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12-09-2011, 09:32 AM
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#1 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Hi,
I just moved into a new townhouse complex and it seems like my DIR-655 cannot extend its range from our second level bedroom in the rear of the house to the front main level living area. My PS3 connectivity shows only 40-50% and my ipad just completely loses the signal as soon as I go into the living area. The option of moving the wireless antenna and router is not there as there is no mid area where there is a cable jack to plug in the router.
I came across this product and was wondering if anyone has ever tried it. http://www.dlink.ca/products/?pid=DAP-1360
I also tried looking for any setup videos but came up with nothing.
Thanks for any insight.
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12-09-2011, 09:45 AM
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#2 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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It's okay, certainly better than D-Link's last attempt, but don't expect miracles as it seems like your signal strength issue is likely due to interference on the 2.4 GHz band.
I personally run a DIR-655 and my neighbour 2 houses away can pick it up at 50-70% on the opposite side of her house. I just installed another DIR-655 into my parents' new 3-floor, 4500 sq. ft. house (w/ 3/4" hardwood floors) and, again, they get great reception everywhere in their house except one corner in the master bedroom (drops to 20-40% in that one corner).
Both locations are in far less population-dense areas than anywhere in Greater Vancouver and radio interference is far lower. When I lived in Burnaby in a condo using the same router, I would sometimes drop under 50% 2 rooms away (and this was a 740 sq. ft. condo, so pretty small).
Going to a simultaneous dual-band router would likely help you w/ the iPad, but your PS3 will only operate on 2.4 GHz.
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12-09-2011, 09:48 AM
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#3 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by Jmac  It's okay, certainly better than D-Link's last attempt, but don't expect miracles as it seems like your signal strength issue is likely due to interference on the 2.4 GHz band.
I personally run a DIR-655 and my neighbour 2 houses away can pick it up at 50-70% on the opposite side of her house. I just installed another DIR-655 into my parents' new 3-floor, 4500 sq. ft. house (w/ 3/4" hardwood floors) and, again, they get great reception everywhere in their house except one corner in the master bedroom (drops to 20-40% in that one corner).
Both locations are in far less population-dense areas than anywhere in Greater Vancouver and radio interference is likely far lower. | Yeah the DIR-655 is a great router and it worked flawlessly at my old place but since I came into this townhouse its been shitty
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12-09-2011, 09:49 AM
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#4 | | Got MOD?
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Try changing the wireless channel.
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12-09-2011, 09:54 AM
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#5 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by !MiKrofT Try changing the wireless channel. | Tried all channels and no luck.
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12-09-2011, 11:47 AM
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you could always use one of those powerline adapters to have the option of plugging your wireless router anywhere you like in the house. my room have terrible wireless reception.. so i just use the 4 port powerline thing from linksys to connect my ps3 and computer. no worries about dropping connection. so you could get a single port one and connect ur wireless router to it in a better location in your house.
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12-09-2011, 01:39 PM
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I bought this for my network-ready stereo amp as per !MiKrofT's recommendation.
Works flawlessly and I cannot be happier. 
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12-09-2011, 01:49 PM
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#8 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by terkan you could always use one of those powerline adapters to have the option of plugging your wireless router anywhere you like in the house. my room have terrible wireless reception.. so i just use the 4 port powerline thing from linksys to connect my ps3 and computer. no worries about dropping connection. so you could get a single port one and connect ur wireless router to it in a better location in your house. | Quote:
Originally Posted by bcrdukes I bought this for my network-ready stereo amp as per !MiKrofT's recommendation.
Works flawlessly and I cannot be happier. | Thanks for the replies but I needed a wifi one cause my wireless electronics ie; blackberry's and ipad were losing connection. I bought the DAP-1360 Wireless N Range Extender today and will see how it works out
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12-09-2011, 02:14 PM
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Do the parabellum with tinfoil on the antenna's. Works awesome.
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12-09-2011, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by fsy82 Thanks for the replies but I needed a wifi one cause my wireless electronics ie; blackberry's and ipad were losing connection. I bought the DAP-1360 Wireless N Range Extender today and will see how it works out | i know, just connect ur wireless modem to the powerline adapter. its basically like having ur cable modem anywhere in the house
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12-09-2011, 02:22 PM
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That actually looks like a pretty good deal. Quote:
Originally Posted by bcrdukes I bought this for my network-ready stereo amp as per !MiKrofT's recommendation.
Works flawlessly and I cannot be happier. |
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12-09-2011, 03:59 PM
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#13 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
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maybe u can try getting those giant antennas first, theyre relatively cheap
heres what my 655 looks like as of now 
got both for under $5CAD
u can try dealextreme Cheap Wireless Antenna, Best Digital Antenna - Free Shipping - DealExtreme
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12-09-2011, 04:16 PM
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#14 | | I STILL don't get it
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^Holy crap those are huge. Does it actually help with the range? Problem with dealextreme is it takes a while for the order to come in.
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12-09-2011, 04:54 PM
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#15 | | Got MOD?
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Originally Posted by TOPEC | LOL. That looks like 4 antennas stuck together. What's the gain on that? 20dbi?
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12-09-2011, 05:30 PM
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#16 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
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only 13dbi gain, havnt actually tried to see if the range is extended tho cause these werent meant to be used on my 655 at first, thats y i have only 2 instead of 3
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12-12-2011, 10:09 AM
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#17 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Okay here's an update. I bought the wifi extender and it did its job of extending the wife signal. The downside was that the data rate was cut by 50%. Meaning that if you got 100mbs connection it would be down to 50mbs. It also caused havoc with my PS3 not being able to see my media server on my main computer.
In the end I returned the product and got myself the brand new DLINK DIR-655. I had the dual band version with only the two antennas and the new one isn't dual band but it has three antennas and solved my wifi coverage issues.
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12-12-2011, 10:53 AM
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#18 | | Got MOD?
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DIR 655 has always had 3 antennas and is singleband.
It sounds like you had a different model before.
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12-12-2011, 11:39 AM
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#20 | | Got MOD?
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Yeah the 655 is an awesome router. 825 was not so much.
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12-12-2011, 02:56 PM
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#21 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
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If u have 2 antennas instead of 3 n is dual band then u have the 665 not 655 Posted via RS Mobile | |
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12-12-2011, 03:11 PM
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#22 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by TOPEC If u have 2 antennas instead of 3 n is dual band then u have the 665 not 655 Posted via RS Mobile |  | |
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12-12-2011, 04:24 PM
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#23 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
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sorry i misread, i thought u bought the 665, but turns out u had a 665 and now got a 655
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12-13-2011, 10:49 AM
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#24 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by Berzerker Do the parabellum with tinfoil on the antenna's. Works awesome.
Berz out. | do you have a picture of the finish look? and a link to how to DIY?
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12-13-2011, 10:57 AM
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#25 | | I subscribe to Revscene
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The lovely wind surfer. Ez-12
Tested on my rt-n16 tomato and it works very well for a directional boost.
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