Advantages: Reliable, Fast, Easy to configure, Lots of features, USB for sharing drives Disadvantages: Bit expensive, Not full speed with every machine
INTRO
The Belkin N+ router is one of the higher end (consumer) wireless modem router offerings from Belkin. It cost me £85 from PC World, but can probably be found for a bit less if you shop online. The Cable version costs a little less. Reason I bought this one was because two PCs in the house with wireless cards kept losing the wireless connection when I was using a Linksys router (my own PCs / laptops were fine though!). I replaced that with a second hand Belkin, which worked fine but unfortunately, a power cut killed the wireless on it. Liking the performance of that cheaper Belkin router, I decided to stick with Belkin and get this one!
DESIGN
The router looks very stylish and stands up tall rather than laid down flat. It doesn?t appear to have been designed to be laid down flat like many other routers, which may ...
Advantages: Fast speeds, Reliable, Stylish Disadvantages: I had wireless problems, Gets a bit warm, no restart router option in config
the wireless connection despite the signal strength being excellent. This resulted in a lot of whinging from my parents and a lot of head scratching by myself. I've tried several USB dongles to try to resolve this problem to no avail. These include a Netgear Wireless N RangeMax USB dongle, a Linksys Wireless N USB dongle and even a Negear PCI 54Gwireless card.
The machines are only about 7 metres from the router with just one wall with a window so not sure why. Interference en-route? Switching to a Belkin wirelessrouter resolved the problem so I?m suspecting the Belkin performs better than the Linksys, which is a shame for the Linksys.
On a brighter note, the wireless connection on my PC when I was using the Linksys, using a Linksys Wireless N USB dongle, is solid. Reliability is excellent and only times I've lost the connection was ...
Advantages: easy to install Disadvantages: cant think of any
this netgear wirelessrouter is the best way of connecting to the internet that i have found. I used to have a sagem f@st 800, but this was very unreilable, so i decided to purchase this.
When we got it home it looked very simple to install, but when it actually came to installing it, it didnt seem to want to. We phoned technical support who suggested that we take it back to where we purchased it to see if we could get a replacement - which we did (turned out the first one was faulty), installed this one very easily and we were up and running in no-time.
We have never had any problems with it working, and we always get a very good signal all round the house. I use it to connect my laptop in the living room to the router in the office. ...
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Manufacturer's product description
Enjoy the freedom of sharing your Internet connection - without wires. Megapixel photos, streaming video - and even everyday emails with large attachments move faster through the FriendlyNET wireless Internet router. Everything you need to share your cable/DSL Internet connection is included with your FriendlyNET router. From your favorite web browser, follow the on-screen wizard to customize the router for your installation. The router even supports Microsoft Xbox and MSN Messenger applications that require UPnP for dynamic network configurations. To protect your wired and wireless networks from unauthorized access, the FriendlyNET router supports advanced security standards: packet-filtering firewall, Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), 256-bit WEP encryption, stealth SSID and 802.1X RADIUS authentication. For an extra measure of protection, the router can also limit access to only registered computers using hardware-based (MAC) security - the same technology used on Asanté's high-end IntraCore switches for universities and enterprise networks. With numerous international awards and accolades, Asanté has consistently delivered world-class features in all of its products. Asanté's third generation router provides higher levels of security, reliability and performance - all at an affordable price.
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