D-Link Dir-655 $99.99 good deal or not?

[mmnot]

What about the D-Link Dir-655??

Have heard some good thing about this Wireless Router.

On sale this weekend on sale at F.S. $99.99

Hot deal or Not??????


http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10082039&logon=&langid=EN

[Mingo]

What about the D-Link Dir-655??

Have heard some good thing about this Wireless Router.

On sale this weekend on sale at F.S. $99.99

Hot deal or Not??????


http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10082039&logon=&langid=EN

From last I heard that's around the usual sale price you'll see.

BB has it a bit cheaper.
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10082039&catid=26055

PM opportunity with Staples as well.
http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?webid=670741&AffixedCode=WW

Hope that helps.

[scouzi]

What about the D-Link Dir-655??

Have heard some good thing about this Wireless Router.

On sale this weekend on sale at F.S. $99.99

Hot deal or Not??????


http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10082039&logon=&langid=EN


Is it Dual-Band?

[superfigz]

Is it Dual-Band?

No.
This Router is 802.11 B/G/N 2.4GHz (no 802.11a support)

EDIT:
The DIR 855 is dual band, but I'm not sure where you can find that for a good price.

Link to manuf: http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=548

[feeling_funky]

I got one a long time ago (when they went to revision b) and I love it. It is fast (LAN-LAN, LAN-WAN, and web interface). It has a "play nice" feature which you can enable which will detect other 2.4GHz traffic and try not to interfere. There are newer ones out there from Linksys that are supposed to be better, but I think mine was a very good buy. (I got it almost 1 year ago for $115 on sale).

Price isn't fantastic; it is a few dollars cheaper than normal.

[gkjogi]

I can add that it is a very good N router. good speeds, excellent features in firmware like QoS etc etc.

Does not crash 100% 3 computers using bitTorrent.

[DoneDeal]

Great router .

[ryero]

Got the same router

Good router...though one thing i don't like is that I have to reboot the router every time i want to confirm my settings.
Other than that everything is awesome

Bought mine for 109 about 9 months ago.

[belowzeros]

I can add that it is a very good N router. good speeds, excellent features in firmware like QoS etc etc.

Does not crash 100% 3 computers using bitTorrent.


+1 for GREAT router. Mine is a workhouse and never failed, it's been installed for just over a year I think and always powered. After going through countless linksys boxes and some other belkin junk I LOVE this thing. I'd buy another in a heartbeat. Lots of features and a great Admin.

[CalgaryRunner]

+1. Best router I've ever owned, solid as a rock.

[da_hool]

Got it for ~$119 almost a year ago. Very fast and stable. I haven't had to reset it at all.

[mmnot]

Thanks all!!!!

[MrDisco]

slightly better:
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10082039&catid=26055

and you get your BB points on top.

for FS may want to order and do an ISPU for monday between 5-9pm to get the 10% off sale.

[mississaugarunner]

Agreed, good deal for a decent N router. Avoid the ~$60 Wireless N routers like the plague.

[D.NGUYEN]

I had a Belkin N1 and this one. The D-Link is SOLID compared to the Belkin. So far I've had no dropped signals or fade even though I'm pretty far away because I live on a 2 acre property. Very good router! Decent price.

[howwon]

No.
This Router is 802.11 B/G/N 2.4GHz (no 802.11a support)

EDIT:
The DIR 855 is dual band, but I'm not sure where you can find that for a good price.
Link to manuf: http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=548

From what I have gathered, the DIR-855 is presently not for sale in Canada. US prices are in the $300 range.

[sf1]

Are the gigabit ports on the dir-655 green enable? (save power by detecting PC power and cable length etc.)
some reviews say it is some don't.

[Dazog]

Are the gigabit ports on the dir-655 green enable? (save power by detecting PC power and cable length etc.)
some reviews say it is some don't.

Not yet, firmware due soon.

[MrDisco]

any word on whether hacked firmware will be available for this (i.e. dd-wrt)?

edit: 'the Ubicom chipset in the Dlink is not supported.' :(

[bonzo]

Does anyone know if this would have enough bandwith to support HDTV live feed via Windows Media Centre on the Xbox 360? Wireless through N

Right now I have the Linksys WRT56L using the wireless G and not getting enough bandwith for HDTV live feed.

