D-LinkWireless N300 Mbps Extreme-N Gigabit Router (DIR-655)

I previously had a Linksys WRT54G and was moderately satisfied with it until it started exhibiting signs of 'cheapness', like general flakiness, inability to load the web management (it'd load a blank screen), etc. After getting frustrated enough, and desiring a router with gigabit ports, I started searching, until I came across the DIR-655.The first best part (and there's more than one) of this router was unpacking it. Honestly, it's the sexiest networking device I've seen in a long while. There's a button hiding stealthily on the right side, if you take note, but no mention is made of it in the manual. Also included in the package is a little black plastic stand, so you can stand the router on end - that's pretty standard for D-Link, and I like that. They threw in a Cat-5 cable, was that a joke? What am I going to do with a Cat-5 cable on a gigabit router? That's very amusing.I elected not to run the software included on the CD. There's no real need if you know what you're doing. However, for more advanced users I'd recommend connecting the router to your computer, but NOT connecting to your internet connection (cable modem), and just spending a few minutes familiarizing yourself with your new sweet toy and all of her options.Now for the good stuff: This router is amazing! The main 'Setup' page is basically divided into 2 parts for each section, a 'wizard' for quick-and-easy setup, and a 'manual' page. Basically, if you're a beginner, stick to the wizard pages. If you wanna get up and running fast, go through the wizards, you can always go back later and manually tweak the settings to your liking.Connectivity is top level. I tested it by transferring 25 GB of large files then 25GB of small files between two hosts connected to this router, both using 10 feet of cat6 each. 100% success, no packets lost, no fragmentation, and the transfer was about 4% faster than the same transfer straight through on an unmanaged gigabit switch. Internet connectivity was great too. Thanks to the built-in SPI firewall, all the 'network noise' (thanks to all the other 'dirty' hosts on comcast's network) is effectively eliminated, and honestly speeds up my internet activity significantly over what I'm used to when using the WRT54G. Checking the logs revealed the dirty details of all this crap that's filtered out, and I like it gone.Wireless-N connectivity was also good. Not much can be said here, it works like it should, and I have no complaints.Administration is also very nice. As usual, the router is administered via browser, and while that's cool, I'd also like to be able to ssh into it and take care of business via CLI, but alas that is not to be. But otherwise, the web management is well designed, fast and easy to understand. This router also checks periodically for firmware updates and notifies you via email if you have the email settings enabled.Other items of note: VoIP works flawlessly, as does all online gaming that I tried. Latency is noticeably reduced (on my favorite server, from about 80ms to about 60ms avg) in Half-Life 2 deathmatch. torrents worked fine. So far I have no real complaints about this router. It's now my most favorite part of my network.Overall, I give this 5/5. Honestly, I'd easily say it's worth the price I paid for it (at the time it was $140), and for my network it is a perfect match. If you're a 'normal' computer user, don't buy this just to impress your friends; the features and complexity would be lost on you and are not worth the price.PROS:-DHCP Address Reservation-Easy administration-Quick Setup-Email logs-Incredibly easy port forwarding and per-application settings-SPI + NAT + WPA2. Nuff said.-Great documentation and help files.-Port forwarding scheduling.CONS:-No SSH or CLI administration.-Reboot required after changing most settings.-No matching high quality D-Link cable modem to go with this.Congratulations, D-Link, on crafting yet another incredible piece of networking equipment. The DIR-655 is worthy enough to sit on my desk, instead of crammed behind it like the Linksys was!

