The DIR-655 is crammed with features, not least of which is a four-port Gigabit hub. This gives it an edge over those with only 10/100 ports and allows for much faster transfers if all your connected computers support Gigabit Ethernet. Next to these are a WAN port (there’s no integrated ADSL modem) and a USB port for Wi-Fi Protected Setup. Here, the SSID and encryption keys are copied onto a USB flash drive, which you then plug into each device that needs to connect wirelessly.
Everything you’d expect is here, including MAC address filtering, port forwarding, application and website filtering, VPN passthrough and UPnP support. It’s also certified for 802.11n draft 2.0 (meaning, in theory, it will offer better compatibility with all draft 2.0 devices), and is Xbox Live and Vista compatible – only DMZ is missing.