
D-Link DIR-505 review
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Is this mini router a companion you'll never want to leave behind?
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Is this mini router a companion you'll never want to leave behind?

NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices can sometimes seem to the uninitiated as a bit of a dark art.

D-Link provides a surprisingly affordable entry into the 500Mbps market, with this its DHP-501AV Powerline AV 500 Network Starter Kit.

Most new routers announce that they're going to expand your home network via the wonders of the Wireless N protocol, which enables a much faster and reliable signal. The DHP-1565 is different - it comes with a Powerline adapter.

A NAS drive specifically built for recording CCTV video with support for up to nine cameras.

Does the D-Link ShareCenter do enough to warrant a prominent position in your home?

SmartBeam technology in a wireless N home router with style

D-Link upgrades its Powerline starter kit

A compact and reliable router with smart energy saving features

This media player lacks full HD support but handles everything else with ease

A super speedy Wireless N router that wont break the bank

Home networking the easy way

The case feels a bit cheap, but once installed, the drives are secure and protected. The twin-bay setup allows two 750GB hard drives to be installed for 1.5GB in RAID 0 or 750GB of entirely secure RAID 1 data storage.

DVD Maker is included with Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, or any higher version. Does this mean the other makers of DVD authoring software have something to worry about? Well, not really

The D-Link DKT-810 All-In-One ADSL2+ modem router starter kit consists of a DSL-2740B router which costs £89 and a DWA-140 USB adapter that will set you back £45, both including VAT, so the boxed set saves you a whole £2.

Our love affair with the DIR-655 in its many model variations continues with this latest release. It's not the first router to offer 802.11n Draft 2 compliance, but it does add a wealth of new features to the package to set it apart from the competition

To call power line networking a bandwagon is perhaps too much of a cliché, but debating the lexicon of the English language is irrelevant; more and more networking vendors are jumping onto it. But quite why is a mystery.

The DNS-323 from D-Link enables you to make your own network-attached storage device. We say 'make' because this is only an enclosure and doesn't come supplied with any drives - you have to buy them separately.

There is one Mac-related question our wireless experts get asked more often than any other: "How do you make an old Mac wireless?" Added to which are the all-too-regular emails that ask: "How can I make my slightly newer Mac wireless..."