Interesting, ziptieing your DIR-655 to the desk. How are you liking those spotlight LED's on that thing, I had to put mine under my bed because it was keeping me up at night.
I tried using the stand it came with but it couldn't handle the cables weight since I have it a little high on that shelf.
The blue LED's are brighter than the green LED's on other dlink routers but they don't bother me plus I like to have sight of the activity.