- Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 128 reviews Back to product review
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10 out of 11 people found this review helpful
1.5 stars
"Great product with some serious birthpains"
Pros: fast, userfreindly, great range
Cons: serious problem with security modes
Summary: This is a great router. I have tried a number of different ones and found this one to be the easiest to configure. It is both, a top of the line product and very user friendly.
If it were not for the following problem, I would give this router a rating of 10 but the problem decribed below is quite serious so all I can give is a 3
The problem I encountered is that the router slows down from 300 Mbps to a mere 54 Mbps when using one to the security modes. The only way to run the router with its advertised 300 Mbps is to run it as an open, unsecured network. I contacted Belkin a number of times about this only to find out that many of the online technicians didn?t have a clue what I was talking about. I finally got connected with a technician who understood and his recommended fix was to run the router in unsecured mode and use Mac Address Control as security.
This works fine, but it doesn?t fix the real problem. I want to be able the run my wireless network in a secure mode that can be accessed with a password.
The only reason I haven?t returned the router to the store yet is because I am waiting for Belkin to bring out a firmware update that will fix the problem before my 30-day return period is over.Updated
I have now been using the router for several months and I need to revise my original review. After returning the router to the store two more times, I finally got one that worked and that would maintain the 300 Mbps when security modes were enabled. However, I began experiencing the same issues that other reviewers mentioned, namely that I frequently kept loosing the wireless connection. Some days the connection would only drop once, but I also had days where I lost the connection over 10 times. This happened in spite of using the Belkin N1 network and desktop cards on all of my machines and the distance to the router is only 5 meters with one thin wooden wall in-between. Every time I lost the connection I had to reboot the router by unplugging the power cord. Then it would usually work fine again for a few hours.
All this to say that this product is definitely *not* worth it?s money! My new rating has therefore gone down to 1
- 4 replies to this review
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With this router I have had the same problems as most. It will only stay online for a short period of time before it shows that its not connecting to the internet and i cant use the wireless feature at all. I have narrowed it down to the router having the problem and not the connection or computer. I would buy something else.
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have you done a firmware update??
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Your comment relating to the lack of security or that turning on the security reduces the speed to that of regular router of 54 m/s is of big concern to me. I hope belkin fixes this as running an "n" router at 300 m/s in an unsecured environment could allow someone to steel gigabytes of information in minutes. I have read other reviews that say the samething and this appears to be an inherent problem with all the pre n routers. Let me know if belkin address this issue as I will buy. If not, can you or anyone recommend a pre n router which offers wep security without sacraficing the speed of the connection.
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Wow!! this is an incredible review!! you should be chief editor of a magazine!!!! Absolutely stunning, i will definately NOT buy this router because of YOUR review sir!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
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