| D-Link DIR-655 Extreme N Wireless Router |
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Model: DIR-655
Brand: D-Link
Manufacturer: D-Link
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 305
Form factor: External
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11n (draft), IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
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Delivers up to 14x faster speeds* and 6x farther range* than 802.11g means Greater Coverage for Your Entire Home or Office
Ideal for streaming HD video or streaming multiple applications simultaneously
Intelligent QoS technology prioritizes both wired and wireless Internet traffic to enable enhanced gaming and phone calling (VoIP) experience
Gigabit Ports for Incredible Wired Network Speeds
Dual active firewall protection (SPI & NAT) helps block malicious attacks on networks from the Internet. |
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| Description: |
Create a wireless network to share high-speed Internet access with computers, game consoles, or media players from greater distances in your home or office. Using D-Link Xteme-N wireless products makes it really easy!
The D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router is a draft 802.11n compliant device that delivers up to 14x faster speeds and 6x farther range than 802.11g while staying backward compatible with 802.11g and 802.11b devices. Connect the Xtreme N Gigabit Router to a cable or DSL modem and provide high-speed Internet access to multiple computers, game consoles, and media players. Create a secure wireless network to share photos, files, music, videos, printers, and network storage.
With some routers, all wired and wireless traffic, including VoIP, Video Streaming, Online Gaming, and Web browsing are mixed together into a single data stream. By handling data this way, applications like video streaming could pause or delay. With D-Link's Intelligent QoS Technology, wired and wireless traffic is analyzed and separated into multiple data streams. These streams are then categorized by sensitivity to delay, so applications like VoIP, Video Streaming, and Online Gaming are given priority over Web browsing. This enables multiple applications to stream smoothly to your TV or PC. Delivering best-in-class performance, network security, and coverage, this router is the ideal centerpiece for your wireless network in the home or office. Backward compatible with 802.11g and 802.11b devices including game consoles and digital media players |
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| User Reviews (305 total): |
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Incredible Performance, Simple Setup, December 7, 2007
By user (Lake Orion, MI)
I've had this for about 3 months now and I've been astounded by the performance and range of this wireless router. Having a compatible N series receiver makes a big difference, but even with b & g, the speed has been really, really impressive.
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Greatest N Router, December 2, 2007
By user (Philadelphia, PA United States)
Easy installation and flawless connection. You can't go wrong with this router. The trial software "Network Magic" is great for effortlessly bringing it all together. After the trial certain features are not available however your configuration is still valid. All in all I would give this router higher than 5 stars if I could. I did not purchase the D-Link N PCI cards as the reviews on those were not good, but the router is fantastic.
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Worked like it should, December 1, 2007
By user (Homer, Alaska)
Had my house networked in no time, with great customer support. Mine was a nonstandard installation.
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My extensive test with Comcast and with 802.11G Dell Notebooks, November 29, 2007
By user (NJ)
I upgraded from my dLink DI-624 to the DIR-655 because my DI-624 was rebooting every few hours and my dell laptop inspiron 6000(XP) would disconnect every hour. I have also the dell E1405 (Vista) which would get 2-7% connections on my 3rd floor.
Here is my layout: I have a 3 story townhouse with 2 houses on both sides. I am located 3 miles from NYC but am located in an area which is considered to be the suburbs. My router is on the ground/1st floor. I use my laptops on the 2nd and 3rd floors.
After my upgrade to DIR-655, I see that the new router is NOT rebooting and my Inspiron 6000 stays connected. The E1405 would get about 14% on the 3rd floor.
With my BitTorrent running/downloading, I test the following:
When I surf the web, everything is fine and fast. 6Mbs/sec
When I stream movie from one laptop to the other, I experience some jumpiness. I notice if I pop something in the microwave, I would get slowdown and crazy jumpy connection which causes the movie to hang. The cordless at 5.6GHz running is fine.
