D-Link DWR-920 Wireless N300 4G LTE Router, Cat4 Mobile
D-Link DWR-920 Wireless N300 4G LTE Router, Cat4 Mobile Wi-Fi Router, 4G/3G, Multi WAN, Gigabit Ports, Wi-Fi N300, SIM Unlocked – UK version, Black
Two firewalls for superior protection.
It uses dual-active firewalls (SPI and NAT) to prevent malicious attacks, and WPA2 wireless encryption to help keep your wireless network and your traffic safe, allowing you to share your 3G/4G connection with peace of mind.
¹ Supported frequency bands are dependent on regional variants and may not be available in all markets. Data rates are theoretical. Data transfer rate depends on network capacity and signal strength.
| Dimensions: | 4.35 x 12.1 x 11.73 cm; 205 Grams |
| Model: | DWR-920/B |
| Manufacture: | D-Link |
| Dimensions: | 4.35 x 12.1 x 11.73 cm; 205 Grams |
Really nice and easy to use router! would highly recommend!
Pros:
Easy initial set up*
Small but robust.
Reasonable looking device.
Cheapest and small of the router style devices with antenna.
Good signal for the wi-fi aspect.
2 gigabit ethernet ports.
Cons:
Tricky to get an internet connection at first as the APN profile for EE was not correct. After correction it worked fine. (See bit at bottom for explanation).
Quite light so can easily be knocked. No big deal if you put it somewhere safe.
Short power supply cable, 120cm including the jack plug. Not great if you don’t have a socket near to where you want the device for best 4G reception.
For my EE SIM, I needed to set the APN to ‘everywhere’ (without apostrophes) and leave the username, password and other items blank.
I thought at first my SIM, being new, was not active but tried it in an iPad and it worked so took the APN details from that and applied them to the D-LINK device.
Would I recomend it. For 4G OH yes most defenatly, for 5G well seeing as I don’t have a very good 5G signal thats a dificult one but I am sure if I did have a 5G signal it would not dissapoint.
Needed this to allow a security camera to be online as the camera wouldnt connect to wifi.
Works well but the signal is weaker than my previoue hotspot device.
Whoever designed this decided to recess the arial ports, which means you can’t get your fingers on the end of the aerial to fully tighten. You have to rely on the friction between the rotatinf arial and the ‘nut’ end to secure. This means the aerials will unscrew if you try to reposition.
Im not the one who usually buy used or refurbished. products but i gave it a try for this one and amazon warehouse and really liked what i got. The product is in perfect working condition and for what i need it is working well. I would buy again on Amazon warehouse if i find something i need.
I bought a used one from the Amazon Warehouse but it came bricked, no signal would connect from a working sim card. Got a 2nd one recently brand new which is working absolutely brilliant. Getting a full signal with the 2 antenna’s attached on the router ping is about 30 MS in online games dont really see any lagging , only had limited data left but appears to be good. 14 MBps download and about 10 upload on a speed test. As a backup unit very good. Fast delivery same day before 7pm
Got us through a week-long rough spot where we both had to work from home and our area lost broadband access due to a storm. It gets around the same signal strength as my mobile – but obvs is much more reliable than tethering. Used with a PAYG Voxi SIM (had to get the APN details to enter manually from Voxi website).
If you’re in a poor signal area then recommend going for something with a better cellular antenna – however Vodafone/Voxi was pretty decent for us 🙂
I use my DWR-521 (C1) on a home network.
As such it has now been running continuosly for about five years.
The four LAN ports are all in use for computers: – mobiles and laptops use the WiFi.
I like the ability to set a range of DHCP addresses; which gives the option
of using static IP addresses where required. The remote system logging facility has never worked as far as I can tell..
Minor issue is that occasionally the Web interface refuses connections.
The only major issue is when the Internet connection fails.; requiring a system t reboot.
This seems to depend upon the Phone network used. With “EE” it was happening with annoying frequency::, so I switched to “3” . Since then it has only happened once in five months.
Need a quick 4g sim router solution for remote monitoring of a kiosk, does the job well and at a great price. Easy setup and works out the box. Using a gif gaff sim
Bought this router from Amazon Warehouse at last minute as recent storm took down our broadband. This router arrived the day after ordering and connected an EE SIM card. There are no pre-configured settings for EE unlike other providers such as Vodafone but after setting it to automatically detect and rebooting a couple of times, the router connected to EE. Getting 20Mbps which around here in a rural area is pretty good. The UI is pretty clunky, the page sometimes doesn’t refresh properly and sometimes the connection to the UI resets itself, but it works.
