I have a D-Link Dir-655. Will this measurably improve my w-fi range in my home?
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Yes, not only improved the signal throughout the house, but provides a decent signal outside on the property. Good for mowing & listening to Pandora.
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I am using a D-Link DIR655 wireless router at home. No problem syncing up and operating with my Lenovo G580 and Windows 8.
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If you are close enough to a unsecured signal. I live in a add on apt to my sisters home and I'm 60 feet from her router and without this I can barely pick her up but with this ant I have 5 bars.Huge difference. Before I picked 3 to5 networks around me and now I recieve maybe 20. Hope this helps.
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If you are asking if it extends your wi-fi range- No. But you can get higher gain antennas which will.
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I am not an expert or anything but i'll tell you what I did. I made no adjustments just installed right out of the box and followed the exact instructions. I have 5ghz connections to their connections and the others regular. I have my router upstairs and on a 20mbps plan I get between 24-27 dload with 6-7 upload (speedtest.net) I did notice with either my galaxy s3 or wireless laptop (both 5ghz) I get faster speeds downstairs than in the same room as rhe router. Weird but true. My desktop gets about 26-28 wired. Make sure u don't haveany dead spots in the house that are causing slow speeds. In my house if I go from my family room to my living room like 20 feet away my speeds literally cuts in half. Dload the app for netgear (Wi-Fi analytics) and see which areas of your house give you what speeds. Like I mentioned in my review I had the asus rt-n66u dark knight and saw no improvement over this. Pretty much identical. Good luck and try the app in multiple spots of your residence.
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yes. That's exactly how mine is set up, as an access point plugged into my main router via an Ethernet cable. One of the choices in the setup menu is "access point". I then use my same radio SSID and password in the D-link as my main wireless router. When I move away from the main router toward the D-link, the wifi locks into the D-link and I get full strength bars. It works great.
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Yes, definitely. I own the Asus RT-N66U Dual Band router (often called the "Dark Knight") and this is what I've attached to mine. Stronger WiFi signal strength and much greater range was immediately noticed. Previously, I couldn't effectively use my downstairs Sony Blu-Ray DVD WiFi features before I installed them. With these 3 online, my Living room TV is now a happy streaming movie theater.
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Quite close yes. But you can get a signal booster dirt cheap. This will extend the wifi signal significantly.
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WiFi is so dependent upon the obstructions and type of obstruction. Also so many things today use the 2.4 ghz frequency. So if you are all alone in the middle of no where vs in the middle of an apartment complex will impact your range.I do like this router and I think it will probably give you the best range. I did add a directional antenna and this improved the range. One last thing. Nothing beats wired.
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mine is working fine wiith one exception...the signal strength is somewhat weaker than my old d-link router
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Thanks, for the help but one more question...I have done some tests and the highest throughput I got was 12mbps/4.5mbps with a cheap pair of Asoka Pluglink 9650's...Would I see a better improvement, or is this product not worth the money?
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Thank you for the response! Absolutely correct, feed it a wireless signal and you are good to go!
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This is a "it depends". If you are using the new ac wireless standard and have a good signal it may offer noticeable speed improvement. As slower standards and/or signal quality degrades any improvement at the diskstation side will become unimportant. The real question is can you really get much 100Mbps real throughput with *your* wireless environment? Some may disagree but I find a wired connection to be the most dependable for high-throughput situations. There are too many variables to be more specific but I hope this answer will help at least a little.
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What I would suggest is that you also invest in the A6200 USB adapter to connect to your system in the Garage that way your signal is enhanced for better connectivity from that distance. Research here:http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-adapters/a6200.aspx. I have both the router and the USB wifi adapter. But it has been my experience that speeds are better wired!
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I too own a D-Link DIR-655 and recently purchased an LG BD390. I was frustrated at first by the inability to get the BD390 to stream YouTube or NetFlix content and was about ready to return the BD390 when I saw this discussion. Sure enough, after I disabled SecureSpot, everything started working as advertised.
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I have BD 390 on the first floor and my $69 Rosewill RNX-N4 N-router on the second floor on the far other side of the house. So it is not only across the whole width of the house, but also across the floors. Perfect reception, even 1080p .MKV files play nicely over wireless network from my PC. There is a well-known issue 'D-Link router not working with BD 390' - e.g. read reviews at neweggcom.Also do not expect any good results from a G-router.
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Here is a link to support at D-Link for this product. http://support.dlink.com/ProductInfo.aspx?m=DWA-652 It is discontinued but you can contact their support directly from here for assistance. It should work just by running the driver disk. It is backwards compatible. But the 1st answer is correct "This device does not support 5GHz. Its frequency range is 2.4GHz to 2.4835GHz. "