picked this up at fry's and been doing pretty well. it's a basic router. just looking for another cheap option since the airlink wasn't working out. took a little time to set up. still hoping the folks at airlink will sort out the problem or send a replacement.
the d-link was actually pretty fussy at first --not reseting properly, getting stuck/frozen during boot process. grr, these routers are getting on my nerves. i had to manually reset the unit a bunch of times.
however, once i got the latest firmware in place it appeared to work properly -and that problem went away. all good.
plugged in all my settings.. hmm seems there's about 20 port forwards (a fixed number), but you can enter a *range* of ports using another page --it's actually under the 'firewall' section. this saved me from having a bunch of entries for the same application. also useful if you say run an ftp server with a set block of ports. oh, single port entries also appear on under the firewall page (though you do not edit them there). 20 standard entries is just about enough for me to work with.
port forwarding in two sections? they just obfuscate features by doing this, which makes general management more confusing, doing more harm then good in my book. (i'm guessing they title based on purpose, the topic they think the user is looking for -rather than by actual task).
they're trying to make it user friendly for people who have no business fiddling with a router really. this means they don't use proper industry terms --making it confusing for folks like me. guess they also assume the advanced users will just figure it out.
but at least most every router out there features convenient web administration pages now. easier than fussing over a bunch of shell commands for the most part. things are generally much better these days on that front.