DIR-655 Firmware Release Notes
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Firmware: 1.32b02NA BETA 01
Date: 06/12/09

1. CAPTCHA disabled by default.

Note: This firmware does not allow downgrading to pre-1.3x.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22543553 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:17:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22543518 eots : There's a slightly newer version posted today dir655_firmware_132b02NA_beta01.zip »ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Gateway/dir655/Fir···ta01.zip]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22543518 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:10:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22537916 John97 :

said by travelguy :

Take it back - locked up tonight and required a power cycle. Couldn't even connect locally.

That is what happens to mine, about once a week.
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And take it to the limit one more time...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22537916 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:23:39 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22537892 anon : Seem like firmware getting worse and worse by each revision.

I still sticked to 1.21 because its the best ever firmware for me. I used to have problem with the webgui hang while running torrent. After a month with 1.22 and slow internet, I revert back to 1.21 and it fix the webgui hang problem. I can run the router for 24/7 up to a month without any lag/reboot.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22537892 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:18:34 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22537654 travelguy : Take it back - locked up tonight and required a power cycle. Couldn't even connect locally.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22537654 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:30:20 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22534835 travelguy : I don't have the DNS or SecureSpot features enabled, or B, and so far it's been reasonably stable. I don't do any kind of p2p or server hosting though.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22534835 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:24:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22534279 suffolkshado : Any new updates to this post? Just wondering. I was stupid enough to upgrade to 31 and now experience the lock ups evry couple of days. Wont upgrade to anything more until i see stable resluts from now on.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22534279 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:59:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22521674 dioden :

said by bananaman :

said by pdawg17 :

Man...1.32 is even worse than 1.31 for me...with 1.31 at least I could go 5-7 days between reboots...with 1.32 it happens daily...what garbage...

Your expectations are wrong. You are a beta tester and should expect to find bugs. That's why I always wear a helmet when beta testing!

Well, beta tester or not, why make a firmware that is a downgrade and make the product useless?

I have been a tester my self for many different applications and products but this is really taking the price, my 655:a works but is crap after the upgrade. Today I ordered a 825:a insted and that one is NOT going to be upgraded for a long time!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22521674 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:50:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22520051 bananaman :

said by pdawg17 :

Man...1.32 is even worse than 1.31 for me...with 1.31 at least I could go 5-7 days between reboots...with 1.32 it happens daily...what garbage...

Your expectations are wrong. You are a beta tester and should expect to find bugs. That's why I always wear a helmet when beta testing!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22520051 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:27:20 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22519534 Scree : OK folks, I found a strange one with 1.32 now! (4 days router uptime - and the admin login is still valid!)

I was checking to see the available networks on a wireless computer here (xp using the Zero Config thing), and I see there's a network SID "dlink" listed that has a stronger signal than my DIR-655's SID. I checked with a util called WiFi Hopper to get more info on this new network, and I find my DIR-655's SID is not in that list. So figuring this "dlink" one must really be mine, but since it says it's unsecured I thought maybe there's a bug that enabled the guest zone even though I have that disabled (and is named dlink_guest), I turned on the guest zone and checked the available networks lists again. Well, that "dlink" SID then became "dlink_guest"! So now I turned off the guest zone again, and there is no extra SID listed now.

So..... 1.32 seems to have a glitch that sort of duplicates the main network as "dlink" and shows a stronger signal than the real SID (or just wrongly enables a bad guest zone). Wow.

Back to 1.31 very shortly.... LOL]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22519534 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:37:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22518675 pdawg17 : Man...1.32 is even worse than 1.31 for me...with 1.31 at least I could go 5-7 days between reboots...with 1.32 it happens daily...what garbage...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22518675 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:49:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22514427 Youngjm :

said by Tsume :

Since it deals with Europe, they may have pulled it for the US hence the NA extension for North America
Or because the 655 doesn't do 5GHz :)

Agree and understood that at the time of the post but even if the DIR-655 did 5Ghz, it would not be necessary in the US. As I read it?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22514427 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:19:05 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22509675 Tsume :

said by Youngjm :

802.11H from Wiki -

IEEE 802.11h-2003, or just 802.11h, refers to the amendment added to the IEEE 802.11 standard for Spectrum and Transmit Power Management Extensions. It solves problems like interference with satellites and radar using the same 5 GHz frequency band. It was originally designed to address European regulations but is now applicable in many other countries. The standard provides Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) and Transmit Power Control (TPC) to the 802.11a MAC. It has been integrated into the full IEEE 802.11-2007 standard.

Since it deals with Europe, they may have pulled it for the US hence the NA extension for North America

Or because the 655 doesn't do 5GHz :)
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said by Fireblade :

I swear, they don't test this crap for more than a day.

Gixxer,

I personally think your comment is OVERLY generous. Some of the version updates don't even last a couple of hours before they pull them.

"Test them before releasing them", hmmm... I am sure they do but how they can continually miss so many extreme problems is far beyond my ability to imagine.

I really wonder if this is not the product of language barriers. The chip-sets made in one country, the programing done in another country, the WEB Sites maintained by people in God only knows how many countries and last but not least the Management instructions from yet another country. Outsourcing - and somehow management thinks they are saving money.

The only thing that keeps me hanging in with D-Link is the fact that for all their foul-ups they seem to keep trying to get it right. It is just a quick opinion on my part but most manufacturers would not continue trying to get it right with a product this old.

