MLGTWISTED
join:2007-01-19
Melville, NY
| reply to tipstir
Re: D-Links new DIR-685 is speed daemon
said by tipstir  :said by MLGTWISTED :Is there a release date yet? I'm definately interested in upgrading to this router, purely for the wireless performance; which does look good. On guess on the first post it will be.. Where I got the info from they had it already released. Out of 5 stars the this storage router got 5/5 and the comments were great. Price wasn't great. There is a company in the USA was selling these for $387 but I guess it's a hold on delivery. This would be a router that you would mount or place on your kitchen counter or your desk. I don't think you could stick it into a network closet and leave there. Trust me, I'm not the type of person to buy a router of this quality, actually any quality and throw it under the desk to destroy itself. I treat my routers like a reciever or Blu-ray player, it has a rack all to itself, has line conditioned and is kept clean, lol.
Quality means alot to me, I hope this router can provide it, price isn't really an issue; quality is however. |
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tipstir
join:2004-11-14
Enfield, CT
 ·Cox HSI
1 edit | said by MLGTWISTED :said by tipstir :said by MLGTWISTED :Is there a release date yet? I'm definately interested in upgrading to this router, purely for the wireless performance; which does look good. On guess on the first post it will be.. Where I got the info from they had it already released. Out of 5 stars the this storage router got 5/5 and the comments were great. Price wasn't great. There is a company in the USA was selling these for $387 but I guess it's a hold on delivery. This would be a router that you would mount or place on your kitchen counter or your desk. I don't think you could stick it into a network closet and leave there. Trust me, I'm not the type of person to buy a router of this quality, actually any quality and throw it under the desk to destroy itself. I treat my routers like a reciever or Blu-ray player, it has a rack all to itself, has line conditioned and is kept clean, lol. Quality means alot to me, I hope this router can provide it, price isn't really an issue; quality is however. I keep my stuff clean also but no one wants to see network gear in the house. So it's hidden. DLINK is packing a lot into this router. I am sure they had issues since 1/09 but now it's almost July 09 and still it hasn't been released well here. Other countries have it and man expensive over there.
DIR-655 only good for wired gig router, wireless never stable with Atheros chipset. Ralink is pretty good. I see why DLINK gone with that brand. The DIR-605 might never come to the USA it has 2x 6dbi ANT in the red model I think that is 32MB RAM and 8MB Flash system. Not much more info on that one except is very popular and cheap! |
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MLGTWISTED
join:2007-01-19
Melville, NY | ^^^
Agreed with the wireless comments, and it is a little expensive, I'm not too bothered with the price, I guess I'll look for some deals when I see it. |
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tipstir
join:2004-11-14
Enfield, CT
·Cox HSI
| said by MLGTWISTED :^^^ Agreed with the wireless comments, and it is a little expensive, I'm not too bothered with the price, I guess I'll look for some deals when I see it. The major issue with the 685 is that downloading to the HDD is slow, what I've read so far. |
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
Premium
join:2005-06-29
clubs: | You watch they will screw up the firmware so bad it will reboot every other day.
It looks cool i might buy one, but the way dlink is going with there firmware here lately i dont know if i would want one or not now. |
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MLGTWISTED
join:2007-01-19
Melville, NY
| said by hayabusa3303 :You watch they will screw up the firmware so bad it will reboot every other day. It looks cool i might buy one, but the way dlink is going with there firmware here lately i dont know if i would want one or not now. Ill be honest, apart from poor wireless networking on too many of there products, firmwares are D-links biggest problem because they've sucked for about 4 years now. If they increased the quality control on there firmwares, like fully bug test on beta releases and gather feedback on beta firmwares so full releases have the quality that should be required of a full release. |
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tipstir
join:2004-11-14
Enfield, CT
·Cox HSI
2 edits | reply to bigpapae35
Here's the latest review pros/cons so looks like they fix the slowest in the HDD. 1 TB is the limit of internal HDD.
»www.ohgizmo.com/2009/06/30/ohgiz···-router/ |
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MLGTWISTED
join:2007-01-19
Melville, NY
| I am impressed by the review and the thought of having this router makes me giddy. I'm not happy with screen freezes however, and small things like buttons not being responsive makes me a little mad, because I'll be spending $300 on software that already needs a firmware update.
Im pretty convinced Im buying the router, but why does everything from d-link need a firmware update? Then it will need a firmware update to cure flaws in a crappy update. I hope things have improved with this router. |
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tipstir
join:2004-11-14
Enfield, CT
·Cox HSI
2 edits | said by MLGTWISTED :I am impressed by the review and the thought of having this router makes me giddy. I'm not happy with screen freezes however, and small things like buttons not being responsive makes me a little mad, because I'll be spending $300 on software that already needs a firmware update. Im pretty convinced Im buying the router, but why does everything from d-link need a firmware update? Then it will need a firmware update to cure flaws in a crappy update. I hope things have improved with this router. Funny that this new model is under SONY D-LINK so did SONY buy or merge with D-LINK?
Well you might wait for Hardware B1 or A2 to get out the kinks first as you know this model will have plenty of them. It's throughput for LAN to WAN and WAN to LAN is full throttle 600/700mbps where the others are 60/100mbps or 200/300mbps, but makes me wonder how come ever other router isn't that way? Then this router has 128MB of RAM that blows away 16MB, 32MB, 64MB or RAM router. |
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MLGTWISTED
join:2007-01-19
Melville, NY
| said by tipstir :said by MLGTWISTED :I am impressed by the review and the thought of having this router makes me giddy. I'm not happy with screen freezes however, and small things like buttons not being responsive makes me a little mad, because I'll be spending $300 on software that already needs a firmware update. Im pretty convinced Im buying the router, but why does everything from d-link need a firmware update? Then it will need a firmware update to cure flaws in a crappy update. I hope things have improved with this router. Funny that this new model is under SONY D-LINK so did SONY buy or merge with D-LINK? Well you might wait for Hardware B1 or A2 to get out the kinks first as you know this model will have plenty of them. It's throughput for LAN to WAN and WAN to LAN is full throttle 600/700mbps where the others are 60/100mbps or 200/300mbps, but makes me wonder how come ever other router isn't that way? Then this router has 128MB of RAM that blows away 16MB, 32MB, 64MB or RAM router. Maybe its something to do with the harddrive/storage device, the Sony D-link thing, not sure.
