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 enlarge | Brand: D-Link
Category: CE
List Price: $132.99
Buy New: $96.99
You Save: $36.00 (27%)
New (42) Used (2) from $79.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 2000
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.6 x 1.4
nv:Device Type: Router
RJ-45 Ports: 4
Form Factor: Desktop
WAN Port(s): 1
10/100/1000 Mbps Ports: 4
Management: Web Based
Dimensions: 7.5" x 4.6" x 1.38"
Ethernet: CAT3
Ethernet: CAT5
MPN: DGL-4100
Model: DGL-4100
UPC: 790069272547
EAN: 0790069272547
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 D-Link DGL-4100 - A great game router May 12, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
We have been using this gaming router for nearly two months. It works great. It was a snap to setup and offers the features we needed to play various online games without loss of connection or lagging. Our prior Linksys router just did not measure up to the DGL-4100 in its default mode. For the first time we can have three of our computers playing Battlefield 2 with little or no lag. If you are a gamer, you need to get the DGL-4100 or its wireless brother the DGL-4300.
Consistent and solid November 28, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I hated replacing my L*nksys BEFVP41, because it forced me to use a software VPN solution vs. the build in hardware crypto solution. The bottom line is that I needed a router that didn't need extremely frequent reboots, primarily after (more like *during*) bittorrent sessions. B.Shock mentions upgrading with a 2006.1.11 firmware update, but there is no such update. I'm currently running firmware v1.7 with game fuel activated and appropriate rules set up. I also run a home web and e-mail (linux based) server, 3 client machines and a laptop. The UPnP implementation is much more solid than the previous router as well. In addition, I've had torrent running, usenet binary grabs, playing Unreal Tournament 2004 online while my wife was on Skype (w/ video) to Europe with friends with no issues. I've had zero reboots of the router. The lights are very bright, but don't bother me since it sits on a shelf in the laundry room with an ethernet run that goes to a switch in the computer room. I'm very happy with the purchase and performance of this unit.
Fast Router March 21, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this router to replace a Linksys. The Linksys was good but after about two years, it would lose connection. This D-Link so far keeps the connection and is definitely faster. Setup was super easy, actually easier than the Linksys. I read some people complaining about the LEDs being bright, but I think they look normal. I'm very pleased.
Best Router December 28, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the best router that I have ever owned!! It is letting me get a faster download speed, my avg ws about 900kbs but now I am upat 1.2 mb per second!!! This router is also letting me see the other Vista pcs which my old router would not let me access. Now my wife and I can play our games together which before we had to join someone elses game to play.
Get This Router!!!!
Pretty good router, so far June 5, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I got this router as an upgrade from a Microsoft MN-100 router. Basically the MN-100 was just too slow. Networking between our four home computers was too slow. And worst of all, downloading from peer to peer networks invariably caused the MN-100 to crash.
Some people gave this DGL-4100 router negative reviews. I guess it all depends on what perspective you are coming from. For me, this router has proved to be everything I hoped it would be.
The peer to peer downloading has improved tremendously. No more router crashes. The download speeds are now up to some 280 kb/s with uploads about one-tenth of that (my DSL connection isn't that fast, as you can see).
I plugged in my existing Speedstream 5100 which I had gotten five years ago from my DSL provider and it worked fine. I'm not sure what the other reviewer's problem was with his Speedstream 5100 DSL modem. You do need to know what your DSL settings are. But, it's not that hard to set up a standard PPOE DSL connection - you just need to plug in your userid and password.
I was also looking for some way to control the internet usage from the various family computers, and this router has an excellent set of Access Control tools which allow you set up any number of blocking schedules so that Internet access from certain computers on the network can be blocked for certain periods of time. The MN-100 had this feature also, but for some reason, it did not work reliably for one of the computers.
There are also more sophisticated filters such as a web filter, inbound filter, and other filters that that I have not had a chance to explore. You can set the web filter so that it only lets through a certain list of websites that you enter in manually.
One complaint that a few reviewers have lodged is that this gigabit router does not do jumbo packets. If you are a connoiseur of gigabit routers/switches, the ability to do jumbo packets does speed up the network traffic even more, but considering that I was coming from a 100T router, this one does network transfers so much faster that I'm not complaining.
More recently, I expanded the number of ports available on this DGL-4100 by attaching a D-Link DGS-2205 5-port switch. This router automatically detects the devices plugged into the 5-port switch and assigns router addresses as if the ports on the switch were part of the original router. You don't have to input anything, just plug things together and it all works automatically.
Overall, an excellent upgrade from my first ever 100T router. If you are looking for something even more sophisticated, there may be some nits to pick, but then you'll have to pay much more to get something with more professional quality.
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