Jack4Smith

I bought D-Link DIR-655 one year ago to enable free movement with my NTB around and inside the house.

The initial setup was not done in few minutes because I have already one router from my ISP.

Here is my new topology: ISP (WAN) over wifi --- present wifi router from ISP using wifi to connect to the WAN --- new D-Link router connected to the ISP router´s LAN port over its 100Mbit Ethernet WAN port --- PC connected to the D-Link router over 1Gbit Ethernet + NTB connected to the D-Link router over 802.11g

In-build connection wizard stopped when he found out WAN and LAN interfaces have the same subnet. So I had to change my LAN subnet to 10.0.0.x and leave WAN subnet at 192.168.0.x. From this point everything went well. D-Link obtained WAN DHCP (192.168.0.x range) settings from ISP router and PC and NTB obtained (10.0.0.x range) settings from the D-link router.

Everything was working fine except sometimes:

1) the browser (any) showed the message "...cannot display the webpage" immediately after clicking on the link. The refresh button often helped to display the web page.
2) the browser (any) failed to show some pictures on the loaded webpages

I have tried to change lot of the D-link default settings but FINALLY have noticed that DNS server on my PC and NTB is set by D-link´s DHCP server to 10.0.0.1 (IP address of the D-link router). When I changed it manually back to my ISP´s DNS servers everything started to work fine. There is maybe some problem with the D-link´s "DNS Relay" feature where the router plays the role of a DNS server. DNS requests sent to the router are forwarded to the ISP's DNS server.

Except the one problem with the DNS settings I am very sattisfied with the new D-Link DIR-655 router. The 802.11g performance is fine according to my needs. The router sits on my table on the first floor and I get usable -80dB on the second floor on my bed. The house has ferroconcrete walls and ceiling . I had no opportunity to try 802.11n.

FIRMWARE UPDATE - print server and n-draft usage
After one year of usage I have encountered NO problem with this router.

I have just updated FW to A4 revision to enable USB port sharing to all connected devices. I have connected my USB printer to router, installed on each device Shareport network USB utility and now I am able to print anything from any wired or wireless connected device.

I have also enabled n-draft wifi to test it with my n-draft enabled new NTBs. And U really see the speed difference . It usually doubled on same places in my house where g-wifi was used before.

9/10