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D-Link DIR-655 Extreme N Gigabit Wireless Router
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D-Link DIR-655 Extreme N Gigabit Wireless Router

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Product Info

  • Brand: D-Link
  • EAN: 0790069298561
  • Manufacturer: D-Link

Features

  • Delivers up to 14x faster speeds* and 6x farther range* than 802.11g means Greater Coverage for Your Entire Home or Office
  • Ideal for streaming HD video or streaming multiple applications simultaneously
  • Intelligent QoS technology prioritizes both wired and wireless Internet traffic to enable enhanced gaming and phone calling (VoIP) experience
  • Gigabit Ports for Incredible Wired Network Speeds
  • Dual active firewall protection (SPI & NAT) helps block malicious attacks on networks from the Internet.

Editorial Reviews:

  • Create a wireless network to share high-speed Internet access with computers, game consoles, or media players from greater distances in your home or office. Using D-Link Xteme-N wireless products makes it really easy! The D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router is a draft 802.11n compliant device that delivers up to 14x faster speeds and 6x farther range than 802.11g while staying backward compatible with 802.11g and 802.11b devices. Connect the Xtreme N Gigabit Router to a cable or DSL modem and provide high-speed Internet access to multiple computers, game consoles, and media players. Create a secure wireless network to share photos, files, music, videos, printers, and network storage. With some routers, all wired and wireless traffic, including VoIP, Video Streaming, Online Gaming, and Web browsing are mixed together into a single data stream. By handling data this way, applications like video streaming could pause or delay. With D-Link's Intelligent QoS Technology, wired and wireless traffic is analyzed and separated into multiple data streams. These streams are then categorized by sensitivity to delay, so applications like VoIP, Video Streaming, and Online Gaming are given priority over Web browsing. This enables multiple applications to stream smoothly to your TV or PC. Delivering best-in-class performance, network security, and coverage, this router is the ideal centerpiece for your wireless network in the home or office. Backward compatible with 802.11g and 802.11b devices including game consoles and digital media players

Spotlight customer reviews:

  • Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5
  • Summary: Couldn't setup, need new firmware update
  • Comment: I recently purchased this item due to great reviews in Amazon and a recommendation from a tech friend. The end result was a return of this item. Why? First, the ease of setup is not so easy at all. Yes, the setup dvd disk should take me to wireless freedom in no time (but its not compatible with a Mac), in my case I have a PC (I did try) and a Mac Laptop. Anyways, I called their tech support, which after 2 calls and 45 mins later, they diagnosed it as "need firmware update". Great, this issue should be fixed in no time, however, the tech support never send me the firmware update file. After waiting for 2 days I called again, spoke with another support guy. "Yes, I'll send you the firmware update to your email account," said he. I waited for two more days. No firmware, I did check my junk folder and no emails from D-link. That was it, I return this router back to Amazon the next day.

    I am afraid this particular item either needs a necessary firmware, which maybe an excuse from DLink or simply it is a defective router sold by this retail company. I hope my bad experience helped you.

    Cheers! Oscar.
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  • Summary: Work's great and was easy to install.
  • Comment: Installation could not have been any easier and it works reliably with no disconnects.

    I located this in the center of a large home and I get a good download speed now everywhere within the home. I found a central location was critical in maximizing coverage and download speed. Also, slight changes can make a difference, especially if you are locating it near a wall.

    Beware though of D-Link's tech support should you encounter a problem. Unfortunately you are talking to people who seem to just have the manuals in front of them and not much more knowledge.
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  • Summary: This Router Is A Range Beast!!
  • Comment: Here's the deal I have my xbox on the first floor but the cable modem and my netgear WNR834B wireless router are upstairs in the office. The netgear was fine upstairs albeit it was still slow downloading. Downstairs the signal was spotty at best. Based on the amazon reviews I picked up the dlink and I was impressed the first time I was trying to pair the xbox with the dlink router. I got 4 bars where before I only had 1 before. Netflix streaming was so much faster. Hands down great router if you need signal coverage throughout your house. I wont even get into the settings and features as this router pretty much has every setting you could imagine. Highly recommend the dlink
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  • Summary: D-Link Dir-655 Wireless Router
  • Comment: The order, and delivery were fast and effecient. The product works fine as I would expect.
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  • Summary: Fast Ethernet, Poor Wireless Transmission
  • Comment: I had a mixed experience with this router. This is the fourth router I've tried in the past few months and this one comes in 3rd place. My first place choice, is my old D-link DI-524 router, at least in terms of the wireless capability. Even though it was an older wireless G router, the signal strength was better than any of the new N routers I've tried, and my Skype video sessions were rock solid. Unfortunately, despite having a surge protector on it, a recent power outage killed it. My second place choice, and the router I ended up keeping is the TP-Link TL-WR1043ND, which was the cheapest of the N routers I tried, with gigabit ethernet and the best reception/range of the N routers. Third is this D-Link router, which I'll summarize below. The fourth was a Netgear Rangemax WNDR 3700, which I reviewed back in January; awful setup, terrible range, completely different experience than some of the reviewers.

    As for this router, here is what I found:

    Pros:
    Setup was easy, even for someone using a Mac and not being able to use the install CD.
    Firmware was simple to update
    No dropped connections
    Really fast ethernet
    Many security options
    External antennas allowing you to attach other external antennas

    Cons:
    Signal strength was not very good. I put my laptop a mere foot away from the router and was getting around 60% signal strength! External antennas by D-Link, Zyxel and Hawking didn't help much. I wish that they had, because I really did like this router.

    Aside from the signal strength and reception, it seemed to be a solid replacement. But I tried the TP-Link router and realized that I could do better. So I sent this router back. It didn't live up to the claim of better range, etc. For slightly less money, I got a better wireless signal with the TP-Link. The range still doesn't seem to be as good as my old DI-524, but it's good enough, and I have gotten spoiled by the gigabit ethernet.