Porter cable-flex router

Advantages: 66mm plunge, 1300W induction motor,1/2" collet
Disadvantages: A bit heavy for some hand held work

...fairly easily when mounted in the table (0.2mm divisions) 3) Locking on/off switch ? Some new routers have a ?dead man? trigger switch which switches the router off when your thumb is removed, which means you need to use a cable tie to lock on for table operation. Overall for table use this router is great for the price, although don?t try and wiz wood through too quickly - the 2000W ~£300 machines from Trend, Bosch, Dewalt etc. would be better if this is your main aim. Hand-held opinion 1) Smooth plunge action ? Initially it was a little sticky, but seems to have got smoother with use and now is just right. Also there is a wear adjuster so that the plunge action can be tightened if the plunge becomes too slack over time. 2) Fine adjust fence ? The fence has a fine adjust knob and is solid as you like. 3...

bungler 28.01.2003 · Read review
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Belkin - High-Speed Mode Wirless G Router

Advantages: High speed sharing of internet connection. Free on-line and phone help
Disadvantages: A bit tricky to set up for me at first..

...something that was planned, but my wife said, "why don't we get broadband?" "Good idea," I answered. Well both our spare bedrooms have been turned into offices, my wife's and mine. I love to write and communicate on the internet and she loves to do her family history research. "After the broadband is installed, why not get a router and network the both computers?" she says. "Good idea," I answered again. It's not that I'm a man of few words, it's just that I was a little more than concerned about the potential problems involved in networking our machines together, having given up the effort in favour of a USB to USB cable on my laptop a couple of year ago. To go back to the broadband for a moment, when the installation day came around, the engineers were not happy about installing the cable modem upstairs in my office, even...

derek-j-a 25.09.2005 · Read review
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Review of Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Gateway Router wireless router

A Wireless Cable ?

Advantages: Cheap, Easy Setup
Disadvantages: Poor WiFi Coverage, Limited sofwtare features

...When my old Netgear wireless router broke down (for the fourth time) at the beginning of December I decided that enough was enough. A trip to PC world saw me return with one of these puppies (and £60 lighter in the pocket). 30 minutes after getting home saw my Internet access and wireless network reinstated. Yup, 30 minutes was really all it took, and that included unwrapping it, fiddling round with the power supply & cables as well as some basic configuration. This was helped along by the excellent quick-start guide on a large, fold-out sheet with it's clearly numbered and documented steps. At about the size of a large-format paperback, it's middle of the road in terms of size. Aesthetically it's not going to win any prizes, but it does the job. There are screw-holes on the base to allow for wall-mounting should you desire...

LegendaryMrDude 30.12.2004 · Read review
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Review of Belkin 54g Wireless Cable/DSL Router

Belting Belkin Router!

Advantages: Fairly easy to set up, easy to use, reliable, looks good.
Disadvantages: Bandwidth Innacurate.

...; from the photos I'd seen of it, I'd always assumed it to be small (I should have really looked and found out the dimensions but I was so desperate to get it ordered as there was only one left in stock that I never bothered) but it's no problem really, just a surprise and I thought I should mention it to you as you may also be considering it and thinking it's a really small router. This router comes in both cable and ADSL versions so anybody on any of the normal ISPs should be fine to use one of them, dependant on what internet they are being provided, ours is a cable one. The router is a wireless N1 which means that the data transfer rate is up to 300mps over the network instead of up to 54mps which is what you get with standard Wireless G technology. It also has a wide coverage area which means that if you want to go and use your laptop...

Claire_DC 24.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Belkin N1 Vision Wireless Modem Router - wireless router

Cable and wireless...

Advantages: Great connectivity and performance
Disadvantages: Configuring

...Not only is it a play on words (and a famous telephone company) but now it is a good way to describe a fantastic piece of equipment that no broadband home should be without. the linksys wireless-b broadband router. Yep, you budget networking buddies have supplied you with this great innovation. the ability to share your single broadband cable/dsl connection with up to 4 computers in the vicinity. I say vicinity as this is a wireless ready router. Hang on a minute andy.....what is this router thing. I liken it to mother cooking dinner. Mother is the router in this situation. The broadband connection is like a massive saucepan full of dinner and the children are 4 pc's around your house. Mother takes the dinner and divides it out amongst her 4 children , ensuring they all get some dinner and in equal proportions. That is what...

andycharger 31.12.2003 · Read review
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Review of Linksys EtherFast Wireless AP + Cable/DSL Router - wireless router

