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Simon Heather

1:51 PM on 21 November, 2011

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The link in the article takes you to Pixmania who are selling for £75.

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betelgeus

3:36 PM on 21 November, 2011

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the reviewer must be doing something wrong,my ages old netgear which isnt even n barely drops in speed even from 30 feet,i get 11mb on a 12mb line from that far.0.38MB on a 50 mb line?.

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BMaz

5:37 PM on 21 November, 2011

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There is a typo in the article, "This isn't the only risk D-Link has taken. The *DIR-657* also looks like no conventional router.."
It should have referred to the DIR-645.

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Pbryanw

8:08 PM on 21 November, 2011

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It's nice to see some innovation in the Wireless Router market. It seemed that we had the draft N routers, then the N routers took ages to get ratified, and we've been stuck with them until something better comes along. With <30Mbit internet connections becoming more common, along with HD media streaming, even 5Ghz N wireless doesn't seem to cut it any more.

It's a shame this hadn't been released earlier as I've now gone down the Homeplug route (and this could have provided a nice alternative), but will look forward to the dual-band model when it's released next year.

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AJ

12:46 PM on 22 November, 2011

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Am I right that this doesn't have ADSL2+ built in ? So if I want to use this in my flat I need to have the BE ADSL2+ router AND this router.

I've looked on their website and can't see any reference to ADSL built in, which is a shame as (like many other people) I don't want 2 devices running.

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purephase

9:10 AM on 23 November, 2011

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Looks good - my house has thick walls so my wifi performance drops very quickly and is sketchy on the 1st floor. If all I've got is the crappy box that Sky give you can I just replace it with this?

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laozhu

8:55 AM on 1 December, 2011

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Good review, interesting product. For many of us signal availability is the real deal, not theoretical speed, product design or even security. I would be interested in this v rangemax from netgear.
Sadly the review came 2 weeks after a decision to replace ageing netgear dg834g with dgnd3700 - a pretty disastrous choice as the firmware development is only at the beta stage (genorously). Wonder if i could use the DIR645 as a repeater for the dgnd3700, the signal from which is ok but not great - across a 5 storey townhouse?

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coxwalls

3:08 PM on 14 December, 2011

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I live in a stone cottage with huge thick walls. Will this device penetrate them?

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Having lost faith in the innumerable gimmicks designed to bolster the ageing 802.11n wireless standard we were amazed to find D-Link has cracked it with SmartBeam. The DIR-645 is the company's first router to incorporate this smart device tracking technology and it provides significant increases to real world performance and range to alleviate the long wait for 802.11's next standard. The DIR-645 is far from a one trick pony, however, it also sports a stylish and practical design and it is a snap to setup out of the box. Some may wish to wait for a dual band version, but with the DIR0645's bargain price tag thrown in, we're sold. Read full review

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By Gordon Kelly
Reviewed 21 November 2011

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Design: 9/10
Features: 8/10
Usability: 9/10
Value: 9/10
Overall: 9/10

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SmartBeam significantly improves WiFi range & performance
Stylish & practical design
Intuitive setup & graphical user interface
Well priced

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Single band limits multiple user wireless streaming

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