D-Link DIR-615 H/W: D2

DemonTraitor · 28 Mar 2010 at 19:58

Ok, I have one of the above...

My sons all-powerful laptop is only connecting at 54mbps, Surely this router should be operating faster than this????

There is a TRANSMISSION rate settings in the config, which only has one option.. "Automatic (BEST)"

I have set it up for WEP... (due to limitations of another laptop), does WEP make a difference - should I go for OPEN, and MAC FILTERED?

Thanks

Demon

asim18 · 28 Mar 2010 at 20:43

Is the laptop 802.11G or N?

It's probably just throttling down the speed to get a more stable connection. I wouldn't worry about it.

Psycho Sonny · 29 Mar 2010 at 00:26

put dd-wrt on it

Bobcat · 29 Mar 2010 at 00:42

Psycho Sonny said:
put dd-wrt on it

Yep this is what i did to mine last night, i put "DD-WRT v24-sp2 (10/10/09) std
(SVN revision 13064)" on it and so far so good, a world apart from the standard dlink firmware.

Reason i put it on was i found the standard dlink firmware that was on it was causing the router to somehow get overloaded and it would stop communicating with all computers in the house, i really hope that the dd-wrt firmware sorts this out

As to the OP, i would think that the laptop is only capable of 54g, hence only connecting at that rate, i think out of the box the Dlink 615 auto negotiates, so if you had a Wireless N adapter connected it would connect at 150 or 300 depending on the adapter and conditions.

Duke · 29 Mar 2010 at 08:49

How do you download the firmware from their site? I've got a 615 D2 as well, which isn't in their database but is listed in the Wiki?

deuse · 29 Mar 2010 at 09:08

Duke said:
How do you download the firmware from their site? I've got a 615 D2 as well, which isn't in their database but is listed in the Wiki?

+1

I found this link but it says not supported. http://dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database

EDIT-= this maybe it http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/87/33663196-guide-dir-615-to-dd-wrt.html

Duke · 29 Mar 2010 at 11:42

Good find - will give it a try.

edit: Yep works fine. The only thing in their guide I would change is that you don't need to set up your IP manually on the PC between the two updates - just use 'ipconfig /release' then 'ipconfig /renew' to get a new local IP (assuming it changes from your default before flashing).

deuse · 29 Mar 2010 at 13:24

And this is how you get back to V4.11 from d-link if you don't like it
Open a webpage(you will need this later to get to the firmware page)

Unplug the power cable and the cable from the router LEAVE the cable for the comp.

Hold down the reset button on the back then reconnect the power cable.
In the webpage type or copy and paste 192.168.0.1 into the top bar.

You will see a page asking you what firmware you want uploaded.
Use the search button and browse to where you put the D-Link firmware click on the file
then click on "Upload Firmware Now" button let it do it's thing(You can let go of the reset button now)
Log back into the 615 and setup your normal things like WPA2.

DemonTraitor · 30 Mar 2010 at 10:07

Looked at the dd-wrt router database, it says DIR-615 D1 not supported, but has nothing about D2...

??

DemonTraitor · 30 Mar 2010 at 10:33

Bobcat said:
Yep this is what i did to mine last night, i put "DD-WRT v24-sp2 (10/10/09) std
(SVN revision 13064)" on it and so far so good, a world apart from the standard dlink firmware.

Reason i put it on was i found the standard dlink firmware that was on it was causing the router to somehow get overloaded and it would stop communicating with all computers in the house, i really hope that the dd-wrt firmware sorts this out

As to the OP, i would think that the laptop is only capable of 54g, hence only connecting at that rate, i think out of the box the Dlink 615 auto negotiates, so if you had a Wireless N adapter connected it would connect at 150 or 300 depending on the adapter and conditions.

Hi

My sons Laptop is Wireless N (built-in) - he uses an Edimax router at uni, and gets an "N" connection fine - but not here on my DLINK.

I will flash the router sometime today with DD-WRT... :eek:

Jotunkaiser · 31 Mar 2010 at 04:40

DemonTraitor said:
Looked at the dd-wrt router database, it says DIR-615 D1 not supported, but has nothing about D2...

??

Ye, I'm kinda confused myself - I take it you just load the D1 version on it? even though the site contradicts itself and says its not supported in one part but it is in another :/

Jotunkaiser · 4 Apr 2010 at 09:44

all I can say is wow, I put this firmware on and my router is now usable lol, with the orginal VM firmware that they put on it was terrible - connection was off/on and would always mess up the DHCP, the net was slower/laggy etc but this has sorted it all out and its not droping like the old firmware.

Not sure if anyone knows how to do this, I'm not used to this new firmware and I was wondering - as my router is setup as DHCP I want to make the IP it assigns to my 360/iphones/laptop etc static so they always recive the same IP, I could do it on my linksys wrt160n and on the old Dlink-615 firmware but I Cant see it on the new DD-WRT, could someone point it out for me.

Another problem is iam getting nat type moderate on my 360 etc aswell in Mw2, and Ive forwarded the ports correctly. any ideas?

Bobcat · 4 Apr 2010 at 14:45

Jotunkaiser said:
all I can say is wow, I put this firmware on and my router is now usable lol, with the orginal VM firmware that they put on it was terrible - connection was off/on and would always mess up the DHCP, the net was slower/laggy etc but this has sorted it all out and its not droping like the old firmware.

Same here, best thing i did was put the dd-wrt on it, no drop-outs and a constant connection with no overloads like the old virgin firmware used to do.

I have had it on for over a week now, and not once have i had to reboot the router, and thats with over 30GB passed through it, the VM firmware would have bombed out a few times by now.

Really · 4 Apr 2010 at 15:27

Jotunkaiser said:
Not sure if anyone knows how to do this, I'm not used to this new firmware and I was wondering - as my router is setup as DHCP I want to make the IP it assigns to my 360/iphones/laptop etc static so they always recive the same IP, I could do it on my linksys wrt160n and on the old Dlink-615 firmware but I Cant see it on the new DD-WRT, could someone point it out for me.

Another problem is iam getting nat type moderate on my 360 etc aswell in Mw2, and Ive forwarded the ports correctly. any ideas?

It's on the 'Services' tab under Static Leases.

My nat type shows as open with the same router, what ports do you have forwarded?

SidewinderINC · 7 Apr 2010 at 18:18

How easy is it for a (near)complete network novice to work with dd-wrt?