D-Link WBR-1310

Back in the day getting a router to work with all of your devices was fairly easy because 9 times out of 10 they were all Windows devices. Now that Mac laptops and desktops have grown in popularity, as well as Linux devices, finding a router that will support all three can be a challenging ordeal.

Luckily D-Link has the answer. The D-Link WBR-1310 allows both Windows, OSX, and Linux devices to connect to the internet through this router. It runs both 802.11b and 802.11g, includes basic security software, supports both WEP and WPA encryption and is easy to install. If you’ve ever installed a router before than this should be no problem but the instructions are fairly bad so you might need to get information off of the internet.

Here are a few of the technical specifications for the D-Link WBR-1310:

• Street Price: $39.99
• Transfer Speeds: 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 11, 9, 6, 5.5, 2, & 1Mbps
• Frequency: 2.4GHz to 2.462GHz
• 5 Brighty LED’s

Things I like
This list is going to be rather short I’m afraid to say. D-Link really dropped the ball on this router. The only thing that I like about this router is that it’ll support all three major operating systems. A lot of times the software for the router will only accept devices that use a specific OS and D-Link realized that many people have more than one device running different operating systems. That is really the only thing I like about this product, other than its low price.

Things I don’t like
This device, like its price, is definitely cheap. I used this thing for 2 and a half weeks before taking it back to the store and switching back to my old router. In my opinion this router is garbage. It tended to lock up a lot until the latest firmware update. Also, the latest firmware update fixed some other bugs such as the router login issue. Still, it took them some time to fix it. The fact that there’s no static DHCP setup is also rather annoying.

I had to reset this router more than once a week and that is really annoying especially if you have a number of people using the router and you’re the only one that can reset it. The final thing I don’t like about this router is its instructions. They are riddled with spelling and grammatical errors and are often hard to read. I would stay away from this router because it’s not very stable, it tends to lock up, and the instructions are very hard to read.

Pros:

• Low price
• Great compatibility

Cons:

• Tends to lock up
• No static DHCP setup
• Lots of resetting
• Poorly written instructions

Final Thoughts
Don’t buy this router. Even though its very cheap it is not worth it. You’ll just have to reset the router often, deal with its garbage connection and have a nightmare of a time reading the instructions. There are a number of better routers out there for you.