1 00:00:07,279 --> 00:00:16,320 Welcome to my unboxing and first look at DLink's next generation premium router. 2 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:20,480 This is the DIR865L. 3 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:23,039 It is a dualband AC router. Now, I mean, 4 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:27,279 nobody consulted with me about this. Nobody asked me what I thought before 5 00:00:25,439 --> 00:00:31,760 they called the next generation wireless AC. 6 00:00:29,439 --> 00:00:34,960 I I can't understand why they didn't ask me what I thought, but I think it's just 7 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:41,280 the most ridiculous thing in the world because you got A and then you got B and 8 00:00:38,399 --> 00:00:44,480 then we skipped to G and then we were like, well, okay, well, we skipped 9 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:47,360 letters before, so we'll go to N this time. And then they're like, "Oh, well, 10 00:00:46,079 --> 00:00:54,000 there's all these letters left in the alphabet. So, why don't we just go back to A and put a C on it instead of going 11 00:00:52,239 --> 00:01:00,000 with like, I don't know, wireless X for extreme or like anyway, wireless AC is 12 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:05,040 faster and more better." Um, particularly the 5 gigahertz band is 13 00:01:02,719 --> 00:01:09,119 better utilized with wireless AC to be more faster and more better, but that 14 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:12,560 doesn't prevent these routers from being backwards compatible. So, this guy right 15 00:01:10,960 --> 00:01:20,080 here uses Where we got? Yeah. So it has 16 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:22,960 combined 1300 AC plus 450N for a maximum 17 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:28,320 total throughput of it being capable of 1750 megabit per second which is very 18 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:34,159 very very cool stuff. And what it means is that unlike some other AC routers on 19 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:38,400 the market, this will not be a downgrade for all of your end devices. Cuz 20 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:45,520 remember guys, if you have a wireless AC router that's 1300 AC and only 150N or 21 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:50,159 300N, what that means is every end device on your network is actually going 22 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:54,399 to be operating at a slower speed than if you just had a high-end N router. So, 23 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:57,920 think about that for a minute. Be careful when you upgrade because if you 24 00:01:56,079 --> 00:02:01,680 don't have any AC devices, you might be actually downgrading your wireless 25 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:06,320 speeds. So, let's see what else DLink has to say for themselves about this 26 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:08,879 guy. So, yep. Yep. AC and compliant 27 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:13,920 concurrent dual band 2.4 4 GHz and 5 gigahertz my llink cloud services share 28 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:17,440 port allows you to share you know files to various apps and whatever else you 29 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:22,480 want that's basically what they call a USB storage port um and then the mobile 30 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:25,599 app is what they call their mobile app that helps you share stuff anyway 31 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:31,360 integrated intelligent antenna with high powered amplifier gigabit Ethernet ports 32 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:32,879 USB 2 media QoS okay that's good 33 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:36,239 uh that pretty much covers it okay gigabit ports are 10 times yeah but I 34 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:38,959 mean it's hard to it's hard to call gigabit ports a selling point anymore. 35 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:44,720 For me, it's more like you just shouldn't buy anything with 1000 ports. 36 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:46,720 Fastest AC. Yep. Okay. And package 37 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:49,280 contents, my cloud services. Ah, so you can manage your home network from your 38 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:52,640 iPhone, iPad, or Android device. So, this is like Cisco's cloud connect, 39 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:57,120 except I haven't tried this one yet. So, I hope it's a little bit uh I hope it's 40 00:02:54,640 --> 00:03:01,360 a little bit sort of more um easy to get around, I guess, would 41 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:05,440 be, you know, or maybe if you want to use it, maybe it's maybe it's more awesome. Check your networking speeds. 42 00:03:04,159 --> 00:03:09,920 Reboot your router. See connected and blocked devices in real time. Okay, that's all kind of cool stuff. So, let's 43 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:13,599 go ahead and have a look at the router itself. It comes with a quick start 44 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,599 guide. Okay, 45 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:23,680 Amplify branding for this guy. So, I believe that was 46 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:28,400 what they used for their whole home router as well in terms of branding and 47 00:03:26,239 --> 00:03:30,959 positioning. And in that particular product, it referred to the 48 00:03:29,599 --> 00:03:35,040 directionality of the antennas that achieved helped it achieve better 49 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:38,560 overall range, which I did test and did end up being true, which is very cool 50 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:42,959 because a lot of the time, you know, you get like, oh, this wireless router is 10 51 00:03:40,959 --> 00:03:46,879 times the range of your old one and you actually like plug it in and you're 52 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:50,879 like, well, no, it isn't. Um, because I'm using my phone now in the same place 53 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:54,799 I used it last time, and it's exactly the same. 54 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:59,200 This is a very shiny product, as you can clearly see. We can do the old like test 55 00:03:56,959 --> 00:04:02,879 to find out how glossy it is. You can probably see that it will get quite 56 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:07,360 scratched quite quickly. But the good news is that it's a router, so if it's 57 00:04:04,959 --> 00:04:10,319 ugly, it doesn't matter. And you can probably hide it somewhere. Anyway, 58 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:14,959 look, we can see Slick. Whoa. Oh my goodness. It's Slick. Holy crap. Um, for 59 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:19,919 those of you who haven't tuned in already, we do live streams every Friday night. And you can see Slick there. 60 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:24,320 Anyway, so what do we got here? Four gigabit Ethernet ports in the back for 61 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:29,040 your local network, your WAN port. So, you plug your modem into that. You got 62 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:34,560 your USB share port. Got a power button. Very nice. Hard reset switch, 12vt 63 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:38,720 input, and at the front you got a couple more things. So, you got power 64 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:43,840 indicator, interwebs indicator, as well as a WPS button. The bottom stand seems 65 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,800 like it should be removable because there's like there's plastic on it that 66 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:50,800 Hold on. Let me see if I can figure out how to get this off. So, I've never seen 67 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:55,040 anything quite like this before. There's two warranty void if removed stickers 68 00:04:52,639 --> 00:04:59,759 here. And then they seem to be screwed into the base. And then um there's 69 00:04:57,280 --> 00:05:04,639 actually like a plastic thing here that you'd probably want to remove somehow. 70 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:09,039 And I'm not Yeah, I mean you I guess you could get it off somehow, but it's just 71 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:13,280 sort of trickier. Okay. Okay, I got it. I got this. 72 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:17,919 There we go. So that's how that works. So there basically guys, what's the 73 00:05:16,479 --> 00:05:22,960 point of AC routers? Well, they're faster. We don't have many AC clients 74 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:26,479 yet. However, DLink does have an AC1200 client. So, we're going to unbox this at 75 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:31,520 some point in the f Whoops. future. Hopefully, it's not broken now. Um, 76 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:36,639 yeah, it just makes your wireless go faster, particularly at slightly shorter 77 00:05:33,919 --> 00:05:40,560 range. Remember guys, 5 GHz is a higher frequency. So, that means the wavelength 78 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:44,240 is much shorter, which means that while you can apparently carry more data on 79 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:48,320 it, it's not quite as effective over long ranges as 2.4 GHz. However, with 80 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:53,120 the improvements they've been making to antenna technology as well as the 81 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:55,199 transmission strength, 5 GHz has almost 82 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:58,639 caught up to 2.4 GHz to the point where I would personally, assuming I had AC 83 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:02,880 clients, take the benefit of the additional speed over the slight benefit 84 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:08,080 of more range. So, thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look 85 00:06:04,639 --> 00:06:09,520 at the DLink DIR865L wireless AC router. 86 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:15,199 Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and 87 00:06:11,759 --> 00:06:15,199 other computer videos.