I get 100% on the 1st floor since my router is there. 54Mbs (DI624 gave me 92%)
I get about 48-64% on the 2nd floor. 36-54Mbs. (almost the same as the DI624)
I get about 2-22% on the 3rd floor. 2-24Mbs.
The above test was done with both internal laptop cards. The Inspiron 6000 is using the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915. The E1405 is using the Wireless 1390 WLAN MiniCard.
My wireless settings:
WEP
Channel 1
SSID enable
N and G mode only
Firmware 1.04 (heard bad things about 1.05 and 1.1, so I will wait and see)
Conclusion:
There is an improvement compare to the DI-624 of course. But is it worth the $110+ at the moment? I am not too sure. I am thinking that I will wait until the N adapters gets to be about $40 and I will do a retest. I hope it gets better with full N. I see a 5% improvement on the 1st floor, a 0-5% improvement on the 2nd floor and a 0-200% improvement on the 3rd floor.
Yes, you should buy it if you were experiencing issues b/f like me, but if you old router was working perfectly, why upgrade unless you are going full N.
I gave it a 3 star because I was expecting a 6x more range and 300% speed improvement. But I dont see that.
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NOT D-LINK AGAIN, November 29, 2007
By user (St. Louis, MO USA)
I almost bought this router.
THEN, I remembered the last D-Link router I bought (with two PC cards). That router (and PC card) would only work at a distance of less that three feet. Anything beyond, with either card, would fail to connect EVERY time. The D-Link *tech* told me there is no help for me because it worked at less than three feet and therefore is not their problem. I called back and spoke to management who gave me the same answer.
I THREW THE WHOLE MESS IN THE TRASH. WASTED MY MONEY.
If you want a product with support and a decent company behind it DON'T BUY D-LINK.
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Dang Good Router, November 29, 2007
By user (Florida)
I've been using this for about a month now. No problms at all. Easy to set up. My wireless computers (all G) get just as fast of a connection wired or wireless (based on speedtests, using 10MB Roadrunner). I don't have any N devices to test so I can't comment on those. I never expected it to work this well.
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Best router ever . . .PERIOD, November 26, 2007
By user (San Jose, CA United States)
Tested with the following network:
Comcast Cable Internet
Motorola SB 5100 (Cable Modem)
D-Link DIR-655 (Router)
D-Link RangeBooster N DWA-642 (Adaptor)
IBM Thinkpad (Laptop)
Gateway PC (Personal Computer)
Dish Network DVR (Digital Video Recorder)
HP Media Vault MV2020 (Network Attached Storage)
HP Officejet 7310 All-in-One (All-in-One Printer)
Sony Playstation 3 (Gaming Console)
Netgear 85 Mbps Powerline 4-Port Ethernet Adapter (Ethernet Adapter)
PROS:
1. Incredibly fast (fastest router available)
2. Good range
3. Wireless/Wireline (4 ethernet ports)
4. 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n compatible
5. Great security features
6. Great customer support
7. Stable
8. Constant firmware updates keep hardware up-to-date
9. Easy to setup
10. Comes with user friendly Network Magic software
11. Inexpensive for performance (sells well below retail price)
CONS:
1. Looks ugly and cheap
2. Interferes with 2.4Ghz cordless phones
3. Some people have had poor experiences with D-Link's customer service.
4. People using VoIP have had problems with this router.
5. D-Link has a poor reputation.
Do not underestimate the importance of a good router. With broadband Internet becoming more readily available, faster, and cheaper, products are increasingly being designed to tap into this infrastructure to utilize both the Internet and your network. No longer are PCs and laptops the only devices connecting to the Internet. Now you have DVRs (e.g., video on demand, updating, etc.), phones (e.g., VoIP, video phones, etc.), media players, print servers, gaming consoles (e.g., PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, etc. not only accessing the Internet for gaming and content, but acting as UPnP AV media servers), storage (e.g., network attached storage, Ethernet external hard drives, etc.), etc. What is more is the interoperability of such products (see, e.g., UPnP - an industry initiative designed to enable simple and robust connectivity among consumer electronics, intelligent appliances and mobile devices from many different vendors). In sum, your router is going to be the gateway for all this new technology, and thus, it is VITAL for your router to be stable, reliable, compatible, and fast.