[Hello-]

Does anyone know if this would have enough bandwith to support HDTV live feed via Windows Media Centre on the Xbox 360? Wireless through N

Right now I have the Linksys WRT56L using the wireless G and not getting enough bandwith for HDTV live feed.

Wifi-N should be able to stream almost any HD video except maybe full/lossless bluray.


With regards to the sale, I'd rather get a linksys wrt310n instead of this. Dlink products have always failed on me.

[sf1]

will performance drop if I mix wireless N with hardwired LAN clients?
or does it only drop when I mixed wireless n and g?

[vladislav]

Wifi-N should be able to stream almost any HD video except maybe full/lossless bluray.


With regards to the sale, I'd rather get a linksys wrt310n instead of this. Dlink products have always failed on me.

DIR-655 is superior to anything out by linksys right now. DIR-655 is actually the best cheap consumer grade router right now in Canada.

As to N being good for HD streaming, so far that hasn't been the case for me but that might be because my laptop sucks (DWA-652 on it).

[Vertigo]

will performance drop if I mix wireless N with hardwired LAN clients?
or does it only drop when I mixed wireless n and g?
Wired LAN clients will have no impact on wireless performance. If the router is set to N/G, it will drop to G performance levels (even for N based clients) if any G clients connect.

[sf1]

Wired LAN clients will have no impact on wireless performance. If the router is set to N/G, it will drop to G performance levels (even for N based clients) if any G clients connect.

that's a sad news for anyone planning to buy this with a wireless b/g pda phone and a wireless n laptop.


just did a little search,
it looks like if you connect wireless G client, it will have some impact (drop 2.5mb/s) on wired clients too. (day 3 first con, http://gadgetsnobs.com/2007/12/16/review_dlink_dir655_wirelessn.php)

[camber]

I just took back my linksys wrt160n and got this router. Well, worth the money!!!

I had the linksys wrt160n for three weeks and it was maddening how many times I had to reset it. I basically had to reset it everytime, I wanted to do anything on the internet. I tried dd-wrt firmware as a last hope but it did not improve anything for me. This router is setup in a high rise Condo...

The only problem I had with the DIR-655, is that the FW 1.10 did not like(couldn't connect to it) the Videotron supplied motorola surfboard sb5101 cable modem. I upgraded to FW 1.11 and its been rock solid for the past 8 hours. I've had three devices connected(2 laptops, smartphone) wirelessly and have been able to surf the net, dl torrents on both computers and make voip call at the same time.

My dd-wrt wrt160n would freeze before I even turned on my computer:lol:

[sf1]

I just took back my linksys wrt160n and got this router. Well, worth the money!!!

I had the linksys wrt160n for three weeks and it was maddening how many times I had to reset it. I basically had to reset it everytime, I wanted to do anything on the internet. I tried dd-wrt firmware as a last hope but it did not improve anything for me. This router is setup in a high rise Condo...

The only problem I had with the DIR-655, is that the FW 1.10 did not like(couldn't connect to it) the Videotron supplied motorola surfboard sb5101 cable modem. I upgraded to FW 1.11 and its been rock solid for the past 8 hours. I've had three devices connected(2 laptops, smartphone) wirelessly and have been able to surf the net, dl torrents on both computers and make voip call at the same time.

My dd-wrt wrt160n would freeze before I even turned on my computer:lol:

did you try upgrading to 1.20? I think they uploaded that on 14th, few more fixes.

[camber]

did you try upgrading to 1.20? I think they uploaded that on 14th, few more fixes.


I thought I would upgrade the FW on the DIR-655 in steps. So far the 1.11 FW has been rock solid for me and the Videtron modem. I might give version 1.20 in a day or two but I've got no complaints with 1.11.

I just got the DIR-655 today.

[Eduardo]

I thought I would upgrade the FW on the DIR-655 in steps. So far the 1.11 FW has been rock solid for me and the Videtron modem. I might give version 1.20 in a day or two but I've got no complaints with 1.11.

