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D-Link DI-701

D-Link DI-701 DSL/Cable Residential Gateway - a router with built-in firewall, DHCP, NAT and a 10/100 Local Port
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Date: 2000-07-26 08:34
Author: Brent
Category: Broadband Routers
Manufacturer: D-Link
Product/Model: DI-701
List Price: $119
Online Price: $85.27 @ Buy.com

Here are some shots of what you fill find inside the box.  From here on out in this review you can click on the images to view a larger more detailed image.  I'm going to go ahead and apologize now for the low quality images and blurriness in the shots, I only have one of those cheap $100 digital cameras for use. But even with that shortcoming you can still make them out a little bit, if you look hard, again I apologize in the quality of the shots.  

What I want you all to notice is the translucency of the router and the fact that it has mounting brackets on the underside of it!  Yes you heard me right it has mounting brackets and screws included so that you can mount this on your wall just like your hanging a picture!  The LED's on the front of it are constructed so that they can be viewed from a Flat Sitting on a table view and from a Wall Hanging view.  I suppose one good thing about hanging it on the wall would be to get it out of the way of having to sit it on something.  The Ports on the back of it are positioned so that when it's hanging on the wall the ports will now be on the top, so you have to plug everything in topside.  Personally I didn't like that idea too much about having the ports on the top when hanging, because if you attach your cables from the top their own weight will pull them down over the router and perhaps bend and pull at the connections, making it have more force on the cable then one would want.

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the front of the retail box
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this is the back of the box
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Here are the contents, notice the Manual, Serial Cable, Ethernet Cable, CD, and Router
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The top of the router, notice the clearness
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The bottom of the router, with mounting brackets on both sides

 

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