Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Mon Apr 2 00:28:14 CDT 2012
Hi Steve: I would not recommend the Dlink DIR-655. There are some coding errors and it can not upgraded as it now has the latest official release, no more are being made and any OSS router software will not install on this unit as it has a very unique design...and not in a good way. A leading edge product, for its day, is not always fully tested. This router has some bugs that would block certain IP address...it is also not very stable. Here is a link to the latest and greatest routers: http://wireless-router-review.toptenreviews.com/ There are some impressive claims from some of the proponents of the Tomato and DD-WRT OSS for routers If you have an old router you are replacing it anyway it might be worth giving it a try and a facelift...the worse you could do is "brick" it but if you backup the firmware no problem: http://lifehacker.com/344765/turn-your-60-router-into-a-user+friendly-super+ router-with-tomato ...and can download and install the new firmware from: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato There are also a group of other router firmware replacements out there all with addition features, accelerate performance and stability claims: DD-WRT FreeWRT HyperWRT Thibor OpenWRT Tarifa X-Wrt Another piece of software you should download and use when checking out your router, local competition for bandwidth and the signal strength of your current computer, would be InSSider from: http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/ ...and for your Android Smartphone try Amped wireless then you can check out the best locations for placing your wireless router by simply strolling around the house. One last point: Your performance issues may not be anything to do with your current equipment. It seems that many ISPs are compressing bandwidth so they can add more subscribers on a their network without the expense of adding new lines or equipment. This issue can cause signal drop. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 3:51 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Router connectivity robustness Dear Group, I've worked with four different routers at home in the past half dozen years. I wonder if any of you have preferences for routers when it comes to maintaining a connection. What I mean is, I have a client for whom I make off-site data backups every once in a while. I log into his Windows server, ZIP up the critical folders to make a ZIP file 250MB -350MB in size. Then I use the tsclient capability of Windows Remote Desktop to just drag the file from his server to a folder on my system. I've got RoadRunner cable service and it's been very reliable. The upload from my client's server to my workstation takes maybe an hour. My original router, a DLink DI-614+ never gave me any problems with dropping the connection during the upload from my client's system. A newer DLink I bought a couple of years ago as a replacement didn't cut it when it came to those long uploads...so I gave the router away and kept the DI-614+. Now I've got another new router, a NetGear N600 Dual Band hummer...and it drops the connection, too. Anybody experience anything like this? Is there anything I can do about it? Regards, Steve Erbach Neenah, WI _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com