graywolf wrote:
Hum...? Belkin wireless router is working fine. Of course this one has
only been up 3 days so it is hard to say if it is going to be durable or
not. The first had a scorched smell out of the box so I returned it,
this one seems fine. Running restricted access and encrypted, the
firewall checks out fine too.
So what kind of problems are you having.
Pretty much the same. Overheating leading to network drop out and some
wierd form of router dormancy. Had to physically reboot it to get it to
go again, by switching the power off and back on again, after trotting
to the other end of the house. Replaced router and it happened again.
One of the adaptors (for the desktop) physically failed, too and was
replaced. The PC card for the laptop would never pick up first time and
regularly took about four complete restarts to get hold of the network.
The three-step, simple wizard hung my machine every time I tried to use
it to install the router. The firmware upgrade download hung twice and
never installed. The utility interfaces are different for the USB and
PC adaptors, so it is not possible to say for sure if you have the same
faults or connectivity on both machines. Email tech support is probably
a robot, going by the (prompt) answers I received. Telephone support,
whilst free, is based somewhere on the Indian subcontinent and was not
entirely helpful. Didn't like Zonealarm running at the same time.
Looking on www.techsupportforum.com I found numerous others were having
the same problems with these particular models. Luckily, here in the
UK, the retailer is responsible for providing you with suitable product
so I just took the whole lot back, got refunded and bought Netgear. 30
minutes to install the whole system and everything works perfectly and
looks the same on both machines. Router web interface is better, too.
Left the router on the windowsill in direct sunlight, downloading two
30Mb files simultaneously - no problem. No problem since. Cost a total
of about £25 more.
On the Belkin box: "Designed in California". In small writing under the
router: "Made in China". A complete waste of fossil resources.
graywolf
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mike wilson wrote:
That was what I thought when I bought the gear for a wireless setup.
You don't want to hear the thoughts I had a month later, when it was
still not working after two changes of equipment. My strongest
recommendation is to not buy Belkin.
