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[yodapower]

Hi,

I have a brand new DIR-655 Rev B, Firmware 2.0NA.

I just realized that none of my Apple device can discover each other using Bonjour, which is very essential for local connectivity for gaming and remote control and iTunes music streaming.

Does anybody have similar issue?  How can I fix this issue?

Thanks

[yodapower]

I had Linksys with DD-WRT, and all of my Apple devices can see each other and connect.


No one has similar problem?  Any iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch/MacBook/Apple TV users?


Thanks

[FurryNutz]

I don't have a 655 router however I have my MBP and an iPhone set up on static IP addresses on my DGL-4500 here. I can connect to my windows 2008 server and Windows 7 PC. I haven't set up any special that I know of for Bonjour. I do have a Airport Extreme for WiFi AP. Thats set to bridged mode and provides G and N mode WiFi. I use smb://(ip address of the shared PC) to connect to my windows shares that I've shared out on my windows PCs. I don't have a Apple TV so not sure if I can see that if I did or not. I do have an HP laserjet printer on a LAN connection to the router and it's installed on my MBP via Bonjour and works well when I print.

[yodapower]

Thanks FurryNutz.

[brlock]

I have a dir-825 and I do have problems with devices recognising other devices, specially between the ethernet and the wireless clients.

despite that, if there is an option to manually type the IP address it works with not issue...(which is not the case with apple remote app)

[yodapower]

After more testings.  I find inconsistent results for Apple devices.

While multi-player game playing between iPad/iPhone would discover each other, but VNC using 'hostname" or file browsing from MacBook to iPad (vice versa) using device name would NOT work.  You need to specify IP address.

With my old Linksys (DD-WRT firmware), I didn't have to configure anything.  All Apple devices discovery/file browsing work like a charm with just hostname.

My suspicion is either Bonjour or AFP is broken in DIR-655.  Since DIR-655 has been out for more than 3 years, I doubt DLink would care or know about this problem.   

I don't understand why DIR-655 choose to block these L2 frames and L3 packets on the same LAN.

[lnefzger]

I am experiencing problems with wireless clients (a Macbook Pro and an IMac)  finding a printer shared by an OSX server using Bonjour. If I connect via ethernet there is no problem. However the same laptop connected wirelessly does not find the printer.

Still looking for a solution.

[yodapower]

Now, I find that All Apple mobile devices (iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch) cannot do the new wireless printing feature in 4.2.1, AirPrint to a Wifi enabled HP Printer.

Really sucks!!!

 

[crochammer]

I am having similar problems with my ATV v1 refusing to show up in iTunes as a device.  I now have had 2 network techs that suggest that Bonjour is the likely candidate specifically on this, the version B1 of the router.  I have tested, reloaded, repaired, downgraded itunes.  I reloaded XP Pro on my wife's PC, loaded iTunes 9.0.2 where I knew I had flawless connections.  No go.!  All PCs and Apple TV from and to router ping perfectly.  I had the ATV v 1. tested at the Mac store and it connected right away on their itunes. 

Based on reviews of prior versions,  I had great expectations for this router but I have spent far too long trying to get it to work for this.  I am not tech savy enough with routers and networks and maybe if I knew more I could navigate the features of this router to find a fix.  Although I know enough to realize plug and play does not always work, most people have that expectation.  I have not upated to the latest firmware yet so I have that to try.

I plan on testing a new Linksys E2000 or similar very soon.  If that works, the 655 will go back in the box as a failed experiment. 

[crochammer]

I posted this fix in my other thread.

I ticked to enable Multicast Streams under Settings/Advanced/Advanced Settings at the bottom of the page.  My Apple TV 1 showed up immediately in devices synced and all looks good.  Although this does not show up in any of the Apple Forum responses this worked for me and research indicates this setting enables Bonjour and Quicktime to work properly.

It's worth a try for you.

[davevt31]

From the help pages on the router itself:

Multicast Streams
The router uses the IGMP protocol to support efficient multicasting -- transmission of identical content, such as multimedia, from a source to a number of recipients.

Enable Multicast Streams
This option must be enabled if any applications on the LAN participate in a multicast group. If you have a multimedia LAN application that is not receiving content as expected, try enabling this option.

[crochammer]

Thanks for that add-on info.  There are so many threads in multiple forums talking about folks having problems like this.  A tech at Futureshop suggested it probably had to do with Bonjour because all my ping tests and the like were all good.  So I guess it does have to do with Bonjour and this function enabling communication with Apple devices.

Maybe there is a way to pass this along to D-link support as it did not come up as a solution otherwise.

All I know is it is good to have forums like this.  Although the the link I found was from October, 2006 dealing with an old Linksys router, it worked and that's what counts.