wireless routers

The router has performed very well during a month of continuous use with Belkin and other wireless adapters and with a standard ethernet card--there is a 10/100Base-T switch. Setup was quick and free of problems.

We have two minor complaints:

1. After a cable modem service interruption, the router may require a reset to restore Internet access to the network. A reset may be accomplished, usually, via a web interface on a connected computer, so it's a small matter. (To be fair, we don't know how often our cable modem goes offline. For every time we have to reset the router, there may be 100 times when the router brings us back up transparently. Or not.)

2. Indoor range is far less than that claimed by the manufacturer. This seems to be true, obviously, for every wireless system. We mention this for completeness.

We are happy with the router and would be surprised to find a unit in the same price range that performs better.

My dad purchased was convinced by an instore Belkin rep to buy this router. He installed this router with ease. He has NO networking experience, so I give them credit for ease of installation. However, the router yields inconsistant service. As other reviewers have noted, our router has to be rebooted every 3 days or so because it slows almost to a griding hault. We have 1 computer hardwired to it, and 2 that are wireless. We use a Belkin reciever on one remote unit and a linksys on another. Both work the same quality. Watching a graph of my download speeds shows how the router slows about once a minute for 5-10 seconds. This is unbearable to play games or surf the net. It does the same on both wireless computers. About 5-10 seconds out of every minute it slows to a griding hault.

The web setup of the router is nice too. However, the "Demilitarized zone" does not seem to work. Even turning off all the nice security settings (NAT, DMZ, DHCP, and encryption), I still couldn't host an online game on the internet.

Using any sort of encryption slows the wireles connection to an unbearable speed. Without any encryption enabled- I benchmarked my speed (wireless to wired on the router) to be 400kbps, and (wireless to wireless) to be 300kbps. The router is rated at 11000 kbps. That's only 3%. However, this never kept me from DL'ing files at 200 kbps accasionally.

I wonder if my router is defective. I have updated the firmware and little has changed. I would recommend you go with another brank- Linksys.

Pros:
-Very easy to set up- my 50 yr old dad did it.
-Somewhat cheap costing

Cons:
-Had to unplug every 3 days / too slow
-Would slow 5-10 seconds out of every minute
-DMZ didn't work
-Very slow transfer speeds between computers

$129.99 is a "hot buy"????

I bought this on clearance from the Belkin website 2 months ago for $30.

I wouldn't even recommend it at that price.

The firewall will not close off everything it leaves "port 0" open no matter what. And the only way to stealth port 80 is by redirecting it to a fake ip address.

It also slows down such that browsing the web becomes an excruciatingly slow experience. The only way to fix it is to unplug the power and plug it back in whenever it goes slow. I have read reports that turning off the router's DHCP server might prevent that from happening... but DHCP is not something you should have to do without.

This is an out of date product. Badly put together. Definitely not worth what Amazon is asking for it.

Try to find a good deal on a Linksys or something... do not walk, RUN away from Belkin products.