When I got my new computer, it had 802.11a built in – you know the one using frequencies in the 5 GHz band. As my old router was dying, I decided to double the amount of money and get a dual-band D-Link router DI-784.

What a lemon!

I had three, and all three did not work. D-Link Support did not even bother to wipe the settings in the last router they sent me. Guess they hoped that the router that was sent back by somebody else might work for me – not true.

Obviously, I was not very happy about it because it cost me time. They offered to send me a single-band router instead, but would not refund the price difference (remember, double the price), so I decided to get a Netgear router and take out my anger on that poor DLink router.

I intended to do this quickly to make it a PR nightmare for D-Link, but life events were frequent, and it was forgotten.

Until now, after having converted all my mini DV tapes to computer files (as long as I still have a working device to play those tapes), I can finally show the world what happens to a router that annoys me that much.

So, there you have it – shooting the router.