Belkin N Wireless Router

I am a telecommuter. Previously, I'd been using the excellent Linksys WRT-54G. Unfortunately, it died. I picked this up as a higher-speed replacement. Since putting it on my network, I have been unable to telecommute. First, it was a conflict between the default DHCP range (192.168.2.0/24) and the inability to change the subnet it allocates from. Once I disabled this and changed to a different network device (my NAS) for DHCP service, I still found myself unable to connect to my corporate VPN. Googling around, I discovered this was a common/known problem with this and many other Belkin devices.

Support has been utterly useless on either the DHCP server configuration issue or the VPN issue.

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"Only good for a year. Stops downloading for no reason."

0.5 stars | on October 3, 2010 by mjbarans

Pros

PRO: The price was right. PRO: It was easy and quick to set up. PRO: Now that it died, I can buy a new one that allows USB network storage for my pictures and music.

Cons

CON: I've got to go spend more money now on another brand. Done with D-Link, done with Belkin. Gonna try Netgear. Is this what these manufacturers really want? No brand loyalty? Just a rotating pool of techies that eventually come back around?

Summary

This thing worked great for about a year. Now it dies in the middle of downloads. Everything looks fine on the router, but it just stops downloading. I tried the wired port, same thing. I reloaded the firmware, same thing. It loses my password and locks me out whenever it feels like it. Nothing on the FAQ, or forums. Tech support says turn off the firewall. Thanks, but no thanks. Changing brands, and recycling this thing.

"PAIN TO SET UP"

2.5 stars | on March 16, 2010 by etoh151

Pros

Once, you set it up it works like a charm. There have been no problems, no disconnects.

Cons

There was some trouble getting all the laptops in the apartment to connect to the internet. Having little experience with setting up routers, I had to make multiple calls to customer service. After an hour on the phone, we got it.

Summary

When I first installed the router, only the laptop that installed the router could acess the internet. All laptops in the apartment could log onto the router, but no internet. Tried power-cycling..etc. Eventually called customer service, then changed some stuff on the router to get another computer online, but then the 1st computer couldn't get online. Then had to change passwords/name again so that the password was in numbers. After that all four laptops, and netbook could get online.
I'm sure if I had more experience in routers, installation wouldn't have been much of a problem, but seriously why can't there be an easy plugin/setup router?

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