SPEED
In terms of speed, 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g are old news. The newest standard that is going to be released soon is 802.11n, which is going to be significantly faster and have significantly longer range than previous standards. Most likely, your computer or laptop adaptor is not new enough to utilize the draft N standard. Thus (this is extremely important), you must purchase the appropriate adaptor to match your draft N router. For my laptop, I chose the D-Link RangeBooster N DWA-642 notebook card. They also make a USB adaptor, but I did not want to plug up one of my USB slots, especially when I use none of my notebook card slots. Although the N standard is still in "draft" stage, many hardware vendors already sell "pre-N" or "Draft-N" hardware, based on the most recent draft. These vendors anticipate the final version will not be significantly different from the draft, and in a bid to get the early mover advantage, are pushing ahead with the technology. Many of these products have failed to perform to the hype of the N standard. Reviewers have suggested waiting on buying such routers, especially since many of them are expensive, until 802.11n is released. I disagree with their recommendation, because:
1. Many of the reviews are obsolete given driver and firmware updates. The D-Link DIR-655 is a Draft 2.0-compliant gear, which means that it is guaranteed to be fully compatible with the final 802.11n standard (it also, of course, is compatible with 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g standards). You do not have to worry about buying this router and then having to buy another "true 802.11n standard" router in the future. D-Link has been excellent in providing firmware updates so that your hardware does not go obsolete. In fact, as of November 2007, there have been 6 updates so far, and there are certainly going to be many more as the 802.11n standard is released (see http://www.dlink.com/products/support.asp?pid=530&sec=0#firmware).
and 2. The D-Link DIR-655 is extremely fast (much faster than 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g standard routers) and has been consistently tested to be easily the fastest draft N router available (see, e.g., http://reviews.cnet.com/routers/d-link-dir-655/4505-3319_7-32145084.html?tag=prod.txt.1; http://www.dlink.com/products/DIR-655/snb-charts.asp#wan).
2a. Internet performance
The DIR-655 is rated at 300Mb/s, which is faster than any available Internet connection available. Accordingly, the infrastructure of your Internet connection is always going to be the ceiling when it comes to performance until it is rated above 300Mb/s. In other words, the D-Link DIR-655 cannot improve performance above what your Internet line (e.g., cable or DSL) and modem can offer. For example, if your Cable Internet is rated at 6 MB/s, there is nothing the DIR-655 can do to increase that transfer rate, because the cable infrastructure itself is the bottleneck. While the router may not increase your download/upload speeds, despite routers typically being rated higher than your Internet connection, it may decrease it. This is more of a risk when connecting to the Internet wirelessly instead of through an ethernet cable, because the packets of data are slowed down by bouncing off of walls, getting interference from other devices, etc. As a result, to evaluate the performance of the DIR-655, I connected my laptop directly to the modem with an ethernet cable and compared that speed to: (1)DIR-655 Wireless connection ; and (2) DIR-655 ethernet cable connection. The DIR-655 performed very well, because I did not notice any drop in performance when using the router.
and 2b. Network performance
The DIR-655 theoretical 300Mb/s speed is more significant when it comes transferring data over your network. Thus, if you are planning on sharing or streaming media (e.g., pictures, music, and videos) over your network, especially high-definition content, you will utilize its performance. Thus far, I have successfully wirelessly streamed pictures, music, and avi and flash videos from an external hard drive connected to my laptop to my Playstation 3 (acting as a UPnP AV media server). I have not streamed DivX video files yet, because the Playstation 3 does not support such format and I am too lazy to convert the format to MPEG-4, which it does recognize. TVersity is a service that transcodes DivX allowing it to be played on the PS3, but Sony announced that it will release a firmware update supporting DivX soon, so I will just wait until then. I also have a HP Media Vault, which also acts as a UPnP AV media server. I set it up on the network no problem, but have not had time to transfer any content to it to stream. So far, so good, but I will update accordingly.
