Advice with new router!

Hi guys,

I wanna buy a new wireless router but the problem is I'm not sure what to buy, especially after this problem: Wireless router keeps on freezing every 2 days

The thing is I want something similar to TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND, a 300Mb router with a USB slot for external HDD sharing and at least 2 external antennas.

Problem is the building I'm living in is kinda old and all the walls are made of reinforced concrete and I had signal problems that bad with every single model with an internal or only 1 external antenna that in only half of the room next to the one with the router I was able to get 2-3/5 and the rest of the room 1 or no signal at all.

Now, I need the router to connect 2/3 PCs, 1 smartphone and game consoles, on a daily basis as well as a wireless printer and USB sharing.

I looked for a few models at a decent price (I'm ready to spend 100 euros on this one, I just want it to work ) and I came across D-Link DIR-655. The problem is this model is OLD since it's the first router to received the Vista Certified label (or at least this is what D-Link says).
Another model that caught my eyes DIR-825.

However, I recently got a DIR 615 for a friend and after 3 weeks the router froze, just like it happened to me. I reconfigured and it worked fine after but I'm afraid not to experience the same problems with D-Link.

Another thing is I don't know how powerful those antennas are since I can't seam to find this info on D-Link website.

Any ideas?

daydr3am3r said:

Hi guys,

I wanna buy a new wireless router but the problem is I'm not sure what to buy, especially after this problem: Wireless router keeps on freezing every 2 days

The thing is I want something similar to TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND, a 300Mb router with a USB slot for external HDD sharing and at least 2 external antennas.

Problem is the building I'm living in is kinda old and all the walls are made of reinforced concrete and I had signal problems that bad with every single model with an internal or only 1 external antenna that in only half of the room next to the one with the router I was able to get 2-3/5 and the rest of the room 1 or no signal at all.

Now, I need the router to connect 2/3 PCs, 1 smartphone and game consoles, on a daily basis as well as a wireless printer and USB sharing.

I looked for a few models at a decent price (I'm ready to spend 100 euros on this one, I just want it to work ) and I came across D-Link DIR-655. The problem is this model is OLD since it's the first router to received the Vista Certified label (or at least this is what D-Link says).
Another model that caught my eyes DIR-825.

However, I recently got a DIR 615 for a friend and after 3 weeks the router froze, just like it happened to me. I reconfigured and it worked fine after but I'm afraid not to experience the same problems with D-Link.

Another thing is I don't know how powerful those antennas are since I can't seam to find this info on D-Link website.

Any ideas?

The DIR-655 may be old but it's still one of the best routers on the market and for the price you can't beat it.

I'm still using my DIR-655 as the gateway along with the Asus AC66-U and the D-Link DAP-1522 which are both set up as access points.

Good morning,

In my experience I have always used ZyXEL kit for networking - they're really good. For wireless I would get: ZyXEL P-661HNU-F1.

You can find the full specification of the wireless device here:

P-661HNU-Fx Series | ZyXEL

Thanks,