Wireless Routers That Rock: First Works With Vista Router
Congratulations to D-Link (powered by Ubicom) for being the first ever to acheive a Windows Vista logo for the DIR-655 wireless router. While Buffalo acheived the premium "Certified for Windows Vista" logo, D-Link was first to meet the baseline "Works with Windows Vista" requirements (months ago). What's the difference between the two you ask? First, the requirements for "works with" certification include: QoS, LLTD for rich Network Maps, WCN, Xbox Live, and more. Our baseline suite of tests ensure these devices are extremely robust. To put things in perspective, the *massive* majority of existing consumer networking products *do not* meet the baseline requirements! Remember, our goal is to transform the consumer networking ecosystem, and these devices do.
The requirement differences between the premium logo and baseline are: IPv6 and concurrent dual-band (2.4 & 5 GHz operation); which are huge feats. premium routers must meet all the baseline requirements in addition to the others. Essentially, the premium class routers are for video (both standard-definiton & high-definition) scenarios, and the baseline routers are for everything else.
I'll keep everyone updated on the new devices that acheive the logo. More to talk about very soon...
-- Gabe Frost
Comments
Anonymous
February 07, 2007
I just picked up this router over the weekend, and I've been really impressed with it. Now I just need to find a 802.11n device for the 360, I'll be set (Or an 802.11n print server or wireless bridge) so I don't have to run the wire from upstairs and across the living room)Anonymous
February 07, 2007
Gabe Frost, Program Manager on the Windows Core NetworkingTeam, blogstoday about D-Link's DIR-655 XtremeAnonymous
February 08, 2007
That is very nice. If now only D-Link had Vista compatible drivers for their NICs too...Anonymous
February 09, 2007
Windows Vista drivers for both 32 and 64 bit will be available very soon. They are being tested currently.Anonymous
March 19, 2007
Does anyone sell a 802.11n print server? I don't see them out there yet.Anonymous
December 15, 2007
I don’t actually use this router but have a buddy who utilizes this one in his office as he’s got about 12 computers all networked up. I am currently looking to upgrade my current router to something that’s more functional with Vista though. I have sampled a few <a href=routers">http://www.computergiants.com>routers</a> but so far I haven’t had any luck and they haven’t been any more reliable than my current router is with Vista. I might just give this one a closer look.Anonymous
February 24, 2009
" Vista 64 and routers To resolve this issue, disable the DHCP BROADCAST flag in Windows Vista. To do this, follow these steps: Click Start, type regedit, If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue. Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpipParametersInterfaces{GUID} [this is the first numeric string startins with {90... Right click on DhcpConnEnableBcastFlag, Modify, and set the value to 0 (numeric zero). I then rebooted. I have not had a drop in 24 hours. Hope it continues. Found this at: support.microsoft.com/kb/928233 "This issue occurs because of a difference in design between Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). Specifically, in Windows XP SP2, the BROADCAST flag in DHCP discovery packets is set to 0 (disabled). In Windows Vista, the BROADCAST flag in DHCP discovery packets is not disabled. Therefore, some routers and some non-Microsoft DHCP servers cannot process the DHCP discovery packets."