SECURITY
The D-Link DIR-655 has the most up-to-date and powerful security tools. This is especially important since the range of this router creates a wireless cloud that makes it easy for your wireless network to be picked up by intruders. For encryption, the DIR-655 offers WEP (an obsolete standard), WPA-Personal, and WPA-Enterprise. It also, of course, offers an 8 to 63 character alphanumeric pass-phrase for your network. You could also hide your network to make it difficult for intruders to find your network. In addition, you can also put a network lock on your network so that only devises you approve could use your connection.
SETUP
You can setup you router by typing http://192.168.0.1/ into your web browser. D-link also provides Network Magic software (which, of course, is fully compatible with the D-Link DIR-655) to help monitor, troubleshoot, and tweak your connection. Network Magic comes with a very useful flowchart mapping out all the devices in your network with valuable information (e.g., its IP address, subnet mask, MAC address, etc.) including possible intruders that you can boot off your network. It also makes it easy to tweak the D-Link DIR-655's up to date and powerful wireless connection security options such as network lock, hiding the network name, and enabling encryption. Although the Network Magic software is a free one month trial version, you can still use it when the trial expires.
SUPPORT
When setting up a sophisticated network with products using cutting edge new technology, you are undoubtedly going to run into some problems. This is why good customer support for a router is very important, more so than other products. I have read people's complaints about D-Link's poor customer service with other devices. In fact, when doing my research about which router to purchase, many have told me to avoid D-Link as a company due to its reputation of making inferior products and offering poor customer service. However, given good customer feedback for D-Link's DIR-655 specifically and how well it out performed its competitors in objective tests, I decided to give the DIR-655 a try. I am very happy I took the risk.
With regards to D-Link's customer service, the only D-Link device I have is the DIR-655, so I can only comment on my personal experience. I have contacted customer support about five times. One of the calls was regarding a "limited or no connectivity" message I was receiving (see below). The other four times the call was regarding help with setting up and maximizing my home network, as opposed to a problem with the DIR-655 directly. Every time I called, to my surprise, I got first-rate support and my problem was solved and (more importantly) never returned. In addition, their router technical support department had no heavy foreign accents, were willing to help, was conducted over a high quality phone line (loud, no hisses, no cracks, no pops, etc.), and, most importantly, the troubleshooting techniques were specific to my problem as opposed to unhelpful general comments read off a computer screen. It is very frustrating when technical support cannot solve your problem after leading you through troubleshooting techniques that you tried before your called and techniques that you are certain will not solve the problem. It was very refreshing to not deal with such customer service. Honestly, it is some of the best customer support from a technology company I have experienced and it puts companies such as Belkin to shame (I had an absolute nightmare experience with their support).
STABILITY
In the past I've owned two Linksys routers and a Dell router. All three routers required me to reset the routers from time to time to cure problems such as slow Internet speeds, no Internet connection, etc. When I first setup the DIR-655, I had no problems with it dropping a connection. Then, for some reason, the Internet connection kept dropping with a "limited or no connectivity" error message. This happened for a few days, resetting the router by unplugging the router did not help, so I called D-Link technical support. D-Link made me reset the router by pushing the little reset button in the back with a paperclip (as opposed to merely unplugging it) and made me change a few advanced setting under its control panel. I got the impression that they knew what they were doing, because the setting they made me change were not simple settings and it fixed my problem. They told me that if that did not fix the problem they would send me a new router. This was months ago, and not only did it fix the problem, but I haven't had to reset my router ever since. The router has been nothing but stable.
