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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Access Points / Extenders => DAP-1522 => Topic started by: gniknalu on April 03, 2010, 08:22:43 PM
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Having read a lot of posts, it's clear there is a problem with 5Ghz. We're running a dual-band router and can connect with the DAP-1522 with 2.4 Ghz but not 5Ghz. I've tried the different 'tricks' other have posted to no avail. (Firmware 1.21)
The Dual-band router is running DD-WRT so I have full control over the radios. I've made sure the frequency on the 5Ghz band of my router is within the supported frequency range of the DAP-1522. Yet at no time has it been visible on the site survey. (I'm running it as a bridge.)
Can the D-Link people please post a definitive response to the 5Ghz issue? 5Ghz is prominently advertised all over the box so you would expect it to work - right?
[Changed the Subject to better reflect facts.]
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Purchased a 5GHz card and plugged it into a PC further away than the DAP-1522. Was able to log into the 5GHz network (WOW - it's pretty cool!). So the problem isn't with the 5GHz network . . . .
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Agree 100%. Just spent an hour of frustration trying to get the DAP to communicate with a DIR-825 rev.B1 at 5 GHz. It works perfectly at 2.4 GHz.
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I agree. Having scoured the forums and seeing no official response from D-Link, someone needs to give an answer to all of us. Is there a beta firmware we can test at least or is this a big paperweight?
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I've been able to have this dlink connect to another N at 5G, can even get it to assign onther computers on my LAN an IP address from the router on the other side... My problem is that I cannot seem to get the DNS part of things to get working. My computers can get an IP with the gateway configured and everything via DHCP, but no internet... grr. Its going from the DAP1522 to a Berkley.
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I've been able to have this dlink connect to another N at 5G
Please share with the rest of us your firmware version and what router you're connecting to (and any other things we need to know) so we can gets ours to work.
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Yeah, I'm having this problem as well ... I change some things (not sure what, going to play more) and boom, I have 5 GHz working ... I flip another setting (I'm currently trying desperately to get this thing to connect to my DIR-825 at anything higher than 140 Mbps) and I lose all visibility of 5 GHz and all connectivity to the DIR-825. I am absolutely losing my MIND with these two boxes. I am SO glad I bought them somewhere I can easily return them both if I don't get this working right by morning, which I can not foresee happening at all.
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Ok, so I tried everything, twice, and then I finally got them to connect (though still only at 140 Mbps) - I had loaded factory defaults on both, configured the router with the CD (since they insist that will solve all my speed issues, yet it doesn't), disabled security on both ends ... they of course connected on 2.4 since the default settings match ... I tried to force the 1522 to use the 5GHz SSID and then it wouldn't connect at all. I played around, tried disabling 2.4GHz on the 825 and then using the auto-config button on the side, no help ... then I *enabled* encryption on both ends, WPA2-PSK, AES on the 1522 end, WPA1/2-PSK AES on the 825 end, and magically, they connected ... they're still at 140 Mbps though, despite all my settings matching what it says in the "300Mbps connection requirements" sticky, so I give up ... they are both going back to the store tomorrow. Good luck to the rest of you with all your problems.
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they're still at 140 Mbps though, despite all my settings matching what it says in the "300Mbps connection requirements" sticky, so I give up ... they are both going back to the store tomorrow. Good luck to the rest of you with all your problems.
I hope you -do- realise, that, when using any form of encryption, you will never reach full 300 mbps... But I feel your pain.
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I hope you -do- realise, that, when using any form of encryption, you will never reach full 300 mbps... But I feel your pain.
I did not, but 280, 270 ... maybe even 250 Mbps, I could have lived with. 140 Mbps with throughput at around the same level as the 11G network I already had, no dice. It's a real shame too, I REALLY like the stock firmware on the DIR-825 ... especially the ability to terminate my IPv6 tunnel right on the box. They've both gone back to the store now though and I'm trying to decide between Linksys or Netgear for my next attempt.
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I had the same problem. The 5G was capped at 140 and the 2.4G was capped at 130. Nothing I could do increased the speed, even Lycans sticky settings made no difference.
