D-link Dir-655 Xtreme N Gigabit wireless router is very popular up to today with very positive responses from the users and it always becomes top 5 best seller products in Amazon with router category together with Medialink N150 wireless router.
Today, D-link introduces various models of wireless HD routers to support your home entertainment network including D-link Dir-657 HD router 1000 and the new ultimate speed one D-link Dir-857 N900 router with USB 3.0 port. Are these new HD routers going to be so popular than the D-link Dir-655 Xtreme router? Probably yes or no, we can say yes because there are couples of features on these new routers that Dir-655 doesn’t have. For example in Dir-827 and Dir-857 they have include USB 3.0 port which is 10 times faster than the USB 2.0 port. Well I think it’s not fair comparing Dir-655 N300 with Dir-857 N900 router, the fair comparison is Dir-655 Vs Dir-657. How do you compare them?
Wireless technology
Originally the Dir-655 was based on draft 802.11n when the standard was not yet approved by the IEEE but the new hardware versions are based on the final version 802.11n. New generation of Dir-655 and Dir-657 deliver the speeds up to 300Mbps like other routers in its class. The antenna design is physically different between the two, internal Vs external type antennas.
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HD fuel technology in Dir-657 allows you watch Netflix, play your XBOX and make Skype calls all at once with lag-free or glitches. Streaming HD video requires high performance router to perform fast responsive online gaming and streaming.
Ports
We all agree that gigabit port is much faster than fast Ethernet ports and sometimes the question is do you need gigabit ports while your computers are not equipped with gigabit NIC adapter. Whatever you need gigabit port or fast Ethernet ports, having your current router to supports gigabit ports is very advantageous. Who knows you require gigabit connection in the future, your router is ready.
Both routers support one USB port with share-port technology to let you attach disk storageor a printer for sharing. This is a good thing where many wireless routers with USB port cannot be used to host a printer. In addition,
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Dir-657 includes one SD Card slot with DLNA compliant to let you easily connect to any DLNA devices seamlessly. Soon after you go hunting with your DSLR camera you can insert the memory card into the SD card slot and stream to your HDTV.
Green technology
D-link consistently ships the products into the market with green technology to help conserving the energy and to support eco-friendly environment. The green technology includes bringing the power to shutdown on ports with no links, different power consumption on different length of the cable used and WLAN scheduling. You can schedule certain hours the wireless network to broadcast the signal to save the power.
The table here shows you D-link Dir-655 Vs Dir-657
| D-link Dir-655 | D-link Dir-657 | |
|---|---|---|
| Wireless technology | Wireless 802.11g/n delivers up to 300Mbps | Wireless 802.11g/n delivers up to 300Mbps |
| Antenna | 3x external antennas | Internal antennas |
| Ethernet Ports | Gigabit ports: 4xLAN and 1xWAN | Gigabit ports: 4xLAN and 1xWAN |
| USB port | 1xUSB 2.0 port – Share-port technology P | 1xUSB 2.0 port – Share-port technology P |
| SD Card slot | N/A | Yes, 1 SD Card slot with DLNA compliant |
| IPV6 | Yes, new hardware version | Yes, IPV6 certified |
| Green technology | Yes, power saving with link status, cable length, WLAN scheduling | Yes, power saving with link status, cable length, WLAN scheduling |
| QoS | intelligent QoS engine | HD-Fuel QoS technology to prioritize high bandwidth applications |
Should you require boosting your wireless signal for your large home you may consider the D-link new Wi-Fi booster Dir-1525. It includes four gigabit Ethernet ports and one USB port for share storage or printer.
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