INTERFERENCE
The D-Link DIR-655, and many other routers as well, use a 2.4Ghz band. Thus, it will interfere with products that utilize the 2.4Ghz band (the most common example would be a 2.4Ghz band cordless phone), resulting in you losing your wireless internet connection. You can still, however, use the router through a wired line when the cordless phone is in use. I suggest simply upgrading your phone to a DECT 6.0 standard cordless phone, which does not interfere with the router.
APPEARANCE
One flaw the D-Link DIR-655 has is that it is ugly and looks cheap. You take one look at the router and say to yourself, this thing is the best router out there? In addition, it is difficult to discern what the blue lit icons in the front of the router stand for since they are so small and generic. In fact, the only use the blue lights have for me is that the router is working. I use Network Magic for everything else. At the end of the day, however, you should not judge a book (or a router) by its cover. Many of the new top-of-the-line routers currently available have a very Apple-like design to them such as sleek Belkin N1 Vision with its large informative LCD screen or some of Netgears Apple white designs. Nevertheless, while appearance is always tempting, the performance of a router is paramount and the DIR-655's far outperforms any other router out there.
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VOIP & Power users look elsewhere, November 26, 2007
By user (Newtown, NSW, Australia)
Review target audience: Users with VOIP or running servers behind their router.
Hardware D-link DIR-655, Firmware 1.10, Hardware Model A2.
I purchased this model solely to do VOIP Quality Of Service (QOS) traffic shaping (the router is based on the Ubicom StreamEngine 5106 chip), I run an asterisk / mail server behind my firewall. My existing set-up was a pcengines wrap board with m0n0wall firewall with QOS via traffic shaper utilizing a dedicated uplink pipe for VOIP (only drawback was the reduced uplink for external mail users).
The DIR-655 promised to get rid of permanently reduced uplink by dynamically managing the uplink when VOIP was active. The result however, was no better than with the m0n0wall traffic shaper if downloading an iso image whilst making a VOIP call. It still would have made a huge difference compared to no QOS, but the DIR-655 is still no better than alternative solutions.
However, the real problem with this router is STABILITY, or lack of it. My wrap board could go months without losing dropping the ADSL connection - very important for external mail clients with a dynamic IP address. The DIR-655 seemed to drop the connection every 30 minutes or so, even with DynDNS, getting a new IP address this often is a pain. Further VOIP calls were regularly terminated by the router dropping the connection. Simply unacceptable.
I turned on the syslog function, but could not get any useful diagnostic information as to the reason for the crash. According to Ubicom, they run a proprietary OS optimised for network handling so there is little chance of the problems being fixed with third party open source software such as openwrt (openwrt developers state the Ubicom chip will not be supported).
I have now reverted back to my original set-up and have had no problems since.
Summary. Frequent dropped connections, interrupted VOIP, QOS no better than other options freely available.
On paper, this should be THE router that everyone needs, however it simply does not deliver, I cannot recommend it.
Edit: Switching the QOS OFF appears to prevent spontaneous reboots with firmware version 1.10
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overall solid performer except problem brought by ZoneAlarm, November 24, 2007
By user (Santa Clara, CA USA)
The experience so far is positive although there is a major episode during the initial installation which almost led me to return this product, thinking it may be defective. This episode eventually turned out not to be this router's fault, but something else, which I'd detail below. You may find it useful as well if you have similar problem.
I used the software CD which comes with the router to setup first. Everything worked fine until the last step. It fails to verify connectivity. I double checked every setting on router and my DSL modem. I repeated the process. Same issue at end. I got bit frustrated. But I did not give up and started to use its Web based configuration which provides a lot more flexibility. But it did not turn out to be very successful as well. I tried various setting on router and the DSL modem, including standard dhcp mode and PPPoE mode. They only worked sometimes. The next morning things started falling apart and I could not connect anywhere.
