I have switched from former TrendNET BEW-631BRP router to DLink DIR-655 for 3 reasons:
1. Gigabit ethernet (which is pretty useful when moving gigs of data from one pc to another)
2. Detachable antennas
3. Web Interface for controlling router was pretty much like the TrendNET's router
Well as soon as I set up the router using the recommended setting and with the following firmwares, :
1.02
1.03
1.04
1.05
1.10
1.11
1.11 MSBetaB39
Options:
802.11n and g only
Auto 20/40MHz
WPA AES
I have also tried tried :
802.11n only
20Mhz
Disabled encryption (but this one would mean letting my neighbors using my expensive internet connection)
with all the other possible combinations of the listed 3 options.
BUT! :
(1) I could not get the thing to work to 300Mbps
(2) I could not get encryption to work connected to my MacBook Pro whereas with TrendNET I could have done so easily straightaway
There where times where other laptops said they could not identify network type and at times totaly undetectable.
I am totally disappointed and going back to TrendNET, that just plugs at 300Mbps. I guess I'll have to sell this shi***y router at a very cheap price if I can't arrange things with its previous owner. Or else I will just wait for a decent firmware version to come out... I just hope that the limitations complaints mentioned most in this forum will fall on the engineers' and developers ears.
Please, if you know of something 1 could do to have things sorted out with this router, kindly let me know. Thanks.