WEBVTT 00:00:07.279 --> 00:00:16.320 Welcome to my unboxing and first look at DLink's next generation premium router. 00:00:13.120 --> 00:00:20.480 This is the DIR865L. 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:23.039 It is a dualband AC router. Now, I mean, 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:27.279 nobody consulted with me about this. Nobody asked me what I thought before 00:00:25.439 --> 00:00:31.760 they called the next generation wireless AC. 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 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 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:44.480 then we skipped to G and then we were like, well, okay, well, we skipped 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, 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 00:00:52.239 --> 00:01:00.000 with like, I don't know, wireless X for extreme or like anyway, wireless AC is 00:00:58.160 --> 00:01:05.040 faster and more better." Um, particularly the 5 gigahertz band is 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:09.119 better utilized with wireless AC to be more faster and more better, but that 00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:12.560 doesn't prevent these routers from being backwards compatible. So, this guy right 00:01:10.960 --> 00:01:20.080 here uses Where we got? Yeah. So it has 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:22.960 combined 1300 AC plus 450N for a maximum 00:01:20.080 --> 00:01:28.320 total throughput of it being capable of 1750 megabit per second which is very 00:01:26.080 --> 00:01:34.159 very very cool stuff. And what it means is that unlike some other AC routers on 00:01:31.520 --> 00:01:38.400 the market, this will not be a downgrade for all of your end devices. Cuz 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 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:50.159 300N, what that means is every end device on your network is actually going 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, 00:01:52.720 --> 00:01:57.920 think about that for a minute. Be careful when you upgrade because if you 00:01:56.079 --> 00:02:01.680 don't have any AC devices, you might be actually downgrading your wireless 00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:06.320 speeds. So, let's see what else DLink has to say for themselves about this 00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:08.879 guy. So, yep. Yep. AC and compliant 00:02:06.320 --> 00:02:13.920 concurrent dual band 2.4 4 GHz and 5 gigahertz my llink cloud services share 00:02:11.440 --> 00:02:17.440 port allows you to share you know files to various apps and whatever else you 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:22.480 want that's basically what they call a USB storage port um and then the mobile 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:25.599 app is what they call their mobile app that helps you share stuff anyway 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:31.360 integrated intelligent antenna with high powered amplifier gigabit Ethernet ports 00:02:27.200 --> 00:02:32.879 USB 2 media QoS okay that's good 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:36.239 uh that pretty much covers it okay gigabit ports are 10 times yeah but I 00:02:34.640 --> 00:02:38.959 mean it's hard to it's hard to call gigabit ports a selling point anymore. 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:44.720 For me, it's more like you just shouldn't buy anything with 1000 ports. 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:46.720 Fastest AC. Yep. Okay. And package 00:02:44.720 --> 00:02:49.280 contents, my cloud services. Ah, so you can manage your home network from your 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:52.640 iPhone, iPad, or Android device. So, this is like Cisco's cloud connect, 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 00:02:54.640 --> 00:03:01.360 a little bit sort of more um easy to get around, I guess, would 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. 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 00:03:08.640 --> 00:03:13.599 go ahead and have a look at the router itself. It comes with a quick start 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:16.599 guide. Okay, 00:03:16.640 --> 00:03:23.680 Amplify branding for this guy. So, I believe that was 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:28.400 what they used for their whole home router as well in terms of branding and 00:03:26.239 --> 00:03:30.959 positioning. And in that particular product, it referred to the 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:35.040 directionality of the antennas that achieved helped it achieve better 00:03:32.640 --> 00:03:38.560 overall range, which I did test and did end up being true, which is very cool 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 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 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 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:54.799 I used it last time, and it's exactly the same. 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 00:03:56.959 --> 00:04:02.879 to find out how glossy it is. You can probably see that it will get quite 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 00:04:04.959 --> 00:04:10.319 ugly, it doesn't matter. And you can probably hide it somewhere. Anyway, 00:04:08.720 --> 00:04:14.959 look, we can see Slick. Whoa. Oh my goodness. It's Slick. Holy crap. Um, for 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. 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:24.320 Anyway, so what do we got here? Four gigabit Ethernet ports in the back for 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:29.040 your local network, your WAN port. So, you plug your modem into that. You got 00:04:26.080 --> 00:04:34.560 your USB share port. Got a power button. Very nice. Hard reset switch, 12vt 00:04:32.320 --> 00:04:38.720 input, and at the front you got a couple more things. So, you got power 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:43.840 indicator, interwebs indicator, as well as a WPS button. The bottom stand seems 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:46.800 like it should be removable because there's like there's plastic on it that 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 00:04:49.440 --> 00:04:55.040 anything quite like this before. There's two warranty void if removed stickers 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:59.759 here. And then they seem to be screwed into the base. And then um there's 00:04:57.280 --> 00:05:04.639 actually like a plastic thing here that you'd probably want to remove somehow. 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 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:13.280 sort of trickier. Okay. Okay, I got it. I got this. 00:05:12.080 --> 00:05:17.919 There we go. So that's how that works. So there basically guys, what's the 00:05:16.479 --> 00:05:22.960 point of AC routers? Well, they're faster. We don't have many AC clients 00:05:20.400 --> 00:05:26.479 yet. However, DLink does have an AC1200 client. So, we're going to unbox this at 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:31.520 some point in the f Whoops. future. Hopefully, it's not broken now. Um, 00:05:29.840 --> 00:05:36.639 yeah, it just makes your wireless go faster, particularly at slightly shorter 00:05:33.919 --> 00:05:40.560 range. Remember guys, 5 GHz is a higher frequency. So, that means the wavelength 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:44.240 is much shorter, which means that while you can apparently carry more data on 00:05:42.400 --> 00:05:48.320 it, it's not quite as effective over long ranges as 2.4 GHz. However, with 00:05:46.960 --> 00:05:53.120 the improvements they've been making to antenna technology as well as the 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:55.199 transmission strength, 5 GHz has almost 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 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:02.880 clients, take the benefit of the additional speed over the slight benefit 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:08.080 of more range. So, thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:09.520 at the DLink DIR865L wireless AC router. 00:06:08.080 --> 00:06:15.199 Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:15.199 other computer videos.