July 12, 201015 yr Hey guys, I'm looking for a new router. I got an old linksys WRT54 and have been thinking of updating to something a little faster. I'm looking for a 802.11n gigabit. Newegg has both the Linksys E2000 and a D-Link DIR-655 for about the same price. Any thoughts or opinions on either?
July 12, 201015 yr I've had the Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH recommended to me, but haven't pulled the trigger yet. You can flash dd-wrt on it if you'd like.
July 13, 201015 yr I recently moved to a Netgear WNR3500L-100NAS which is their "open source" router. I flashed DD-WRT onto it and have been very happy. No external antenna ports though, if you are looking for that. There's plenty to read about the Netgear open source routers at http://www.myopenrouter.com.
July 14, 201015 yr Well, the guy that built my unraid recommended the 655 to me and I got it from newegg a week ago when they were 65 bucks and so far, it's been running like a banshee so I'm happy. Before that I got a gigabit router (router only) but that gave me a problem so I'm sending it back.
July 16, 201015 yr The DIR-655 is a great router (hence my recommendation to guiri). I use one as well, it has been running steadily for several years now.
July 29, 201015 yr Author Ok, I ended up getting the DIR-655 and it works like a champ! except..... I can't get access to my unRAID! works fine when I hook my old router up but when I put the DIR-655 on I can't access anything. Typing ifconfig brings up the ip: 192.168.1.100 (which is what I assigned on the old router) but when I try to smb in or go to the Tower page i get server may not exist or is unavailable. any suggestions?
July 29, 201015 yr First try to access your server directly by the ip address. So try this: http://192.168.1.100
July 29, 201015 yr Author Nope, nothing. I get "can't open page b/c server where this page is located isn't responding"
July 29, 201015 yr Author When I type "ifconfig" on the unRAID, I get Inet Address instead of IP Address. If I switch back to the old router everything works fine.
July 29, 201015 yr Hmm, weird. Have you changed any of the settings on the DIR-655? If you, you may want to reset it (the very small button in the back) so that we are starting from a clean slate. It may just start working after that. I know Guiri was having some trouble with his network and a reset fixed it.
July 29, 201015 yr Author I noticed that in the DHCP server settings the IP address range is 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.199, there is no 192.168.1.100
July 29, 201015 yr Is your unRAID server set to a static IP? I figured it was based on what you said earlier. If not, then try the link above but with whatever 'ifconfig' returns.
July 30, 201015 yr Can you change the DHCP range to 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.199 ?? Just a thought, not really knowledgable on the network stuff.
July 30, 201015 yr Author It was set to static but when I first had problems I hooked the old router up and I'm pretty sure I changed it back but I'll double check Graywolf: the range has an area where I can type in and I tried it as well but got a pop up saying DHCP server pool is not from subnet 192.168.0
July 30, 201015 yr Author Genius!@ Thanks a LOT guys. Turns out when I put the old router back on and clicked Obtain IP Address Automatically to Yes....I forgot to hit Apply! Everything works like it's suppose to now. I can see and read everything on the server, went back and switched Obtain IP back to No and this time I hit Apply! Everything is good to go and static once again!
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