Archive for June, 2008

New D-Link products

Monday, June 30th, 2008

New D-Link products added to OzTechnologies today (click the pics for prices, availability and more info)

Storage  
DNS-343 4-Bay Network Storage Enclosure for SATA Hard Drives
Multimedia  
DSM-330 802.11G Wireless DivX Connected HD Media Player
Wireless Adapters  
DWA-110 802.11G (11/54MB) Wireless USB Adapter
   
DWA-510 802.11G (11/54MB) Wireless PCI card
   
DWA-610 802.11G (11/54MB) Wireless PCMCIA card
Router combos  
DKT-PCIG DIR-300 router + DWA-510 802.11g PCI card combo
   
DKT-USBG DIR-300 router + DWA-110 802.11g USB adapter combo
Wireless Access Points  
DAP-1150 Wireless G Access Point
   
DWL-2700AP Outdoor 2.4GHz (802.11g) Wireless Access Point/Bridge
   
DWL-3140AP Web Smart 802.11g PoE Thin Access Point
   
DWL-3500AP Wireless Switching 108G Access Point
   
DWL-7100AP Tri-Mode Dualband 802.11 a/b/g Wireless 108Mbps Access Point
   
DWL-7700AP Wireless AG Outdoor AP/Bridge
   
DWL-8500AP Wireless Switching 108 AG Dualband Access Point
Wireless Antenna  
ANT24-1202 12 dbi Outdoor Omni-Directional Antenna

Linksys WAG160N cashback offer

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Get $30.00 cashback on a Linksys WAG160N 802.11N Wireless modem.
Click here for product & purchasing info.
Click here for how to claim the money.
Promotion ends 31/7/08.

Problems with XP SP3 & some routers

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Dave from digitaldna.com.au reports the following:

A bit of feedback for you. I bought one of the 2820s off you just recently. I nearly ended up RA’ing it. I tried to access it using 3 different PCs/Laptops with IE7 and with Firefox and could not successfully browse to it. What made it particularly frustrating was that:

- I could ping it
- I could Telnet to it
- I could putty to it
- I could do a firmware upgrade to it ( I loaded it with 3G Beta)
- I could NMAP port scan it

I found an obscure Billion post that reckoned XP SP3 was playing havoc with Billion Routers. Guess what, XP SP3 plays havoc with Draytek routers as well and it also plays havoc with a Dlink DIR-451 I was trying to configure. All my 3 PCs/Laptops that I used were SP3.

Alas the remedy to these issues was not a very pleasant one. I had to use a Vista PC running IE7 (or Firefox) to configure the Draytek (and the DLINK) !! Draytek acknowledge that there is an issue with SP3 – it is a Microsoft issue obviously; they just need to nail down the details enough for Microsoft to HotFix it.

So, to all your customers, you may wish to warn them that XP SP3 does not play nicely with Billion, Draytek or Dlink routers!

BTW once I got the Draytek configured via Vista, the XP SP3 network behind it worked fine. I just can’t use SP3 to access it to configure it.

We are using a Vodafone 3G card as an interim measure for a client until their ADSL arrives – and it works really well – very easy to get up and going. Nice box that 2820.

Update: Latest feedback from Draytek is they can’t reproduce it in their labs. I could reproduce it no problems at all on 3 separate PCs.

Draytek 2930 series out now

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Draytek Australia have just released the new 2930 series which should fill a particular market niche. These have many similarities to the 2820 series but with a stronger focus on VPN capabilities at the expense of some of the other features enjoyed by the 2820 series. While having fewer features they do pack a bigger punch so are priced a little higher than the 2820 series as well.

A quick comparison of the top of the range 2930Vn model vs the 2820Vn: 

 

2820Vn

2930Vn

10/100 LAN Ports

3

4

10/100/1000 LAN Ports

1

0

VPN Endpoints

32

100

WAN Ports

1 ethernet + 1 phone port for ADSL

2 x ethernet

Built-in ADSL modem

Yes

No

USB Print Server

Yes

No

Accepts 3G modem

Yes

No

802.11n wireless

Yes

Yes

FXS ports for VoIP

2

2

FXO ports (PSTN failover for VoIP)

1

0

Rackmountable

Yes (with kit)

Yes (with kit)

Click here to check out the whole 2930 range pricing and options from OzTechnologies.com with links to the OzCableguy reviews for more information.

D-Link Gigabit Rackmount switch 20% off specials ending soon

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

The following D-Link switch specials end at the end of June. So if you were thinking about grabbing one do it soon!

(Click the pics for more info and purchasing)

D-Link  DGS-1216T — 10/100/1000 16 Port WebSmart Desktop or Rackmount Switch $312.40  (Normally $385.00)
   

 

D-Link  DGS-1224T — 10/100/1000 24 Port WebSmart Desktop or Rackmount Switch with 2 mini GBIC $432.30  (Normally $535.70)
   

 

D-Link  DGS-1248T — 10/100/1000 48 Port WebSmart Desktop or Rackmount Switch with four combo SFP expansion slots $884.40  (Normally $1114.30)