D-Link

It works, but – Drops out and have to reboot to get it to work. Next time I purchase something like this, I'll check out firmware updates. Still being sold today,… Read more

nothing since 2018. UI on the router website is terrible, can't send logs anywhere or do anything reasonable with it. WiFi coverage is really bad as well, my Bluetooth headphones have more range. I had a Netgear router before this that died due to lighting...I miss that router.

Better as a sinker – Bought this due to its specs what a dissapointment. Wont connect to FTTN or FTTB or FTTC, have been back and forth with DLINK who are useless, Optus… Read more

are useless. Its an expensive paperweight that doesnt work with any Australian services EXCEPT if you want to use it as a router alone OR with ADSL if it was still available waist of money

surprisingly powerful – got this VDSL2+ router/modem because I've been told that my previous Netgear modem no longer works with the changes to FTTN. Surprisingly this is… Read more

much more power than I imagined. - I can boost the power so I don't even need the extender - Router logs can be sent to my log server - Router had issues with connecting back to the internet. occurs once a week. But the firmware flash fixed it for me - this supports my Synology NAS really well.

con. every now and then there must be some issue with the NBN network. I need to unplug the D-Link router in order for it to reconnect. don't think that is the modems fault.

after 4 years stopped working after two long beeps traie everything no way to make it work its always on red

The worst modem you could ever purchase – Purchased this product and told by salesperson that the range would be better than the modem Dodo provided. It is not. The so called crappy Dodo… Read more

modem gave me signal in the back yard with this one it's gone. Thie range for this item is around 5 metres. The modem was placed in the exact same spot. I would NOT recommend this product to anyone. Update. It's worse than I thought had to reconnect old modem to get a reliable connection to all devices. Feel free to message me for more info. Do NOT waste your money on this product. Another update. Even with a booster it does not work properly. Its best function is being put in the bin. Total rubbish.

Bad wifi quality – The normal network have max "quality" but intermittent disconnections all the time, as well as very slow connections (0.1-1 Mbps with a 40Mbps fibre… Read more

connection) WHile the 5g has good connection speed (around 20-40 Mbps), the signal quality is very bad. My phone keeps disconnecting from the 5G wifi due to the poor quality.

Whenever I change the default setup the whole internet is gone, and i had to hard-reset the modem.

Purchased about 3 years ago as a 3 pack about 3 years ago these were working OK up until about 6 months ago. They started losing wi fi connections… Read more

intermittently so I factory reset them and updated firmware but now they keep losing connections after a couple of days and have to be factory reset each time. No longer a usable product!

Drop out DSL 3900 – Has this router for 3 years then started dropping out 2-3 times a day spoke and emailed dlink over many weeks and returned it as per dlink… Read more

instructions and got the same item now the new one has been nothing but crap started dropping out after the first week and now been dropping out 4-5 times a day

Works but with quirks – A dual band modem from dlink. Mediocre 5ghz performance not at par with other dual band modems at this price point. A bit difficult to setup. Since no antennas.No chance to improve wifi coverage.

Drops out about 3 times a day – Drops out constantly and needs to be reset about 3 times a day. Very unreliable. Our main internet is stable, but for some reason this just… Read more

constantly drops out. We're using it in the LAN mode with a cable plugged directly into it. I have set it to LAN in the firmware.

Very slow to reconnect – Very slow, to or not, reconnect to the internet after hours or reset. Seemed to be okay at first, but now takes ages to reconnect or turn off… Read more

multiple times to attempt to reconnect. Now disappointed with this device.

Months later (March - April 2025).

Have to keep turning it off daily, once, twice three times, to reset so all online services work again.

What a pice of expensive junk being junked at the rubbish tip. Since been replaced.

Plug it in and you're good to go – What's not to like? This is an unmanaged 5-port gigabit switch. There is nothing to configure, you plug it in and start using it. Can't speak to the… Read more

longevity of the product or quality of the D-Link support as I've only had this for a short time. I can however confirm that the 4 devices that I have plugged into it all seem to be interoperating without issue so far.

