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D-Link DIR-655 Extreme N Wireless Router | List Price: $179.99
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Brand: D-Link
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year limited
Features: - 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.
Wired router OK, very disappointing wireless performance [Posted on 2008-06-21]
Gigabit wired performance - great, no problems.
Wireless performance - Poor. I may hook up my old 11g WAP to improve performance.
My Netgear WGT624 lost several wired channels, so I upgraded to a D-Link DIR-655 to take advantage of 802.11n, which I use at work successfully with the same laptop as I am using at home. Wired Gigabit Ethernet in the house is an improvement... OK there.
Bad News: The wireless performance is much worse with the D-Link, all other factors being the same versus the Netgear 11g WAP. I have tried configs 11n only/WPA2 only, 11ng/WEP, and every other combination I could google to help, but no improvement. The site survey shows an initially strong signal after a WAP reboot for about 2 seconds (great throughput then... what I expected), and then the signal drops in half for good (despite radio power mode set to high). The rate ends up well below 30Gbs where my old 11g WAP sustained 54 Gbs consistently. The situation is no better with another laptop that only has 11g... its experience is degraded too. If I take the laptop adjacent to the WAP, only then do I get sustained performance of 270 Mbps, but with noticeable signal level drops every minute or two, regularly, and nothing like the 200+ that others report at a reasonable distance. Bad unit or bad model... who knows.
Performs well [Posted on 2008-06-24]
After trying to get different linksys working, this one works with no problems at all. One of the previous issues that I was being able to support large amounts of bandwidth through the previous routers. This router works without any issues. There are a lot of configuration options for the device which makes the device configurable.
I have had this device for a while now and I haven't had to reboot it once. I have been very happy with the device and would buy another one without giving it another thought. This is the one to get if you are looking for a device with good range and configuration options.
Great performance, great price [Posted on 2008-06-24]
I ordered what was advertised as an open-box product from Amazon Warehouse (around $20 less than the regular discounted price). It arrived promptly and in perfect condition, with no sign that it wasn't brand new.
The included CD has Network Magic, which makes the setup very easy. The router quickly found all my wired and wireless connections, although it did not find an Internet connection. I called D-Link technical service and the rep walked me though the manual setup menu, which is accessed by typing the router's IP address in the browser window. It was easy enough that I probably should have figured it out myself, but the call took only around 10-15 minutes, including a hold time of only a minute or two.
Performance has been terrific. I get a strong signal all though the house and on my back patio, through three walls, even though the router is located under my desk, on top of the CPU. (The manual suggests placing it away from the computer, above furniture). I also have cordless 2.4 GHz telephones in the house, and there have been no problems with interference.
easy set-up [Posted on 2008-06-25]
Being a networking professional and dealing with routers/switches/firwalls/IPS's all day, the last thing I want to do when I get home from work is.... work on another network - even my own.
I had the linksys wrt54GS sitting behind a pix 501 firwall. The linksys was a real pain to set up, with some of the functional descriptions not making a lot of sense to me. I spent several hours very patiently working with someone that does not use English as a native language, and in going through a couple of their technical support people that gave up, I was finally able to get this router to talk to the pix. Linksys may be a cisco company, but it does not integrate well with cisco equipment.
About a year later, the radio in the router developed a problem necessitating a replacement of the router. With 802.11N being close completion, I decided to try one, the reviews for the linksys product looked good but I didn't like the heat issue and didn't want to have to replace it again in the near future. Since my wife works out of our home, it is imperative she have a solid network connection. I tried the D-link 655 and found it a delight to work with. Everything made sense as I worked through the setups (I quickly abandoned the wizards, they are useful if the 655 is connected directly to a broadband modem). Getting it to talk to the pix was dead simple and very straightforward. After reading through the documentation and attempting/abandoning the wizard, I used the manual setups and had a wireless connection to the internet in less than 10 minutes. I will soon be removing the linksys wireless adapter card in my home pc (g model) and trying the d-link n adapter but have confidence it will be an easy install. The only remaining question is how long will this new router last - only time will tell. I will certainly buy a new one if this one fails.
Very Disappointing [Posted on 2008-06-26]
I bought this product yesterday and it was supposed to install in 10 minutes but it took over three hours calling the tech support and talking with someone who could hardly speak English!. I am very dissatisfied with this product because instead of automatically being installed I had to change all the IP Address, Sub Net etc manually. I think a $20 router would do better. I also had an older version of D-Link that stopped working within 6 months. So I am all done with D-Link and would never even look at their products.
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