I love this little router! I bought it for our shop, and it was really simple to set up. And plug and play with the sim card.
Im tech orientated so the user interface is also pretty simple even for those that aren’t confident in using the admin interface. Lots of typical modification options, easy to change ssid, passwords, broadcast channels. Great router, and the wireless strength is very good.
I bought this primarily to use with a Cisco VoIP ATA together with a Sipgate VoIP account so as to avoid high landline charges for a relation who doesn’t need internet access (the fact that I can access the internet when visiting is a bonus).
The interface is a little dated but does the job, I’m using a Plusnet SIM which the DWR-920 failed to correctly auto identify. A quick internet search for the correct settings and entering them manually solved that. Once set up, I was getting approx. 40Mbs down and 18Mbs up from a mast just over a miles away. One thing that could be improved – the selection for 3G/4G offers both but with no priority or just 3G or 4G. An option to prioritise 4G with 3G as a fallback would be useful.
Overall, performs well for the price.
Easy to set up and works fairly well. Not a big coverage – we have a large bungalow! It doesn’t get to the far end, but I would imagine in a normal 2 storey house it would be fine. But good for the money.
This DWR-920 is one amazing little device. Just install a sim, power up in the best signal position, login to the DWR-920 and away you go.
We have had a amazing amount of trouble with our landline broadband, so this little D-Link device made the best of a poor mobile signal, and has become the perfect answer.
I was initially worried when I installed my Voda sim which suffers a very poor signal anyway, with the result I had to place in a better position, then worked perfectly. I next tried an EE sim, and this also worked.
A note, D-Link tell me you can connect any 4g antennas, which could aid poor reception.
– It’s difficult to decide what is “up” and what is “down” when inserting a 3G/4G SIM, and then my brand new GiffGaff SIM really did not want to fit correctly until I pushed it in very hard
– The set up process in the provided “Quick Start Guide” is very brief and quite poor , and there seems to be no comprehensive free on-line manual – so I had to download the manual (15-DWR-920V-UserMan-US-part1-r1-4299905.pdf) for a quite similar US version.
– it may help to completely switch off any existing wireless or (especially) cable-connected router in the building because the IP address of both routers will probably be the same (192.168.0.1) and that can really confuse any connected PCs’ !
– People who are not familiar with “old school” ethernet CABLE connections may be a little confused as to how to plug the router into a PC and then get into it, add a password (there is NO default pw – just type the admin name (= “admin”) and then hit “Enter”.
– It’s quite and old product and only uses the basic 2.4 HGz Wifi band and so data rates will not be “spectacular”
Edited/added 2021-07-27
– The WiFi antenna fit VERY poorly and won’t remain fixed in any particular orientation, and thus they just “flop around” – hoping to fix this with a couple of SMA Male-Male couplers which will hopefully provide more secure orientation (and then to replace the supplied antennas with a pair of much longer “high gain” ones that are left over from another job to extend the WiFi range).
Quite Good:
– once set up with an activated Giffgaff SIM and a paid-for “Goody Bag”, it seems to work quite well when connected via wired ethernet, but I have yet to really explore how good it is when using the Wifi connection
– Thus, as a 3G/4G portable standby for when our VM cable broadband is down, or when on holiday (or in hospital, as I will be next week!), it’ll probably justify the purchase price (but I wouldn’t want to rely on it on a 24/7/365 basis as you can buy much better and faster non-3G/4G routers for general use for not a lot more cash)
This router has completely replaced our very poor BT service which was failing on a regular basis and not supplying much more than 1 mb/sec
This unit is averaging over 12 mb/sec which I know some people would laugh at but we live in a rural position and believe me if you live out in the sticks that is very good. The other thing about this router is that you can stream movies and connect to media which the previous one I tried could not do and a major reason why I bought this one.
I cannot recommend this highly enough, buy it!
I bought this to get internet TV and to connect a tablet to the internet in my camper. It works very well. Ignore the instructions and just insert a SIM, use the WPS button instead of user name and password. I connected the 24″ smart TV using the LAN cable supplied, the picture quality is great. YouTube, Amazon prime etc. I’m writing this on my tablet on a fairly remote site but plugged into 240v. I hope to find a 12v cable with a standard cigarette socket plug. Not sure if it’s safe with an inverter. Downside is the aerials are floppy but I will sort that with loctite. Note you need to keep it away from mobiles etc. Overall an excellent purchase.
