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Anyone use Belkin routers?
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Ny,Ny,USA
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Im interested in picking one up and wanted to see how they were.
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Originally posted by drainyoo:
Im interested in picking one up and wanted to see how they were.
Regular or wireless? their Wired Routers IMO are pretty decent. I wouldn't use a Belkin Wireless Router even if it was given to me.
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"Evil is Powerless If the Good are Unafraid." -Ronald Reagan
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Originally posted by typoon:
Regular or wireless? their Wired Routers IMO are pretty decent. I wouldn't use a Belkin Wireless Router even if it was given to me.
Wired.
Whats the problem with the wireless ones?
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Originally posted by drainyoo:
Wired.
Whats the problem with the wireless ones?
They look flimsy. I set one up and wasn't too happy with it. I ended up going with a Linksys
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I used a Belkin wired router at home. Pretty unimpressive. Seems at least once a week the connection would slow to a crawl or stop. Could possibly have been the cable modem, but it seemed that restarting both was the only way to restore the connection for sure. What a pain. Other than that it was fine--not necessarily the router's fault. I bought a refurb Belkin router from Belkin's web site which died after a year or so. Called tech support, walked through some tests and confirmed it was dead. They sent me a new one. Much easier than expected. I'll give them another chance. YMMV
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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I like mine. It's the only one at the time that expressly said on the box that they support Macs. They also have a lifetime warranty and 24/7 phone support, free. I've had it for over a year now, got my G5 and XP eMachines box hooked wired, 17" PowerBook wireless, and I've only had one or two problems during config changes (like cable to DSL). I also had one or two problems with my non-wireless Netgear 4 port, so I'm thinking it was probably user error. Now that I've got the config set, I can't remember the last time I've had to re-boot it.
For the record, mine is the 4-port wired with 11g wireless, model F5D7230-4.
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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http://reviews.cnet.com/Belkin_Wirel...2.html?tag=top
They review well, and as previously stated come with Mac software, lifetime warranty, and free support. The CNet reviews really put the Pre-N router up there above the competing products. They report that it issues less interference, and is less succeptible to outside interference that the competing routers. Finally, the price: $118 (Buy.com). That's cheaper than an AirportExpress.... no questions here, I'm sold!
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