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[tsitalon1]

Never heard of that one before....I am not sure I trust it...

[alphanumeric]

No never again, in fact I go out of my way to recommend to any body that asks me to avoid D-Link products like the plague.

[cphansen]

This is sorta the question I'm struggling with now.  I just bought a 655 yesterday, and after reading this forum, I'm not sure if I should open it, or if I should return it and get the Asus RT-N16 or a similar gigabit/N router.

My 655 is the A4 version with the 1.21 firmware pre-installed.

I think I understand that there is a downgrade path if I try the 1.33 firmware, that Securespot can be disabled now (if you register for the service as a trial), and that most people don't experience dropped connections or slowdowns.  Is that accurate?

Return or open?

[vidgamer]

We immediately noticed improved web browsing speeds, and slightly-increased streaming speeds, even just using G devices.  So, I think it was a good move.  I also like the expanded options (over what I had with my old Linksys) although I can't say that I use all that many of the options.

In retrospect, I think I could have stuck with the Linksys, but we pretty quickly decided that the improved speeds were worth keeping the D-link.

The only negative I can find is that the Shareport (USB) connection sometimes becomes inaccessible and I have to reboot the router to access it.

[PatrickGC]

After recommending this router to several people I would like to say (not in Dlink's favor) I absolutely love this router...

Yes, I would buy this router again, despite the glitches that the current firmware exhibits.  Compared to the lack of quality exhibited by many other brands D-Link does a good job.

We as consumers must however, play a much larger role in what is tolerated on the market.  Far too frequently substandard products are tolerated by people.  It is a D-Link's credit that they answer their  e-mails and inquiries promptly.  Having said that does not put them on a pedestal, customers still need to do their research and call businesses to task when necessary.  So that quality remains paramount.

The signal strength on this router is indeed the best I have have experienced.

Patrick

[pbodq]

Definitely not.

1.If you have few budget, just buy a TP-link TL-WR1043ND with DDWRT @ US$59. The same Atheros WIFI chipset and Giga Ethernet switch chipset as DIR-655.

2.If you have a lot of budget, buy a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH, WHR-HP-G300N or WHR-HP-GN.
Buffalo herself authorizes DDWRT to write firmware for official use and releases source code(Ralink/Atheros NPU) to them. We can see that Buffalo is active but Dlink and Ubicom is conservative which is leading to the death of commpanies and do not give customers/ end users what they want.


Wed, 03/10/2010 - 14:05 — admin
BUFFALO has decided to use DD-WRT as the factory default for its HighPower Routers WZR-HP-G300NH, WHR-HP-G300N and WHR-HP-GN distributed in the US and the EU and should be available in june 2010. The firmware is a full featured DD-WRT with a BUFFALO branded interface and contains some BUFFALO specific features.

Right now the normal DD-WRT firmware binaries for the devices are available through the router database. In contrast to other BUFFALO firmwares these binaries can be flashed via webflash making the process much easier.

[Sammydad1]

Hi,

Does the use of DD-WRT imfer that it is more stable than some other factory developed firmware ??  Or just that it is more end-uder influenced as far as functionality is concerned ?

[smlunatick]

I too will state that every since the decision to block the firmware "downgrades" with the newer firmwares and the SecureSpot "hijacking", No to recommend a D-Link router.

[Tonytoronto]

  Likely NO! I may have bought my last D-Link product, after countless firmware issues with DNS-323 and DIR-655, it's time to switch diferent brands. The best working firmware they have (1.21) its quite old and even with some bugs still the best, that must say something about the support team. Its too bad, hardware wise the products are decent. One would expect for a product to be in the market this long would by now be as close to perfect as possible, seem to go from bad to worst.

[tootal2]

I am never going to buy d-link anything ever again. I spent 5 hours try to find out why i am getting a bescure  on all my computers, first i thought it was a program that was installed on one of computers. then thought it could be att dsl. but when i plug  my notebook into the modem the problem went away.

i am buying new router now and it wont be a d-link

[extrememc]

I have always been a dlink fan, but I am starting to not be. This router will not keep port forward/virtual server settings. Drops connection to often. I am looking at 825, but it seems to have problems too. I will probably by one just to see if it will be stable.

[joynkev]

That's simple.... NO ..... any more questions   

There are simply too many options on the market today to take the cr*p that D-Link has been sitting on for so long.
Beside the many listed on these forums .... I have been impacted by the Securelink/Bsecure issue.

I have also been using NetGear, LinkSys and Cisco home routers/APs, etc for many years and never had the issues, or the attitude from their support and PR(?) folks.

[Halibut Point Memory]

Nope.

[dirkpitt]

I'm beginning to feel that this should have been set up as a poll: easier for potential victims buyers to find out what they need to know before they purchase.

...or, how many potential customers have you personally advised to avoid De-link like the plague? 

[Johnnyboy!]

Absolutely not.

Even though the DIR-655 has been reasonably good to me over the past year (I never did a trial of Securespot, which seems to have saved me a lot of trouble) I have been plagued with the router constantly/randomly restarting itself for no apparent reason. For the $130 i spent on this router over a year ago, I am still envious of my old DI-524 which may have been slow but never restarted on me.

I must have spent over 100 hours in the past year tweaking minor settings on this router to 'reduce' the number of restarts it does. It's averaging about 1 restart every 3 or 4 days now. Very annoying when it does it in the middle of a file transfer or MSN chat...

I like the route Buffalo has taken with supporting DD-WRT. I think i will look in their direction next time I have the money to buy a new router.

jB