WEBVTT 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:06.720 Okay, so today we're going to be having a quick look at the DLink 00:00:04.359 --> 00:00:11.880 DGL4500. So this is from their Gamer Lounge series of networking products. 00:00:09.440 --> 00:00:17.840 And that means that it is optimized for, wait for it, gaming. Yes. Okay. 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:24.320 Awesome. So that means that the gaming feature it seems to have over its 00:00:19.840 --> 00:00:26.720 cousin, the DW, oh crap, DIR 655 is that 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:30.400 it has an LCD on the top and it also features game fuel priority. So, let's 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:35.920 have a look at the back of the box and see what we can find in terms of information about this router. Powered 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:40.559 by Game Fuel. Nothing ruins a frag faster than lag. Basically, what Game 00:00:38.160 --> 00:00:45.360 Fuel does is it prioritizes gaming packets over something like your 00:00:42.559 --> 00:00:49.280 roommate's favorite '8s hairband music. So, if someone else is downloading files 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:53.760 somewhere else on your network and you are gaming, it should in theory 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:58.000 prioritize those gaming packets over all of the other stuff that's going on. So, 00:00:55.840 --> 00:01:01.760 let me see. includes World of Conflict content. Oh, this is actually 00:00:59.199 --> 00:01:06.640 interesting. It is a gigabit router, so you do pay a bit of a premium, but if 00:01:04.320 --> 00:01:10.159 you want both extreme and wireless and gigabit, then it's pretty important to 00:01:08.720 --> 00:01:14.479 find a high-end router. I mean, personally, I wouldn't settle for anything less than Gigabit these days, 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:18.159 especially with the way that the cost has come down. It also features dual 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:22.880 technology, so your router has the power of dualband 2.04 or 5 GHz wireless 00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:27.280 signals to get your game on in the wireless band of your choice. Now, I'm 00:01:24.479 --> 00:01:32.320 not a huge fan of gaming on wireless, and you can actually check out the full 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:35.600 NCX tech tips episode we did on wireless 00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:38.320 versus wired versus power line. And I'm 00:01:35.600 --> 00:01:41.360 a big power line user these days. But that doesn't mean that wireless doesn't 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:45.759 still have its use and that you wouldn't still want draft N for example, or 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:49.280 rather N I should call it because maybe you have a laptop and you want to stream 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:52.240 HD content. N makes a huge difference for that. So, let's see what we got 00:01:50.880 --> 00:01:57.680 inside. First of all, here is your start, insert CD, and run wizard. I'm 00:01:55.280 --> 00:02:01.759 just going to ignore that phone call. Sorry about that. Okay. And then there 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:05.200 is a disc. I can't imagine any reason you would ever use an installation CD 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:08.399 for a router. It makes zero sense to me and I've never put one in my computer. 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:13.040 Maybe there's something useful, but whatever. Okay. It's your internet, so 00:02:10.640 --> 00:02:16.400 take charge. Okay. So, some kind of ad. All right. Then you've got a quick 00:02:14.160 --> 00:02:21.920 install guide. All right. So, the quick install guide is pretty much a a world 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:23.520 in conflict poster. There you go. Okay. 00:02:21.920 --> 00:02:28.480 And it has the router at the bottom of it. Leg is no longer an excuse. Okay. 00:02:26.480 --> 00:02:31.840 And then on the other side, that is where the quick install guide actually 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:35.280 comes in. So here, what's funny about the quick install guide? Oh, this is 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:39.680 awesome. Is there is no step that requires you to put that CD in. Okay, so 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:43.760 the CD includes a manual and a router setup wizard. Okay, there you go. So it 00:02:41.519 --> 00:02:47.519 shows you how to set it up. Great. Okay, so next we will find an AC adapter. 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:55.760 Nothing particularly exciting about that. And then we have three huge 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:57.440 2.45 GHz labeled antennas which we can 00:02:55.760 --> 00:03:02.000 plug into the back of the router. So you can see these are like the huge bulky 00:02:59.519 --> 00:03:05.519 kind. There we go. Then we have a little stand for standing the router up on its 00:03:03.760 --> 00:03:10.760 side if you don't want to run it as like a desktop router and switch. Okay, hold 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:13.760 on. We've got a Cat 5e 00:03:10.760 --> 00:03:14.879 cable. Yeah, that's Cat 5e, I think. 00:03:13.760 --> 00:03:18.319 Yeah, whatever. It doesn't really matter. And then a couple of screws for 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:23.360 I think this is for wall mounting it or something. Oh, and it has little rubber feet for propping it up on the desk, I 00:03:21.920 --> 00:03:27.440 guess. Oh, no. It comes with rubber feet. I can't imagine what those are for. Now the cameraman's phone's 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:31.200 ringing. Use of this device may make your wireless network connect. Oh, okay. 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:36.319 This is a good warning to see. They give you a quick warning and show you how to 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:42.799 go to their support site to set up your wireless for um WPA2 security, which is 00:03:40.640 --> 00:03:47.280 really important because you don't want someone, for example, tapping into your 00:03:45.200 --> 00:03:51.440 wireless connection to download illegal content or something like that and then 00:03:48.959 --> 00:03:55.120 you end up blamed for it. So, I mean, that kind of thing is pretty bad news. I 00:03:53.760 --> 00:03:58.720 mean, it's one of those things where, yeah, people aren't supposed to do that, 00:03:56.959 --> 00:04:02.000 but the same people who aren't supposed to download anything illegal are the 00:04:00.720 --> 00:04:05.360 ones who are doing that, right? So, here's where the LCD screen is, and 00:04:03.920 --> 00:04:08.640 these buttons are used for navigating through it. I have one of these at home, 00:04:06.959 --> 00:04:14.159 and honestly, the screen is totally useless. You should be using the the web 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:19.359 gooey based uh web interface to configure the router. 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:22.160 192.168.0.1. Here is a reset button. Okay. It's kind of nice to see that. 00:04:20.799 --> 00:04:27.199 That's Oh, no. That's not a reset. Okay. I have no idea what this button does. Sorry. Okay. Then we've got the other 00:04:25.520 --> 00:04:31.600 side and then we're around at the back. So, here's where we plug in our 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:35.360 antennas. And you can see we've got 4 GB LAN ports. So, there's a gigabit switch 00:04:33.280 --> 00:04:39.280 built in. And then you've also got your uh internet uplink port right there. 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:44.320 That USB port, I believe, can be used as a print server among other things. And 00:04:42.080 --> 00:04:47.919 the firmware updates are actually done in a really smart way on this router. 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:52.240 It's really nice. You just go into the uh to the router configuration screen 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:55.919 and then you just tell it go update and it does it. It's really seamless. I mean 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:59.919 a lot of routers out there you have to like download it to a USB key and then 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:03.440 plug it in and then upload it and it's very strange. Anyway, thank you for 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:07.280 checking out my unboxing and quick product. Oh, it's shiny. We should do 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:10.560 the shiny shot. Yeah, don't go away yet. See? See how shiny it is? Actually, it 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:16.960 gets scratched up really fast. There's like nothing you can do. Thank you for checking out my unboxing of the DGL 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:16.960 4500.