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[ironic77]

In short, the hardware seems pretty good, the features are great.  But I need reliability in firmware.  I agree -- I'd rather have something stable with only 4-5 features.  But instead, Dlink seems to have tons of features with bugs all over the place.  I think because features sell in the store.

Yes, turn off a lot of them, and the thing gets more reliable.  But, why not just get something you know works instead?

No, no more DLink for me anytime soon.

[philmiami]

I've got a DIR-655 with A1/A2 on 1.22.
It gives me problems if I let it go for more than 3 days without doing a reboot
on my wireless (Win XP SP3 laptop) but my iMac 17" does fine. My MacBook does fine also.
I don't want to upgrade the 1.22 because there have been too many problems from post about anything about 1.21/1.22
So yes, if it was like when I got this router 1.10-1.22 range
but no, if it was anything after that. I have had it for more than 2 years.
I am looking for a router that can give me steady 300Mbps and also 2.4/5Mghz at same time.
I look around and around online but nothing comes better in reviews than a 655.
Some of us don't want secure spot and USB connections to external things. Get a separate piece of equipment for that.

[BobSimons]

I've installed about 30 of them and only one has failed. That was at a site where there was a power surge that also blew out the cable modem and the UPS. they've all been either at homes with minimal requirements or at businesses with Windows servers, with the latter needing about six or so ports forwarded and DHCP turned off. As far as I know, no gaming, bittorrent or uPNP. It's obviously a consumer product and it lacks tons of useful features, etc but it seems better than anything you can pick up immediately at a big box or office supply store. If anyone has a better idea, please let me know.