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CONTENTSD-Lifestyle published by Cogent Insights Pty LtdACN 117 911 725Custom Publishing Divisionfor D-Link Australia Pty Ltd

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D-Link is a worldwide leader and award-winning designer, developer and manufacturer of networking, broadband, wireless, digital electronics, and voice and data communications solutions for the digital home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), Small to Medium Business (SMB), and Workgroup to Enterprise environments.

With global manufacturing International Standards Organization ISO 9001, 9002, ISO 14001 Certifications and numerous National Technical Excellence awards earned for R&D and manufacturing, D-Link delivers product excellence, quality, reliability, compatibility, high-performance within standards, and easy installa-tion software, educational materials, and manuals.

D-Link is a dominant market participant and price/per-formance leader in the network and communications market. D-Link has been profitable every year since its inception in 1986, and continues to grow at a rate that will allow the company to experience continued pros-perity. D-Link sets the standards for market affordabil-ity, while focusing on Building Networks for People.

Do you have a dilemma about networking? This month, we’re excited to launch our new “FAQ” section, where D-Link’s technical experts answer your questions directly. See

page 9. To celebrate the launch, we’re giving away two DIR-600s – our newest wireless routers.

You can read more about this terrific router on page 3. We’re excited because it brings high speed wireless into a new realm of affordability – which will really spell the end of Wireless G, a technology that is approaching its use-by date in the era of high-definition video, high-speed broadband and network storage. See page 13 for details.

We’re looking forward to receiving more of your toughest networking questions. But our new FAQ section is just one, small part of D-Link’s world-class tech support, including our round-the-clock helpline – just a local-cost call away in Australia (1300 766 868), and a toll-free call in New Zealand (0800 900 900).

We’re really focused on our aim of offering the industry’s best tech support for network-ing products. Like all technology companies, we constantly strive to improve our products, but we also realise that there is nothing more important than standing behind the products we’ve already sold – and being there to help customers, no matter what time of day or night.

Maurice Famularo,Marketing DirectorD-Link Australia

From the marketing director

Affordable high-speed wirelessGot slow wireless networking at home? Don’t want to spend a for-tune to fix the problem? The new DIR-600 could be your answer.

New generation routerD-Link’s sleek new router is a lot more than just a pretty face, with in-built storage capability, a digital photo frame, and more.

Unleash your digital picsThis incredible new wireless internet photo frame breaks down the barriers to sharing photos with loved ones around the world

Wireless networking explained Already have a modem at home, but want to “go wireless”? Read our guide to understanding the jargon, so you’ll know what to buy.

Broadband explainedBamboozled by the different types of home broadband connec-tions? Here’s what you need to know.

Network storage explainedYour guide to sharing a hard drive with all the computers on your home network.

FAQ: How to limit your kids’ internet use

FAQ: How to share a printer on a network

FAQ: How to watch DivX movies on TV

FAQ: How to secure your home while you’re away

Competition WIN one of D-Link’s hottest new wireless routers

Did you know?Check out D-Link’s range of home security, home theatre, internet telephony and environmentally friendly Green products.

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Built with the latest high speed wireless technology, the DIR-600 provides greatly extended range compared to older wire-

less technologies, but forgoes the complicated multiple-antenna system in high-end wireless N routers, which dropped the costs to produce it significantly.

That’s not to say your data transfer will be slow on this router – at up to an incredible 150Mbit/s, it may be nearly three times the 54Mbit/s of 802.11g. So, even though it’s an entry-level product, you’ll notice an enormous speed improvement over older wireless standards. Of course, the actual speed of both 802.11n and older standards will vary according to your home environment.

The DIR-600 also provides a firewall to keep your home network safe from intruders, and you can connect up to four wired devices such as printers with Ethernet, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, etc, at 100Mbit/s speed.

You’ll also find some great family features like parental control, where selected websites can be blocked (even at specified times of day, such as homework time or bed time!)

Put simply, if you’ve been putting off upgrading to 802.11n due to the cost, you needn’t any longer. If you do buy this router, make sure you pair it up with the ideal wireless adaptor on your PC. D-Link’s new DWA-125 is Wireless 150 certified, so you will get the maximum speed out of your connection.

