@jayman007 generally it means that you can change the setting on your router from any computer, smartphone even if you are not home( both my routers have this option but for security reasons i leave it off
@communist never seen a retail router that didn't allow that. never heard them call it a cloud before. In any case, allow access to the router config to anyone outside your lan is a big security risk.
@mgarcia18 Geez, I'm jealous of that. I've got Comcast (it's that or DSL from Frontier which is even worse around here) and am paying ~$80 a month for their Blast, which promises 50mbps. Instead, I get this.
@cjrhoades That's actually FUD and nonsense. Gigabit ethernet is only needed for ETHERNET, i.e. wired connections. If you, like the vast majority of us, only use WiFi, than this Wireless AC modem will give you speeds of up to 433 Mbit/s! Happily passing along your faster than 100Mbps internet at full speed over wifi!
@cjrhoades right. my apologies, I was wrong. I incorrectly assumed that all AC routers would at least have gigabit WAN ports, or the AC is pretty useless. I see above I was wrong. Sorry. Have a good night!
@communist I was running over 300 MBPS (wired) when I used to live in Camarillo. TWC was beast out there. Wifi was still hella slow once you were in a different room, away from the wifi origin.
@KDemo I bought a modem, router, and two bridges off Woot a few months ago. They were pretty decent (but not great) and more expensive than this. Netflix and TVMC still lag and my phone loses the wifi in the basement. Everything affordable sucks, really.
@KDemo I have a feeling we might just be trying to do too much for what it is, you know? There's security cams constantly uploading, I am almost always on my laptop either streaming something or surfing, my husband usually has netflix going on the TV, the kids usually have either Netflix on downstairs or are on their laptops or tablets, and both my husband and I use Republic wireless so both of our phones use wifi exclusively at home. One day we'll suck it up and spend money on what we really need to make it all run smoothly.
Meh. Never buying another D-Link router. Never had one that didn't underperform (bought one and inherited another). On top of that you usually can't replace their crappy built in firmware with Tomato nor dd-wrt. I know on this router you cannot.
@compuguy Ok, I was comparing it to the DIR-810L due to the closeness of the name. But the DIR-868L has completely different packaging. Also, the 868L has a USB port, but the 808L and the 810L, in almost identical packaging, do not.
@itsdoukie As with most wireless routers, yes. Just need to disable DHCP, and set it to an IP address that your main router can assign (reserving one would be a good idea). That said, it's worth noting that anything connected through your repeater would be limited to 100 Mb/s max when connecting to the internet, or devices connected to your main router. But devices connected wirelessly to that point would be able to share files at the advertised AC speeds.
@cfg83 Does this mean I can put that thing called "tomato" on it? I always wanted to do that and screw around with it. I heard you can see if anyone's stealing your internet with that.
@compuguy and @wew I am just looking at the dd-wrt website and seeing that it's "cousin" by name does work with dd-wrt. There is NO entry for DIR-808L on the dd-wrt website. I wish it would just say NOT SUPPORTED, but it doesn't. It makes me want to research the hardware specs of each model. When I see such similar model names and packaging, it leads me to think that they may be "close enough". But again. I do not know.
recently, the tp-link ac1750 router v1 went on ebay (newegg was the seller) for $50... you could've had a router that sucked less.. for not all that much more and been ready for gigabit type connections. AC routers have been overdue for a price cut, AND N routers should be obsolete by now... but until they can draw down those stocks they keep selling them at high prices, thinking the consumer is none the wiser. For me, something in the ac1200 - 2400 is about what I'd need or the average residential household that has at least a 50 megabit connection for internet plus a home network for streaming and may want to add a video server or streaming from a directly connected HDD/Flash media (via usb). Beyond that you buy routers for the extra antennas/radios - beam forming technologies, amplification, and extra usb 3.0 ports-- and they are much pricier ($180 - $ 349). These high end routers also have more memory (firmware flash & buffer) and cpu power too.
Meh, you suck. I was perfectly content with my Netgear N wifi router and now that I've seen this lame router, I'm shopping elsewhere for an AC model upgrade.
Newegg has the Linksys EA9200-4A for $159 today. Hmmm....
@Dengue Possibly faster wireless performance. Even if you use devices with older 802.11n wireless, it seems most 802.11ac routers have a slight edge. The wired performance will be the same or slower. Communication between all of the wired ports is limited to 100Mbps, so don't use this if your internet connection exceeds that or you have wired computers or devices that transfer lots of data between each other.
@Dengue Also note that faster wifi performance matters iff: your internet throughput exceeds your current wifi speed; or you do a lot inside your subnet — streaming from your own media server to other devices in your home, file transfers inside your home, etc.
