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D-Link DIR-855 Xtreme N Duo Dual Band Draft 802.11n Media Router
 
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D-Link DIR-855 Xtreme N Duo Dual Band Draft 802.11n Media Router

Product Details
  • With some routers, all wired and wireless traffic, including Voice over IP, Video Streaming, Online Gaming, and Web browsing
  • The DIR-855 utilizes MediaBand (5GHz), which is the best technology available for wirelessly streaming multiple HD videos across your network
  • Delivering best-in-class performance, network security, and coverage
  • Create a dualband wireless network to share high-speed Internet access with computers, game consoles, or media players from greater distances
  • Intelligent QoS technology prioritizes Internet traffic as well as wired and wireless network traffic

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Review Date: April 7, 2008
Reviewer: The Thompsons, Colorado
D-Link DIR-855 Xtreme N Duo Dualband Draft 802.11n Media Router

Per another customer, here's the differences in the Extremes:
The following will likely save you a couple of hours of research...

The DIR-655 is single-band (2.4GHz).

The DGL-4500 is dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz), however it only uses one band at a time. You choose which band, manually, in the configuration. It doesn't choose the best band in real-time, or anything like that.

The DIR-855 is dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) and uses both bands at the same time.
Great Router
 
Review Date: November 3, 2008
Reviewer: J. Young, Pittsburgh
The DLINK DIR-855 router is the best router I have purchased to date. I originally thought I was going to have problems with weak signals and the like, but I found that it was the older hardware that I had trying to connect to it that was the problem. Some of the older technology was having a hard time staying connected if it even saw the router at all.

The router is somewhat easy to configure with the included configuration wizard on the CD. I did this using a Vista PC and did not have any problems. For the more advanced configurations, DLink provides the standard and easy to configure web-based browser access configuration screen.

What is odd is that everything I read touts using the 5Ghz range if you can, but that signal is weaker overall even with newer hardware connecting to it. It is a good 10% less. Regardless, my laptop connected easily enough and reports a full 300MB of throughput. Like I said, I did have some older DLink bridges that I was using to connect to my DGL-4300. At the exact same distance with the DIR-855, one bridge could see the router with a 15% signal and the other couldn't see it at all. I replaced those with the DAP-1522's and all is well now.

For those who want to know, this router does not support WDS which is a dissapointment if you want to use older DLink routers to bridge to this. They state in their forumns that they do not intend to add WDS later.

I work at home and need the bandwidth, so if you do as well, this is a great product and very much recommended.
The best router I have ever used
 
Review Date: October 21, 2008
Reviewer: J. Short,
This router is awesome. It is faster than anything I have ever used. I have Comcast cable internet service. The setup was a little tricky (using both Vista and XP computers), but I managed to hook it all up. The range is incredible. This replaced a Linksys WRT54GS router with HGA7T antennae, WRE54G range expander, and WPS54G print server. The price is high but it certainly does everything I need it to do, and more.
Best router I've used
 
Review Date: November 24, 2008
Reviewer: Bill Challenger, Avoca, PA
I've been through nearly a dozen routers in the last 8 years. Sometimes the updates were for technology changes, but most of the time they were to get away from problems with the previous router. Most recently, I nearly lost my mind with a Netgear Rangemax than constantly dropped connectivity. Since I hooked upthis router, I have been in heaven. With 3 laptops, 1 desktop, a printer, an xbox 360, and a PS3 all hooked up at the same time, I've experienced no loss of connectivity AND, in most cases, no drop in speed. The router IS expensive, but it is DEFINITELY worth it.
Best Router I've Used To Date
 
Review Date: May 8, 2009
Reviewer: Tyler Anderson, Iowa
So I just set up my new router yesterday. We recently got fiber optic internet here locally and this router works AMAZING. In the past I've had Netgear, then a Linksys (which I absolutely hated), then another Netgear, and now a D-Link. I have two routers set up in my home because we have a detached 4 seasons room and one router wont cover that entire area. So I have the Netgear WNDR3300 on the main floor to cover part of that and the 4 seasons room and then the D-Link upstairs on the opposite side of the house. The Netgear is dual band but the N doesnt reach far at all. You can be quite a ways away and still get G but no N. With the D-Link I think I dont think I have ever lost N signal. It has absolutely amazing range. I think if I really wanted to I could have the D-Link centrally located and be able to reach outside without a problem.

I was a little apprehensive at first because it was $270 (I could have bought two more Netgear WNDR3300's for less than that and had the same range) but the D-Link had the USB port so I opted to spend the extra cash so I could have a networked hard drive. I did have an issue with my computer freezing up (running 64 bit Vista Ultimate) when I was trying to install the driver to access the USB. I never got the problem fixed but I plan on calling D-Link tomorrow to see whats going on. That is the only problem I have had. Actually I can safely say that my computer illiterate grandpa could have set up my network yesterday. The installation disc tells you exactly what to do and shows you a picture. So basically if you have no clue what you are doing, you will still probably be just fine hooking this up yourself.

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