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[GHammer]

I have an A3 unit and was happily running firmware 1.21.
The rumored higher power/spped 'N' with firmware 1.30 led me to install it.
I updated the firmware, reset to factory settings, configured the network and the Internet connection.

1- DSL connection was very hard to establish. Took several restarts of the router to get a solid connection.

2- One of the two computers on the router will cease to transmit. No SMTP, no FTP, no HTTP.

Since I am not able to downgrade to 1.21 any ideas on how to proceed?

I'm guessing here that firmware 1.31 is just 1.30 with 'b' included so I didn't load it yet.

[arod]

What kind of modem do you have? Who is your service provider? Is your modem bridged?

[GHammer]

The DSL modem is a Speedstream 4100 B and is bridged. PPPoE resides on the router, not the modem.

Nothing with the modem changed of course. Only the firmware of the DIR-655 A3

[Reinvented]

Bad flashes can cause connections not to establish properly.  Did you clear the nvram properly before and after flashing?  Have you tried flashing again and then retrying to connect?

And, last but not least... have you power cycled the modem as well?

[GHammer]

Bad flashes can cause connections not to establish properly.  Did you clear the nvram properly before and after flashing?  Have you tried flashing again and then retrying to connect?

And, last but not least... have you power cycled the modem as well?

Power cycled. Reset to factory defaults. Applied the firmware again.
The DSL connection is there, eventually.
Works well on a laptop either wired or wireless.

"Loads up" on the desktop. Outbound connections (SMTP, HTTP, FTP) begin, but typically get 16 Kb and slow to nothing, then timeout.

What do you mean "clear nvram"?

[lotacus]

Unplug modem and router. Plug modem in. Wait for block sync then plug in router.

[GHammer]

Unplug modem and router. Plug modem in. Wait for block sync then plug in router.

Sorry, that was done when it first would not get a DSL connection.
The connection is there now, it is the lack of outbound from the computer that is the problem.

Here's what I have done that sems to have helped:

Power cycle the router.
Reset it to factory defaults.
Apply 1.31 firmware.
Power cycle the router.
Configure the router manually (no restore of settings).
Power cycle the modem and router.
I am able to send (SMTP, FTP, HTTP) from all systems at this point. The DSL connection is staying up as well.
More later. For now it seems that restoring the settings that I saved before updating the firmware may have caused a problem that was not solved except by applying new firmware.