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!

Reply 1 : Dlink Dir 655 - Connectivity issues (surprise surprise)

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

Reply 2 : Dlink Dir 655 - Connectivity issues (surprise surprise)

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.

Reply 3 : Dlink Dir 655 - Connectivity issues (surprise surprise)

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