D Link DIR 615 RE Wireless Refurbished Review

I bought this for a neighbor who used it to set up a network and connected his Wii to Netflix. Out of the box, the device worked fine, except for the connection to the Wii. The Wii timed out trying to get an IP address from the router. After many attempts to tweak the router firmware, I finally updated the firmware to the latest version and that seemed to fix the IP address issue. Aside from the address issue and the router's not-so-intuitive GUI, it has high throughput and performance seems to

This is my second D-Link router (I've had a D-Link N Extreme N (655 I think) at home for several years. It's been fine, great performance and range and great Features I have this D-Link (DIR 615) for remote control of a digital mixer via iPad (I'm recording real-time audio and location. same room, no real distance from router and no obstacles) DIR 615 was just as robust and reliable like my 655. Easy reliable connection, no unplugging etc. Very fast Very happy with it.

Bought this for a neighbor who used it to network and connect his Wii to Netflix. Out of the box the device worked well, except for the connection to the Wii. The Wii timed out trying to get an IP address from the router. After many attempts to tweak the router firmware, I finally updated the firmware to the latest version and that seemed to fix the IP address issue. Aside from the address issue and the router's not-so-intuitive GUI, it has high throughput and performance seems to be fairly…

This is my second D-Link router (I've had a D-Link N Extreme N at home for a few years (655 I think). It works fine, great performance and coverage and great features.I used this D-Link (DIR 615) to remotely control a digital mixer via iPad (I record audio and location in real time. Devices are in the same room, no real distance from router and no obstacles ) DIR 615 was just as robust and reliable as my 655. Easy and reliable connection, no unplugging etc. Very fast. Very happy with it.

UPDATE: It can be easily flashed with DD-WRT (luckily I may have a rev E3 DIR-615). I flashed with DD-Wrt because after adding a few more WiFi devices to my family (over 12 in total) we started seeing a lot of "getting IP addresses". and other symptoms where wireless clients are disconnecting and not reconnecting and not getting an IP address correctly. Only a few clients experience the error from time to time (on average, several days pass between problems), but for many clients it appears on…