D-Link DIR-655 Extreme-N Gigabit Wireless Router
by D-Link Systems, Inc.
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Customer Review: Great speed
Summary: 5 Stars
een using this router for over 6 weeks now. These are some of the quirks that have happened to me. Worked fine with an older modem but switched to an SB-120. Found out that QOS should be turned on and let the router do it's own speed test. Which by BTW acts like it's not doing anything for a minutes. Then comes back on. I actually ended up set QOS to manual and selecting my current up speed. We turn off router and modem at night. In the auto mode the router runs a speed test each time it is turned on. Got tried of waiting so switch to manual. Up dated the firmware because the Mac keep dropping the wireless. Turns out it is a problem with 10.6.3 update not the router in this case.
Initially set up a simply WEP security and found out that to get N wireless you must use WPA/128 or no security. That does work. Also I have turned off all of D Link's services. I just don't need them. Have done away with security for now also as we live in a rural area where homes are a few. I have not tried the USB port as the new printer is wireless and the SD card can be accessed by both computers which was all I was going to use it for.
I real like this router. After it's initial problem it has performed. At times I have thought that it has screwed up only find it has been another problem. Such as my vendor has had problems or servers very slow. It's been running with out doing anything to it for about 4 weeks. As for speed love it. I have a 6M/512k. It now loads most pages so quick hardly ever see any loading indicators. It is for the most part flash text, flash ads. About that quick. Same speed readings as my old router. Just handles the packets a lot better. Also video clips and streaming very seldom freeze. So yes I think it's a very good router. But maybe it could be a little more setup friendly.
Just one last thing if get into the thru your browser? Do not use the Enter key! It will kick you back out. Point click and be patient.
Eric
Customer Review: The best & fastest wireless & wired router out when initially released!
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this router because i wanted a faster wireless speeds especially for video. In order for the ethernet connections to keep up with the faster wireless speeds this was the first unit out that also offered gigabit speeds for the ethernet ports. Prior to that virtual no router offered gigabit speeds for the ethernet ports. I was not disappointed and after using this for nearly 2 years (maybe more) I am still extremely pleased with this router. In conjunction with the Extreme N wireless cardbus adapter for my media center laptop and the Extreme N PCI adapter for my Vista (yuck) PC I attained continuous speeds of 300mbps throughput. Because the wireless speeds were faster than previous versions of the routers with ethernet connections D-Link installed gigabit ethernet ports on this baby as well. This router in conjunction with the D-Link Extreme N receivers provided blazing speeds and an astounding range allowing me to work much farther away from the router, in some cases increasing distance by 75%. Best of all, even though this is still Draft N this unit is firmware upgradeable so that when the final N standard is set in 2009 you can simply flash upgrade this unit. I purchased this almost immediately after its release and have not regretted this purchase at all. It is easy to set up and offers several layers of security. Best of all are the blazing speeds and excellent distance range from base unit. There is a gaming version available but if you are using this for downloading video or shuttling video from unit to unit this router is excellent for that. I would imagine that this also works extremely well for gaming. I have even seen one person use this to stream HD programming around their house. Best of all the price now is much lower than before. I've tried different brands over the years but I am now a D-Link fan and will remain so. This router has NEVER failed me or gone down and I'm an internet road hog!Customer Review: Easy to set up and very good performance
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading the several negative reviews I was a bit reluctant but decided to give it a try. I needed to port an new cable modem into my existing home network (existing phone line DSL, Netgear router gigabit cat 6 plus wireless). Setup was very easy. I dont usually use the setup CD but gave it a shot and it found the new (and somewhat fussy) cable modem easily and negotiated connection without the usual entry of all the data. I mounted it above the network wiring to give it a clear shot. The results are very good. Speed on full load of wired and wireless is excellent. Easily works hand in hand with the NetGear about 3 feet away from it running different network configurations and channel allocations. I noticed D-Link has a very noticable message on the router to remove the protective plastic sheets covering the plastic finis- could that be why some users report overheating? Anyway, wall mounted, completely cool to the touch. My only comment is that the ethernet ports are right there next to the 3 antennae and are bound to have coupling which would distort the pattern and maybe the impedence. I use cat6 shielded for everything so there is a lot of grounded shield nearby. I may try the external antenna to decouple it and see if it improves performance even further. I usually dont advocate external antennae as the tiny coax supplied with them is very lossy at microwave frequencies. Unless it really gets it out in the clear stick with onboard antenna if you can. I have had lots of D-link products and find them generally easy to use, and reliable. I use their gigabit switch for the main network. At 22Mbs down and 4 Mbs up for the wired and nearly 12Mbs measured on an ipad wireless at 40 feet through several walls and floors its a great improvement. I am really thinking of tossing the phone DSL and just use one hookup to the D-link and cable modem. I think its worth the price, I've paid more for some routers and gotten much less.Customer Review: Thank God I Found This Router
Summary: 5 Stars
First off I like to say I bought this router to replace my old Cisco-Linksys WRT110 RangePlus Wireless Router I bought a few years back and at the time I only had it running my PS3, laptop and me and my fiancés Blackberrys shared the network from time to time. Now we have 2 laptops, Desktop PC, PS3, Xbox, External HD & 2 Droid phones.
