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Magic Box
By Stanley Ish Dunn
Aug 10, 2006, 20:39

The Magic Box:

The magic box is a DSD-150 device from D-Link. It is an internet protection box that provides spam, AV, Spyware, ADWare, and more, in onc small package. At first I was skeptical that the cigarette box sized gadget could do anything when I got it. I was expecting a router sized device, seems “size really does not matter in this case”. It is small, really the size of a Canadian cigarette box ( they have 25 smokes not 20) so it is a little wider than the US version.

The first 3 days, I wanted to pack it up and send it back. It is designed to sit between your Cable/DSL Terminal Adapter (also know as a modem but mis-named and irritates me off. Modems take analog signals and convert them to digital, Terminal Adapters are all digital as is this device and all cable “modems” and DSL “modems”, ok enough of that.) The support from D-Link needs some help! They don't know what is up with this product and should, it is too good to leave to first level support! When I finally got to level 3 of support, things changed. I was treated well and they knew what they were talking about. From there is went almost smoothly, I have fixed IP addressing and the default assumes PPPoE. If you have PPPoE it will install and work perfectly, if not, call support.

This gizmo provides, parental control, spam blocking, popup blocking, AV (Anti-Virus) and other features that are great. If you have more than one computer in your home network, it is a deal. It supports up to 4 computers for its about $100 price and you can add up to 10.

Feedback welcome, it is a great device.




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