Sell It on Ebay. :) Might find some fool to buy it.

dennispublic@hotmail.com wrote:
> Between home and office I've owned literally dozens of routers over the
> years and this is hands down the worst one ever, even by Dlink's low
> standards. It's wasted alot of my time and I'm pretty pissed off.
> Before I throw it out (literally) and never look back: For the record,
> and future google group searches, here are some facts about my
> experience with this model:
>
> Lets call it "The top 10 reasons not to buy a Dlink" :
>
> 10) If you login to the router and go to the firmware section it says
> "Currect Firmware Version: 4.0". Currect? Nice typo. Not a big deal,
> but perhaps a good indication
> of how much DLink was paying attention when they rushed this cheapo
> model onto the market. It makes you wonder how many typos they left in
> the actual firmware. It explains a lot about how this router behaves.
>
> 9) No documentation included. A little explaination about the router's
> setup menus would be nice. Maybe an explaination about which lights are
> which on the router. I feel badly for anyone whose first experience
> dealing with a router is this piece of junk. Even with years of
> experience this thing is not 'self explainatory' and its certainly not
> 'plug and play'. Its 'plug and pray' or maybe 'plug and PAIN'.
>
> 8) Only comes with a Setup Wizard CD. The wizard fails to setup on
> THREE seperate computers. It is poorly written JUNK... Why a router
> even needs a CD is beyond me, but once it fails your left wasting your
> left scratching your head without documentation and wasting your time.
>
> 7) If you go to the Dlink site and look up firmware for this WBR-1310
> router (as of today):
>
> http://support.dlink.com/products/vi...tid=WBR%2D1310
>
> It offers you to download firmware version 1.03. My WBR-1310 says it's
> running Firmware Version 4.0. So.... Is DLink going back in time? If
> you call up Tech support they say the most recent one is Firmware 4.0.
> Gee, thanks for wasting some more of my time DLink.
>
> 6) A random example of how messed up this router is: I went to release
> & renew my router's IP address, my external one. It is on DCHP from my
> ISP. It returned with a WAN IP of 192.168.0.11... So now the router has
> a LAN IP address of 192.168.0.1 and a WAN IP address of
> 192.168.0.11.... Wow that's just brilliant. My router is chasing its
> own tail? So I try it again 30 seconds later, and it gets a proper
> 72.xx.xx.12 address. The point: It's completely inconsistant. This is
> proof enough for me that this router is JUNK.
>
> 5) Lets say you hard reset the router, and start from scratch. You set
> it for DHCP on the WAN. It will properly get an IP and DNS etc from
> your ISP (usually). But in order to surf the web you have to log into
> the router and go into the "Dynamic IP (DHCP) section" and hit "Clone
> Mac Address" for it to properly work. The WBR-1310 doesnt believe in
> plug in play.
>
> 4) If you actually get frustrated enough to look up DLink's tech
> support and call them they will put you on hold for well over 35
> minutes (I write this now as I'm on hold). If you actually get through
> then you will speak with an overworked stressed out little person who
> will put you on hold for another 10 minutes but eventually can't help
> you at all. But they will agree that it is "not our greatest product"
> and they get alot of calls about it. When asked why the unit says
> Firmware 4.0 and the website says Firmware 1.03 they aren't sure, and
> they dont really care. Thanks DLink!
>
> 3) CONSTANTLY LOSES INTERNET CONNECTIVETY WITH *WIRED* COMPUTERS,
> NEVERMIND WIRELESS!!!
>
> 2) CONSTANTLY NEEDS TO BE RESET.
>
> 1) WORST ROUTER EVER.
>
>
>
> ....And now, without further due, (and before it disconnects me again),
> I now will DESTROY THIS ROUTER and reconnect my old reliable
> Linksys....
>