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 Xtreme

• Anonymous
  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."