This finally drove me nuts. After almost a week of frustration, I finally figured out the DNS is the culprit here. I can always connect to Internet using ip address, but if I used hostname, it could not resolve the hostname (always hangs). Now I have narrowed down the issue, but I had no clue why DNS would fail. I tried even to put DNS server setting directly on my Windows setup (overriding default ones) and it has limited success. Connection is still sporadic. And I may have to reboot router/modem/Windows from time to time.
Before I thought this product is c**p and decided to return it, I had a last try to remove any security software on my Windows. After I removed ZoneAlarm, things finally start working seemlessly! Yeah, ZoneAlarm is the culprit here which causes DNS resolution to fail. Why it does so? I don't know. But without ZoneAlarm, things work perfectly. I hope ZoneAlarm can fix their problems in the future since it is a major hassle (considering how many people may use the similar setups).
All in all, I am happy with the product now. It is reliable (I have not rebooted it since then) and connection speed is fine (up to max DSL speed).
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D-Link DIR-655 Extreme N Wireless Router, November 24, 2007
By user (Frankfort, New York)
I purchased this router after my Netgear Router WNR854T that was less than 12 months old stopped working and all I got was the dreaded green light. I decided to review routers before I settled on a new purchase. The D-Link DIR-655 was rated very well for use and ease of installation. So far I haven't been disappointed. It installed very easily and works fine since I purchased it 2 months ago. It came with a trial copy of Network Magic and that allowed me to set up other computers in my house very easily and secure them. That alone was worth alot to me. I would highly recommend this router to anyone looking to purchase one. The price was reasonable and I received it very quickly.
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No Better and No Worse, November 24, 2007
By user
After installing this router I found it no better and no worse than the D-Link Router I picked up on sale for $20. The range was about the same and I did not see any noticeable increase in the speed.
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C., November 22, 2007
By user (Cornelia, GA United States)
I concur with other reviews that this router is a solid performer. So far it produces a faster rate than the Xtreme N router - I own both.
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Horrible, incredibly hard and confusing setup, November 19, 2007
By user (Los Angeles, CA)
I've had a lot of linksys routers and netgear routers which were basically plug and play, so to speak. No hassele setups. So when I heard about all the positives on this router I decided to upgrade. Big mistake! Out of the box, this router did not work at all with my desktop comupter; it was broadcasting a wireless connection for my laptop, but my desktop's connection was completely dead. After numerous hours of trying to tweak it by both CD install, and both manual installs and checking the Dlink site by rehooking my old router back up, I gave up.
As other reviews note, initial setup can be tricky for this router. I've had lots of routers in the past and none of them required the amount of tweaking I had to go through and even then, it still didn't work correctly. Save yourself a big headache and get something else.
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Good, but not quite ready for prime time., November 14, 2007
By user (United States)
This router comes highly recommended, and out of the box in fact performed as advertised. I purchased it for the Draft N speeds and the gigabit ability---both items I have on my computer systems at home.
However, I returned it for the following reasons.
Myself and many others out there were having problems that D-link or anyone else couldn't solve.
They were:
VOIP (Vonage) calls would drop as the internet connection would drop on the first ring and thus the Vonage device would go straight to voicemail. Might have been a radio frequency issue or something else. I didn't want to waste any more of my time than I did trouble shooting when my old WiFi router didn't give me this problem.
Networked computers on the same workgroup could not see each other on the DIR-655! Again, old D-link WiFi router had no problems in this area and no settings on the new router seemed to work.
Rumor had it, was even in the D-link manual, that the device could interfere with X-10 signals (home automation). I didn't experience this, but I didn't want to have my X-10 compromised.
Now perhap in a few firmware revisions, or in the hands of a true expert, my issues could have been averted. But I wasn't willing to put in the time to fix what wasn't broken on my old WiFi D-link router.
