Review on D-Link DIR-615 Wireless-N Router, 4-Port: Discontinued Model with Reliable Performance by Marcus Merritt

I've been using a wireless G router (D-Link 524) at home for about 5 years. It works fine, but the signal strength wasn't very good in some of my bedrooms (basement router, top floor room in a 2 story house). When I bought a new laptop with Wireless N last year, I thought the main reason I would get WirelessN was its longer range (so not just its speed). I found and bought a router here at Revain. It was fairly cheap, around $40, could support WirelessG and N devices at the same time without switching all devices to G (unlike many others that only switch to G for all devices), and it was D-Link . Unfortunately, I didn't see much of an improvement over my G router unless I was fairly close to the router. When I was close to the router, the speed was faster (as expected); but I didn't see *any* improvement in range over my old router. I tried setting the mode to "802.11N mode only" (i.e. no WirelessG support but still no luck. So I returned the router and decided to stick with what I have now. I didn't see any Reason to pay $40 to get a faster wifi speed for the same range.The old one still works and has enough speed for the rooms it covers.If it helps: I work in software development and use and configure wireless access points at work and have a 7 node home network.