![]() WikiDevi’s DIR-882 product page says "The hardware appears to be identical to the D-Link DIR-878 rev A1 aside from the USB ports". ![]() But they did provide power, Wi-Fi on/off and WPS buttons, albeit teeny-tiny ones. The rear panel view, however, shows D-Link didn’t splurge and add link/activity lights for the four LAN and one WAN gigabit Ethernet ports. Unlike the DIR-879, D-Link didn’t omit USB ports to save cost, instead endowing the 882 with one each USB 2.0 and 3.0 flavors.ĭ-Link didn’t omit front panel LEDs either, as the callout diagram below shows. To achieve that lower cost, D-Link turned to a lower-cost Taiwanese chipmaker, MediaTek for the heart that beats beneath the 882’s black plastic shell. ![]() This is enough to stop the more frugal among us from making the leap.Īs it did with its EXO AC1900, D-Link is playing the lower-cost card with the DIR-882 AC2600 MU-MIMO Wi-Fi Router to win over buyers. Although there are bargains to be had, the cost of that extra stream and the additional performance it brings is generally around 50 bucks more. Clarified DIR-878 operation & added DD-WRT support note.įour stream AC2600/AC3150 routers would be the new three-stream AC1900 by now if it weren’t for their higher prices. Introduction Updated 10/10/17 – Corrected typos.
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