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New generation routerThe DIR-685 is a lot more than just a pretty face, with in-built storage capability, a digital photo frame and more.

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Let’s be honest – networking hardware hasn’t traditionally been the sexiest category of computer hardware. While phone, note-

book and even desktop PC makers have been applying beautiful design to their devices for some time now, the networking world has largely stayed with rectangular boxes, blinking lights and a spaghetti of cables.

That’s all about to change with the introduction of D-Link’s gor-geous new DIR-685 storage router. Not only does it have breath-taking design with a large, colour LCD monitor to display connec-tion information, it also has room for a 2.5” hard drive with up to 500GB of disk space.

So, this router acts as an all-in-one network storage/back-up hub for the whole family, allowing precious files like photos and videos to be backed up without having to remember to take a USB hard drive from PC to PC.

The LCD monitor does double duty as a digital photo frame, too, using photos stored on the internal hard drive. It can also display a clock and weather forecasts for where you are, making it a use-ful home centrepiece, rather than something you have to tuck away behind a sofa.

And, of course, it has Xtreme N – D-Link’s fastest wireless net-working technology – built in, with the ability to share USB print-ers and scanners among everyone on the network.

High-speed wireless becomes affordableGot patchy wireless network coverage at home? Don’t want to spend a lot of money to fix the problem? The new DIR-600 could be your answer.

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If you don’t have time to see your whole family as often as you’d like, a digital photo frame can help. With constantly rotating

photos of loved ones, it can make a family feel closer. But updat-ing those photos can be cumbersome, because someone needs to remove the USB memory stick or card from the frame, update it on a computer, then plug it back in again.

The new DSM-210 frame from D-Link solves this problem bril-liantly – in addition to USB/memory cards, it can draw photos from popular online photo services such as Facebook, Flickr, or Google Picasa into its 1GB of built in memory, making it a piece of cake for family members to update each other’s frames.

For example, if your mum and dad live in Auckland, but you’re in Sydney, you can send them a DSM-210 photo frame configured to display photos from your Flickr account, then simply update the pictures. D-Link’s FrameChannel service makes it easy, and also lets you stream over 1000 channels of dynamic content such as news, weather, traffic, sports scores, Twitter and Facebook feeds and more.

A retailer or small business could also display advertising on the frame at one or more locations, and update messages cen-trally via a single upload to a photo sharing service.

The frame is more energy efficient than older-generation frames, too, with a proximity sensor that only displays images if there’s a person within 10 feet of the frame, going into ultra-low power mode when you’re not there.

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Send pictures to your loved ones’ photo frame from anywhereSharing special memories has never been easier with this incredible new frame you can update via photo-sharing websites.

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Got a USB printer at home that you have to physically plug in to the PC you want to print from? It’s OK to begin with, but

it becomes pretty tiresome after a while. More and more D-Link routers come with USB “SharePort” technology built in to allow you to plug in a USB printer and access it from any PC on the home network (see page 10 for more info.)

But what if you’ve got a pretty good home router already and you’re not ready to replace it with a new one yet? The solution is in D-Link’s sleek new printer sharing adaptors, which are super-simple to set up: just plug the USB printer in on one side, and an ethernet cord to your router on the other side.

These adaptors differ from previous “network print servers” though, as they allow you to use all the functions of your printer, such as scanning or faxing, if available. (Note: despite D-Link’s best efforts, some scanners may not be compatible with network sharing.)

The DPR-1020 is the basic model – suitable for one USB printer. It also has the advantage that you don’t have to wait for someone to stop using the printer before you can send your print job. The DPR-1020 is smart enough just to queue the jobs up.

If you have a separate printer and scanner, or even an older printer with a parallel port on it, you can use the DPR-1061, which lets you share two USB devices and one parallel device to all users of your network.

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Supercharge your USB home printerThis small, inexpensive box lets you share a multifunction printer with all the PCs on your home network.

