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[Z3r0]

Hi there,

Please could you also confirm for me how much ram this unit has, as I have seen a sample unit has 16MB ram. Also what is the maximum size of the nat table?

Thanks

[Lycan]

it is a 16mb unit.
The nat table i believe will hold over 400 entries, but I'd have to check to be sure.

[etyrnal]

i woudl like to say, as politely as i know how, that a NAT TABLE of 400 entries is INSANELY small...

Having done tech support for an ISP, i can tell You from FIRST hand knowledge/experience...

We CONSTANTLY get calls from people who are "DOWN" (think they are), and ALWAYS assume their ISP is the problem...

Just ONE web browser open to Facebook, running FARMVILLE can open OVER 1000 connections.  Now imagine a family of people, Mom, Dad, 2 kids (or more), all trying to play farmville??  4000+ NAT TABLE entries...

and ISP have to do all of the router manufacturers tech support for them...

and when we refer them to the router manufacturer, the router manufacturers, deny their router's are at fault...  they try to CHARGE their customers MONEY to help them...  then the tech support at the router manufg. doesn't even help them solve their problem...  they just blame the isp...  at the ISP we can see what's happening... 


It might sound ridiculous, but modern routers need to support MANY MANY MANY more times the number of NAT table entries...  either that, or give the end user access to setting the timeout on the connections to a much lower time interval...

[etyrnal]

Just so You know...  it makes HUNDREDS of customers VERY VERY FRUSTRATED...  and when we explain to them exactly what the problem is, they get VERY upset at the Router Manufacturer...  often they return their router to the retailer, and buy a different brand...

...don't know if D-Link cares, but i thought you should know

[FurryNutz]

And us as customer fail to realized that these routers are built for home use and general home users are only using a fraction of what these routers offer and are built and designed for. If these routers are not satisfying what some users needs are, then there are probably alternatives that will better handle the users needs.