On seeing that this product has been reduced in price, I figured I would post a review to help others looking for a new router.I have had this now for over a year (Hardware A4 version, 1.21NA firmware) and with some small caveats, am very happy I bought it. No router is perfect, and this one is flawed in some respects, but at less than $70, it's a steal.First the good. At my firmware level, I have had absolutely no issues with performance or reliability. Many router owners have to live with the occasional need for a hard reboot, but this one keeps on going. Reboots are required for many of the Advanced routing feature settings to be edited, but once you are set up, you stay up.Initial set up was relatively straightforward even though I did not use the included setup disk. There are wizards in the web interface for both wired and wireless setup. I had a few attempts because I was using some bad DNS addresses at first, but this was user error. I used advanced DNS eventually which works well. Some users have reported issues with this with some 1.3xNA firmwares, but it works fine for me on 1.21NA and is easily disabled if you need to.Wired performance is good with my setup. I have a Windows 7 desktop (and was using Windows XP before my upgrade with this also), a Mac OS X 10.5 MacBook Pro with a Windows Vista VM on it (I often use this on wireless also). I have a VOIP telephone using a LinkSys adapter and a PS3 console. All run with no issues. Connecting wirelessly, I have a Windows Vista Dell laptop, running on the extremely useful guest access feature. This allows you to give a different account which can have limited access (i.e. no LAN access) or a different security type if needed. Very useful for visitors.Wireless range is great, and even wireless G gives good speeds. I have tested with wireless N and can connect at 150 MB/s. It is due to the limitation of the AirPort card of my MacBook Pro that I can't connect at the full 300 MB/s that wireless N supports, so I can't comment on this side of the router's performance. What I can say is that the N range I have is good and that others on the D-Link forums seem happy with this aspect of the router.The web UI is good and well organized. The feature set is quite extensive for the price. You have virtual routing, which allows you to route an incoming port to one of your attached devices for a particular service. One example might be to route port 22 to port 22 on your desktop PC and allow ftp to run on that box. Used with dynamic DNS (which allows you to use a free service that constantly 'maps' your router's dynamic external address assigned by your ISP to a web URL of your choosing) you can set up an ftp web site for yourself, available anywhere on the internet at (for example) [...]. Not bad for $65.I also use this to stream HD content from my desktop to my PS3. I now use wired and can stream 1080p content without a hiccup, but with wireless G, I was able to do 720p well. The use of gigabit LAN ports helps here I think, and this is another feature you won't find on similarly priced routers widely. Gigabit is only useful for devices requiring extra bandwidth, but it certainly helps with media streaming and file shares for example.Finally, the automated QOS (Quality of Service) is just the best I have seen. I use lots of bandwidth-hog applications, and no matter how heavy the traffic, I can still browse the web or make a VOIP phone call comfortably. And this is with default settings. I could add rules for certain devices, but I have not yet had the need to.There are one or two caveats. Those looking to this as a cheap NAS (Network Attached Storage) or print server solution will be disappointed to learn that this is only designed to give NAS/printer access to one user on the LAN at a time, and each user has to load a software client to use the device at all. Also, this feature is reported to have problems at the firmware level I run. I simply do not use it. I am not tempted to run higher levels of the firmware after reading instability reports on 1.3xNA firmware. Common complaints are having to reboot the router daily/weekly/monthly. Using 1.21NA, I only reboot when I change a setting or my internet goes down.Please note that this is not a dual band router. It works on the 2.4Ghz bandwidth only. Dual band routers can assign wireless traffic to either band, making your total throughput better. I have no 'real world' experience of this, but do not use wireless that heavily, so it doesn't overly concern me. If you have lots of devices using 2.4 Ghz (wireless phones/mice/keyboards, bluetooth etc.) this may be a feature you would benefit from.For anyone out there looking for a 'best bang for the buck' router, I would recommend this one. However, I would advise caution with firmware updates. If you want stability guaranteed, remain with 1.21NA and join the forum to keep an eye on the stability of the latest build. Note that once you update to 1.3xNA, any downgrade to 1.2x or lower is unsupported (though it is possible). Only do this to use the USB port or other advanced features designed to work better on those firmwares.It seems that 1.34NA is performing well, so it may well be worth testing out if your device comes installed with 1.3xNA firmware already. If you need to upgrade, read the upgrade instructions thoroughly, backup your configuration (via the web GUI), reset the router to default settings, perform the upgrade then restore your configuration from the backup. This has been seen time and time again to avoid upgrade issues. In many cases, I recommend screen-capping your settings and changing them manually after the upgrade.Hope my review helps you make your decision.

Prodotto di alta qualità, utilizzato ininterrottamente da tempo e mai nessun problema rilevato. Ottimo anche l'estensione del campo wifi. Tutto perfetto.

Para uso doméstico o de oficina es sencillamente PERFECTO. 4-5 años ya de uso sin apenas reiniciarlo más que contadas ocasiones por fallos de internet que resultaron ser de la operadora. Jamás se me ha colgado, ni saturado por ningún motivo. Ni siquiera por exceso de equipos conectados. Ha llegado a tener hasta 10. Este router es 100% recomendable.

Installation hyper facileDonne satisfaction pour un prix raisonnableJe l'ai branché au modem de la parabole car je ne peux être connectée à internet que par satellite... Et je craignais que ça fonctionne mal, car j'avais essayé avec un netgear et ça n'avait pas fonctionné... Donc impec, maintenant je ne sais pas si je pourrais avoir mieux du fait de ma faible expérience.

Ottimo router con eccezionali prestazioni, c'ho collegato il mondo e nessun conflitto

Je l'ai depuis quelques années maintenant. Il m'a bien rendu service. Robuste, rapide et facilement paramétrable pour qui est habitué à manipuler des routeurs. Un autre routeur asus vient tout juste de le remplacer car avec les années, les connexions wifi ne permettaient plus d'aller sur le net tout le temps. On était bien connecté au wifi mais plus d'internet alors qu'en rj45 tout fonctionnait à merveille.