This little gadget works OK – Never miss special interest programs again on Free to Air TV. Doco's, footy, racing, news reports, V8SC - all available on your ANDROID tablet or… Read more

phone (looks great on my 6" OPPO R7 Plus - see my review). Plug in the D-Link to the USB port and attach the loop antenna, sign up to Google Play, download the App. set language, country, screen (4:3 - 16:9) then Scan. All 39 channels scanned in quickly, I put a Heart to my Favorites list. This does not use any internet data. Can record programs as you watch or from the EPG (Electronic Program Guide) listings. Still playing around with all the recording functions so will report back with any issues, especially what happens with replaying Copyright programs, when the smartphone screen is asleep or if notification / calls come in while recording. It also comes with a small adapter to connect an extension cable from your external home antenna.

Channel reception is not good indoors unless you are near a large open door or window with line of sight to transmission towers, driving around in a car is problematic also but better with windows down but stationary in a car works fine in metro area. Reception in fringe areas is yet to be fully tested but my guess it may be a bit hit or miss but for what I need, its works OK.

Was Fantastic now ordinary – I purchased this camera a few years ago and I loved it !! It hd good picture quality and was fairly easy to set up . The reason I was drawn to… Read more

this camera it was able to send push notifications through the APP AND also could send an image when motion /sound detected to my email address.

This was the reason I chose the camera - I used it to check on my cat when I was away for the day, I could check my emails and see an email with images attached showing my cat had accessed her food bowl. This was also handy as I was concerned that perhaps a stray cat had been accessing my property . I didnt want to be bothered in the middle of the night but was very happy to access the next morning for peace of mind .

Things changed this year - I no longer received email messages with pics attached ;[

I tried through the dlink website to trouble shoot to no avail

Then I sent D Link a message they were quick with response - my updated MAC coputer could not now access the dlink portal - I tried every thing they suggested - installing outdated firefox apps and trying to install the plug ins they sent me nothing worked !!!

I rang their help centre today the contact was very very helpful. He tried really hard but he said the problem was that flash player had been deactivated and because that was how the camera settings was accessed I could not change the camera settings ,??? double dutch to me but basically how the camera used to work due to upgrade functionality was now down graded

I am at a loss to see how something I purchased because of its functionality can then have its functionality downgraded and made obsolete. All is not lost my help centre contact really tried to help to reconfigure the settings on my camera but this required me disclosing email password something I was uncomfortable to provide ,

Summary something that works when you buy it nay be rendered obsolete for no reason!!

Hard to set up – changing my review, although this was not easy to set up, i called the dlink help line and they were really helpful. The signal boost from the extender is ok, not great, should do the job i think.

Great wifi in non-ideal conditions – We had patchy wifi in our townhouse with the standard iiNet modem/router on NBN. I installed the D-Link and had great wifi. The speed was between… Read more

100-107 MBs when installed from our iiNET 100 plan. I found installation easy and was able to follow the app/instructions. This occurred even though the DLINK was installed in a small laundry insulated with a cupboard on one side and a toilet on the other. After a little tuning of those antennae, the DLINK provided pretty even service at 100+ MBs through the house and garden regardless of which doors where opened/closed. We have 4 people using the system, two are kids with heavy usage (videos etc.) and one person works from home. I haven't tried true parental controls, however each device can be assigned to a user and the device or user can have their service turned off (or restricted to scheduled hours). This works great to impact only one person, or one person and shared family devices.

Absolute rubbish! – Worked for less than 24 hours following initial setup. A day after initial setup, it spent more time out of action than up and running. Very disappointing!

Very disappointing – No web interface pile of junk for those that need it ...No support cant even download the setup manual very disappointing... Last dlink I buy if this is the direction this product is going.  Show details

Reliable, feature rich product – Our DCS-5222L has been serving us more than 2.5 years now. When we first bought it, we had problems with firmware updates and that rendered the… Read more

camera inoperable and we had it replaced. We don't jump to the first chance of upgrading firmware anymore. This copy has been reliable and my dogs haven't destroyed it. That says something.

No, it is not for outdoors, it is not vandal proof, it is a bit bulky. But on the plus side, there are plenty of them! It tilts-n-pans. You can preset several camera positions and jump to them quickly. It records to microSD card, it is backed by mobile app and we can watch it anywhere. It can take still snaps or videos clips, it can do two-way audio. Of course the sound volume straight out of the camera is low and sounds like an old telephone. But I have conversed with my wife using it before. It does work. It doesn't auto focus, nor does it do optical zoom. But given its small sensor, depth of view is pretty big and is good enough for indoors. It is HD but not full HD, limited at 720p. It does audio and motion detection and it does email notification.

