Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Gateway Router wireless router

Advantages Features, Security, It still runs
Disadvantages Unreliable, very poor WLAN coverage, Tedious to configure

...I am stressed at the time of writing this review I've just tried to get the Belkin Wireless ADSL modem to speak to a Belkin Print Server but to no success whatsoever. I've been running this Belkin Modem for soon to be a year and I hate it. Its unreliable- it disconnects from the internet unpredicitivly, and takes a while to get back on- does this way too often. It's WAN coverage is poor- I'm in a three story house (attic converted) and it barely gets reception to the lower floor (its on the top floor). The WAN cannot reach the front or back garden. Configuring this router/modem has been hell- it runs well unsecurely but configuring security for the wireless machines it must speaks to requires numerous restarts and long tedious key entries- wish it could have been quicker. And after all of that it for some reason keeps... Read review

Advantages Easy to use, LAN ports, reliable
Disadvantages Ugly, does not replace cable modem unit

...I have had this product for just over a year now. I bought it for around £50 from Staples to share a broadband internet connection amongst my housemates. I did worry that it might be difficult to set up the network initially, having never done it before. After reading all the instructions a few times, more because of nerves than because they were difficult to understand, I began making my first network. I hooked up the NTL modem to my laptop, installed all that software and took the wires out. To set up the wireless router was my next task. I plugged the NTL modem cable to the router, stuck the plug in the wall and turned it on. My laptop chimed at me - a new wireless network had been found and was now connected. I checked to see if the internet worked, it did, I was amazed. I spent about ten minutes booting up my housemates... Read review

Advantages Lifetime warranty, free technical support (inc. freephone telephone number), easy to set up
Disadvantages Foreign call centre - not necessarily a disadvantage unless the person you speak to doesn't really understand you and you don't understand them!

...a typical girl, who, when she decides she wants something she has to go out and buy it there and then and can't be patient and order it online etc.) I opted for the Belkin Wireless Router for a few reasons. I'd never heard of Belkin before, but when I was making my earlier calls this is a name that had popped up, and additionally at £74.99 it was one of the cheapest in the shop. It looks like you can get them cheaper online - according to amazon.com you can get one for £38.10! However, other than amazon.com they seem to be priced more in the region of what I paid for mine everywhere else - perhaps the one at amazon is a slightly different version? If not, it appears to be a bargain. The Router: The information on the box looked promising. It was going to share my internet connection without cables, it could be set up in 3 minutes... Read review