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[EddieZ]

looks like Hardware Version A4 has problem. This shouldn't be this hard. 

A router (any brand) working 100% out-of-the-box is not standard practice. They did not put the options in for nothing. Every network config might need minor adjustment. This is just one of them.

[ShawnTRD]

Thanks Guy's
But I went to BestBuy today and found they had a A3 version on the shelf. So I exchanged it and it's been up got about 2 hours on here wiresless with no problems. No manual settings adjustment. Now I'm happy. (I think)  P.S. need better quality smiles on this board. hahaha

A router (any brand) working 100% out-of-the-box is not standard practice. They did not put the options in for nothing. Every network config might need minor adjustment. This is just one of them.

Did you accomplish it? 

If not, then do the following:

1.  Go to Setup - Network Settings and UNCHECK Enable DNS Relay, Save Settings but do not reboot.
2.  Go to Status - Device Info and write down the IP Addresses under "WAN" for Primary DNS Server and Secondary DNS Server.
3.  Go to Setup - Internet - Manual Internet Connection Setup and input the Primary DNS Server and Secondary DNS Server noted in the earlier step, Save Settings and reboot.
4.  Restart your network devices so that they will obtain new DHCP leases. 

Note: If any of your devices do not get their IP address assignment from the DIR-655, they will need to be manually configured to use the IP addresses you recorded in step 2 for DNS.

If this helps, it's because your network devices are directly using the DNS server addresses now instead of relaying queries through the buggy "DNS Relay" feature in the DIR-655.  Steps 2 and 3 are necessary because of another bug where the reboot sequence timing might or might not result in DHCP clients not receiving any addresses at all for DNS.  Step 4 is often not necessary, but some network devices may not renew leases and get these changes if they fail to detect that the router has momentarily gone offline.

[ShawnTRD]

Ok so I have had this for about a week and everything is ok. But we are/were still noticing sites that had trouble loading (myspace, facebook, and others). So I can back here and tried funchords advice. So far everything seems good.

Did you accomplish it? 

If not, then do the following:

1.  Go to Setup - Network Settings and UNCHECK Enable DNS Relay, Save Settings but do not reboot.
2.  Go to Status - Device Info and write down the IP Addresses under "WAN" for Primary DNS Server and Secondary DNS Server.
3.  Go to Setup - Internet - Manual Internet Connection Setup and input the Primary DNS Server and Secondary DNS Server noted in the earlier step, Save Settings and reboot.
4.  Restart your network devices so that they will obtain new DHCP leases. 

Note: If any of your devices do not get their IP address assignment from the DIR-655, they will need to be manually configured to use the IP addresses you recorded in step 2 for DNS.

If this helps, it's because your network devices are directly using the DNS server addresses now instead of relaying queries through the buggy "DNS Relay" feature in the DIR-655.  Steps 2 and 3 are necessary because of another bug where the reboot sequence timing might or might not result in DHCP clients not receiving any addresses at all for DNS.  Step 4 is often not necessary, but some network devices may not renew leases and get these changes if they fail to detect that the router has momentarily gone offline.