Insane AC Wireless Router

[kameshss]

The new D-Link Wireless router which is been equipped with Wireless AC technology.

And this is just one of D-Link's new Ultra series

 

And also this looks huge and Insane.

 

Three versions of the Ultra Performance Series wireless routers will be available, with the top-of-the-line DIR-895L/R model boasting up to 2,260 Mbps on the 5GHz bands and up to 1,024 Mbps on the 2.4GHz band. It also comes with the most high-power antennas, eight in total, as well as multi-user MIMO technology which serves to keep your Wi-Fi network running as fast as possible with multiple devices connected at once.

 

It'll be available on Newegg tomorrow for $309.99

 

Take a look at these pictures of the Router

 

 

Absolute Beast and Monster and looks like Alien face!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: TheVerge

[terrytek]

Damn, one super sexy router.

[officiallyasimulator]

im not sure i want to know the price.

[Clyne]

Sorta looks like a flying drone for me.

[kameshss]

im not sure i want to know the price.

It'll be available on Newegg tomorrow for $309.99

[ahhming]

imagine all those wave passing through your body 

[terrytek]

It'll be available on Newegg tomorrow for $309.99

Actuallyl more affordable than I thought. I guessed like at least a grand.

[officiallyasimulator]

It'll be available on Newegg tomorrow for $309.99

o rly. seems suddenly very interesting to me.

[kameshss]

imagine all those wave passing through your body 

Nobody cares except who cares!

[kameshss]

Actuallyl more affordable than I thought. I guessed like at least a grand.

 

o rly. seems suddenly very interesting to me.

 

I'm sure @LinusTech will review it

May be as "Affordable Insane Router" something like that!

[Silent_Xaxal]

It looks strange. It looks dumb. It looks like something out of F-Zero. And it is red.

 

If I could afford it, this would be one of the routers I'd look towards.

[KayTees]

I would do things to it you niggas never even thought of.

[kameshss]

It looks strange. It looks dumb. It looks like something out of F-Zero. And it is red.

 

If I could afford it, this would be one of the routers I'd look towards.

$309.99 is really cheap for this kinda router I guess!

[Str_Mape]

Can we have it standing on the antennae so it looks like a shiny red bug?

[kameshss]

Can we have it standing on the antennae so it looks like a shiny red bug?

lol!

[totjup5]

I'm happy with my ac 1750

[kameshss]

I'm happy with my ac 1750

Yes, If you've got Wireless AC, it's pretty good.

 

May be this router is for more like tons of device at a home.

 

And I'M HAPPY WITH MY 300N Wireless router! It's WHR-G300N V2

[TheQuadSquad]

I don't even feel like purchasing an overkill router, the internet providers around me are terrible anyways so i'd only be using as much as they'd give me.

[snowComet]

Bro, you should mention this is a AC5300 router. Nearly mixed it up with the DIR-890L (AC3200)....

[fierce_gt]

I posted this elsewhere at the beginning of the week when mine arrived(the 890L has been available in Canada for a bit now), but it still seems like very few of these have been 'tested'. that's how I found this site, I'm continually looking for more info on it.

 

anyway, here's my initial impressions from the DIR-890L... 

 

Figured since I couldn't find any info about this router before buying it, I might as well help get some info out there.

 

 

Product description: http://ca.dlink.com/products/connect/wireless-ac3200-tri-band-gigabit-router/

 

 

my coles notes version:

-it's a new 'high performance' wireless ac router from dlink. It boasts AC3200 'tri-band' performance, dual-core processor(I've heard 1ghz, but could not confirm anywhere), and beamforming.

 

 

Unboxing:

the router was packaged very nicely, and included the standard accessories. 

an unboxing video can be found online:

 

 

Setup:

again, nothing unusual here really. the controls are VERY basic, in fact I'm sure most would consider them too basic. There's few options to get your hands dirty, that's for sure. On the other hand, it's very easy, and so far has 'just worked'. One of the proposed benefits of the tri-band design is the ability to separate 'slower' wireless n devices from 'faster' wireless ac devices on the 5ghz band. there's a feature called 'smart connect' that will automatically do this for you. and so far it seems to be working. I only have one ac device, and it's giving me a lightning fast connection right now all by itself on the third channel.

 

 

it is a large router, but not as big as I was worried about. Side by side with my old DIR-655, it's not going to be the easiest router to hide, but it's not overpowering my desk either.

 

 

physical connections are nothing special, typically assortment of LAN/WAN ports, and two usb ports(one 3.0, one 2.0)

 

 

 

 

when you first connect the router, you do have to run through a set up wizard, it only takes a couple minutes, and only gives you a couple options to select. I had trouble connecting to the internet, and eventually figured out I had to power cycle my router before it would work. After you're set up, you will be forced to input an SSID and password. I thought this a bit odd, mostly because the 'default' SSID and password is plastered all over the place, but didn't come up automatically in the wizard. I was not able to connect to the router wirelessly until I ran the wizard, so all these default names and passwords were essentially useless anyway. It's possible I missed something, but I assume these things will not be used by most owners anyway. maybe they will be activated with a 'reset' or something, I'm not sure. but it comes with a card with the info, a sticker on the top of the router with the info, AND it's found on the info sticker on the bottom of the router too. seems like it's more important than it seems...?

 

 

anyway, with all that done, you have some basic control in the menu once you login:

 

 

After that you're presented with a home screen with a nice visual representation and some quick info about your network. 

 

 

there's more options than I bothered to take screen caps of, I chose these ones just to give an overall example of the interface design.

 

 

Internet Settings: 

 

 

Wireless Settings:

 

 

QoS Settings:

 

 

So far I'm pleased with the performance. I don't have a really reliable way of testing speeds, but I have a couple real world comparisons.

1) transferring large media files from my wired desktop to the wifi connected HTPC

-DIR655 and the 'stock' wifi card that came with my HP desktop(an old wireless b/g card rated up to 54mbps). i was struggling to get 1MB/s

-DIR890L and asus ac68 wifi card, I was maintaining over 11MB/s. 

2) media streaming files from my HTPC

-before the upgrades, it was sketchy to stream anything to my other wifi client(laptop, phone, BD player, another HTPC) but seemed to work ok for anything 720p or less on a wired desktop. 

-after the upgrades, I've been able to stream 1080p rips to anything that's capable of playing them. i was streaming two low bitrate 1080p movies to my phone and laptop simultaneously without stutter. high quality 1080p is still hit or miss

[fierce_gt]

Bro, you should mention this is a AC5300 router. Nearly mixed it up with the DIR-890L (AC3200)....

i think he's discussing the 'line', not the specific model. at least i assumed since he showed pictures of the 890R and 895R. in fact most of the pics are of the 890L

[ahhming]

 

-snip-

 

is VPN setup easy on that? coming from ASUS N66U which i might consider upgrading

[Tygron]

If I trusted D-link I'd probably (stupid phone made this word "poetically" ) be more interested. If looks cool but I'm currently happy with my Asus N66U. However if the reliability is just as good or higher than my N66U then I might reconsider D-link. At least it isn't Linksys or Netgear.

[kameshss]

 

-snip-

 

Nice ! That was good! 

Thanks for this wonderful info!

[Fetzie]

It is red and it has many antennas. It must therefore be fast, and must also therefore be bought by me.