So @ D'Link Inc, please keep trying to get it right. I am beginning to have doubts that you will but at least you give me new firmware to play with every now and then, which by the way is the only thing that keeps me from seeking out a new vendor.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22507574 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:57:33 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22505578 mikedalb : I fired up the old 624 rev. c and it's been up and doing it's thing for 72 hours now. I cannot believe that the 624 is now the stable one. My shiny new (ok, year old) 655 a2 needs a reset almost daily. Miss the N speed, but the remaining connected and actually transferring files things is really neat; almost forgot about that. :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22505578 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:36:14 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22505542 Scree : One strange thing I've found so far is the login doesn't seem to timeout anymore. That is, every time I go back to the router pages say hours later, my login is still good.

Also, over a day now and no "Blocked outgoing ICMP packet (ICMP type 3)" to my DNS servers like 1.31 did often.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22505542 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:29:04 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22505341 Fireblade : I swear, they don't test this crap for more than a day.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22505341 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:22:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22504731 gsm1 : After I installed it the next morning when i woke up I found out the my wireless part was completely dead the wired work fine but the wireless was shot. I downgraded to 1.31 and all is well again both wired and wireless work]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22504731 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:50:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22501820 Youngjm : 802.11H from Wiki -

IEEE 802.11h-2003, or just 802.11h, refers to the amendment added to the IEEE 802.11 standard for Spectrum and Transmit Power Management Extensions. It solves problems like interference with satellites and radar using the same 5 GHz frequency band. It was originally designed to address European regulations but is now applicable in many other countries. The standard provides Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) and Transmit Power Control (TPC) to the 802.11a MAC. It has been integrated into the full IEEE 802.11-2007 standard.

Since it deals with Europe, they may have pulled it for the US hence the NA extension for North America]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22501820 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:27:23 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22501712 pdawg17 : Well I have it installed but I have nothing to report yet...my only problem with 1.31 was the reboots after 3-7 days...we'll see...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22501712 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:08:59 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22500070 anon : printer is still getting dissconnected, reboot router works good for about 1, then cant connect to printer, untill I reboot router again....v1.32]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22500070 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:53:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22499853 Tsume : Even if using 1.31, it wipes your settings. Just a fair warning :)

Old chklst.txt...

Firmware Version: ver1.31NAb01<br />Firmware Date: 2009/04/24<br />ipVersion(Date): 7.6.1b0112 (2009, April 23)<br />ipOS SDK Version: 7.6.3 P (1134)<br />WAN MAC: 00:19:66:A3:13:53<br />LAN MAC: 00:19:5B:5F:99:17<br />WLAN MAC: 00:19:5B:5F:99:17<br />Wireless Region: 0x04<br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; SSID: Wolf Den<br />SubVendorDeviceID: 0x2071<br />Wireless Domain: 0x10<br />Firmware Notify URL: http://wrpd.dlink.com.tw/router/firmware/query.asp?model=DIR-655_AX_NA<br />Firmware Global URL: http://wrpd.dlink.com.tw/router/firmware/DIR-655/Ax/NA/DIR655A4_FW121B08.bin<br />Checksum: 0x03FB4278<br />IEEE802 11H Support: Enabled<br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; Use non DFS channel only: Enabled<br />This version is Release version<br />USB_IP/K=Disable<br />USB_IP/S=Enable<br />Channels Info: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,<br />
New:

Firmware Version: ver1.32NAb01<br />Firmware Date: 2009/06/01<br />ipVersion(Date): 7.6.1b0120 (2009, May 26)<br />ipOS SDK Version: 7.6.3 P (1134)<br />WAN MAC: 00:19:66:A3:13:53<br />LAN MAC: 00:19:5B:5F:99:17<br />WLAN MAC: 00:19:5B:5F:99:17<br />Wireless Region: 0x04<br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; SSID: Wolf Den<br />SubVendorDeviceID: 0x2071<br />Wireless Domain: 0x10<br />Firmware Notify URL: http://wrpd.dlink.com.tw/router/firmware/query.asp?model=DIR-655_AX_NA<br />Firmware Global URL: http://wrpd.dlink.com.tw/router/firmware/DIR-655/Ax/NA/DIR655A4_FW121B08.bin<br />Checksum: 0x03F978AD<br />Use non DFS channel only: Enabled<br />This version is Release version<br />USB_IP/K=Disable<br />USB_IP/S=Enable<br />WLAN 0 Channel List: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11<br />HW Ver: A1/A2<br />
Differences: IEEE802 11H Support is gone, HW version is now listed, and ipVersion is newer.

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So hold off till another beta comes out.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22499215 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:14:21 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22498977 Youngjm : They are all Beta's some just are not labeled!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22498977 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:13:51 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22498541 John97 : I'll wait until it's no longer a beta...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22498541 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:52:35 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22498490 Scree : It's working well here so far. (A3, G only mode, dns relay OFF)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22498490 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:43:23 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22497872 gsm1 : I did mine to 1.32 so far all is well I will report later on if any problems occur]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22497872 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:37:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22496968 dcurrey : I am still on 1.30 working just fine. Not going to push my luck.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22496968 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:31:17 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22496896 KGB7 : They fixed the USB LED light!!! SWEEET! :uhh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22496896 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:20:08 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22496875 anon : Yah no mention of fixing the not saving of changes.

None of my changes are taking effect 1.31, it just won't save anymore. Pissing me off.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22496875 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:16:34 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22496719 Youngjm : IR-655 Firmware Release Notes
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Firmware: 1.32 (Beta 01)

1. Fix potential security leak with CAPTCHA.
2. Fix USB LED issue aboutShareport.
3. Update chklst.txt
4. Fix SharePort issue

No mention of fixes relating to items we have been discussing here that would lead me to believe it is a viable update?

Thoughts?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22496719 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:54:10 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22496706 Youngjm : Any takers? ;-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22496706 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:51:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22496647 anon : It's up on the FTP server.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22496647 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:41:40 EDT