Specs
Condition: New
Warranty: 1 Year D-Link
Estimated Delivery: 7/7 - 7/9
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
1x Wireless AC600 Dual Band Cloud Router (DIR-808L)
1x Ethernet Cable
1x Power Adapter
1x Quick Install Guide
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The router
Everything included
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Warranty
90 days
Albino Hulk Hand?
@somf69 Mature baby arm.
@GeriatricDragon Actually my favorite beer coozy!
Cloud router huh. So what does that mean exactly?
@jayman007 generally it means that you can change the setting on your router from any computer, smartphone even if you are not home( both my routers have this option but for security reasons i leave it off
@communist never seen a retail router that didn't allow that. never heard them call it a cloud before. In any case, allow access to the router config to anyone outside your lan is a big security risk.
@jayman007 It means hackers can just break into the company's servers instead of each individual router. Much more convenient.
@jayman007 D-Link Cloud Routers allows you to easily monitor and control your home network remotely via mydlink platform or mydlink app, from your PCs, smartphones and tablets. Cloud Routers also let you easily share files stored in any USB drive connected to it, and to access files from your mobile devices. https://www.google.com/search?q=Cloud+router&oq=cloud+&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i60l3j69i57j69i60.1213j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8
I just want a router that can handle my load
No gigabit ethernet, no sale. Do not buy this if you have faster than 100Mbps internet or if you do file transfers/streaming over your home network.
@cjrhoades "faster than 100Mbps internet " yea this is the USA, almost very very few have 100mbs internet(running 15/1 here with TWC monopoly)
@communist I beg to differ and I'm in a exclusive TWC area. My neighbors across the street have Verizon :/
@mgarcia18 Geez, I'm jealous of that. I've got Comcast (it's that or DSL from Frontier which is even worse around here) and am paying ~$80 a month for their Blast, which promises 50mbps. Instead, I get this.
@communist A lot of people around here have gigabit actually. The slowest tier offered by my ISP is 50Mbps. They do gigabit for $99/mo.
@cjrhoades That's actually FUD and nonsense. Gigabit ethernet is only needed for ETHERNET, i.e. wired connections. If you, like the vast majority of us, only use WiFi, than this Wireless AC modem will give you speeds of up to 433 Mbit/s! Happily passing along your faster than 100Mbps internet at full speed over wifi!
@PurplePawprints TWC 12.97 1.67. Upstate NY.
@fruitpunchben Sorry, how exactly are you getting your faster than 100Mbps internet into the router if the wired ports only operate at 100Mbps?
@cjrhoades right. my apologies, I was wrong. I incorrectly assumed that all AC routers would at least have gigabit WAN ports, or the AC is pretty useless. I see above I was wrong. Sorry. Have a good night!
@cjrhoades Agreed. This is for a limited use-case; a wifi-only household with sub-100 megabit internet access.
@fruitpunchben Except that the WAN port is limited to 100Mbps too.
@PhotoJim what part of "I'm sorry"... "I was wrong"... "I incorrectly assumed" don't you understand from my last post?
@communist I was running over 300 MBPS (wired) when I used to live in Camarillo. TWC was beast out there. Wifi was still hella slow once you were in a different room, away from the wifi origin.
10/100? Price has to be cut somewhere. Truly Meh
Meh, because I need a router that was described in the beginning. I got all excited when reading the beginning just to be thrown down.
Nope no need
Shit. I bought a Netgear at Costco for 5 or 10 times the price. Please sell a modem next.
@KDemo I bought a modem, router, and two bridges off Woot a few months ago. They were pretty decent (but not great) and more expensive than this. Netflix and TVMC still lag and my phone loses the wifi in the basement. Everything affordable sucks, really.
Actually, the modem I got in a BOC (the only good thing I've ever got in one) but I did buy the other stuff.
@PurplePawprints My last router was from Woot years ago. IIRC it was a refurb in the $30 range, and it worked great for 5 or 6 years.
@KDemo I have a feeling we might just be trying to do too much for what it is, you know? There's security cams constantly uploading, I am almost always on my laptop either streaming something or surfing, my husband usually has netflix going on the TV, the kids usually have either Netflix on downstairs or are on their laptops or tablets, and both my husband and I use Republic wireless so both of our phones use wifi exclusively at home. One day we'll suck it up and spend money on what we really need to make it all run smoothly.
