D-Link AX1500 Mesh Wi-Fi 6 Router - 802.11ax Router, Gigabit, Triple-core Processor, Dual Band, OFDMA, Voice Control with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa (DIR-X1560) WiFi 6

Updated firmware and disabled all the gimmicky AI bells and whistles kept the basic wired router/switch functionalities. For under $30 this is best router. 5 stars.

This router was a big upgrade for my friend's WIFI since it has WIFI 6. and is AX1500 range. The range is perfect for my friend's house since he doesn't need too large of a range. It was easy to set up and install. He has a lot of devices connected to his router and hasn't had any issues with it. He's been very happy with it.

This router generally works fine, as expected. But I found that when using the 5Ghz wifi bands, it only worked if connected to a device using the ax (wifi 6) protocol. The speeds were great, over a gigabit of transfer speed. But when connecting on older devices with only ac support, the router would reboot itself when transfering data at high speed. I have no idea if I just have a faulty router, or if it is a firmware problem. If it is firmware related, I hope dlink will address this issue in a firmware update. The 2.4Ghz wifi seems to work fine on all devices, but the transfers are obviously slower than on 5Ghz. Also the wired ports are good. I am keeping the router, but I had to configure my devices to use the 2.4Ghz bands except for those that support ax. This is a bit annoying for sure.

Easy to install, it updated my network to support an expanding data demand with home schooling and at home work. Did not expand coverage used my older wifi router as an access point. It looses connection with the modem from time to time not sure yet if it’s the old modem that needs upgrade.

As a person with decades of corporate networking technical / installation / configuration experience, I used to be a huge fan of D-Link networking devices in my pre-wireless experience. I've since retired form "working for the man" and run my own successful business from home - i.e. My internet and Wifi are part of my critical/infrastructure business needs. As far as home WiFi, I've always used TP-Link with 100% success but thought I'd try D-Link thinking how good they used to be. MASSIVE MISTAKE! Before getting this D-Link garbage, I was using a borrowed TP-Link WiFi router with 0 (ZERO) issues. After 3 weeks of owning this specific D-Link router model, the problems all started. Random reboots (up to 8 times per day), failure to reach operational status after 50% of the random reboots, and loss of my 2.4GHz network (device not found in every case). Fact #1: After 3 months of back-and-forth with D-Link Canada support, they allowed their support to drag out beyond any refund period. Fact #2: I'm currently using the second router (received via advance RMA) where you actually must pay D-Link to get the RMA as an advanced replacement - i.e. if you don't pay, then you must return yours then they will send the replacement - what a joke for an critical infrastructure device. Fact #3: The reason I'm on my second one is because my first one randomly rebooted - sometimes it auto-rebooted - sometimes it would reboot into a failure mode and I would need to hard-boot it manually. Fact #4: The replacement seems to be even worse. Within the first hour of setting it up, it failed twice with the conditions I mention above. Fact #5: Even if it reboots and "seems to recover", I find I have to go days where my 5GHz band works fine, but the the 2.4Gz band has failed and I can't seem to do anything to fix it, it just "magically" decides to start working again at some point. This issue is the same with both the original and the RMA'd router. In conclusion, this vendor was more than helpful - so 5 starts for the vendor, but a massive fail for D-Link products and support. I've now purchased a TP-Link Wifi router to replace this D-Link garbage and have complete confidence the product will be always work and always serve 2.4GHz and 5 GHz in a stable and reliable manner. I am already feeling a massive load off my shoulders just knowing the TP-Link router is on its' way.