Long story short the more things I added to it the more my signals dropped which is to be expected but started to get pretty annoying because while streaming Netflix in one room and playing ps3 in another the PS3 always lost right along with any other wireless signals.
I don't know a ton about PC's but I am smart enough to setup my homes network so after doing some reading this router was one of the 3 highly rated ones. I must say I am very impressed so far and I of course I had to put it through a test or 2 upon setting it up which I have to tell you, was a complete no brainer. I didn't even use the Setup CD that came with the thing. I set it all up though the web browser similar to the linksys router I had before and it was a piece of cake I was pretty proud of myself.
So of course now that I have everything setup I plug in everything that can be wired or wireless and start web surfing, movie streaming and game playing online. Not one hiccup "Knock On Wood" I've yet to drop connection once from any of my wirelessly connected laptops and no disconnect while streaming media via Xbox, PS3 or my external HD.
There is one thing though the blue LEDs are super bright so make sure the routers not somewhere you plan on sleeping. My routers in my living room next to my entertainment center so when the lights are off it actually looks pretty cool and at night I don't have to turn on the light to walk through...
LONG STORY SHORT I GOT WHAT I PAID FOR AND IT'S DOING EXACTLY WHAT I HOPED IT WOULD!!!
THANK GOD!!!
Customer Review: Painless install with Setup CD; Win 7 network dream
Summary: 5 Stars
I finally gave in to a new router to replace my Microsoft MN-700 that is 12 years old -- it was becoming a little unreliable in its old age. I picked the DIR 655 based on ratings, particularly its higher prospect of being easy to install and maintain (although, it, like most routers, certainly has its share of complaints and bad customer reviews). I only had to make one call to Tech Support before I began the install -- to confirm a specific, simple protocol at the first step -- and then I was off. Once I got set up with a laptop near the wall-cabinet router location, it only took about 10 minutes at most to run through the CD install wizard routine, and everything went as programmed. Within 20-30 minutes, I had one wireless laptop, two wired desktops, an Xbox 360 and a ROKU media device all working and recognized in the Windows 7 Homegroup I had set up earlier. It could only have been easier if D-Link had come to the house to do it for me.
I immediately took the laptop outside to test its range. I got about 100' when it dropped to two bars, and that was perpendicular to the antennae array and through an outside wall sheathed in corrugated metal. At an upper-floor office location inside the house where it is often in use (about 30' away), it held a full 5 bars, one-two more than the old router.
It appears to be much faster in delivering media . . . e.g., online videos no longer stop for buffering. Browsing and other online activities seem to be as fast as my desktop with similar tech specs.
Two more comments: 1) Tech Support answered immediately and fully clarified the first installation step with a helpful demeanor, and 2) the install manual that comes as a PDF on the CD will scare the crap out of any novice attempting to install this router. It is nearly 100 pages of perfect "geek" instructions -- probably great for tweekers, but I'm sure glad the Setup CD worked as designed.