When I signed up for Comcast High Speed Internet a couple years ago, I received a free cable modem and a free router, WBR-1310 after mail-in rebate. I have been using this router since then but somehow I have been constantly getting this wireless connection drops.
Sometimes it is good for days, sometimes it drops many times in a day. I tried to flash it many times with many different firmware, and even I tried a firmware for WBR-2310 since some others hacked the firmware to be installable on WBR-1310 since they use similar hardware. Also looked up many open WRT solutions including dd-wrt but since this router has a very small memory, there was not option to go that route either.
I have another router which I can use instead but somehow the other router does not seem to support DNS forwarding that I need in my network. While WBR-1310 forwards DNS request to DNS from ISP, the other router just assigns DNS from ISP in DHCP. This seems odd and I may be wrong. I need to double check.
Anyhow, I have had very bad experience with many D-Link products at home and at work.
I’m sure you’ve probably dumped the WBR-1310 but if you haven’t or know anyone who has one then check out the info I’ve found on the net.
***This will only work for WBR-1310 RevA models only***
Disclaimer: Flash at your own risk.
If you’re not getting good performace, you can flash the DI-524 RevD firmware, if you don’t like it you can go back to the WBR-1310 firmware
http://www.dlink.com/products/?tab=3&pid=DI-524&rev=DI-524_revD
From the DI-524 firmware you can upgrade to the DI-624 firmware or go back to the 524 firmware by following this link:
http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,16321938
Then if you want to go from the DI-624 to WBR-2310 firmware follow the link below:
http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/r21692715-just-flashed-my-DI524-D1-DI624-D1-WBR2310-A1
Here’s the general consensus of the results:
WBR-1310 (real hardware) to DI-524 (firmware) – stable, better performance, less options
DI-524 to DI-624 – stable, better range
DI-524 (real hardware) to WBR-1310 (firmware) – stable, no performance increase, more options in the setup
DI-524 to DI-624 to WBR-2310 – stable, better range, more options in the setup
Sorry for the very very late reply. I have actually tried all the combinations but had no luck at all. Eventually its wireless drops no matter what. I think I am tossing this router out. Thank you very much for the suggestion though!!