D-Link Gigabit VPN Router | Perfect for Remote and Hybrid Work | 4 Port Gigabit Dual WAN Failover | Enterprise-Grade Encryption | TAA/NDAA-Compliant | Limited Lifetime Protection (DSR-250V2)

I bought this to replace a DIR-655 (together with a set of DAP-2553). I am happy to say almost everything is now working to my liking and the problems I was trying to solve are fixed (in particular, availability of the Guest network from multiple access points, as well as the WAN failover - although I haven't tested that yet). However, be warned that the documentation (including D-Link KB) mostly consists of restating the obvious (i.e. the UI) and is basically useless when it comes to more advanced topics, like setting up a VLAN and ensuring VLAN separation. D-Link technical support did answer a pre-sales question correctly... but since then has failed to answer two post-sales follow-up questions. The DHCP capabilities of this router are inferior to the DIR-655 - reservations are next to useless because you can't name the devices, and the status page doesn't display the lease time, in addition to being monstrously slow. Schedules don't seem to work in association with Firewall rules. The firmware isn't being updated regularly, so the chances of getting these problems fixed are probably small. Nevertheless if you need the capabilities - dual WLANs and proper VLAN support - it does the trick. UPDATE: I've now tested failover and it works, but there are some caveats. First, by default it will take two minutes to discover that a connection is down. Second, the backup line is then brought up from scratch - it's inactive until needed - and that seems to take rather longer than it should - another one or two minutes. And finally, existing connections may timeout and will need to be re-established - more minutes. It seems that some of these are poor design choices. UPDATE: I did get a response from D-Link about the schedule issue; it was indeed a bug, and they supplied me with a beta build that fixes the issue. It also appears to improve the fail-over behavior. That deserves an extra star! UPDATE: Well, maybe not... while fixing the schedule issue, this beta build introduces other problems, including issues with failover, as well as a large number of error messages in the log on boot. There goes the star again... UPDATE: Tech Support seemed convinced that the beta firmware was better than the released version, and so I upgraded again, this time configuring from scratch. This finally resulted in a configuration that fully replaces the DIR-655 and adds capabilities. So while it was painful to configure, and there are plenty of minor bugs along the way, I'll give it five stars with a sigh of relief. Based on my experience I would budget a week of time, and four hours of work and downtime, to configure it. UPDATE: I'm taking away two stars again. Occasionally the router will update the dynamic DNS server with the address for the *wrong* WAN interface, making it inaccessible. And also occasionally, if you have a printer plugged into the USB interface, it will disconnect the printer and make it inaccessible, just because the printer has gone to sleep. These are pathetic, inexcusable bugs that should be fixed. UPDATE: Many of these issues were fixed over time. However, on two occasions new problems started to appear after a firmware upgrade. The only help from Tech Support was to suggest doing a hard reset, followed by a complete reconfiguration. This takes hours. There goes another star.... (Note : Firmware 1.09 introduced a memory leak. 1.08 however works.) UPDATE: Over time, and given the right firmware, this became a reliable and versatile router.

Although this router comes new in a pristine, unopened, package, its design and firmware are almost 10 years old. It may work fine if you can live with its default configuration - I can't. Following the browser-based setup instructions on a new laptop running the latest version of Windows 11, I found that it was impossible even to connect to the router's configuration page, using either Firefox or Edge (again the latest versions). Whether or not you specify an HTTPS connection, the browser switches to HTTPS, and then reports that the secure connection failed. Firefox and Edge return very similar errors, with the detail specifying that the site uses an unsupported protocol. Firefox suggests, almost certainly correctly, that the site may not support TLS 1.2, which both it and Edge now _require_ for secure connections. The browsers allow you to bypass certain security errors (e.g. out of date certificates), but there is no workaround for this one. Unless, therefore, you are using obsolete software to access it, you will not be able to configure this router.

I took a chance since the Amazon listing said 240 VAC (eg. European etc.), but being sold in the USA on Amazon's USA web site, I felt it probably was USA compatible, meaning 120 VAC, and was glad to see that was a correct assumption. This surely will avoid a number of returns, and folks avoiding purchase thinking this was the wrong voltage, when it is, in fact, correct for USA. (120 VAC plug etc.). OK, and sure, it is a legacy product, but seriously, docs on a CD rom, and a serial port cable for console device. Just a good thing I'm a dinosaur and still have a CD drive and serial port on my PCs, most have neither these days. Although, I suspect the same PDF is on the web and the serial cable can also be the USB port for you modern folks. Since it has only RJ45 (and one USB), I'm assuming it is NOT a WIFI device, so I have not a clue why the ratings ask about the "WIFI Signal" which really needs a "N/A" answer. Geeshe. But seriously, I believe this to be a solid product, but this is simply first impressions.

This is one router that can really protect your network from the outside hackers... I highly recommend this unit. Will help keep the Bad Actors out of your computer!

Have been using this for a couple of years now. When traveling, I use the VPN service to have full access to my home network. I have updated firmware a few times and the newest version 2.02 has a completely new look and easier to navigate. Probably over powered for my home network, but I wanted a router that had great throughput as my ISP speed gets faster and faster. I had 50 mbps internet speed when I bought this and now the provider has increased speed to 120 mpbs (at same cost). It is more complex than typical "home network" type routers, but I would expect that in a router of this level. Has been rock solid and no need for frequent reboots. I wanted to keep wireless function separate from router so that I can upgrade wireless infrastructure from 802.11 n to 802.11 ac and I always want 2.4 and 5 ghz bands.I have not used the dual wan function, but I know that if one WAN port fails, I can just move the WAN connection to the other port and make a minor configuration change. My only gripes are that the admin web management interface is sluggish and sometimes have to wait a few seconds for a screen to appear or refresh, but maybe that is by design so that the web management is a lower system priority than the routing function. The other gripe is that the SSL VPN is either difficult or not intuitive to get working, I want to try it but have not been successful yet (although I have not really spent much time on it yet.) I have done a lot of comparisons with similar devices from over manufacturers in the same price range before buying and I still do the comparison a couple times a year and I would still buy this router again.