Cable internet connection for all the family

Advantages: Share your cable broadband connection
Disadvantages: Requires a bit of technical skill

...also drains resources from that 'sharing' PC. The solution was to invest in a Kobian 'Mercury' broadband router. The Kobian router plugs directly into the back of the cable modem (it doesn't work on ADSL cable modems) and offers up to four 10/100 megabit ethernet connections to your Local Area Network. Each PC is set to 'Obtain IP address automatically' on their ethernet interface, and with a bit of luck, and a fair wind, you can all enjoy full Internet connectivity all over the house. There's one disadvantage in all of this - you need to lay 'Category 5' network cabling, and each PC has to be fitted with an ethernet card, but as I had already established a home LAN to allow file and printer sharing, all the infrastructure was already in place. I'm a bit of a gadget freak A consequence of this is that I have more than four...

dobieg 07.10.2004 · Read review
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Belkin 54g Wireless Cable/DSL Router

Advantages: Mut's Nuts Fast
Disadvantages: Not idiot proof

...PCI card for the "host PC" - you don't. But we make good use of the overspend in machines on our test workbench. ** We currently run - 1 Desktop "Host PC" running WIN ME 1 Desktop client running WIN XP-Home 1 Laptop client running WIN 2000 Pro 1 Test PC running whatever we need (from Win 95 Up) 1 HP PhotoSmart 7762 (hooked to the Host) With the additional network cards, where required, they are all connected to our Cable ISP and life is glorious ... or is it? We had tremendous problems getting the router to function - RTFM? But the support staff were exemplary and really wanted this thing to work. One (free) call had it up and running AND talking to the laptop. But - when we could read the laptop from the router - but not the other way round, the support ceased ... "Here are some websites to read up...

DaveLloyd180 21.08.2004 (26.09.2004) · Read review
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Review of Belkin Wireless G Router F5D7230-4 - wireless router

BEFSX41 Cable/DSL Firewall Router

Advantages: Good Speed, Easy Configuration, Quick Setup, Good Documentation, Integrated 4-Port Switch
Disadvantages: Many configurable options, some networking knowledge required

...I would highly recommend this Router to either a networking novice or professional looking to setup a home or small office network. I was surprised at how easy this was to setup and configure in my environment. After connecting the few cables and rebooting my PC's, everything seemed great though I could not connect to the Internet. I realised that I have not restarted my Cable Modem and after doing so eveything linked correctly and could again access the internet. On reading the documentation I realised I should have done this initially, however this omission was down to my normal method of only reading the documentation after the installation. The Router has a large number of features that can be customised to suit your own environment, and some that perhaps should be left for those of a more technical nature. Out...

rharvey_uk 15.12.2004 · Read review
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Review of Linksys Instant Broadband EtherFast Cable/DSL Firewall Router with 4-Port Switch/VPN Endpoint - router

belkin 54g router.

Advantages: durable.
Disadvantages: can cut out without warning leaving you to troubleshooting it.

...The belkin 54g wireless router is very good when it comes to a strong signal, yet i still find it immensly annoying!!! When its running smoothly, it is no problem what so ever, but every now and then, maybe once every week or so, the signal will cut out for no reason and you will find yourself VERY frustrated when trying to retrieve it. apart from this minor annoyance, the belkin is generally a very good piece of kit for your money. I payed around £50 for mine, and havent regretted it too much yet. the quality is OK but not amazing, its built well as i found out when i trod on mine, not even a crack appeared, there was nothing damaged what so ever... wich impressed me because it looks plastic and cheap. the belkin is very easy to use and can easily be reset with the little push button on the back if it does decide to go a bit off...

gregory-j 25.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Belkin 54g Wireless Cable/DSL Router

Speed, Reliability and Control - All in One Router

Advantages: Fast, Reliable and Easy to Administer
Disadvantages: 802.11b may be difficult to setup as opposed to 802.11g

...I have been threatening to buy this product or similar for a while and just bought it a bargain price in the January Sales and upon using it I knew I would have to review this fantastic product. This Belkin router enables users to share their Broadband internet amongst different computers in their home or office, without the need for any one computer to be switched on for it to be accessed by another. The router also enables you to share files and printers amongst your computers. You can connect your computers to the Router via an Ethernet Network cable or through a wireless network card from up to 1800 feet away from the Router itself. There are no drivers as such needed for this broadband router, there is an installation CD-ROM but I decided it would be easier to set it up without this. I firstly plugged my broadband cable...

janemenagh 29.12.2004 · Read review
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