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Posted: **Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:35 pm**

It looks like this model is pretty new, and its not on newegg which is surprising... How do you know if this one works with WoW? What if the incompatibility is a brand issue? Its not wireless N, its Draft-N, wait for the official N-class devices.

BTW I bet there is a fix for the DGL-4300 and WoW, no way D-Link is going to call a router of theirs a Gaming router while withholding support for such a popular game, right?

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:15 am**

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:28 am**

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:19 am**

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/50273.html
"Typically, you should wait until the full standard is out," he said. "Pre-anything might work with [a single company], but when the final version comes out, it doesn't work with anything."

Summary:
They're using draft-N to guinea pig you and once they're done, yours wont actually work with Wireless-N.

"On 19 January 2007, the IEEE 802.11 Working Group unanimously (100 yes, 0 no, 5 abstaining) approved a request by the 802.11n Task Group to issue a new Draft 2.0 of the proposed standard."
~ Wikipedia

Looks like the Wireless-N standard is far from complete.

I'd see if you can get a replacement DGL-4300, I'm assuming you have the latest firmware? Set everything back to default and try... then try with the proper Port Forwards that I see WoW apparently needs.
http://portforward.com/english/routers/ ... loader.htm

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:34 pm**

i might be getting a wireless router

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:33 pm**

D-Link DI-634M FTW.

Works great with WoW

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:03 pm**

lol Yeah, looking at the state of the Wireless-N standard right now, I'd have to say the DGL-4100 paired with the DI-634M would be the best combination for kickass wired and wireless. (not just saying that because thats my setup)

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:21 pm**

Only thing the freakedn 634M is missing is the damn gigabit

Posted: **Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:50 pm**

Posted: **Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:37 am**

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/index.ph ... Itemid=156
look at "Total Simultaneous Throughput"

Sure looks like it LOL, come to think of it.. even if you get a draft-N router, who cares if it won't work with official Wireless-N routers? Not like a Wireless-G MIMO router is going to be any different, and look at the performance boost with that draft-N D-Link.

I say screw what I said earlier, if you're getting a new router, go draft-N XD I was supposed to have been asleep by the time I was writing that, therefore wasn't thinking fully.

The problem with all of this special higher-than 54G stuff is that you need to pair the router with the proper adapter for the PC, the adapter must be from the same brand because different brands use different methods of the technology and are incompatible with each other. Not sure how well that statement applies to draft-N though.

The main weakness of the special Wireless-G routers is a very big and illogical one: If the router, such as a MIMO router, detects ANY non-MIMO device, it will immediately shutdown its MIMO functionality to be compatible with the less-fortunate device. Considering your neighbors probably have wireless but don't have MIMO or the same brand MIMO, you will never be able to actually have MIMO run. Even if you have NO neighbors or any current non-MIMO devices, your future Wii is standard 54G and will surely screw MIMO over. Not sure if there is such a problem with draft-N.

MIMO is out of the question, sorry for shooting down draft-N earlier.