D-Link DIR-655 Extreme N Wireless Router | 
 enlarge | Brand: D-Link
Category: CE
List Price: $179.99
Buy New: $86.99
You Save: $93.00 (52%)
New (75) Used (2) from $86.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  386 reviews
Sales Rank: 127
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 9.8 x 3.4
nv:Device Type: Wireless Router
Form Factor: Desktop
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11g
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11b
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11n
Wireless Data Transfer Rates: 300 Mbps
Security Protocols: WPA
Security Protocols: 128-bit WEP
Security Protocols: 64-bit WEP
Security Protocols: WPA2
Networking Standards: IEEE 802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet
Networking Standards: IEEE 802.3 Ethernet 10Base-T
Routing / Firewall Protoccols: DHCP
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 year limited
MPN: DIR-655
Model: DIR-655
UPC: 790069298561
EAN: 0790069298561
ASIN: B000LIFB7S
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| 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. |
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Product Description
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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 381 more reviews...
 Great router November 22, 2008
I'm new to the whole wireless router world and decided to take the plunge. After doing extensive research and getting a lot of advice from my tecchie friends, I decided to purchase the DIR 655.
Although I'm somewhat of a tecchie myself, the wireless router world was new to me, so I was a little nervous about getting the right router that would work in all my rooms.
After getting the best price around on Amazon, I received it a few days later. Setup was a breeze! I was up and running in no time and hooked up all my wireless gadgets easily. I had an issue setting up the encryption properly, so I called the help desk. My experience with them was fine. The guy who helped me sounded a little high strung, but certainly, I understood his instructions and was all sorted out within a few minutes.
For those that say setup is really complicated, it's actually not. It does take a little effort in terms of getting the encryption setup correctly if you're not wireless router savvy, but the helpdesk was helpful and only took a few minutes.
All in all, I'm very pleased with my purchase. I've only gotten a couple of quick dropouts which corrected within a second or two and have had no issues over the last month. And it works beautifully with my Netflix Roku box in my living room. No issues at all when streaming movies. After all my research, I'm glad I chose this wireless router.
Easy to install, easy to customize November 21, 2008
Totally recommend this item. I have installed netgear and belkins in the past, for friends and family, and this D-link router is just as easy as any other. Following the quickstart instructions is just enough. I personally purchased this router because it had the shareport USB utility which allowed me to connect a USB external hard drive, that I can access anywhere from home, and it works fine. The only downside is that the hard drive is only accessible from one laptop at a time, which is fine for me at this moment. I hope D-link will improve this in the future. I live in a 1600 ft2 apartment and the signal is strong all the way to the last corner, at least 3 bars (out of 5). Make sure you follow the recommendations for the antennas and how to arrange them. It really makes a difference. Setting up a WEP-encrypted password is easier than other routers I had to work with. In conclusion this is a great product and I totally recommend it.
Conflicts with 2.4GHz Wireless Phones November 21, 2008
Total misery at first until I finally figured out my Uniden 2.4GHz phones were conflicting with this router and my wireless adapters (on two computers). No problem with old Netgear router with the Uniden phones, so it took me a bit to figure out why the new router worked SLOWER than my old Netgear. Easy fix--bought new 1.9GHz DEC phones and now everything works GREAT. Speed is so fast it's like I'm hard wired to my router. Great price, good web interface--well worth the money (and time to figure out everything) spent.
Another Excellent Router by D-Link November 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very easy installation and configuration.
I'm not a network expert but I was able to set both the wire and wireless connections quite easily with the wizards and documentation and even turn wireless security on in no-time.
Connecting to the wireless network with my laptop proved quite painless and simple - even after trying for the first time connecting to a WPA2 secured wireless network with a WiFi enabled smartphone!
The signal is very strong and I'm able to easily connect from every spot in my house and yard though the router resides at a back room.
I've been running this router for a few months now where a bunch of house guests have connected to it (if I were more paranoid I would be quite alarmed at the number of individuals having the password to my wireless network!) - and never had any issues connecting and maintainig a connection.
This router has so many feature and customization options as well.
Worth every cent!
 Avoid this product it's Wireless features are FLAWED November 17, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had a D-Link Wired Gigabit / Wireless 108G gaming router, I had no issues at all with it, it performed perfectly. Recently I got an ASUS 1000H and wanted to update to a Wired Gigabit / Wireless n router and picked this one.
I never experienced the following issues with my previous router:
1) It didn't connect smoothly to my modem, but after I restarted both a couple of times it connected.
2) The router hanged in the first hour around 4 times, I had no clue whether it's the network, the laptop, my wired PC or the Modem and troubleshooting concluded it's the router.
3) I upgraded to the latest firmware as of Nov 2008, still tons of issues, it works after I reboot cleanly for 5 mins or so, then wireless connections keep falling very frequently especially if I'm using more than 1 wireless or wired connection, also my PS3 and Vonage were not performing as well as before.
4) At best my Asus Wireless n got me a 65MB compared to 54MB for my old g card, but the signal faded very quickly to 34MB. But as it crashes like 10 times within 2 hours it's not worth it. Switched everything to G and still it drops the connection with any mid / heavy wireless usage pattern.
5) Used back my old router and everything working like a charm, I'm returning this now.... likely those who like it have a single connection or not using /n in this case I advice them to save the money and go for a different router.
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