["DIR-655 Xtreme N router"]

The DIR-655 Xtreme N router being one of our most popular router reviews to date, it only made sense to get our hands on the DGL-4500 and see how much, if at all, it bested the widely popular single band 655.

Offering dual band (both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wireless), and sporting an attractive OLED screen on the top, the DGL-4500 certainly looks like a winner on paper but how does it stack up against the other wireless N routers we have looked at in the past?

D-Link, in all their marketing genius, has given the DGL-4500 their GamerLounge logo and dressed the router in the same plastic housing as the DIR-655... only this time around they have included a top mounted OLED screen and an all black exterior. While many consider the inclusion of the screen a bit gimmicky, typical gamers aren't your average user and have proven time and time again that anything that lights up is square in their wheelhouse.

While the LCD screen and black color are noticeable step away from the DIR-655's styling, the most important difference between the current best seller and D-Link's latest gaming router is the addition of the Atheros XSPAN dual band chipset, giving the DGL-4500 the ability to connect wirelessly over the existing 2.4 GHz wireless band as well as in the less crowded 5 GHz band... providing you actually own a dual band wireless adapter. D-Link themselves just recently released their DWA-160 dual band USB wireless adapter giving those owner , or their potential owners, the ability to actually use the 5 GHz wireless band.