D-Link DGL-4500 Xtreme N Gaming Router
It's not everyday you come across a device designed solely with the gamer in mind. The D-Link® Xtreme N™ Gaming Router (DGL-4500) is one of those few devices built especially for gamers. Experience the power of our Xtreme N Duo™ wireless technology for data transfer rates of up to 300Mbps and Gigabit LAN and WAN Ports to get your game on faster than ever before. We've also added an updated version of our award-winning GameFuel™ technology to get your game going smoother. To top it off, we've thrown in a high-performance CPU and a Network Activity Display to give you a serious gaming router.
Gamefuel Priority
Nothing ruins a frag-fest faster than lag. GameFuel allows you to customize your network settings to prioritize game traffic so your roommate doesn't hog all the bandwidth while downloading tracks from his favorite 80's hair band.
Network Activity Display
You can never have too much information. That's why we've included a Network Activity Display to show you what's going on with your router. Check your Internet, LAN, WAN and other various settings all from one screen. We've also included a clock in there so you can see exactly how long you've spent playing the game and not taking out the trash.
Gigabit Gaming
Push the limits of networking technology and experience the evolution of gigabit speed. Share broadband Internet, boost network performance and stay competitive in your online games.
Built with the gamer in mind, the Xtreme N Gaming Router (DGL-4500) combines our latest GameFuel technology, Gigabit ports, high-performance CPU, and the new Network Activity Display to give you our best gaming router ever.
Specifications
Device Type:
Wireless Router
Form Factor:
Desktop
Wall Mountable
Wireless Network Standards:
IEEE 802.11g
IEEE 802.11b
IEEE 802.11n
Wireless Data Transfer Rates:
300 Mbps
Security Protocols:
WPA
128-bit WEP
64-bit WEP
WPA2
Routing / Firewall Protoccols:
TCP/IP
DHCP
Network Address Translation (NAT)
Firewall Features:
Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI)
Management:
Web Based
WAN Port(s):
1
10/100/1000 Mbps Ports:
4
Ethernet:
CAT6
CAT5e
Dimensions:
4.6" x 7.6" x 1.2"
Detailed Features
A Closer Look
D-Link DGL-4500 Xtreme N Gaming Router
Reviewed By Our Editors
The new D-Link DGL-4500 Xtreme N Gaming Router is one of the first products from a new and modern family of networking gear from D-Link. This networking hardware has been designed specifically to address some of the issues found today in online gaming; with lag being the most significant of them. The D-Link wireless router enables users to set up a high-performance gaming network that offers the fastest wired and wireless speeds available from a single broadband device. The game-centric user interface of the Gaming Router allows for the configuration of multiple ports or port ranges. Designed with gamers in mind, this extreme gaming router surpasses the high-performance demands of today's video games with the fusion of D-Link GameFuel technologies, Gigabit LAN ports and up to 108Mbps WLAN connectivity, high-performance CPU, and the new Network Activity Display. It’s a great choice for those who want to implement it during LAN gaming sessions.
The D-Link DGL-4500 router from D-Link is a premier, gamer-oriented broadband router that contains powerful technology for quality networking: gigabit Ethernet, draft-N support, and dual band. While all the main buzzwords are there, a few caveats need to be mentioned, particularly the fact that while the router broadcasts in both the 2.4GHz or 5.0GHz spectrums, it can't do both simultaneously. The 5.0GHz is preferred due to decreased interference from devices such as microwaves and cordless phones. However, compatible adapters are rarer and more expensive. In a further attempt to justify the premium price D-Link includes an OLED screen that lets you monitor your network, and make simple configuration changes directly from the router itself.
The D-Link DGL-4500 also features D-Link GameFuel priority technology integrated directly on the router that gives precedence to gaming traffic for the ultimate online gaming experience and other Internet applications. The GameFuel technologies enable superior multitasking to each device on the network to perform heavy data transfers, whether they are FTP, P2P, or transferring large files over the network, without compromising the gaming traffic.
Delivering sophisticated firewall protection, the D-Link wireless router is easily configured through the advanced features section of the product's web-based interface. The router features a high-performance CPU to support an advanced management feature such as Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI). The D-Link wireless router features robust security to protect the wireless network from intruders, supporting the latest wireless networking security standards, including WEP encryption and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA. It also supports both 802.11g/b/n and WPA-PSK.
Moving around, the DGL-4500 uses three antennas to broadcast and receive its wireless signals giving the end user the ability to upgrade their antennas if they see fit to do so. Additionally, the device has four gigabit Ethernet ports, one WAN port for Internet, a single USB port, a small reset button and the power connection.
The D-Link DGL-4500 Xtreme N Gaming Router brings a lot to the table, including dual-band operation, 802.11n support, and a killer built-in OLED screen, on top of features perfectly suited for online gamers. In addition, this new D-Link gaming router features GameFuel technology to minimize in-game lag for the ultimate online gaming experience
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Value
4.2
Features
4.7
Quality
4.5
Performance
4.6
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Get what you pay for
Reviewer:
Brett on
Jun 28, 2010 Customer Rating:
4.8
Value
4.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
This router carries a premium price for a reason. The initial setup and router configuration pages are extremely well designed. The interface is easy to use and intuitive. However, the instruction manual only gets the router up and running and online. You must go to the manufacturers website and browse the forums for instructions on how to best utilize this routers many features. I use this router for a game console, two wireless computers, and a printer. No complaints after one month of use.
The name says it all
Reviewer:
Medic245 on
Jun 26, 2010 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
This router is awesome. Very easy to set up and configure. I bought this to set up a home network consisting of 4 computers, a game console and printer. The flexibility of this router is amazing. The only problem I have is that the time keeps reverting back to incorrect time after 2 days.
Excellent value
Reviewer:
Fertigs on
Apr 21, 2010 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
Set up was very easy working with no promblems
Great
Reviewer:
Eve on
Apr 20, 2010 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
Works Great
Well it was the bomb for a year
Reviewer:
mrbloody369 on
Apr 02, 2010 Customer Rating:
3.0
Value
2.0
Features
4.0
Quality
3.0
Performance
3.0
Make sure you know what your planing to use this for, this router by all means can handle the the download power you can dish out,net flex HD while gaming online, what it can not handle is uploading bulk data even with QoS disabled, all it took was uploading 10gig's of work files in two weeks time and killed it now even with newest firmware got to reset every 24hours if upload a file if not only reset once a week and it improves it speed again. two years and ticking exp with his router nice fight but for 300 when it day cam out you expect more out of you dollar.
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