D-Link Airplus G DI-524 with Airport Extreme + Bluetooth card

First post, just recieved my very first Mac last night. Long time PC editor on Premiere / Vegas finally making the port over.
Anyway, my new airport extreme card doesn't seem to jive well with my OLD microsoft wireless networking router. So I was thinking of getting the D-Link Airplus G DI-524 wireless router to replace it, as opposed to spending $200.00 on an Airport base station.
Has anyone tried or had any experience with this router?
Here are the specs, it seems to match up pretty well to the Airport Base:
General:
Manufacturer Name - D-LINK SYSTEMS
Manufacturer Part Number - DI-524
SAP Description - WLS CABLE/DSL RTR-4PT SWCH 802.11G 54MBP
Weight for Shipping - 1.860
UNSPSC Code - 43222609
Device Type - Wireless router
Form Factor - External
Antenna:
Antenna - External detachable
Antenna Qty - 1
Environmental Parameters:
Min Operating Temperature - 32 F
Max Operating Temperature - 131 F
Humidity Range Operating - 0 - 95%
Expansion / Connectivity:
Interfaces - 1 x network - Radio-Ethernet 4 x network node - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45 1 x network host - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
Manufacturer Warranty:
Service & Support - 3 years warranty
Service & Support Details - Limited warranty - 3 years
Miscellaneous:
Encryption Algorithm - 128-bit WEP, 64-bit WEP
Compliant Standards - FCC
Networking:
Connectivity Technology - Wireless, wired
Integrated Switch - 4-port switch
Data Transfer Rate - 54 Mbps
Frequency Band - 2.4 GHz
Line Coding Format - OFDM
Data Link Protocol - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
Network / Transport Protocol - PPTP, L2TP, IPSec
Remote Management Protocol - HTTP
Max Range Indoors - 330 ft
Max Range Open Space - 1310 ft
Status Indicators - Link activity, power, status
Features - Firewall protection, DHCP support, NAT support, manageable, MAC address filtering, VPN passthrough, URL filtering, IP address filtering, domain blocking
Compliant Standards - IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3U, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.1x
Power:
Power Device - Power adapter - external
Powermac G5 Dual Core 2.0Ghz   Mac OS X (10.4.4)   2GB RAM, GeForce 6600 256MB, 20" Apple Cinema Display

Dear Justin,
Did you end up getting this router? If so how have you found it?
Thanks,
Scot.

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