We are very happy with it. If it wasn't because we had to return the first copy and firmware issues we had at the beginning, I would have given it 5 stars. It is not small like some of the newer products in the market. So it isn't inconspicuous.

I have buyer's remorse. Not as compact as it claims to be – 1. I also have the tp-link smart plugs so comparing the d-link in terms of functionality, they are the same so no negatives about functionality 2.… Read more

The iOS app for tp-link was simple to use even without reading manuals. The d-link smart plugs however was confusing to use and configure. I had to google videos on how to setup a schedule. 3. Not as compact as one would think. It is definitely vertically compact compared to others but it's width (where it really counts), you cannot fit two of these side-by-side on a standard double power outlet. I bought 4 of these. I regret buying them. The claims of being compact was my reason for wanting to replace my tp-link smart plugs.

Useless unless you pay for cloud storage – I received one of these free with a router but it's useless unless you pay $$ per month for cloud storage. It's going into the bin. If you are inclined to pay for cloud storage it might be ok but this device is just to get you paying for it.

This is fantastic – Owned for almost 3 years. Never had a problem. So easy to set up and control. Can run and set everything through the app. Support helped me set up a static ip address for port forwarding

worse than useless... ZERO Stars – Bought 18/02/23. Had great hopes for this WiFi Extender. INstallation. The packaging and user guide (will get to this shortly) states 3 simple steps… Read more

using the WPS. As a WiFi extender one would expect for the extended range to carry the same SSID... no it doesn't. So if you followed the instructions and *boom you think you are done... sadly ... NO. Yes it connects to the router.. but your devices wont connect to the extended signal as it now as a different SSID.. The manual says your old SSID-EXT & -EXT5G for the 5GHz signal, however, your 2.4GHz SSID will have the same SSID as your 5G (I'm guessing this is a bug). You need to configure via the web browser...

PERFORMANCE... on 2.4Ghz your bandwidth seems to be about 50% (I have 2signal strength on the extender). The 5GHz bandwidth the bandwidth drops by 50-60%. Furthermore the Speedtest runs for a few seconds, then fails. SO i am not so sure how this is going to perform with streaming video.

User Guide. Throw it away. Has no information on configuring all the other parameters.

Firmware update. The device's firmware comes with v1.01 (date 16/6/2017).. clicking the Check for firmware updates, has it checking for a few minutes and then returns no results.. not even whether it the most up to date... given we are in 2023 i would have expected as least one firmware upgrade

Final thoughts... well after i changed the SSID's to match the existing SSID's... my devices seem to be connecting.. as far as performance goes.. well i will have to get back after doing some more tests and running it in for a while. So far, I am unimpressed. AT RRP$229 ... 1* ...for now i have given it 2* as i got it on sale at JBHIFI ..

UPDATE: 1 Connectivity issues.. seems any device that connects thru the Wifi Extender does not have internet connectivity. So i checked the Support website... the device model is DAP-1720 amd despite during the firmware update check non returning any newer version there appears to be a newer version 1.1 (15/07/2020) .. so time to download this... .once again, this is not the plug in, 3 clicks and all done. Now 1.5* instead of 2*

So i downloaded the new firmware and tried to install it but it failed.. see image.

UPDATE 2: So i have been configuring this device to try and get it to work. SO you have to choose a frequency to connect the extender to the router.. 2.4 or 5.0Ghz If i connect the extender to the router using 2.4 Ghz I can connect to the 2.4-EXT network and download but upload fails. I have no internet access thru 5.0-EXT. If i connect the extended to the router via the 5.0GHz freq. When i connect to the 2.4-EXT or the 5.0-EXT i have no internet access.

It really is the 5.0GHz freq that one usually tries to the extend because this is the freq with the higher throughput and the shortest range. I'm also not sure why they would bother having a 2.4 and 5.0Ghz freq because when you connect the router to the extender via 2.4GHz you will only get the max speed of the 2.4 (and not the 5.0).

Which comes to my final point... this extender now gets ZERO stars... it does nothing and whatever it tries to do it fails. There is concern here for misrepresentation and i may be taking this up with the ACCC under the Australian Consumer Laws.

3 years is all you can get it out – Only good enough for 3 years of usage. After that it simply continues to drop out for no reason. Do not recommend if you can afford a better modem.