I’ve been using Vodaphone mobile broadband (unlimited data, speed capped @10Mbit/s) with one of those little MiFi “puck” type routers for some weeks.
Usual download speed was 1-2Mbit/s., which is pathetic when I’m paying for 10Mbit/s.
I bought the D-Link DWR-920 here, delivered the next day. The setup took 5 mins.
I’m now getting the full download speed ‘m paying for (a little over, in fact).
Couldn’t be happier with this little router. Those “rabbit ear” aerials sure can pull in a signal!
Upon moving home I discovered that it would be 3 weeks before I got broadband installed. In the mean time I used this 4G wireless router as a stand in the mean time. Helped by a good 4G signal I noticed very little difference between this and my old BT fibre broadband connection. The most obvious difference is that that when watching catch-up TV it would maybe buffer a bit too often but what do you expect running over a mobile phone signal!
I was able to configure it identically to the router it replaced using the same WiFi name and password. Also it allowed a 10.x.x.x LAN subnet, many routers restrict you to 192.168.x.x. So I was able to check that it connected to the mobile signal and then everything worked as before. No need to change passwords or network addresses on every device.
There is a signal strength monitor which was useful to find the optimum position for the device which helped a bit with the catchup TV buffering.
When the device arrived I had it up and running in ten minutes flat, despite the fact that the instruction manual was very sparse, immediately ran an online broadband speed test and found that my download speed had increased ten fold in one fell swoop to over 30 Mbps! As you can see for yourself if you look at the picture associated with this review.
IMPORTANT: When you set up your router run through its Wizard to change the devices SSID (so that potential hackers receiving its signal won’t know who manufactured it), set the device’s wifi key (a password used to connect to the router wirelessly) to something really strong and uncrackable, set a simpler password the web-based interface used to manage the router (so that nobody connected to the router will be able to change any of its settings) and the encryption used by the D-Link to maximum, i.e., WPA2-PSK(AES), so nobody will be able to hack the router or intercept any of your data.
Having enjoyed D-Link speed for a good few days now I can’t imagine going back to anything slower and have to say that buying this device was one of my best decisions of 2020. Easy to set up, sturdy, reliable, tried and tested if you are looking for a reasonably priced router that can connect to a 4G network and grant internet access using only a SIM look no further. You are very unlikely to be disappointed if you pick the D-Link DWR-921/B.
Thick manual but only 2 pages in English! Connecting and initial installation is intuitive. Took me 2 mins to get up and running with Internet connection and WiFi network. Interface for detailed set up not so easy. Not quite same as independently made You Tube Guides which are helpful; mine was slightly physically different as was auto start set up / installation software. More detailed, full manual (all in English 28+pages) which has more detailed step by step on all settings (including how to password protect WiFi network) also different to mine. But contacted D-Link through on-line chat facility who were very helpful and sent me link to Manual that matched mine.
I currently use a 3 mobile data sim on 1 month rolling contract which gives me 100Gb of data a month – though I may swap to a Smarty sim to save a few quid and get unlimited data..
With this Dlink box (it is Rev C3) – I get 20 to 30Mbit using my 3 sim with the standard aerials (I may get better if I try to relocate the router near a window, but this if fine and very reliable) – it was almost plug-and-play and needed only a quick run through the wizard to configure and the WiFi signal from this box reaches all corners of my Victorian terrace house with no problems even though there must be a dozen competing wireless routers visible from my neighbours.
I am able to use my Amazon Fire stick for TV without buffering – this works great for my Internet and catch-up TV needs.
I am tempted to put on the latest firmware as my box seems to be one revision behind the latest – though as I don’t have any problems I may just leave it – perhaps someone can advise me what extra I’ll get with a newer version?
Overall – I’m really pleased with this router and would recommend it..
This dwr921/b is the c3 revision …. So not old stock …… Easy set up plugged in sim waited worked.
Using this with three homefi sim, used a Huawei b311 before and this has improved my signal a bit but not much as my 4g reception is not good here….. Used to have to use 3g as 4g was spotty … So far 4g seems more stable.
My internet went down for weeks, so I ordered this and it was a god send. The initial set up is very easy, once you put the sim card in and switch it on it does take a little while to connect to the internet, but be patient and it connects without and effort at all and its a pretty stable connection.
When it comes to the advanced stuff it obviously gets complicated. Not as intuitive as other router set up prorgams, but once you figure it out it becomes much more straight forward. Setting up Ipv6 is very complicated and frustrating, I never manage to get it to work, so Im not sure if it actually works, or if you can use a sim card with Ipv6, despite both the sim card i used and router having the option available.
