Advantages: Value for money, reliability, Disadvantages: None
The Belkin WirelessGRouter F5D7230-4 - wirelessrouter, really good Wirelessrouter, good value for money gives you the opportunity to :
Create a network in your home or office without cables,
Offers backward-compatibility with all 802.11b devices,
Sets up easily with Belkin Easy Install Wizard-automatically detects Internet settings and self-adjusts Router to get you online in under 3 minutes,
Ensures data and network security with wireless 64- and 128-bit WEP encryption
Uses NAT and SPI firewall to protect network from people trying to hack into it, also
Works with Macintosh® and PC computers,
Comes with a Belkin Lifetime Warranty and free, 24-hour technical support, although the helpful step-by step installation disk will get you connected with-in minutes.
No Matter the size of your house the signal strength is normally very ...
Advantages: Reliability and value for money. Disadvantages: Operating temperature.
In my opinion this broadband ADSL router is one of the best on the market considering its price.
I have been using this model (I've had different versions) for a number of years and never have I known one to fail; this is especially impressive considering I never turned them off when in use. I am a very heavy internet user and when configured correctly delivers on the speed that you would expect.
In terms of 'plug and play', there is very little needed to be configured on this product to start surfing away and it comes with a single quick start sheet that shows clearly how to access the configuration page through a web browser initially.
For more advanced users it is very easy to configure port-forwarding (useful when playing online games or downloading via peer-to-peer to achieve the desired connection speeds). It even supports VPN ...
Advantages: Works very well 3 floors up. Disadvantages: If you are on Vista, takes a costly telephone call to get you connected.
We bought this wirelessrouter as my son wanted to use his Wii on the internet. His room is on the 3rd floor and the computer and router are on the ground floor.
It was simple to set up and the instructions were good, however, because we are using Windows Vista, nothing is ever straight forward. With one longish phone call to India, via the number on the instructions to ring, everything was sorted out. The phone call took 35 minutes for which I am sure i was charged a fortune for and there is no way I could have worked it out for myself, it was far too complicated to get this router to work on Vista.
Once it was working though everything has gone smoothly. I do find that the internet is somewhat slower however he has a great connection on the 3rd floor and we have no complaints. Although the initial set up was frustrating ...
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Manufacturer's product description
NETGEAR's Wireless-G router delivers open source code for Linux developers and hobbyists. The KWGR614 offers greater flexibility with detachable antenna. Additionally, the Wireless-G router delivers up to 2x the WAN-to-LAN throughput of other Wireless-G routers. The KWGR614 router admits only legitimate traffic by combing two proven standards: NAT (Network Address Transfer) and SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection). It also delivers the highest level of wireless network security with WPA (Wireless Protected Access).
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