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I bought this D-Link USB-C to 2.5Gb Ethernet Adapter in April last year. It cost me $45.43 plus tax. The full name of this product is Thunderbolt to Ethernet, Compact, 2.5X Faster Than Standard Gigabit, Future-Proof, Windows, Mac, 10/100/1000/2500GB (DUB-E250).... Read more
I have my D-Link DIR-880L router for almost one and half years. I flashed the firmware to use DD-WRT one. Later I flashed back to D-Link firmware. The latest version is 1.08 on D-Link Canadian website. I upgraded it long... Read more
I bought D-Link DIR-880L last year. One of the features of it is DD-WRT compatible. Three weeks ago, I downloaded the dd-wrt firmware and flashed it on the router. The version I downloaded is DD-WRT v3.0-r30432 std. Based on the... Read more
Because I have a new router Dir-880L, a new Wi-Fi adapter is required. D-Link DWA-192 AC1900 Wi-Fi Dual Band USB Adapter。 Regular price is more than $80 at the retail store. Now I got a new one from London Drugs.... Read more
I bought a new Router from Costco two months ago. D-Link DIR-880L Dual Band Router AC1900. It replaced my old DIR-850L. The most important reason, which makes me decide to buy it, is the price, $99.97. The current market price... Read more
It is time to upgrade router firmware. There is a alert notice on the support.dlink.ca Security Advisory: New firmware has been released that fixes the latest HNAP Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. Please ensure to upgrade your router to the latest firmware... Read more
Now it is time to upgrade D-Link router 850L to new version, 1.12WW. Here is official download link Look at the release notes: Firmware: FW1.12.B05(Release) Hardware: A1 Date:2014/10/06 Note: 1. Update CN channel table 2. Support No-IP DDNS server Problems... Read more
This update is only applicable to North America devices. The release notes for 1.10 are: ¤ Fix the issue with DS-Lite ¤ Fix the security issue with Samba ¤ Fix the issue with the mail server ¤ Fix the issue... Read more
Got DIR-850L at London Drugs. It is only $10 more than the one I got, DIR-845L at Costco. I did not see the benefits of SmartBeamTM Technology. So I spend $109 to get a new router with 802.11AC support. 802.11AC... Read more
Three network card or USB adapter. The oldest one is WUA1340, I got five years ago. DWA-525 just weeks ago. The LinksysAE2500 I got this week. WUA1340 is G only. DWA-525 and AE2500 support 802.11n network. Based on the theory,... Read more
One of readers asked the difference between DIR-845L and DIR-826L. I did a lot of research online before purchasing my new Router. They have a similar shape. Not easy to distinguish them without look at the back. There are not... Read more
Got a new router from Costco, $100 plus tax. It is named as Extreme Range Dual Band Gigabit Router. Extreme Range, means it can cover a large house. Dual Band means 2.4G and 5G work at same time. Gigabit means... Read more
It is time to update my DNS-323. D-Link just release the new firmware 1.10. Here is the release notes I re-formated. Because the format of release notes in the download package is so bad. 1. Replace upnp av server with... Read more
I bought a D-LINK DGS-1008D 8 Port 10/100/1000 Unmanaged Gigabit Switch at NCIX online. Pick up at Burnaby store. It saves power and performance well. * Green Ethernet Technology * 16Gbps Switching Capacity * Desktop or Wall-Mount Design * Non-blocking... Read more
I bought a NAS, Network-attached Storage. Actually I bought two items. One is the NAS enclosure, or Dlink DNS-323, 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure. It is a very old product. Start to sell about two years ago. The other one is... Read more