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Philips Router

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3 Oct 5th, 2008 

12 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

Advantages:
Ease of installation

Disadvantages:
Poor authentication options, downloads fail .

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UrbanKaos

UrbanKaos

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Bought this product from PC World, and when I opened the box I was initially impressed by its sleek looks and good build quality.

However for the price there are a few drawbacks; my main gripe is that it only supports WEP or WPA 2. So not very backward compatible with versions of XP SP2 or below and many 3rd party wireless apps struggle to authenticate to the router.

Secondly downloads really seem to struggle on this box more so from IE and Firefox. This is primarily due to the PC and router losing the connection. Thus losing the download and having to start all over again.

The philips support site is OK, but the search facility is useless. I had to use Google to find what I was looking for on the philips website.

Overall, a nice looking bit of kit, but for more functionality within the same price range go for a Zyxel DSL / ADSL router which has the USB wireless dongle, more authentication types and excellent wireless coverage. Additionally you get a lot more useful tools for the more proficient user to gather information and diagnose problems that may arise. 

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Comments about this review »

majeedkazi 06.10.2008 10:38

Hi, Welcome to Ciao...

EVIT 05.10.2008 23:11

I've had similar experiences with my philips router. In many fields (in too many actually) Philips is very disappointing... too disappointing for such a known brand. Apparently being famous doesn't always mean quality.

blissman70 05.10.2008 23:00

getting the right router is very important indeed... regards,blissman

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