I just got the DIR-655 today.

How can something you've had for less than a day be "rock solid"?

[VitaminB]

very good router! the only con is the router lights are very bright -becomes a light show at night.

[tyreman]

I had 2 of them in the previous few weeks
version 3's
1.11 fw's
They are on sale all over


I since went to Linksy WRT54GL

[camber]

How can something you've had for less than a day be "rock solid"?


In comparison to the the Linksys WRT160N. Hence, me comparing my experience with them both. Also, it seems to handle mutliple wireless conections with torrent, net and VOIP traffic in a Condo/apartment setting(I can see 14 wireless AP from my unit) without locking up.

WRT160N, I had to reset it within the first 5 minutes after getting it setup. Even after I installed DD-WRT it would still freeze up and not accept wireless connections.

[Eduardo]

In comparison to the the Linksys WRT160N. Hence, me comparing my experience with them both. Also, it seems to handle mutliple wireless conections with torrent, net and VOIP traffic in a Condo/apartment setting(I can see 14 wireless AP from my unit) without locking up.

WRT160N, I had to reset it within the first 5 minutes after getting it setup. Even after I installed DD-WRT it would still freeze up and not accept wireless connections.

good to know, I was considering a 160

[Solex]

that's a sad news for anyone planning to buy this with a wireless b/g pda phone and a wireless n laptop.


just did a little search,
it looks like if you connect wireless G client, it will have some impact (drop 2.5mb/s) on wired clients too. (day 3 first con, http://gadgetsnobs.com/2007/12/16/review_dlink_dir655_wirelessn.php)

This happens for all N routers that aren't dual band though right?

[duckdown]

are they giga ports?

[balance]

can this router be bridge like have it connect to another wireless router?

[camber]

yep, gigabit ethernet

[goqcom]

Anyone know if you can use the USB port to attach a USB ext hard drive to share on the network?

[belowzeros]

Anyone know if you can use the USB port to attach a USB ext hard drive to share on the network?


no this one does not have NAS options. The USB port on the device is strictly for the windows VISTA quick config thingy.

[Vertigo]

just did a little search,
it looks like if you connect wireless G client, it will have some impact (drop 2.5mb/s) on wired clients too. (day 3 first con, http://gadgetsnobs.com/2007/12/16/review_dlink_dir655_wirelessn.php)

"Transfer speeds went down to 2.5MB/s between the Wireless-N and the Wired Gigabit computers."

That's only between wired/wireless clients, which is absolutely expected. Wired-wired should enjoy full, albeit hard drive limited, gigabit speeds. ;)

[solomon9898]

just got one at stapes , pm and comes to 84.99 b4 tax.

this is the 2nd one i bought. 1st one bought it 1 year ago and performance is
so far so good . only need to unplug it less than 6 times for 1 year time. so why i bought another one again.

[TDA]

unplug less than 6 times for a year? thats pretty ****** iMHO, my router at my parent's house has been chugging for 1 year+ no resets... damn power outage breaking my reocrd..

[Hello-]

unplug less than 6 times for a year? thats pretty ****** iMHO, my router at my parent's house has been chugging for 1 year+ no resets... damn power outage breaking my reocrd..

+1, after using a wrt54gl with tomato for a year I have to say the stability is amazing. It doesn't even need to restart when changing most settings. There's something definitely wrong with a router if you have to restart it manually 6 times in a year...

Too bad the wrt54gl doesn't have wifi-n or gigibit lan.

[jaemes]

89.99 with the appreciation deal.. hmm

[balance]

i really wanted the wrt54gl from the compu2000 sale i miss for 39.99 but now I'm thinking do i really want got get something old that is stable or get something new cuz n will be the new standard later. i currently own a di-624 and it is the worst router ever its like dieing know have to unplug to restart it so many times. I read great reviews for the dir-655 but the wrt54gl has has the bridge i need for my xbox360

but dir-655 will sux if u do g? and n together? i need like g for my ps3 =|

i tho about getting a linksys n router but there does not seem to be any good one

i'm so confuse...

