Routing Features - more

But there are also some omissions.

• Router and Bridge (AP) mode - For some reason D-Link dropped this mode that is included in the DIR-655. So you'll have to manually disable the DHCP server, set an appropriate IP address and move cables to use the router as an access point.
  
  
• Admin idle timeout adjust - One of my personal annoyances. The timeout appears to be fixed at around 5 minutes.
  
  
• No separate Traffic Log - Although the log messages are clearly written in plain English, the handling of traffic logging is disappointing. Traffic log entries don't have a separate category, so you'll have to wade through the other Info category messages.

I tested Ubicom's technology, which is behind the "GameFuel" (Figure 7) and WISH wireless features, when I reviewed the D-Link DGL-4300 and Hawking HBB1 Broadband Booster and found it to work. So I didn't repeat that testing for the 4500. Suffice it to say that it works very well and you don't have to think much about it at all.

Figure 7: GameFuel Screen

I still like that you can see what GameFuel is doing with the Internet and WISH sessions by checking those Status pages. Figure 8 is a sample I grabbed from my 4500.

Figure 8: Internet Sessions

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