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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DIR-655 => Topic started by: mle63 on June 19, 2012, 07:15:28 PM
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I have a D-Link DIR-655 version B1
Just installed firmware 2.03
Use a cable modem (Comcast) Motorola SURFboard model SB6120
Am trying to use Netgear 85Mbps Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter XET1001 to carry signal from the room where the cable modem is to another part of the house where I hope to connect the D-Link.
Am having issues where the signal drops quite regularly. Anyone have any suggestions, or is it likely to be an electrical wiring problem behind the walls?
Have to admit, much of the wirelss acronyms totally baffle me. Networking novice!
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It's recommended to place the router closest to the modem as best as possible using a wired connection, shortest length possible. I use a 1footer cable between mine as an example however can be longer. Using a power line adapter between the modem and router would probably introduce some form of line single loss between the modem and router. I would place the router closer to the modem then use the power line adapters or maybe use WiFi access point devices like DAP 1360, 1522 or 1525 to get wifi in places where the host router can't cover.
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My challenge is I have an internet wall jack in only one room, and I want the wireless signal at the other end of the house, through a number of old lath and plaster walls, so the signal doesn't get there, hence my trying to use the wireline adapter. Seems like that may not be a tenable solution.
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I think you can get single to the other end, just place the modem and router close at one end then use the power line adapter to get the data line to the other end of the house, the I would connect up a wireless Access Point there to get wireless single there and also provide wired connectivity as well.
Isp modem>655>Power line> other end of house>powerline<>DAP Access point.
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Thanks. Is there a particular model wireless access point that you know works well?
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Any one of the models mentioned should work well for you. As they will work in AP mode and have other modes available. I think you just need AP mode for your needs. They all offer 5Ghz band radios as well if you have devices that support 5ghz. I would review some of the specs and summeries of each model and see what meets your needs. Let us know what you find and go with.
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http://www.dlink.com/products/?tab=3&pid=DAP-1360&rev=DAP-1360 (http://www.dlink.com/products/?tab=3&pid=DAP-1360&rev=DAP-1360)
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=DAP-1522&tab=3 (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=DAP-1522&tab=3)
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=DAP-1525&tab=3 (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=DAP-1525&tab=3)
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=DAP-1562&tab=3 (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=DAP-1562&tab=3)
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Many thanks. I'll let you know what I end up doing.
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Ended up getting the DAP-1525. Had it working when connected to the DIR-655 with an ethernet cable. When I moved it to the other room at the other end of the house, connected through the powerline network to the DIR-655, I don't pick up a wireless signal in that room. I have it set up to be a wireless access point.
Any suggestions?
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Check your outlets for proper grounding and electrical connections. Go to your local hardware store and they sell plugs that you insert into the outlet and they check for proper wiring. Some houses don't have a proper ground or may have their hots and neutrals mis-connected.
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Meaning if your trying to connect while in the same room? or from a different location your trying to connect to the 1525? Are you getting a connection while in the same room as the 1525? Are you getting internet while connected there?
Ended up getting the DAP-1525. Had it working when connected to the DIR-655 with an ethernet cable. When I moved it to the other room at the other end of the house, connected through the powerline network to the DIR-655, I don't pick up a wireless signal in that room. I have it set up to be a wireless access point.
Any suggestions?
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I was able to get a wireless signal from the access point when I had it set up and connected to the DIR-655 with an ethernet cable in the same room. When I unplugged it, moved it to the other end of the house and connected it to an ethernet cable running from the powerline adapter, and tried to get a wireless signal when standing in that room next to the device, I got nothing.
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I would make sure the powerline devices are set up and configured correctly. Test them out using a wired connection to a laptop and make sure it can get internet thru the powerline devices. If so, the 1525 should work...Possible you might have to run thru the set up wizard again after connecting to the powerline device after testing the wired connection.
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I'll try that when I get home this evening. Thanks.
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I hooked a laptop up to the ethernet cable coming from the wireline adapter (with the computer's wifi radio off), and got a connection to the internet. When I turn on the wifi radio, I initially saw the DAP-1525, but couldn't get connectivity (it pretty quickly told me that the connection timed out). Then I no longer could see the DAP-1525.
Any suggestions?
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I would do a factory reset of the 1525 and walk thru the set up wizard or however you did when you had it connected directly to the 655. This time do the same thing while connected to the PL device. Make sure you give it a SSID name so you can find it on the WiFI on the LT.
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I logged back onto the admin screen, and somehow the 'Enable Wireless' box had been unchecked. Not sure how that happened. I also noticed that the time, which I had set, was no longer correct. For now at least, it seems to be working.
Thanks for your help!
Now, I have one more question. To get SharePort Plus working so that users on the network can print wirelessly, do all computers need to have SharePort software installed?
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Glad you got it working.
Yes.
Enjoy.
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Here is my experience:
I use ADSL
ADSL ends in an ISP supplied router/modem
There I connect my DIR-655
To the DIR-655 I connect D-Link powerline DHP-306AV (and DHP-W306AV remote)
Everything works perfectly for about 10-20 Minutes - then the Internet feed stops. I can only get it back after the DHP-W306AV cools down, and then use it for another 10 minutes.
I had the powerline sets already replaced twice, problem remains.
Then I connected the DHP-306AV to the ISPs router/modem (has 4 sockets but no wifi)
Same, after about 15 minutes Internet feed stops, however, when I switch DHP-W306AV off for a minute, and then on again the net feed is up again - and it stays up with no problem!
Seems that DIR-655 and DHP-306AV simply can't work together, at leat not for me.
Is there any logical explanation for that?
I have no logical explanation for that.
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Sounds like you have a 2 router problem here. Its recommended to bridge the ISP modem and let the 655 router handle the PPPoE.