The DI-804, with four switched fast Ethernet ports, allows up to 253 computers to simultaneously connect to the Internet through the same ISP account via integrated NAT support.
"With the demand for broadband solutions growing in Australia D-Link is pleased to offer SOHO users a standards-based products that will allow them to harness the benefits of ADSL and cable modems," D-Link Australia and New Zealand marketing manager Maurice Famularo, said in a statement.
The DI-804 offers the safety and security of both a port-blocking device and acts as a natural firewall between a local network and the Internet, providing added security protection for local IP addressed systems from outside hacking, according to the company statement.
The DI-804 provides four 10/100 switched Fast Ethernet ports for connection to create a SOHO network and one 10Mb Ethernet port for a DSL or cable modem. It employs a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) that provides dynamic allocation of IP addresses for up to 253 clients on a network, the company claims.
The DI-804 supports BigPond ADSL and Optus Cable ADSL.
