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[FurryNutz]

Are you using the default 192.168.0.1 or .1.1 address?

Have you tired instead of rebooting the router when you see the error, before attempting to log into the router and make a change, clear the browser cache, exit the browser, then reopen the browser and access the routers UI then make change?

[CaseyJanke]

I'm still using the 1.1 sub net

I just tried clearing the chrome cache and still got the 413 error

I can live with a reboot of the router and have it work after. I can't live with having to readdress all my clients printers, cameras, servers, etc. One takes about 45 seconds, the other could take all day

[FurryNutz]

Ok. Well I hope the other Revs coming in are Rev A or B. I never saw this issue there on mine.

FYI, the 655 development is now closed so this issue won't be addressed at the FW level. Sorry. 

[CaseyJanke]

What is the closest replacement for the DIR-655?

I think I may be using the DSR-250 or DSR-500 for businesses, but curious what might be a good replacement for the DIR-655 for home users.

[FurryNutz]

For a time the 657 was a follow on however it was an internal antenna model router. All 6xx series routers are only 2.4Ghz wireless supporting. Only the 627 was supporting of both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz however not simultaneously.

There is a DIR-636L, this is another internal antenna router.

Most newer routers in the past two years are now supporting both 2.4 and 5Ghz wireless. I haven't seen much in a 2.4ghz only lately that's new.

Again, these routers are ok for small businesses with maybe up to 20 connected devices. Depending. I put a Rev C in a flower shop for a friend of mine, however only has 3 PCs, two printers and two VoIP phones and two cells phones and thats it.

I would recommend a DSR for those businesses that seems to need more connected client management configurations. Can connect any AP to the DSR for wireless. Even wire connect a 655 in AP mode for wireless if needed.

[CaseyJanke]

Yes, for the businesses I'm going to move to wired DSR-250 and DSR-500 and use APs, maybe the DAP 2660's.

For smaller businesses or homes, maybe the DIR-842. It still has probably what I need, which is at least port forwarding and QOS to configure VOIP.

[FurryNutz]

Just be aware that all of the newer routers have the new UI. The last router model to have the old UI is the DIR-866.

For most VoIP stuff, I use the DMZ so I don't have to configure anything. I use this for my ATT microcell at home.

[CaseyJanke]

Thanks. Although nice to get used to the same interface, will deal with it. Networking isn't my strongest point so have never played with a DMZ. Will have to check it out, just as I also need to learn more about VLANS. Would probably be best to have cameras on one VLAN, phones on another and computers on another. However I would have to figure that all out and if it is done at the router, the switch(es) or both. Then of course have to figure out if I need 2 nics for the server that both the cameras and computers talk to, etc..

[CaseyJanke]

The used DIR-655's showed up today. There are:
H/W Ver: A4 F/W Ver: 1.21
H/W Ver: B1 F/W Ver: 2.00NA
H/W Ver: B1 F/W Ver: 2.10NA

I haven't fired them up yet so I'm not sure if that is the actual Firmware that is on them. As usual my plan would be to update them to the latest before messing with them. They are in nice shape.

[CaseyJanke]

I did test one of the H/W Rev B routers. I upgraded the firmware to 2.11. For the most part everything worked well, I cold add a port forward without an error. I added numerous Qos settings for VoIP without an issue and I changed the subnet to 192.168.1.1 without an issue.

The only issue I ran into was that the router didn't seem to detect the upload speed. I ran a speedtest and got 5.95mbs. So I manually set the uplink speed to 5950kps and hit save. I got a message stating the value should be between 20kbps and 2mbps. So should I just leave it at Automatic (where it doesn't seem to pick up the speed, or should I set it to the max of 2048kbps?

[FurryNutz]

Ok, Those are also good routers. I enjoyed my Rev B I got from fleabay as well. I found a Rev A at a local recycle store couple of years ago. Only thing with Rev A is that you should set compatibility mode when using IE11 for the UI. Both Rev A and B are limited on the QoS Uplink speeds at 2Mb. Don't ask me why. I presume that D-link presumed back in the day that 2Mb was good enough for home users and Most ISPs didn't offer much over 2Mb services.
You can work around this for Rev B only:
http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=55233.msg271069#msg271069

[CaseyJanke]

Uhmmm, this could get 'weird' trying to think about. For example I and many of my clients have 5mb uplink speed. If QOS uplink is limited to 2mb what is the actual impact? If I'm uploading something that doesn't have a QOS rule it could be done at 5mb? If I'm uploading something that has QOS it will be limited to 2mb but still take priority over something else that I might be uploading at 5mb? The reason I ask is because the only QOS I'm doing is for VOIP. VOIP doesn't need a lot of bandwidth, but it needs a higher priority. So maybe just leaving it at the Dlink FW and letting it throttle at 2mb for QOS is fine, since VOIP doesn't need that much, but just needs to be at a higher priority? Thoughts?

[FurryNutz]

Any IP addresses put in to QoS will only see 2Mb max if enabled. If your ok with this then that's fine. Anything not included in the QoS should see 5Mb though.

You'll see speed test return only 2Mb on the uplink test is all. If your not worried about max speeds then that's fine.

If your worried about VoIP, then you can use DMZ as well, however you can only put one device in DMZ so if you have multiple VoIP devices, then QoS would be better.

[CaseyJanke]

Thanks. Good explanation. I think I will stick with the normal FW as VOIP shouldn't need more than 2mb as long as it gets it quickly.

They have 6 phones, so DMZ won't work. Although I'm sure there is another way, maybe.

You also bring up an interesting question I have about the traditional speedtes.net. Which is, what ports are actually used to do the test? I do have clients that freak out if the speed test doesn't give them what they are paying for. If I knew the ports speed test used, they could be put into QOS as well, or in this case, left out of it.

[FurryNutz]

Not entirely sure what ports are used, I presume maybe 80.

I would recommend just setting one PC or device that doesn't need to be in the QoS and use this as the speed test PC. All others don't really need to speed test.