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FAQ: Your questions answered

Control your children’s internet useQ: My 14-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter love being online, and I have trouble getting them to focus on their home-work rather than talking to their friends on Facebook and so on. Short of switching off the modem each night, is there any way I can prevent access during homework periods? – Louise, Camperdown, NSW.

A: There is indeed, Louise. You’ve hit on a topic that is near and dear to many parents – setting limits on their kids’ use of the computer, without disabling use for Mum and Dad!

Many D-Link routers come with parental controls built in that let you limit your kids’ access to the Net as heavily or as lightly as you like. For example, in D-Link’s full-featured Wireless N router, the DIR-855, parental controls allow certain websites to be blocked, or specific home computers to be ocked out of the internet at certain times. Keywords can also be set, so any web address with those keywords (e.g. “Facebook”) can be automatically blocked.

For example, you could set the rule: between 7pm and 7am, prevent access to any site with the word “game” in its name.

Or, you could set the rule: on Monday to Friday, between 6pm and 10pm, the two kids’ school laptops have no internet access, but other home computers have full access.

To safeguard the overall system (since kids are notoriously good at finding ways around parental control systems), you can change the administrative password for your router so that only you can change the settings. You can see a great video that shows how to set up parental con-trols on a DIR-825 router (the controls are similar on most D-Link routers) at www.dlinktv.com/?vid=318

Add parental controls to your existing router

If you already have a router or modem/router you’re happy with, it’s still possible to add parental controls, regardless of the

brand. D-Link’s DSD-150, a small, inexpensive box that you plug in

to your router, provides more automatic filtering of categories of content. For example, you can lock out certain computers on your network from accessing gambling or adult sites. It currently tracks 62 million websites.

The DSD-150 uses a set of security services called D-Link SecureSpot 2.0, which can also provide reports to parents of sites accessed. For an additional annual fee (free for the first year), it can also provide anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-spam protection on all the PCs connected to it.

D-Link products with parental control features: DIR-600: affordable Wireless N 150 home router DIR-655: Xtreme N wireless router for high performance wireless DIR-855: Xtreme N dual-band router for best possible performance DSD-150: add-on SecureSpot 2.0 box for your existing network

Did you know…

D-Link has a 24-hour helpline. If you need help setting up or using your D-Link product, free tech support is just a phone call away, at any time of the day or night. It’s one of the big advantages of choosing D-Link. Australia: 1300 766 868 (local call cost within Australia)New Zealand: 0800 900 900 (free call within New Zealand)

Ask your questions directly to D-Link’s networking experts, and you could win great prizes (see page 13)! Here’s what you asked this month…

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SharePort at www.dlink.com.au/Shareport

The big benefit of SharePort is that it works 100% with multi-function printers that have scanning built in, or even standalone scanners. Many network printing solutions only allow standard printing, and do not work with scanning. SharePort gets around this problem by creating a wireless USB connection between your computer and the printer.

SharePort can also share USB disks with all computers on your network, making it possible to back up all the computers to a single disk.

You can learn more about SharePort at www.dlink.com.au/Shareport

Add printer sharing to your existing home networkIf you already have a modem/router or router that you don’t want to replace, you can buy one of D-Link’s add-in printer sharing boxes. These only offer printing, not the full multifunction/scan-ning control of SharePort, but if that’s your primary requirement, they do a great job.

If you’re happy to place your printer next to your router, you can use the D-Link DP-301U. It’s an ultra simple device – on one side, it has an Ethernet port that connects to your router, and on the other there’s a USB port for your printer.

For more freedom, a wireless print server such as D-Link’s DP-G310 lets you place your printer wherever you like.

D-Link products with printer sharing: DIR-655: Xtreme N wireless router with SharePort technology DIR-685: Xtreme N storage router with SharePort technology DP-301U: Connect your USB printer to your network via Ethernet DP-G310: Connect your USB printer to your wireless network DIR-320: Wireless G router with USB print server

How to share a printerQ: We’ve got a laser printer at home and unfortunately didn’t realise you have to buy one with an “Ethernet” port in it in order to share it with multiple computers. Now we’re finding it annoy-ing having to swap the USB plug between different computers each time someone wants to print. Is there something we can get to more easily share it between all the family computers? – John, Cooke, ACT.

