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D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router

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6.9

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8
out of 10
Excellent

"Pretty good router"
I've had this for a week now. So far so good. I've got it setup with wpa2 security. It took about... (read more)

by vikramk18 (see profile), April 3, 2007

107 out of 107 users found this opinion helpful

8
out of 10
Excellent

"Great Router !!"
I bought this router a week ago and it took me 5mn to set it up. Very nice...You need to upgrade... (read more)

by kainobi (see profile), November 25, 2006

45 out of 60 users found this opinion helpful
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1
out of 10
Abysmal

"3 times unlucky"
I tried 3 of these routers. I could not set up any of them. 2 would conitinual reset and drop the... (read more)

by sysguy (see profile), March 19, 2007

38 out of 53 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

3
out of 10
Poor

"Even Customer Service couldn't make it work"
Bought this router to speed up my system, based on all the positive reviews. But it didn't work... (read more)

by jmeye22 (see profile), February 17, 2007

35 out of 50 users found this opinion helpful

2
out of 10
Terrible

"What a piece of crap!"
Being a network engineer, I bought this router for home use because of the feature set it had.... (read more)

by bob32746 (see profile), May 3, 2007

90 out of 220 users found this opinion helpful
6 comments posted to this opinion

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"D-Link 655, a little more, but worth it."
The DIR-655 is a -N router, but you will only get the speed if it is paired with a -N Modem or you... (read more)

by jatibi (see profile), November 11, 2007

20 out of 20 users found this opinion helpful

5
out of 10
Average

"But not with IE7"
OK, it works. But I have to use my laptop running IE6 to configure it. XP SP2 all updates, running... (read more)

by Seenet15 (see profile), March 10, 2007

21 out of 26 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

8
out of 10
Excellent

"I Like This Box"
First off, I like this box. I've owned this router for a while now and find it to be the fastest... (read more)

by eschwei (see profile), October 18, 2007

15 out of 15 users found this opinion helpful

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Best Router I've owned and/or setup"
My old D-Link router was going on 4 years old and was just 802.11b standard. It was starting to... (read more)

by Wannabe Actuary (see profile), February 28, 2007

16 out of 21 users found this opinion helpful

2
out of 10
Terrible

"Airport 802.11b not supported"
I am very disappointed in the DIR-655. I have a mixed network of three windows computers and one... (read more)

by vantmoore (see profile), May 30, 2007

15 out of 20 users found this opinion helpful

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Reviewed by: Matthew Wood

Reviewed: 4/30/07
Release date: 11/10/06
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