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PC Magazine Proves That D-Link Delivers the Fastest Throughput in Wireless Networking

Posted on: Friday, 30 April 2004, 06:00 CDT

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- D-Link, the global leader in the design and development of connectivity and communications technologies for the digital home and the small to medium business markets today announced that its wireless networking products out-paced and bested all competition in the May 18 issue of PC Magazine. D-Link absolutely blew away all competition in both performance and distance tests, more than doubling the throughput speeds of all competing 802.11g solutions, posting an incredible 73.8 Megabits per second data throughput. Testing criteria for both 802.11g and 802.11ag products were measured in many categories, where D-Link hammered the competition in performance, distance and value.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010327/DLINKLOGO )

"We are extremely pleased to have the experts at PC Magazine Labs verify our technology in such an overwhelming victory in product performance," said Bradley Morse, Senior Vice President of Marketing for D-Link. "It creates an independent proof that reinforces the quality of our engineering design and development teams' ability to deliver the best performing wireless networking products."

Below are test results excerpted from the PC Magazine review:

802.11g Performance @ 1 foot

(throughput)*

D-Link 73.8Mbps

Apple N/A**

Belkin 25.3Mbps

Buffalo 28.5Mbps

Dell 21.1Mbps

Gateway 22.6Mbps

GigaFast 21.7Mbps

Hawking 21.7Mbps

IOGear 20.8Mbps

Linksys 33.5Mbps

Microsoft 21.2Mbps

Netgear 35.0Mbps

SMC 24.3Mbps

US Robotics 25.1Mbps

Zyxel 23.1Mbps

802.11g Performance @ 160 feet

(throughput)*

D-Link 37.7Mbps

Apple N/A**

Belkin X

Buffalo X

Dell 1.6Mbps

Gateway 2.2Mbps

GigaFast X

Hawking X

IOGear X

Linksys X

Microsoft 2.5Mbps

Netgear X

SMC 1.2Mbps

US Robotics X

Zyxel X

Pricing and Availability

The D-Link Xtreme G products are currently available through authorized retail, reseller, and distribution partners at a at a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP of $119.99 and Estimated Street Price ESP of $99.99 for the D-Link DI-624, an MSRP of $79.99 and ESP of $69.99 for the D-Link DWL-G650, an MSRP of $79.99 and ESP of $69.99 for the D-Link DWL-G520, an MSRP of $119.99 and ESP of $108 for the DWL-2000AP and an MSRP of $109.99 and ESP of $99.99 for the DWL-G810. The D-Link Xtreme G products come with a 3 Year Warranty and absolutely FREE 24/7 Technical Support including firmware and driver updates.

About D-Link

Ranked by BusinessWeek as one of the top 100 Information technology companies, D-Link is the worldwide leader and award winning designer, developer, and manufacturer of networking, broadband, digital electronics, voice and data communications solutions for the digital home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), Small to Medium Business (SMB), and Workgroup to Enterprise environments. At $746 million in revenue for 2003 and with more than a million square feet of manufacturing capacity and millions of Ethernet adapters, hubs and switch ports, manufactured and shipped, D-Link is a dominant market participant and price/performance leader in the networking and communications market. D-Link U.S.A., Canadian, and Latin American headquarters are located at 17595 Mt. Herrmann, Fountain Valley, CA, 92708. Phone (800) 326-1688 or (714) 885-6000; FAX (866) 743-4610; Internet http://www.dlink.com/.

D-Link is a registered trademark of D-Link Systems Inc. All other company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright(C) 2004 D-Link, All Rights Reserved.

Test result data pulled directly from "Wi-Fi Networking: Rated 'G' for Everyone," http://www.pcmag.com/, May 18, 2004, issue 9.

* Results of PC Magazine Performance Tests with Performance Features turned on using Highly Compressible Data

** "Mac OS X is not compatible with NetIQ's performance -- testing application Chariot, and we were therefore unable to measure AirPort's throughput." -- PC Magazine

Photo: Newscom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010327/DLINKLOGOAP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com

D-Link

CONTACT: Press, Darek Connole, Media Relations Specialist, ext. 6223,dconnole@dlink.com, or Daniel Kelley, Dir. of Marketing, ext. 6235,dkelley@dlink.com, both of D-Link, +1-800-326-1688

Web site: http://www.dlink.com/

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