A: John, we hear you! It’s hard to understand why more printers don’t come with networking built in these days – especially since so many households have more than one PC. USB is really only convenient for single computer use – and even then, you really need to have laptops, otherwise you’ll forever be moving files between computers just to print them.

Fortunately, there are some very easy solutions to the problemD-Link has a new technology called “SharePort” on several of its routers, which makes it possible to share USB printers, scanners and disks to everyone on a network. You just plug the printer into the router, install a small piece of software on each of your PCs, which can then access the printer.

Routers that come with SharePort built in include: DGL-4500 Green Xtreme N Gigabit Router DIR-635 RangeBooster N 650 Router DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router DIR-685 Green Xtreme N Storage Router DIR-855 Green™Xtreme N Duo Media Router.

If you already own one of those routers, you can get the SharePort function free of charge just by downloading and install-ing the latest firmware (go to dlink.com.au/tech to find the latest firmware, and call our 24/7 tech support if you need help at any point – see previous page).

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How to watch DivX movies on TVQ: I have downloaded a bunch of movies off the net over time and would like to be able to view them on my TV. However, when I burned them to DVD, my DVD player wouldn’t recognise them, even though they play back fine on my computer. What am I doing wrong? – Cameron, Box Hill, Vic.

A: Movies you download from the net come in a variety of special formats that make them small enough to be downloaded. Some of the formats include DivX, Xvid, MPEG-4, AVI, and others. (Yep, the acronyms are very confusing unless you’re a tech enthusiast.)

Unfortunately, standard home DVD players can only play DVDs burned in the standard DVD format, which is different to inter-net-downloaded movies. (Some burning software can burn down-loaded movies to standard DVD format, however, it can be a slow and tricky process that computer magazines devote entire editions to explaining!)

By far the easiest way to play downloaded movies to your TV is to use a digital media player. These come in a variety of shapes and sizes, but at their core, they all do one thing well – play down-loaded movies with minimal fuss. With D-Link’s range of digital media players, you don’t even need to copy your digital movies to a disk – our players can access the files stored on your PC’s hard drive and play them over your network straight to your TV screen.

There are also digital media players that include DVD players, so you can replace your old standard DVD player with a thoroughly up-to-date model that can handle internet-downloaded movies.

Some of D-Link’s most popular network media players include: The DSM-320RD, which uses Wireless G networking to access the movies stored on your home PC’s hard drive. It plays the movies directly from there, so you don’t have to copy the movies onto a memory key or burn them onto a disc.

However, it also includes a progressive-scan DVD player for regular DVDs (or burned discs with movie files) plus a 5-in-1 memory card reader, so you have the choice of playing back files both ways depending on what’s most convenient.

The DSM-330 is DivX certified and uses special software on your PC to provide the very best playback of DivX movies, including high-definition movies and movies with subtitles.

The DSM-750 uses the ultra high-speed Wireless N network-ing technology for flawless playback of high definition movies from your Windows Media Center PC (Windows XP Media Center or Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate). It also allows you to watch live TV from your Media Center PC on your TV, and uses Microsoft’s slick Windows Media Center interface, so it’s just like having a PC connected directly to your TV, without the PC in the living room!

D-Link products that play movies to your TV: DSM-320RD: play movies off memory card, DVD or from your PC

to your TV via Wireless G DSM-330: the DivX certified movie player for your TV DSM-750: Windows Media Center on your TV screen, without the

PC in the lounge room!

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Keep an eye on your home while you’re away

Q: Our house was burgled recently while we were on holidays and our front door was left jemmied open for several weeks while we were away – which compounded the feeling of intru-sion. Of course the place got cleaned out of anything valu-able. Unfortunately, we’re renters, so we can’t have an alarm installed, but I was wondering if there is some way I could string up a webcam on my computer as a sort of motion sensor alarm and security camera? – Paula, Acacia Ridge, Qld.

