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[TerryC]

(Firmware 2.10NA)

1 - Manually setting time:  If daylight saving time is enabled, manually setting the time will result in the DST offset being applied to the time you enter, thereby making it incorrect.  You must set the time one hour behind so that the +1:00 offset being added will result in the correct time.  Bad programming!

2 - NTP does NOTHING.  I would love to run it with automatic NTP time set, but the router promptly and courteously IGNORES the NTP settings.  Have left NTP set since I installed it and it was indicating a random date which was many MONTHS off when I checked it today.

3 - Log indicates:  HTTP listening on port 65535:  WTH!?  I have no port forwarding, no virtual servers, nothing in use on this other than a plain vanilla WiFi router.  Why is there anything on this router LISTENING other than the admin interface on 80 ?

4 - Spamming the log:  Why are there entries in the log such as, "[ 34.220000] text = 0x42f40000-0x42f55dd8 data = 0x42cb0dd8-0x42cb8944"  which are classified as "Notice" and not "Debug" ??

I'm not feeling any warm, confident feelings about my choice of D-Link.

-Terry

[FurryNutz]

Link>Welcome!

• What region are you located?
• Are you wired or wireless connected to the router?
• Has a Factory Reset been performed?
• Was a Factory Reset performed before and after any firmware updates then set up from scratch?

FW Update Process

• Was the router working before any firmware updates?

Internet Service Provider and Modem Configurations

• What ISP Service do you have? Cable or DSL?
• What ISP Modem Mfr. and model # do you have?
• Is ISP Modem/Service using Dynamic or Static WAN IP addressing?
• What ISP Modem service link speeds UP and Down do you have?

[FurryNutz]

Any status on this? 

[TerryC]

Hi FurryNuts,

Further info:

Region:  USA-Utah
ISP:       Comcast/Xfinity cable @ 20M down / 5M up  (tests 15-25M / 4-6M and 15ms pings actual )
Modem:  Motorola SB6121: set to DHCP, but I always seem to get the same IP

(Side note:  I always cringe a little over cable and DSL adapters being called "modems".  The word "MODEM" is an acronym that came from "MOdulator/DEModulator" which described the translation of digital information into tones that fit within the audio envelope of a voice phone line.  "Modems" that don't use voice phone lines aren't modulating/demodulating anything.  They are actually a network bridge with extra stuff (DHCP client/server, Ethernet switch, etc.) added on.)

After further fiddling, I have NTP working by replacing the default D-Link server with the IP of one of the NTP.org pool servers, but it's still 1 hour off because of DST bugs.

I am now seeing a bunch of "pwr save q overflow" log entries which are a mystery.  I have power save disabled on my desktop PC.  Android phone probably uses some power saving.  I don't see any power saving settings on the DIR-655.

I have to say that the DIR-655 logging is very nearly useless to me.  WAAAAAAY too much information.  AFAICT, 90-95% of my "notice" and "info" log entries should be "debug" instead.

<rant>I am a Windows Systems Admin / Network Admin by profession for >15 years.  The DIR-655 appears to be a Linux device, and many of the log entries are clearly written for someone who knows Linux networking well.  I don't.  Why spam the logs with so much garbage?  All I want to see is security events, change-of-state events and actual stuff that needs my attention!</rant>

OTOH, this is a stable, fast WiFi router.  Can't say how it compares with commercial firewalls for security, but I haven't seen any problems yet.

-Terry

[FurryNutz]

You might try v2.11NA...

For general purposes here in the forums and most everywhere else, modems are just that, modems. For the lamen's and basic users, terminology here is to help keep modems separated from routers and AP. With the advent of all in one built in devices how, it can be hard to sometimes differentiate from ISP modems, routers and whats all connected. It helps us here to just call the ISP modem, MODEM. Less confusing for everyone regardless if they are no longer actually MO/DEM anything.

Thanks for your feed back though.