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[Blindmantoo]

This weekend I bought an 825, 655 and a 160 USB adapter. Tried the 825, but the 5GHz band was useless - range was too short to be useful. Hooked up the 655 and shareport was iffy, so I upgraded the firmware to 1.31NA and switched to the appropriate version of Sharepoint.

Must say, everything is working great. Internet speed on main rig (I7 920, 12Gb, Windows 7 64 bit & is direct wired) is same as hooking directly to the cable modem (old Netgear lost more than 50% on hard wire connection). Wife's computer has the 160 and her wireless speed is the same as my hard wired speed. Old laptop works great on G connection. Wii connected right up.

Using WPA2 for security. Canon multifunction laser works flawlessly from each computer. Laptop was tested in every room of 3k sq ft house and on screen porch. Whew! After reading all of these posts I almost bailed before trying the stuff.

[stonehead]

This weekend I bought an 825, 655 and a 160 USB adapter. Tried the 825, but the 5GHz band was useless - range was too short to be useful. Hooked up the 655 and shareport was iffy, so I upgraded the firmware to 1.31NA and switched to the appropriate version of Sharepoint.

Must say, everything is working great. Internet speed on main rig (I7 920, 12Gb, Windows 7 64 bit & is direct wired) is same as hooking directly to the cable modem (old Netgear lost more than 50% on hard wire connection). Wife's computer has the 160 and her wireless speed is the same as my hard wired speed. Old laptop works great on G connection. Wii connected right up.

Using WPA2 for security. Canon multifunction laser works flawlessly from each computer. Laptop was tested in every room of 3k sq ft house and on screen porch. Whew! After reading all of these posts I almost bailed before trying the stuff.

I would like to know your dir-655 status after running 2-3 days.
If the shareport still works, it will surprise me.

[lizzi555]

I would like to know your dir-655 status after running 2-3 days.
If the shareport still works, it will surprise me.

I would not be to surprised. Even if there are a lot of complaints, it is still a minority with problems.

I tried the shareport for two weeks with 1 USB HDD and two USB Memory sticks through a USB-hub.
There were no problems.
On the other router I connected a HP Deskjet 5640d and it also ran fine for this period.
But the speed ....
So my printer is better connected to the DPR-1260 and the other devices to a windows machine or my NAS.

[stonehead]

I would not be to surprised. Even if there are a lot of complaints, it is still a minority with problems.

What makes you think "it is still a minority with problems"?
I don't know how many people have the problem out there,
but at least, not only this forum but also dslreports.com forum
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22333492-Shareport-problem-on-DIR655
many people have the same problem.
In addition, my friend who actually recommended dir-655 to me has the same issue
after upgrading the firmware to 1.31.
-- shareport working for some period time(maybe a few seconds, at most, 2 weeks),
    then stops working, only rebooting the router fixes it for a while --
Based on those FACTs, I believe it is NOT a minority issue.

[mackworth]

What makes you think "it is still a minority with problems"?
I don't know how many people have the problem out there,
but at least, not only this forum but also dslreports.com forum
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22333492-Shareport-problem-on-DIR655
many people have the same problem.
In addition, my friend who actually recommended dir-655 to me has the same issue
after upgrading the firmware to 1.31.
-- shareport working for some period time(maybe a few seconds, at most, 2 weeks),
    then stops working, only rebooting the router fixes it for a while --
Based on those FACTs, I believe it is NOT a minority issue.

There are a couple issues with people on this forum.

People seem to think that because they don't run into the issue, it means that its not an issue.  That everyone is using it wrong.  Sometimes thats the case.  Sometimes people are doing something wrong.  But when there are a ton of users, some of which are very technical, all having the same issue, you can't disregard the mounting evidence that something is wrong.

We really have no proof either whether issues like this are in the minority or not.  All we have is what dlink's tells us (that issues like this are in the minority) and the increasing numbers of posts on various forums about users hitting the same issues.

[Blindmantoo]

Well, you guys were right. I don't keep my 655 on 7x24 - just when I'm using one of the computers. Tonight it quit seeing the printer. I had to power down the system and it was fine after the restart.

[Ozzed]

Well. I'm surprised at the level of arrogance as well. I know for a fact that I have the issues, and 7 or 8 people I know who bought this router (mainly because of the guest zone and idiot laws on file sharing in Sweden) Also have the same issues.