A: Ouch. What an awful thing to get home to. Sorry to hear that, Paula. There definitely are options open to you as a renter for bet-ter home security, and there’s no need to jerry-rig a webcam as your home security system!

Home surveillance cameras no longer need professional instal-lation or wires run through walls, back to a video recorder, and so on. Internet surveillance cameras are the way to go, and D-Link has many models available to suit all budgets.

In general, internet surveillance cameras just need a power point nearby (and of course you can use extension cords), as they send their pictures back via your home wireless network.

The video can either be captured on a home computer that’s left running (using our D-Viewcam software) or, with some surveil-lance cameras, video can be saved directly to a networked hard drive.

But logging security footage is just one way internet surveil-lance cameras can be useful – because, of course, most people are more interested in preventing the crime in the first place rath-er than just having the video evidence to give to police later!

Some models of D-Link surveillance camera have motion sens-ing built in (you can adjust the sensitivity), so they can take action if motion is detected in your house while you’re away. For example, they can email you a snapshot of what’s happening, or a sequence of snapshots, or a short video clip. This is particularly useful if you have an email-capable phone, of course.

While you’re on holidays you can also log in to your internet surveillance camera via a web browser on any PC (it’s password protected). You can then view a live video stream, and on some

models you can hear sound too. Others actually let you to make announcements through them, to scare off intruders!

See our “Did you know?” section on page 14 for more examples of how you can monitor your D-Link surveillance cameras live on your mobile phone screen – it’s a brilliant way to set your mind at ease if you’re away from your home for extended periods of time.

D-Link internet surveillance cameras include: DCS-920: affordable home surveillance with motion detection DCS-2121: high-resolution video surveillance with low-light

capability DCS-3220G: video surveillance with two-way audio DCS-6620G: video surveillance that works in near total darkness

DCS-2121 DCS-3220G

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Win one of D-Link's latest routers!

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Ask your networking question and win!To celebrate the launch of D-Lifestyle’s new FAQ section, we’re inviting you to send in your networking questions for a chance to win one of two DIR-600 Wireless 150 routers .

To enter, send your question to dlinkmarketing@dlink.com.au, and include the following info: Your question (50 words or less) First & last name Phone (mobile) Email address

The best two questions will win a DIR-600, and a selection of all the questions submitted will be included in next edition’s FAQ section.

D-Lifestyle FAQ: expert advice costs nothing more when you buy D-Link

If any of the winners cannot be contacted within 30 days of the announcement of winners, D-Link Australia reserves the right to reallocate the prize to another entrant. Open only to residents of Australia and New Zealand. This competition is not open to staff or contractors of D-Link

Australia, or parent companies or subsidiaries. The total prize pool for the competition is 2 x D-Link DIR-600

(including delivery to an address in Australia or New Zealand), including delivery. A single entrant can win a maximum of one of the devices. The promoter of the competition is D-Link Australia (Marketing

Department), Building A, Level 3, 11 Talavera Rd, North Ryde NSW 2113.

This competition is a game of skill. To enter the competition, readers must email a networking question to D-Link Australia at the email address dlinkmarketing@dlink.com.au along with name and contact details. A reader may enter as many times as they like as long as the

networking question is different each time. The competition commences 17/8/2009. The competition finishes 16/10/2009. Winners will be announced in D-Lifestyle issue 15 and contacted

via email provided in their entry. Questions submitted become property of D-Link Australia. D-Link Australia will not be held liable for technical issues,

including but not limited to website failure, loss of data or other computer or internet-related problems that influence the result of the competition.

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Did you know...?D-Link makes a wide range of network accessories on top of its market-leading networking products.

Here are a few you’re sure to love...

DCS-920affordable wireless security monitoring

DCS-2121record video without leaving a PC switched

DCS-6620Gmotorised pan, tilt and zoom; recording in near total darkness

DVG-2101SPMake VoIP calls using your existing modem/router

DVA-G3670BAll-in-one ADSL2+ modem/router/wireless G/VoIP adaptor

Keep an eagle eye on your homeInstalling a home security system is a lot easier, and more affordable, than you think

Arriving home to the sickening discovery of your front door jem-mied open or a window smashed can really ruin a holiday, and

create months of paperwork dealing with insurers and police. Installing a home security camera is now surprisingly easy and

cheap, with cameras available that can connect to your internet via

wireless networking, so you simply plug them into a power plug. No need for new cabling or professional installation.