I appreciate the need for different hardware versions, newer, cheaper chipsets, but why does the hardware version have so much influence on the performance? Why can't a firmware just fix all? Like screen freezes, as I understand it would be completely software based; rather than hardware based.
I'm not a fan of the idea that customer A has hardware version 1, and even with all the latest firmware updates his performance will suck no matter what because of a hardware issue. So, the true hardcore enthusiast like myself that has to go through 3 different hardware versions to get optimal performance.
How do you know what hardware version of a D-link router your buying? will it say on the box? Because after talking about this it would be best to wait for a 2nd generation model to come out. Again, it all depends on wether these issues are hardware or software based. |
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destroyah
join:2005-04-20
Norwalk, CA
 ·Verizon FIOS
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I'll just drop my two cents. If D-Link is releasing a router that is so prohibitively expensive for the home, why are they disabling dual band on this router? It seriously looks like a 1-2 punch winner in terms of raw performance, but this shortcoming has to be ironed out, with hopefully a lower price, come mass retail release. 
If they can release it at 150 USD or below, then I'll jump on it. I'm starting to look around for a replacement for my DIR-655 with 1.31NA firmware. 
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON | reply to bigpapae35
I'd be interested in it for around $150, then use the DIR655 in G Mode as an AP for the PS3/Laptop.
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tipstir
join:2004-11-14
Enfield, CT
·Cox HSI
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EST: $300
Lowest: $250
It just has too much expensive stuff in there.
128mb of RAM
32MB of Flash RAM with Extra 8MB
1GB Flash for Media
500GB HDD up to 1TB limit eSat II
266MHz NPU
300MHz Storage CPU
TFT Color Screen
10/100/1000mbps
802.11b/g/n 11/54/300mbps
2 USB Ports
FTP Server
Web Server
Media Server
NAS
Ipod stuff
etc..
It has way too many features going for it. If you lower the price to $99 that would be a steal ... |
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tipstir
join:2004-11-14
Enfield, CT | reply to bigpapae35
Here's the pdf for this router from Dlink it has a lot of info and diagrams
»ftp://ftp.dlink.eu/datasheets/dir-685.pdf |
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peternm22
join:2006-08-20
Salmon Arm, BC | reply to bigpapae35
Does anyone know if the USB ports support actual NAS functionality and real print server support? Or is it more of the Shareport garbage? |
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peternm22
join:2006-08-20
Salmon Arm, BC
| I just looked at the PDF that was posted, and it looks like it is Shareport.
For those of you who don't know what Shareport is, here is a quote from the PDF:
"Hard drives and multifunction equipment can only be accessed by a single user at a time."
Essentially you have to install a little utility on your computer to use the USB devices on the router. In order to use it, you must have exclusive access to it. If another computer wants to use that device, they have to "request" it from within D-Links utility. |
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON
·Cogeco Cable
 ·Vonage
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Shareport sucks, buggy, slow, broken.
The only thing that interests me in this router is the gig speed, LCD screen, customization, N performance and reliability. Couldn't care less if it's a NAS and now I don't even care more because of crappy Shareport.
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tipstir
join:2004-11-14
Enfield, CT
·Cox HSI
| reply to bigpapae35
There was a review that was done that uncovers the router.. I am trying to search for that site. So in the meanwhile read this one. The internal NAS doesn't seem as good as it was first mention.
»www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/d-li···ression/ |
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tamanaco
join:2003-08-25
New York, NY
| I just read the NY Times review of this router. It's not a very technical review, but it might get D-link's PR attention. The one thing it mentions that grabbed my attention is that this router "might" have a very noisy fan. My silent DLG-4300 is attached to the top side of a window frame in my living room next to my TV. I'm looking to upgrade my 4300 and was also looking to get a NAS. A noisy Router/NAS would be an issue for me.
»www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/techn···tml?_r=1 |
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MLGTWISTED
join:2007-01-19
Melville, NY
| said by tamanaco :I just read the NY Times review of this router. It's not a very technical review, but it might get D-link's PR attention. The one thing it mentions that grabbed my attention is that this router "might" have a very noisy fan. My silent DLG-4300 is attached to the top side of a window frame in my living room next to my TV. I'm looking to upgrade my 4300 and was also looking to get a NAS. A noisy Router/NAS would be an issue for me. » www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/techn···tml?_r=1 I love how they rip on D-link for the sticker on the back, the lack of a manual, the need to use the cd and being the most complicated piece of equipement they've ever used, its so funny. Unfortunetly I have to agree with the sticker thing, Im probably not buying one until that sticker gets removed.
On a serious note, there's nothing hard to understand about this router, its basically the same as any other D-link. If you want it to a plug and play, with no setup just run the wizard which all routers have, and your good to go.
I have a beef with D-link too, but thats just with shoddy firmwares, this reviewer has an absolute agenda, pretty much anyone can tell, its so obvious, probably a linksys fanboy, lol.
I will be getting this router, anyone know where I can buy it? I've only found prices on the official site, can anyone link a couple of the cheapest sellers? |
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