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D-Link busts out "Green Ethernet" energy-saving firmware for existing routers
Engadget —
... newish DWA-643 and DWA-556 desktop "Green Ethernet" switches, and now it's shipping those power savings upstream to its DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit router and DIR-855 dual channel routers with freely downloadable firmware updates. We'd scoff, but that's a power savings of 32 percent and 41 percent, respectively. It might only shave a few cents off those electric bills, but hey, you can always melt that copper down to make arrows for the coming apocalypse. [Via TrustedReviews]Read | Permalink | Email this ...
D-Link Rolls Out New Firmware That’ll Save You Some Green
GadgetReview —
... been released in a few of their products) that’ll cut the power consumption of select routers. See, now you get the ‘green’ part. The first two boxes to receive the update are the DIR-655 Extreme Router and the DIR-855 dual channel router. It’ll cut their power usage by as much as 32% and 41% respectively. Sweet Mary of God! Can everyone do that with a firmware update? Or is this just simply a question of the router powering down when not in use?
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D-Link reduces their routers power usage by 40%
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... proud to be taking the lead in integrating innovative, power-saving technology into its home and business networking solutions that doesn’t sacrifice performance or functionality. By offering green upgrades to our most popular Wi-Fi routers, we’re helping protect the environment whilst our customers save money in the process.”
So it’s a great bit of news for some D-Link owners out there, but if only Netgear could do the same to their routers, I’d be even happier.
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D-Link routers get green friendly firmware update
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... it would cost you $0.42. The bottom line is routers just don't take a lot of energy to operate (my new Time Capsule notwithstanding): a 40% savings is going to be a couple bucks a year.
That doesn't make the gesture worthless, of course: devices retaining their functionality but using less power is always a good thing. But it does seem to be more of an advertising initiative than anything else.
D-Link firmware goes green-friendly [D-Link via Engadget via Trusted Reviews]