[a2vr6]

By far the best router I have ever had. This is an excellent price drop since it was selling for like $150 for the longest time. Highly recommended.

[belowzeros]

89.99 with the appreciation deal.. hmm


I like how the appreciation deal stacks with promos, that's pretty hot. If I was in the market for a TV it would be $400 off on some at the 2k pricepoint. I have to remember that lol ><

[Ryvius]

i really wanted the wrt54gl from the compu2000 sale i miss for 39.99 but now I'm thinking do i really want got get something old that is stable or get something new cuz n will be the new standard later. i currently own a di-624 and it is the worst router ever its like dieing know have to unplug to restart it so many times. I read great reviews for the dir-655 but the wrt54gl has has the bridge i need for my xbox360

but dir-655 will sux if u do g? and n together? i need like g for my ps3 =|

i tho about getting a linksys n router but there does not seem to be any good one

i'm so confuse...

I want to know the answer too. I got my ps3/360/wii hooked up with wireless and several laptops and other electronic using wireless g too. I only needed wireless N for a few PCs in the house. How will the speed suffer because of mixing g and n?

[jaemes]

Thinking of picking this up tonight or tomorrow with the extended appreciation deal.

Are there any good deals on wireless PCI card thingies?

[balance]

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30542/228/

~_~
So good tips
* Don't rush to buy a draft 11n router, especially if you have an investment in 802.11b/g devices and adapters. Unless you're upgrading from a very old 802.11b router, you won't see a significant improvement in range from draft 11n.
* Don't buy a draft 11n router and then run a mix of draft 11n and 802.11b/g clients. The current crop of Draft 2.0 routers provide reduced performance for both 802.11n and b/g clients when running a mixed network. See this article for more details.
Keep your existing 11g router (or buy a new one) for your 11b/g clients and run a separate draft 11n router for those clients. Just decide which one you'll use as your main router and convert the other to an access point, using the article referenced above.
* Don't buy "faster" wireless to speed up Internet-based applications unless your Internet connection can handle it. A big wireless "pipe", connected to a little Internet "pipe" won't do you any good for Internet use. It should, however, help speed local (LAN/WLAN) traffic.
* Dual-band vs. single band. I'm no longer recommending that you go for dual-band dual-radio products if you want to move now to draft 11n. The main reason is that the potential upside isn't enough to justify the high cost, especially if you have a large installed base of 802.11b/g devices. This article has the full story.
The main reason to buy dual-band products is to access the relatively interference-free 5 GHz band. But the downside is that you'll have reduced range, especially if you try to use the 40 MHz channel mode that some 5 GHz products default to. Unless you really need the higher bandwidth or speed and have modest range needs, I recommend setting the 5 GHz radio to 20 MHz channel mode to stretch your WLAN's reach a bit farther.


so the key is to get the n router using only n clients and use another router for g clients =| so i need to buy two routers LOL

[belowzeros]

The part about the router scaling back to G speeds when mixed isn't a "problem" with the 655, all routers do it unless they are "dual signal". Those routers start at about 300 afaik.

The router will move back up to full N once the device goes to sleep or drops the IP.

[balance]

so i should get the dir-655 and then two more wrt54gl (one as AP and other as bridge for my console) 100+2X(40+8(shipping)) or =|

by pos di-624 is DIEING ;_;

[smallj53]

Something that makes this router a great deal for me is the fact that you can run dual access points with the 1.20 bios. Works like a charm. I have two ssids, one running wpa encryption and one running wep encryption so that my son's Nintendo DS can still connect wirelessly. (Nintendo DS can only handle WEP) The wep ssid does not show my network shares so I don't worry about the encryption being broken. You can even give away free internet to your buddy and not worry about him accessing your network.

Anyway just another reason to buy this router. And I fully agree that it is by far the very best router anyone can buy!

