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[espressoman]

Ugh! This was a great router until I updated to 1.31. I have an A3 revision DIR-655. Since upgrading to 1.31, I've had nothing but connectivity problems. Wireless seems to stop working after a day or two, a forced reboot (unplugging and plugging back in) corrects it. But, in a day or two, I must repeat. I have two Xbox 360s in the house, and use the uPNP setting on the router (no port forwarding) and they are periodically dropping their xbox live connections. All was well with the previous version of firmware. Now, nothing but connectivity headaches.

I've tried resetting the router and starting from scratch. No dice. What are my options? Do I call DLink Customer Service?

[KevTech]

May be a bad flash.
Reset the router to defaults by pushing the reset in the back of the router.
After router comes back online flash the firmware again.

[espressoman]

May be a bad flash.
Reset the router to defaults by pushing the reset in the back of the router.
After router comes back online flash the firmware again.

Done. I'll follow up in a couple days and see if I'm still experience the same connectivity issues.

[Xinot]

May be a bad flash.
Reset the router to defaults by pushing the reset in the back of the router.
After router comes back online flash the firmware again.

1.3x IS bad flash... 

[EddieZ]

1.31 works fine here. Sorry to hear some users have issues.

[cabuffalo]

I just posted a new thread about rev 1.31. It doesn't work well for me. How did you make it work, EddieZ?

[EddieZ]

I just posted a new thread about rev 1.31. It doesn't work well for me. How did you make it work, EddieZ?

Pfff..nothing special, to be honest. Just set it up manually. I have changed configs the last few days (AP mode, router mode) and both sitautions is OK. With DHCP using static IP's and in both situations using DNS relay.

To be honest there's not so many things you can do wrong... so if you wanna ask about some specific setting: be my guest.

[KevTech]

I think some people just have a bad flash the first time or need to reset to defaults before flashing.

1.31 works fine for me too.

[Xinot]

I think some people just have a bad flash the first time or need to reset to defaults before flashing.

1.31 works fine for me too.

That sounds like perfect conclusion. So sad theres so many bad flash & incorrectly updated devices. 

[Johnnyboy!]

Maybe D-Link should improve the instructions on how to flash the firmware on their routers. I really don't think it's the user's fault that the procedure is not being done correctly. Most users do not check/read these support forums until AFTER there is a problem, so most users would not know about the correct procedure to update.

If you look at the firmware update page on all their routers, there is NOTHING suggesting the user should reset the router before and after a flash.  In fact, it suggests this:

"Before performing an upgrade, be sure to save the current configuration from the Tools → System screen."

Which tells me, D-Link wants you to save the Config file first, flash then reload the Config file. Every D-Link tech on this board has advised against that.

If D-Link improved these instructions, then there should be far fewer problems.

jB

[mackworth]

I would like to see the new user registration numbers for after 1.31 was released.  It certainly looks like this place got alot busier after 1.31 then when 1.21 was released.

[EddieZ]

Does not have to be a connection between those. Could be ofcourse but you need to count the people that don't appear on the board anymore also... Unless you go and assume they bought another router.

[cabuffalo]

Maybe D-Link should improve the instructions on how to flash the firmware on their routers. I really don't think it's the user's fault that the procedure is not being done correctly. Most users do not check/read these support forums until AFTER there is a problem, so most users would not know about the correct procedure to update.

If you look at the firmware update page on all their routers, there is NOTHING suggesting the user should reset the router before and after a flash.  In fact, it suggests this:

"Before performing an upgrade, be sure to save the current configuration from the Tools → System screen."

Which tells me, D-Link wants you to save the Config file first, flash then reload the Config file. Every D-Link tech on this board has advised against that.

If D-Link improved these instructions, then there should be far fewer problems.

jB

This is a good tip. Thakns. I'll try to refresh the firmware tonight and keep posted.

[mackworth]

Does not have to be a connection between those. Could be ofcourse but you need to count the people that don't appear on the board anymore also... Unless you go and assume they bought another router.

You are right, but if you look here and dslreports, there is a lot of the same story:  1.21 fine, 1.31 router freezes.

I will admit I was somewhat wrong about switching routers.  I recently purchased a Linksys 610n (am I allowed to say that?).  Anyway, that router is by far the worst router I have ever used.  My wireless would drop every 30 mins.  The 655 is def better than that.

Does anyone have experience with some of the more expensive dlink models?

[Edit]  Looking at the more expensive models, it looks like they are also experiencing the issues with DNS relay, atleast the 825 is.  I guess those were just bad flashes too :p

[Sammydad1]

Hi,

Just a couple cents on the underlying subject....

I think if router companies would spend about 14 cents for a heat-sink and a cooling fan inside these little furnaces, a LOT of these naggy issues go away.  The wireless chips overheat REALLY easy and start flaking out, once they cool down, they run fine.

Not just Dlink...but all of them have these issues.  Too much heat in too small a space.


SD1