However, over all it works like a dream, and when you find a good place using the signal strength meter on the home page, the connection is definitely good enough for streaming and even a stable online gaming experience.
FYI the Nat connection will be strict, unless you can get Ipv6 working, so you might not get to play with eveyone, but to be honest being on strict didnt make much difference to MMOs and multiplayer from what I could tell.
Out of the box this is a great item. My only gripe would be (for me) is that I wish it came with sim card adaptors. If you have taken a data sim card out, chances are you have received a nano sim card, the router here needs a standard size sim card so you will need an adaptor. When the adaptor arrived I pressed in the sim card, turned on the router and boom it was ready to use! I simply used the wifi code on the sticker and everything connected fine. I’m also using this in a working environment so I have 1 computer connected via Ethernet and all my wireless connections can now print to this 1 computer, again, no setup required! amazing. Also works straight out of the box for EE sim cards, no update required. Thanks
Very good, easy out-of-the-box experience (OOBE); plugged in, switched on and popped in the now old fashioned, large SIM card on a Vodafone Pay As You Go to test, having selected a meaty data bundle for the limited testing. I did have to tweak the mobile settings as the auto-detect, although finding Vodafone (2g and 3g) kept dropping (according to front lights) and didn’t want to connect using default APN and user settings (which are usually pretty generic). Having popped in the PAYG ones manually (APN: pp.vodafone.co.uk User: wap Password: wap) I only then had to force the device to use the 4g coverage; else it would insist on only picking out the 3g on auto-detect.
Coverage throughout the home is more than adequate. Speed across the LAN is brilliant and multiple devices running in tandem from Alexa, through FireTV, laptops and printers, all working better than I would have expected which is a great bonus. With the Vodafone 4g signal at a good strength where we are now and their data bundles having massively improved, this will also double up as a handy travel companion (signal permitting).
Why did we feel the need to try one of these (particularly having used out phones as hot spots thus far)? Well, the hot spot is limiting for the person who is providing it and the number of devices it can manage. Then you have the going out factor. In addition, Vodafone do offer broadband far more competitively priced than most (20 a month all in) by not insisting on you taking line rental with it, unlike the likes of BT; however, alas not in our area apparently. So, the options having moved were a line and broadband/fibre (if available) with an alternative (in excess of 30 per month with line and service); or with such a good mobile signal,explore the options. Since you can now get a 5g (not massively rolled out yet, certainly not here) unlimited option for 20 a month it makes sense to look at today’s alternatives rather than getting stuck, blinkered on past offerings. The questions you ask if you have a good mobile signal are; do I need a landline? If the answer is no, there are reasonably priced alternatives out there, dependant of course on your usage/needs. I admit that some bandwidth/data hungry families may well need the likes of fibre but that’s what you have to investigate on an individual basis.
This D-Link is perfect for our home use and streaming on a 3g and 4g signal strength, operating consistently between 50% and 75%.
Once sim was inserted and router booted, I waited ten minutes till things settled and placed router beside a window. I plugged in the Hive Hub and within ten minutes with NO SETTINGS CHANGES the Hive Hub was responding and allowing me to control my daughters full Hive home gear.
Fantastic purchase for a PnP 4G solution – so much so she is considering keeping it as she is getting 20GB speeds – twice what she used to get with Sky.
In the end I found the best 4G reception was in the loft so I installed it there and now I’m happily getting on average speeds of 15Mbps down and 5Mbps up, which is very nice considering where I live. When I bought this, I thought I might have to attach an outdoor antenna, but the built-in antennae seem pretty good – they’re adjustable so you can run speed tests while positioning them to get the best speed.
For challenging locations it can be married to an external 3G/4G antenna and also used as a primary fixed line router (coupled with an ADSL or VDSL modem) with failover to 3G/4G should the fixed line go down.
Ok, it doesn’t have the comprehensive load balancing and routing settings something like a Vigor has, but it is significantly cheaper and much easier to setup, and is ideal as a SOHO router. For those that just want an easy to setup 4G solution, you just need to stick in a provisioned data SIM (contract or PAYG) switch it in and wait a couple of minutes until it’s booted up and configured the link. You don’t even NEED to login to change anything, it works right out of the box.
Buyers should note there are 3 versions of this, with hardware codes A, B and C. Version C has the newest UI and is probably easier to setup than A or B versions for home use. Amazon only now appear to sell the C version but they may still be selling A or B in their outlet store.