I think what it is is that some people are what you would call "Fanboys".. Meaning they love D-link to a point where they idolize them and will not admit that they are not perfect. Besides.. I think MOST people that come here in fact ARE network experts. The "common" user probably doesn't know that this forum exist, or maybe not even understand or know about firmware.

Please, faboys, trolls, payed people by D-link (And whoever else it may apply to) STOP poisoning the forum with your nonsense. As long as you have nothing constructive to share you can leave in my opinion.

I also wrote smallnetbuilder and requested they write an article regarding this and that they will try to contact D-link for some answers. I suggest more people do the same.

Thank you.

[jason1722x]

Well. I'm surprised at the level of arrogance as well. I know for a fact that I have the issues, and 7 or 8 people I know who bought this router (mainly because of the guest zone and ***** laws on file sharing in Sweden) Also have the same issues.

I think what it is is that some people are what you would call "Fanboys".. Meaning they love D-link to a point where they idolize them and will not admit that they are not perfect. Besides.. I think MOST people that come here in fact ARE network experts. The "common" user probably doesn't know that this forum exist, or maybe not even understand or know about firmware.

Please, faboys, trolls, payed people by D-link (And whoever else it may apply to) STOP poisoning the forum with your nonsense. As long as you have nothing constructive to share you can leave in my opinion.

I also wrote smallnetbuilder and requested they write an article regarding this and that they will try to contact D-link for some answers. I suggest more people do the same.

Thank you.

I will fallow you off topic and reply to your post.
As for me I'm not paid by Dlink, not a fanboy and as soon as there is a better product I'll jump ship, I guess you could call me a troll as I do hang out and give my opinion and have helped a few ppl, and by NO MEANS a network IT guy as I'm still learning also.

Just as in daily life you not going to get along with everyone or like their opinion, so some of the comments you make like "poisoning the forum" make you no better then the ppl you are commenting on. Just ignore them!

The Dir 655 is not perfect and is like any other PC part, it works great for some and not so great for others. 8 or 10 or 1000 ppl with problems is acceptable percentage if 10's of thousands were sold. Yeah I wouldn't be happy if I had problems.
I hope you work through your problems with the Dir 655 as for many it's a good router.

[Ozzed]

My comment wasn't directed at you. And what you're doing on the forums isn't trolling. What I mean is when people write nonsense and will defend D-link to death, even when it is obvious that they are at fault (Like with the hiding of the Bridge mode).
Don't get me wrong. I like this router and I have hope for it. I'm just saying it would be much better if people would look beyond their own nose, and if D-link gave us more information and admitted that they have messed up.
They are sticking their heads in the sand a bit much now.

[jason1722x]

My comment wasn't directed at you. And what you're doing on the forums isn't trolling. What I mean is when people write nonsense and will defend D-link to death, even when it is obvious that they are at fault (Like with the hiding of the Bridge mode).
Don't get me wrong. I like this router and I have hope for it. I'm just saying it would be much better if people would look beyond their own nose, and if D-link gave us more information and admitted that they have messed up.
They are sticking their heads in the sand a bit much now.

I understand the frustration as the only reason I even joined the forum was because I had problems with VOIP and since I have learn so much beyond that.
Lets face it, the 655 is not going to work for everyone as there are just to many variables in play not to mention the router could just be faulty. But most of the time atleast on this forum it's been a user error as there are just so many settings in the router to s-c-r-e-w up, along with environment issues (2.4ghz phone etc..), ISP's. I mean the list goes on and on.
I would agree "bridge mode" was prolly taken out for marketing reasons, but hey they do have other products to sell and are in business to make money.
As for the Firmware problems I would say Dlink is making an effort in trying to fix the issues (not as fast as some would like), look @ the number of FW releases.
Is there other companies or products without issues?

[Ozzed]

I don't think so. Most companies will have products that face issues at times. The thing with D-link is that they are very very quiet. And even recommended 1.32 as an update, which is one of the most unstable versions to date.
If this would have been a router you found in a bargain bin I wouldn't understand the frustration, but when you pay several hundred dollars for something I think you expect it to work. In this price should at the very least be included that D-link tells us what is going on, but they have been all too quiet lately.
Regarding the hardware, Trendnet has a router that features more or less the exact same hardware, that doesn't have the same issues. The difference I think is that there is no USB, cheaper cooling for the components and Bridge-mode is not hidden. But it will probably die sooner due to the cheap cooling solution. And like I said, I like D-link, and I hope they can fix this.

