The aim of the acquisition was that replace comparatively slow 802.11g, which was in particular for data transmission within the home networks much too slow. As a cable customer with a 20Mbot connection I could not even exhaust the optimal bandwidth so.
As possible solutions no cable came for me for the question because I just could not lay in the apartment or allowed. So there were only Powerline or WLAN. In brief comparison of the two techniques I decided due to the higher net rate for WLAN with Draft N so I could my previous wireless equipment even further use.
The port itself was easy. The setting is done with the wizard in a few minutes. A little fine-tuning (special band selection, Downward compatibility, WPA2 encryption) have taken to the terminal within 10 minutes. Earnings up to my expectations, it has surpassed in many areas.
With the device, it is finally possible for me to load data with more than 2MB / s from the Internet. About susceptibility and coverage I can not complain too. The receiver sits two rooms next to 2 corners of each 2 walls, signal strength is still at 60-75% which is still sufficient for a transfer rate of 108Mbit.
Also brilliant is the characteristic that the device has four Gigabit ports, thus can also wired modern and fast connections with data transfer rates of about 20MB / s are set up.
A tiny flaw is the unit: The front lights are in stylish blue, but very intense. In a living room in which you want to watch movies in particular darkened, this can be annoying sometimes, precisely because the LEDs constantly flashing.
With the latest firmware, the device also leaves nothing to be desired. About the existing USB port can be connected through Share-Port technology also another component. In the settings you can also specify exactly when a connection is established to the Internet and when to radioed. Since rejoice also energy conscious users. Furthermore, all controls for players are available that allow easy and unrestricted online games mode because depending on the profile the appropriate ports are enabled.
In any case, the latest firmware should be installed, which can be downloaded from the manufacturer's site (today's current version 1.21).
I would recommend the device to others to anyone after I have some devices from different manufacturers compared, has the DIR-655 emerged as a clear optimum!
One tip for ambitious users: Together with the DAP-1522 also high-speed networks can be set up that have in different network segments via Gigabit. As well as remote components can be connected to the grid as Netzwerfestplatte, printer or PC that can communicate quickly with each other and are accessible anywhere via bridge function. But one must unfortunately still stop by on the American Amazon today.
