D-Link DGL-4500 Xtreme N Gaming Router Expert Reviews

Gamers like three things in their devices: functionality, speed, and bling. The D-Link DGL-4500 Xtreme N Gaming Router has all three. This excellently assembled and configured wireless networking unit offers the configurability a power user would ...

Admin panel is impressive for a consumer-level router ; LCD on top is slick ; Gigabit Ethernet excellent for power users with multiple computers

Price: $120-$150 is EXPENSIVE for a router ; LCD on top has limited usefulness in reality (it's bling!) ; Ubicom processor and Atheros wireless chipset eliminate alternative firmware options

I think I would like the LCD on the D-Link DGL-4500 better if it cycled through pages. This would make it more likely to catch the eye of a passerby. That said, if you're considering the DGL-4500 based on the LCD, save your money and look for ...

Looking for a dual-band router so you can run two independent Wi-Fi networks, using one frequency band for data and the second for streaming media? Scratch the DGL-4500 off your list, because D-Link’s definition of “dual-band†means operating on ...

Excellent range, useful gaming-oriented QoS settings, informative display

Not a true dual-band router, display automatically shuts off

The DGL-4500 is also much easier to configure for use with Windows Home Server. While we had to manually configure port forwarding on the WRT600N in order to enable access to our server remotely from the Internet, the configuration wizard in Microsoft ...

D-Link's DGL-4500 wireless router brings a lot to the table, including dual-band operation, 802.11n support, a killer built-in OLED screen, on top of features perfectly suited for online gamers. Of course, such a feature-packed router doesn't come ...

OLED screen, Dual Band, Fast 2.4 GHz wireless speeds, Gaming "Extras" such as Gamefuel, World in Conflict Demo

No simultaneous 2.4 and 5 GHz band support, Limited number of dual band adapters, Would be nice to have activity LEDs on the front of the router

Dual-band, fast performance, good security features

LCD screen sits at a fixed angle, pricey

For users who want a fast wireless N router, this D-Link is a worthy choice. It produced very fast results in our tests, it's versatile, and it has some nifty interface features. But its physical design could be better.