D-Link DI-707P Cable/DSL Router, 7-Port Switch, Print Server

Average customer rating: 3.0

Great....when working
What do you expect?
Not the right device for Multifunction printers
No Firewall Administration Options as showed in DLink Page
Firewall support is not like like D-Link Advertises

D-Link DI-707P Cable/DSL Router, 7-Port Switch, Print Server

Manufacturer: D-Link Systems, Inc.
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000086TLC

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Product Description

The D-Link DI-707 series is a Broadband Home and Small Business Gateway with seven switched Fast Ethernet ports. It allows multiple computers to share a cable or DSL Internet connection. It provides security as a firewall between a Local Network and the Internet. The DI-707 series is targeted at small businesses and home users. It allows up to 253 users to share a single Internet Connection while providing the safety and security of both port blocking and a natural firewall. Static address support, integrated DHCP, and device name support will allow it to connect to nearly any broadband provider, and at the same time simplify local area network settings. The DI-707 series provides two levels of security support. First, it masks local users' IP addresses from others on the Internet making it much more difficult for a hacker to target a machine on your network. Secondly, it can block and redirect certain ports to limit the services that outside users can access. Specific ports can be opened by the user to ensure that games and other Internet applications will run properly.

Customer Reviews:

Great....when working.......2006-03-13

This router has been nothing but frustration; I bought it because I thought the idea of two computers sharing a printer through one router was a great idea; and it is....a great idea that is. I have to reboot the router at least once a week, frequently not having access to the internet and/or printer. Frequently I get LAN errors; when I bypass the router everything works great. The reset button doesn't do anything that I am aware of; I mistakenly threw out the box so I think I am stuck with it.
When this router is working, everything is great; but when it isn't you can count on spending at least an hour getting everything set up again.
I am very disappointed; this is my first router/print server combo and I had high hopes of smooth sailing.

What do you expect?.......2005-12-26

ok, so the thing has all the features in the world except a programable firewall. Competition for the feature set (8ports, firewall, router, and print server) is NIL. Great feature set for home networkers (Hint to NETGEAR and LINKSYS.)
It would be very nice if they would make it so it lasts longer than 1 1/4 years. Yep, bought September of '04, replaced the super-cheap cHINESE transformer at about 6 months. Now totally dead at 15 months of age.
Sure buy a 12 month warranty and get the only one to last longer....... Solution I'm using: Buy 2 and keep one (after testing of course) for a spare since feature set is a killer, cHINESE quality appears to be somewhat sub-par for electronics made in this millenium.

UPDATE: January 2006
I'm baaaaack. Yes, bought a pair of them in December, did not even get 2 months out of the first. Back it goes. Amazing that they haven't quite picked up on a new term that has only been popular for about 60 years - "Quality CONTROL." I'm now shopping the other brands so I can pay more to them rather than keep monkeying around replacing these. It is fairly clear that someone is not trying to make a QUALITY image for themselves. Don't want to be crying - but forwarned consumers are now for-armed..........

Not the right device for Multifunction printers.......2004-06-19

Not much surprise here, it doesn't support any multifunction options, but it does what it's supposed to otherwise do.

I have returned this for a USB Server by Keyspan.

It allows ANY USB device to be shared on a network (as if it were plugged direclty into any PC).

See my Amazon review.

It is the ONLY answer to multifunction sharing.

No Firewall Administration Options as showed in DLink Page.......2003-09-26

I recently purchase this item, I found that there is no Firewall Administration Options in the menu as showed in the DLink Product Page Manual (Everything else is good). I'm talking with the Dlink support and have no solution. DLink support team says "There are no firewall options on this router. To open ports on these routers you will use vserver and applications. Thank you for networking with D-Link. "

Firewall support is not like like D-Link Advertises.......2003-09-24

All the features work well and are a breeze to setup, except one. This router does all the things you would expect it to in a very stable manner, except one. If you check the D-Link Web site for the manual of this exact router model. You will find some rather nice firewall features (My whole reason for getting this router actually). When you set up the router, you will find that there is no firewall button. It absolutely does not exist. The manual has an actual screen shot of the setup screen with a firewall button in plain view and it details how to use the firewall, but the product came with no such option. I am very disappointed, and feel very mislead.

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