Advantages: High speed sharing of internet connection. Free on-line and phone help Disadvantages: A bit tricky to set up for me at first..
Before I write about the Belkin Router, I think it may be appropriate to describe my experiences that led up to the decision of setting up a network so that both our computers could share our newly installed NTL broadband connection. There was something about networking that I had a "monster" mental-block about and when asking advice, all I could get was "it's easy!" Well all I can say about that is everything is easy to those who know how. I'm not ... ...some routers. The Belkin G router, is what the helpful assistant in PC World advised us to get as we were connected to cable broadband with NTL. Questions I had were, "will the wireless connection connect through the thicker internal brick walls of our Victorian house?" He assured me, there would be no problem at all, because this is how most students access NTL broadband in multi-occupation houses in Cardiff and he uses the product in a similar ...
derek-j-a 25.09.2005
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Advantages: Lifetime warranty, free technical support (inc. freephone telephone number), easy to set up Disadvantages: Foreign call centre - not necessarily a disadvantage unless the person you speak to doesn't really understand you and you don't understand them!
...I opted for the Belkin Wireless Router for a few reasons. I'd never heard of Belkin before, but when I was making my earlier calls this is a name that had popped up, and additionally at £74.99 it was one of the cheapest in the shop. It looks like you can get them cheaper online - according to amazon.com you can get one for £38.10! However, other than amazon.com they seem to be priced more in the region of what I paid for mine everywhere else - perhaps ... ...brief details of other compatable Belkin products. There's also information about a Parental Control package that Belkin offer with this product free for 6 months (no interest to me with not being a parent, but I'm sure would be of use to some people).
The router itself is a slim, flat, rectangular box that can be mounted on its side to save space, or can be sat flat somewhere. Setting it up is simple enough - basically a case of putting the CD ...
angeelu 20.03.2004
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Advantages: Saves the hassle of wires, once set up you don't even notice it Disadvantages: Could be a bit of a hassle to set up
...up by a receiver. This Belkin router also has an inbuilt broadband modem, so there is no need for a separate modem (unless you are some sort of obsessive freak who insists on having a spaare one in case one breaks down and you have to go a couple of days without one, God forbid of course!). This particular Belkin modem can network up to eight computers. It has the capability to network four by wires and four wirelessly. To network by wires, all that ... ...The CD provided with the Belkin router was superb. All you have to do is insert it into your computer (well, the CD drive to avoid electrocution or voiding a warranty) and Bobs your uncle. It will take you through installing the drivers etc.
Then (yes its not set up yet), you need to configure the router. The above took me ten minutes, the below took me two hours. The instructions said open up Internet Explorer, type in a certain few numbers (the ...
somebodyrandom 30.05.2004
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Advantages: Easy to install - works superbly well Disadvantages: Difficult set up if you are like me and make a stupid mistake!
...I decided on the Belkin after several recommendations from Family and friends. Even the nice man at PC World said it was good… well he would wouldn't he?
But having just decided on a new laptop I just had to have it. The sales guy at PC World was very good actually and talked me through the set-up and it seemed so straightforward. More about that later.
The cost was just under £70. Comparable to everything else I had seen in store. Obviously if ... ...out of my self-inflected mire!
My Compaq laptop did not need a wireless card, as it is wireless enabled. To conclude the Belkin Wireless Route does everything I wanted and expected. It works in the bathroom, kitchen, loft and garden. For me - it's perfect! ...
rickardo 19.09.2005
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Advantages: Easy to use, LAN ports, reliable Disadvantages: Ugly, does not replace cable modem unit
I have had this product for just over a year now. I bought it for around £50 from Staples to share a broadband internet connection amongst my housemates. I did worry that it might be difficult to set up the network initially, having never done it before.
After reading all the instructions a few times, more because of nerves than because they were difficult to understand, I began making my first network. I hooked up the NTL modem to my laptop, installed ... ...set up the wireless router was my next task. I plugged the NTL modem cable to the router, stuck the plug in the wall and turned it on. My laptop chimed at me - a new wireless network had been found and was now connected. I checked to see if the internet worked, it did, I was amazed.
I spent about ten minutes booting up my housemates machines and they all found the network straight away. I then went to the settings page, which is like an internal ...
StedicUK 20.08.2005
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Advantages: Features, Security, It still runs Disadvantages: Unreliable, very poor WLAN coverage, Tedious to configure
...just tried to get the Belkin Wireless ADSL modem to speak to a Belkin Print Server but to no success whatsoever.
I've been running this Belkin Modem for soon to be a year and I hate it. Its unreliable- it disconnects from the internet unpredicitivly, and takes a while to get back on- does this way too often. It's WAN coverage is poor- I'm in a three story house (attic converted) and it barely gets reception to the lower floor (its on the top floor). ... ...garden.
Configuring this router/modem has been hell- it runs well unsecurely but configuring security for the wireless machines it must speaks to requires numerous restarts and long tedious key entries- wish it could have been quicker. And after all of that it for some reason keeps an insecure Wireless access point available (from the other Antenna- there are two antennas) So the speed of the network is slower- resets, wipes don't fix it.
This ...
Fume 04.08.2005
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