Dlink Dir 655 - Connectivity issues (surprise surprise)

Hi everyone,

Was wondering if anyone could offer some advice.

I have been using the about router for the last 2.5 ish years with almost no issues. Recently however I can hardly connect to it, there are times, like now where I have no issues. Most of the time it's just a nightmare.

My wife and I are running 2 laptops, a PS3 and our phones through the router. We moved house, from a condo, last year and have nothing but issues since. I bought a repeater last year to boost the signal, that doesn't seem to be the issue though as the signal strength rarely goes below 100% and the signal quality is always 'excellent'.

When I bought the router I was using it in G/N mode, my sadly RIP 3 year old Lenovo T61P was N capable, her T60 wasn't. Now we just run it in G (or G/N mode) as G is the maximum speed for her laptop (and my work one I am typing on right now).

Of the local visible networks we have a next door neighbor on G channel 11 and another on G channel 7, that's it in terms of visible networks. We are on G channel 3.

The transmit rate on our router goes from 54mbps to 1mbps to 32mbps to 1mbps to 54mbps within 5-10 secs. Most of the time it's stuck at 1mbps. I have set the transmit rate at 54mbps but it doesn't stop it fluctuating. When I can connect to the router after a period of inactivity I will log into it and reboot it and sometimes it'll be fine. Sometime I have to resest the whole thing and upload the config file to the router to reset it. When I have reset it and the security is off there is no issues connecting.... Great.

I have tried turning Channel Auto off, selecting channels, changing from G to G/N to just B or G/B mixed. Nothing seems to help.

It isn't a problem with just one laptop either, when the laptops cannot connect I can't connect with the PS3's or phones...

Any advice would be gratefully appreciated!

Tech info:-

• Router:- Dlink DIR 655.
• Firmware:- Current Firmware Version :1.21. Current Firmware Date :2008/10/09.
• Mode:- G Only.
• Channel:- 3 Auto.
• Trans Rate:- 54mbps.
• Security WPA Personal.
• Cipher:- AES.
• Group Key Update Interval :3600
• WPA Mode : Auto WPA or WPA2
• Repeater:- DAP-1360
  

Thanks in advance!

 

Hi,

Try this:

Wireless:
Mode: G only
Channel: 1, 6 or 11 try which one works best.
Rate: Auto
Width: 20Mhz

Mode: WPA Only
Cihper: TKIP

Advanced Wireless:
WLAN Partition: Check
WMM Enable: Check
Short GI: Uncheck
Extra Wireless Protection: Check

Wish:
Enable WISH: Uncheck

QoS Engine:
Enable Traffic Shaping: Uncheck
Enable QoS Engine: Uncheck

 

Thanks! I'll give that a try. The only thing I couldn't do was the bandwidth, it's not an option on G only. On the orig config 'Short GI' was checked and 'WLAN Partition' was unchecked.

If this fixes it you have cyber friend for life!!

Thanks again.

 

Hopefully all goes well let us know your results, I could use a good cyber buddy.