[alphanumeric]

I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. I've got problems with SharePort not working and UPNP is kind of flaky but at least mine isn't rebooting on its own or dropping the wireless connections. Speaking of D-Link fan boys, the "Mine works so you must be doing something wrong" comments are getting kind of irritating. I'd bet a large percentage of the people with problems have left there router on it's default settings aside from setting a password, and some may not have even done that. There is more to this problem than just user configuration, or misconfiguration as some would have you believe. I've seen it posted that D-Link can't replicate the problem in their lab. I find that hard to believe unless they have one router setup for testing. Even if that were true surely some D-Link employees are experiencing this problem. It shouldn't be to hard for a tech to go and look at that setup. Makes you wonder if the D-Link employees are actually using D-Link products. 

[Ozzed]

"Mine works, so I'm one of the lucky ones!" Is more correct phrasing I think.

I agree.  The routers are bought for their configurability (the ABILITY TO CHANGE SETTINGS IN THE ROUTER).. That's all well and good if it works for the fanboys who didn't touch the settings.. However, most of us here have bought D-link in hopes that their high quality hardware can meet our specific configuration needs. And in fact the hardware is capable of it, It's just that the software is a disaster in it's current state.
And yes, I have also read somewhere that the techs at D-link have no luck in replicating the issues, which is supposedly why they are so quiet for the time being.

It is not the first time that D-link screws up on software. All of their network adapters perform horribly until you install the Ralink drivers (Ralink makes the chipsets for D-link network adapters.)

I have been in contact with Ubicom and requested a generic version of the firmware, but they said I should "contact my manufacturer".. And the only other option is to try and flash it with the Trendnet firmware, but I think doing so would void warranty and set it to permanent brick mode so to speak.

[mackworth]

I understand the frustration as the only reason I even joined the forum was because I had problems with VOIP and since I have learn so much beyond that.
Lets face it, the 655 is not going to work for everyone as there are just to many variables in play not to mention the router could just be faulty. But most of the time atleast on this forum it's been a user error as there are just so many settings in the router to s-c-r-e-w up, along with environment issues (2.4ghz phone etc..), ISP's. I mean the list goes on and on.
I would agree "bridge mode" was prolly taken out for marketing reasons, but hey they do have other products to sell and are in business to make money.
As for the Firmware problems I would say Dlink is making an effort in trying to fix the issues (not as fast as some would like), look @ the number of FW releases.
Is there other companies or products without issues?

I think this is another poor argument though.  If you buy a product and it doesn't work well, then you return it.  If something broke from the day you bought it,  I could understand then how your point "the 655 is not going to work for everyone as there are just to many variables in play not to mention the router could just be faulty" makes sense.

However, for a lot of us, our routers were working fine until a firmware update effectively broke them and its irreversible.  I have a DIR-825 A1 with 1.01 that's running on 28 days uptime right now.  Yet my 655 A2 running 1.32 has trouble getting 1/7 of that.  Not only that, but when it was running 1.11 it could get 28 days easily.

And then instead of accepting that a number of users are running into the issues, other people on this forum claim its not a firmware problem, its user error, and that they shouldn't have upgraded their firmware.  Except for the fact that dlink encourages it.

[jason1722x]

I think this is another poor argument though.  If you buy a product and it doesn't work well, then you return it.  If something broke from the day you bought it,  I could understand then how your point "the 655 is not going to work for everyone as there are just to many variables in play not to mention the router could just be faulty" makes sense.

However, for a lot of us, our routers were working fine until a firmware update effectively broke them and its irreversible.  I have a DIR-825 A1 with 1.01 that's running on 28 days uptime right now.  Yet my 655 A2 running 1.32 has trouble getting 1/7 of that.  Not only that, but when it was running 1.11 it could get 28 days easily.

And then instead of accepting that a number of users are running into the issues, other people on this forum claim its not a firmware problem, its user error, and that they shouldn't have upgraded their firmware.  Except for the fact that dlink encourages it.

If I had a need for another 655 I would offer to buy it from you. Ebay sounds like a good way to unload it.