Belkin Fan Unit For Wall-Mount Enclosure

Advantages: compact, good front-panel display, wall-mountable
Disadvantages: temperamental web interface, lots of virtual knobs, bells and whistles

...casing that has wall-mount holes, and claims to push super-fast wireless networking to a radius of 425m from the unit. And it comes with a Manufacturers Lifetime Warranty (sic). Here's how I managed to get it going to accommodate my need to work from a room at the very opposite end of the house from where the ADSL connection was installed... What you get for your money ----------------------------------------- The silver-topped Belkin box looks attractive, with HIGH performance being the most obvious feature on the front. One side-panel gives you three easy steps to get you started - 1. Connect; 2. Configure; 3. Set Up. The other side-panel shows the technical specs, and the back panel explains clearly what's in the box, what it does and the way the unit communicates to you in blue (or amber if something's amiss!) icons what's happening... Read review

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Advantages: works first time, gets you out of a tight spot!
Disadvantages: bigger than it looks on the box

...bit of kit hanging on the wall in the soon-to-be-studio... achieved admirably with the procurement of a new wireless modem router (of which more in my review elsewhere on Ciao). Step two was to sponge a PCI-based wireless card for the PC off eBay as cost-effectively as possible, based on the experience gained hooking the kids' PC up to the USR using a Linksys WMP54GS (also recounted on Ciao elsewhere). Sadly, whilst the WMP54GS upstairs, two walls and a floor away from the ADSL entry-point in the studio, worked brilliantly with its shiny new wall-mounted adoptive wireless modem router downstairs, my second-hand WMP54G off eBay refused to hold on to the signal well enough when the Dell was on the desk, and failed completely when it was positioned in its intended final location under the desk in the new "study". Cue the Belkin N1 Wireless... Read review

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Advantages: Bandwidth, Range, Ease of Configuration, Features
Disadvantages: Needs other Pre-N kit to get the best from it

...or otherwise interfere with the radio waves will significantly impede performance. The manual points this out and identifies the worst culprits to help you make the right decision, although the location of internet connections, power sockets and other such factors usually conspire against optimal placement. The compact size is a benefit here, and the provision of screw-mounting holes on the base of the unit, combined with its light weight mean that it's best mounted on a wall. Although the wires then hang downwards and look a little untidy, it's easily the best way to get it up and out of the way of any interference sources etc and provide a good "bubble" of wireless coverage. Physical aspects aside, the configuration interface will be broadly familiar to anyone that has set up a Belkin Router before. Simply attach your PC to one of the LAN ports... Read review

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