[jaemes]

If anyone missed the deal for this, I think you can PM FS with Staples

FS;154.99 (http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10082039&catid=19994)
Staples;99.96 (http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?webid=670741&AffixedCode=WW)

It should be 94.46+tax with the PM

[AzNCrAzYcOoLeR]

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30542/228/

~_~
So good tips


so the key is to get the n router using only n clients and use another router for g clients =| so i need to buy two routers LOL



I currently have two routers hooked up. DI-655 and a WBR-2310. The first gen DI-655 has terrible range, I claimed extended warranty and with the new one I got feels a lot more stable. I bought my WBR-2310 for $50 last year, also picked up a replacement plan but seeing the DI-615 is at $50, I think im going to claim my replacement plan on that unit as well.


Replacement plans are worth it for routers!!

[tman694]

I bought the router based on features, I use an ip phone from my laptop and use torrents on a couple of wired machines. I wanted this router for the ability to throtle back my trafic to give priority to my voice calls. Also my linksys router lockes up once in a wile, ceeps track of old connections for 5 days and when the connection memory fills it lockes up and requires it to be unpluged to clear based on web info.The router was ok to install, took me a wile to go through the web configs ie find everything. I set it up with the same port forwards, network id, etc as my linksys. I also first updated my firmware to v1.21 current at this time. None of the port forwards worked. I browsed the net and found that v1.20 and 1.21 firmware had forwarding issues and that v1.11 was the recomended firmware. I downgraded my firmware to v1.11 and all port forwards worked except my udp range for pasive ftp. I changed the udp filtering to endpoint independant as someone online recomended and still nothing.I contacted d-link tech support by e-mail. They responded with a quote from the manual. I responded and sent screen captures of the configuration and ftpfirewall logs and a question about dhcp if it supports macname filtering so i can switch to dhcp. They answered the dhcp question that I need to use static IP's if I want to perform port forwarding, didn't say anything about resurving an IP for the mac address, ie vertually static IP and completely ignored my port forward issue. Now I have been waiting for another day with no response so it's going back to the store.I think it will be a great router if they fix the firmware issues, hireing support staff that know a little bit about networking would be nice as well. I've worked in IT for 12+ years, port forwarding is a basic function of a router IMO, I could have waited for updates on less important issues but I won't allow my network to be broken waiting for a fix with no progress dealing with d-link.

[Slartibartfast]

I bought the router based on features, I use an ip phone from my laptop and use torrents on a couple of wired machines. I wanted this router for the ability to throtle back my trafic to give priority to my voice calls. Also my linksys router lockes up once in a wile, ceeps track of old connections for 5 days and when the connection memory fills it lockes up and requires it to be unpluged to clear based on web info.The router was ok to install, took me a wile to go through the web configs ie find everything. I set it up with the same port forwards, network id, etc as my linksys. I also first updated my firmware to v1.21 current at this time. None of the port forwards worked. I browsed the net and found that v1.20 and 1.21 firmware had forwarding issues and that v1.11 was the recomended firmware. I downgraded my firmware to v1.11 and all port forwards worked except my udp range for pasive ftp. I changed the udp filtering to endpoint independant as someone online recomended and still nothing.I contacted d-link tech support by e-mail. They responded with a quote from the manual. I responded and sent screen captures of the configuration and ftpfirewall logs and a question about dhcp if it supports macname filtering so i can switch to dhcp. They answered the dhcp question that I need to use static IP's if I want to perform port forwarding, didn't say anything about resurving an IP for the mac address, ie vertually static IP and completely ignored my port forward issue. Now I have been waiting for another day with no response so it's going back to the store.I think it will be a great router if they fix the firmware issues, hireing support staff that know a little bit about networking would be nice as well. I've worked in IT for 12+ years, port forwarding is a basic function of a router IMO, I could have waited for updates on less important issues but I won't allow my network to be broken waiting for a fix with no progress dealing with d-link.

Phone technical support and ask for a level 2 tech. They should be able to help you faster than by email.

You should also use paragraphs!

[belowzeros]

Phone technical support and ask for a level 2 tech. They should be able to help you faster than by email.

You should also use paragraphs!

+1

btw I think your box might be defective, I've never had a forwarding problem like that and used all the firmwares with heavy use on the router.