Enter Firmware 2.03NA (today)....fixed the problem!
I'm seeing speeds of 243, but generally settles at 217 on 5G betweem my DAP-1522 and Dir-825 (60 feet apart 1 floor up). It now seems to monitor in realtime for both my bridges and laptop!
Much better...now if only they would fix my fan problem on my DNS-323!
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where to find this magical firmware
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Yes, where did you find the new-and-possibly-improved firmware? I have searched across all D-Link affiliated websites, but no luck...
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Sorry guys,
It was the firmware for the Dir-825 on the US or Canadian website...
http://www.dlink.com/products/?tab=3&pid=DIR-825&rev=DIR-825_revB
I guess I should have posted it in the 825 forum, but I figured there was others with the 825/1522 problem.
;D
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Thanks! Will download and try...
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to the original poster i was having this same issue. it didnt start until i installed dd-wrt onto the linksys router wrt610n v1. before dd-wrt i was connected to 5ghz. when i upgraded to dd-wrt it would not connect nor would the 5ghz show up in the site survery. been searching for answers for the past month as i just ended up connecting to the 2.4 ghz network instead......
anyway what i did to fix this today was i noticed the dap-1522 was trying to use channel 36 but in the dd-wrt the channel was set to auto. so i changed dd-wrt to match the dap-1522 channel 36..as soon as i did that it shows up in the site survey and i am now able to connect to the 5ghz network.
hope this helps
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Same problem here...2.4 band works fine, but the 5hz band I cannot get to work at all. But I did notice that the forum name says it only supports one or the other band concurrently. I guess I did not see this when I purchsed the product. Reguardless I have current firmware and I cannot get it to work with 5hz band. I also have a DIR-825 which has the current firmware. I am a network engineer and boy these home products leave alot to be deisred. I noticed that many other peeps are also haveing the same issue. Is there a workarround or do we just have to return the product and find something else that works?
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Actually the 5Hz channel works just fine. It is the signal that is prety week on the 1522 as the antenas are week. Look at the signal extenders to get a decent signal in your network.
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Signal is not that bad , I have mine set to 75% and connect fine on 5ghz , 30ft through 2 walls , and 1 double pane window . I find running all my wireless under 100% signal improves things , don't know why .
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anyway what i did to fix this today was i noticed the dap-1522 was trying to use channel 36 but in the dd-wrt the channel was set to auto. so i changed dd-wrt to match the dap-1522 channel 36..as soon as i did that it shows up in the site survey and i am now able to connect to the 5ghz network.
hope this helps
Kicking the tires on DD-WRT. Changed the 5Ghz to be only AES [Not TKIP+AES]. But I don't have a channel 36 on the 5Ghz side. I have channel 136.
Will see if this works later tonight. . . .
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I have a Linksys E3000 that I'm trying to get to work with the 1522 on 5ghz. I can sometimes get it to connect but it is so slow that it takes forever to sign on to Playstation network. How should I go about troubleshooting this?
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Just thought I'd contribute that I've got a DIR-855 (running 5GHz only), firmware version 1.23WW, connected to a DAP-1522, firmware version 1.21 in Bridge mode.
Connecting the two was a frustrating time hole, but I got there in the end by setting a static IP on the DAP-1522 to match my DIR-855 network range and then using WPS. (The SSID has to be visible on the DIR-855.)
So far I'm getting a good connection, between 216 Mbps and 270 Mbps, but the units are only about 10 feet apart over two floors.
As others have reported, I cannot access all of the web features of the DAP-1522 with anything other than Internet Explorer. Irritating since I use Mac OSX.
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anyway what i did to fix this today was i noticed the dap-1522 was trying to use channel 36 but in the dd-wrt the channel was set to auto. so i changed dd-wrt to match the dap-1522 channel 36..as soon as i did that it shows up in the site survey and i am now able to connect to the 5ghz network.
hope this helps
I'm using firmware 1.31 and had the same problem and changing it to channel 36 worked perfect! Thank you so much for the help.