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DIR-655, November 13, 2007
By user
This is one of several wireless routers that I have tried. I am extremely pleased with the performance of this router. Easy setup and operation. Some previous reviews commented that the router runs hot. I have not experienced any problems with heat from this router. It is an excellent product and I am very pleased with my purchase.
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Works great so far, November 13, 2007
By user (Brisbane, CA USA)
Have my Wii and linux laptop working against it easily.
So far the range appears to be much better than my older bg WAP.
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Terrible Product, November 12, 2007
By user (Berkeley, CA USA)
This product is unreliable and it is incompatible with other D-Link products. I had high hopes for it, but found it would restart constantly when there was any significant traffic going through it. Moreover, when I tried to run it in "Pre-N" mode with an AppleTV, I was unable to get it to connect at anything higher than 54Mbps and would not work at all with another D-Link product (Wireless Game adapter) that only supported "G" mode. I was also very concerned about the longevity of the product because it runs very hot.
I spent numerous hours on hold with D-Link tech support and ultimately switched back to my old, reliable Linksys WRT-54G and added a Gig-E switch to connect my fastest wired devices. Unfortunately I went past 30 days trying to get the DIR-655 to work reliably and the return period expired.
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Great Little Router with Good Horsepower, November 10, 2007
By user (Northeast Ohio)
I have been a regular customer of D-Link over the years and when you find something that works well you become a returning customer. When it came time to upgrade to wireless, I did the research of all the choices available and still selected my go-to company D-Link. I am glad I did. I am using wireless G and the range is about the same. I get two bars from basement to 2nd floor using D-Link PCMCIA adapters. Even though it is draft N it still works great for G.
First, the setup on this is relatively simple, even for a novice. You insert the disk and the installation walks you through each step in the process with visual pictures with flashing parts highlighted to help guide you to what you need to do. If you follow the directions step by step you should have a flawless installation.
Second, about updating the firmware, you should do this as part of the installation. It should be simple to do but understand that when you upgrade you will lose your router settings. D-Link has provided for this. Here is the recommended process:
Go to dlink.com and go to support and downloads. Enter DIR then 655 in the box. When you hit enter it will list all of the updates with the most current on top. Select the top "Download Now" box and save the file to your hard drive. It will have the form of xxx.bin. Log into your router by using the network address 192.168.0.1 in your browser and hit enter. Hit enter again at login. Go to Tools, Firmware. In the Firmware Upgrade section it gives you the opportunity to save your settings first. Do this! Click on the link there and it will take you to Tools, System, and save your configuration settings. It will save a file called gateway_settings.gws to your hard drive. Note where the file gets saved so you can find it later. Hit the back button to go back to the firmware upgrade section. Hit the browse button in that section and point it to the xxx.bin file you downloaded earlier. Hit the upload button and wait for it to finish. You will have to login to your router again when finished. Go to Tools, System and hit the browse button at "load from local hard drive" to restore configuration. Point it to the .gws file previously saved. You will have to reboot the router when finished. That's it! No more complaining about problems.....
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After a little fustration installing, it works fine., November 9, 2007
By user (Rocky Mountains)
The install wizard didn't work for me (no obvious reason) and technical help was not that helpful, but after playing with the the manual installation it's finally happy with my network. No problem connecting my "g" standard wireless laptop, and the connection strength is stronger than ever. More importantly, my network is now buzzing along at 1gigbit speed (don't forget to upgrade all of your network cards as well).
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Best Stable N router around, November 9, 2007
By user (Richmond, Va)
I owned the Netgear RANGEMAX NEXT WIRELESS-N ROUTER GIGABIT EDITION (WNR854T) before buying the D-link DIR-655. THe Netgear was plagued with firmware issus. I had to reset the WNR854T almost everyday due to it locking up. I finally got fed up and bought the DIR-655 and wow this is a great router full of features and the main thing for me was I have yet had to reset it for locking up. If you want a stable N router this is the one for you very pleased!!
Kevin
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