.Conf.Au Jan 12-17, 2004
http://lca2004.linux.org.au


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