@PurplePawprints - Wow, I think you nailed it. Sounds like you really need a router farm. ;-)
@KDemo We need something! I survived with dial-up only until the late aughts, I expect perfection now, dammit! :-)
@KDemo Netgear is superior to D-Link - They don't even bother with user manuals and their support is truly useless
last time on meh
https://meh.com/deals/d-link-ac600-dual-band-wireless-router
2015-03-30 D-Link AC600 Dual-Band Wireless Router $22
a whole 6 dollars price drop
@communist Considering the starting price, and what they're selling, I'd say that's a pretty steep price drop.
@PurplePawprints last time they only sold 159ish, this time they might actually sell a couple hundred
@communist Maybe they'll hit market clearing price this time and sell out! We can only hope.
This will work fine at my parents' vacation home. Thanks, meh!
bath?
@sp3ar cloud
Meh. Never buying another D-Link router. Never had one that didn't underperform (bought one and inherited another). On top of that you usually can't replace their crappy built in firmware with Tomato nor dd-wrt. I know on this router you cannot.
@marvelljones Friends don't let friends buy D-Link.
"this sucks at the things that are important to me." = My sentiments. I hope others can enjoy!!
Meh, If I wanted the D, I would've asked for it.
No means no
aka.. don't buy it
@spacezorro Actually it is supported by dd-wrt (Its similar to the DIR-868L).
@compuguy Ok, I was comparing it to the DIR-810L due to the closeness of the name. But the DIR-868L has completely different packaging. Also, the 868L has a USB port, but the 808L and the 810L, in almost identical packaging, do not.
Can I use it as a repeater
@itsdoukie As with most wireless routers, yes. Just need to disable DHCP, and set it to an IP address that your main router can assign (reserving one would be a good idea). That said, it's worth noting that anything connected through your repeater would be limited to 100 Mb/s max when connecting to the internet, or devices connected to your main router. But devices connected wirelessly to that point would be able to share files at the advertised AC speeds.
The D-LINK AC750 DIR-810L is DD-WRT compatible :
http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database
If we compare the specs of the DIR-808L and DIR-810L then maybe they are "same enough" for DD-WRT.
@cfg83 Does this mean I can put that thing called "tomato" on it? I always wanted to do that and screw around with it. I heard you can see if anyone's stealing your internet with that.
@wew Possibly, but at the moment neither Tomato (and their derivatives) or openwrt support it.
@compuguy and @wew I am just looking at the dd-wrt website and seeing that it's "cousin" by name does work with dd-wrt. There is NO entry for DIR-808L on the dd-wrt website. I wish it would just say NOT SUPPORTED, but it doesn't. It makes me want to research the hardware specs of each model. When I see such similar model names and packaging, it leads me to think that they may be "close enough". But again. I do not know.
recently, the tp-link ac1750 router v1 went on ebay (newegg was the seller) for $50... you could've had a router that sucked less.. for not all that much more and been ready for gigabit type connections. AC routers have been overdue for a price cut, AND N routers should be obsolete by now... but until they can draw down those stocks they keep selling them at high prices, thinking the consumer is none the wiser.
For me, something in the ac1200 - 2400 is about what I'd need or the average residential household that has at least a 50 megabit connection for internet plus a home network for streaming and may want to add a video server or streaming from a directly connected HDD/Flash media (via usb). Beyond that you buy routers for the extra antennas/radios - beam forming technologies, amplification, and extra usb 3.0 ports-- and they are much pricier ($180 - $ 349). These high end routers also have more memory (firmware flash & buffer) and cpu power too.
Any possibility of Meh acquiring one of these access points?
http://www.xclaimwireless.com
Meh, you suck. I was perfectly content with my Netgear N wifi router and now that I've seen this lame router, I'm shopping elsewhere for an AC model upgrade.
Newegg has the Linksys EA9200-4A for $159 today. Hmmm....
@ACraigL Pulled the trigger. Here's the URL and promo code (EMCATNT42) if anyone's interested. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124571
I'm still using an 802.11g access point at home, but at least it's stable. I'm not sure that this router would be as reliable.
Besides, the extra bandwidth isn't all that helpful to me unless I get faster Internet access. I'll pass for now.
Not sure if I need a new router. I do know that my existing router is at least 4 years old. Will there be any benefits of this router?
@Dengue Possibly faster wireless performance. Even if you use devices with older 802.11n wireless, it seems most 802.11ac routers have a slight edge. The wired performance will be the same or slower. Communication between all of the wired ports is limited to 100Mbps, so don't use this if your internet connection exceeds that or you have wired computers or devices that transfer lots of data between each other.
@Dengue Also note that faster wifi performance matters iff: your internet throughput exceeds your current wifi speed; or you do a lot inside your subnet — streaming from your own media server to other devices in your home, file transfers inside your home, etc.