Your camera can email pictures at regular intervals of your choice to your mobile phone, or you can use inexpensive mobile phone apps to view the live camera feed. (For example, Mobiscope on Blackberry, IPVision for iPhone, IVI ViewCommander for Windows Mobile, and Mobile Cam Viewer for Nokia and most other Java-based mobile phones.)

D-Link makes a wide range of security cameras for home use, priced from $229.95. Some of our most popular models include:

Just take your phone out of the Telstra wall socket and plug it directly into your VoIP compatible router or adaptor. You make calls as normal, but your router carries your call over the internet to its destination, where it’s connected back in to the telephone network.

All of this is transparent to you as the user – you dial as usual, and your phone will continue to operate just as it does plugged into a regular landline. What you will notice, however, is dramati-cally lower monthly phone bills.

D-Link makes a wide range of VoIP compatible routers and adaptors for home use. Some of our most popular models include:

Slash your monthly phone billMaking long-distance calls via the internet is simple – and can make a big difference to your household budget

If you’re still using a “good old landline” phone to make all your calls, you could be spending a lot more than you need to.

Internet telephony allows you to make long distance calls at a fraction of the cost charged by big telcos and sometimes it’s total-ly free, if your ISP provides a package of broadband and unlimited calls, for example.

Internet telephony is simpler than it sounds: you just need a “VoIP” compatible router, or an inexpensive adaptor for your exist-ing router

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DSM-320RDPlay digital movies to your TV from your PC, DVDs or memory cards

DSM-330The DivX-certified high-definition media player

DSM-750Watch digital media on your TV, with high-performance Wireless N networking

DGL-4500Dual-band Xtreme N wire-less for the best possible reception

DIR-655High-performance Xtreme N and Gigabit Ethernet

DIR-855Dual-band Xtreme N optimised for high-definition video streaming

DIR-685Network storage plus high- performance Wireless N

Play downloaded movies on your TVExperience all your favourite downloaded media on your televi-sion, with no mess or fuss!

Do you have a big library of downloaded movies you’d like to be able to play on your TV? If so, you’re not alone – how to play

digital movies to TV is one of the most common questions we’re asked at D-Link.

Traditional TVs and DVD players haven’t kept up with the popu-larity of digital movies. You might have tried connecting an iPod to your TV (requires an expensive, special cable and can’t provide high definition video) or perching a laptop precariously next to the

TV (can be tricky to set up and is a very temporary solution if you don’t want to leave your laptop there all the time!)

D-Link’s range of digital video players makes playing down-loads to your TV a piece of cake. They use your home network to stream files stored on your computer’s hard disk, or you can plug in a USB memory key or hard drive into some models directly, for straightforward playback.

Unlike DVD players and iPods, D-Link's digital movie players can handle a very wide variety of internet formats, so you don’t have to spend hours converting your movies just to play them on your TV. Some of our most popular models include:

Save power with Green routersD-Link’s Green router technologies save you money while you’re saving the planet

Having broadband internet constantly connected at home is, without question, one of the great achievements of the last

decade. But with the increased focus on curbing carbon emissions by cutting energy consumption, it’s worth considering that always-on internet means always-on power as well – even when you’re asleep.

D-Link now has routers that save power using two methods: Green Ethernet and Green WiFi. The former only uses the mini-mum power required to communicate with a computer over an Ethernet cable. Green WiFi allows you to switch off WiFi automati-cally when you know you won’t be using it – like from midnight to 7am. This can cut overall power consumption of the router signifi-cantly.

Although a home router accounts for only a small part of a household’s overall energy consumption, it’s worth bearing in mind when you’re choosing your next router. It may be a cliché, but it’s also a true: every little bit helps.

D-Link makes a wide range of Green routers and switches. Some of our most popular models include:

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