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Belkin F5D6230-3 Wireless Cable/DSL Router

Belkin F5D6230-3 Wireless Cable/DSL Router

List Price: $129.99
Your Price: $111.99
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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: not worth it
Review: $129.99 is a "hot buy"????

I bought this on clearance from the Belkin website 2 months ago for $30.

I wouldn't even recommend it at that price.

The firewall will not close off everything it leaves "port 0" open no matter what. And the only way to stealth port 80 is by redirecting it to a fake ip address.

It also slows down such that browsing the web becomes an excruciatingly slow experience. The only way to fix it is to unplug the power and plug it back in whenever it goes slow. I have read reports that turning off the router's DHCP server might prevent that from happening... but DHCP is not something you should have to do without.

This is an out of date product. Badly put together. Definitely not worth what Amazon is asking for it.

Try to find a good deal on a Linksys or something... do not walk, RUN away from Belkin products.

Rating: 1 stars
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DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT.

It's a lousy piece of hardware. I gave it away and bought a Linksys router that actually worked as advertised.

The Belkin tech support guy actually told me to "call Microsoft because their having a lot of problems with their browser". True story.


Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Easy setup! Great with Windows XP
Review: I bought this router in a kit from Dell coupled with 2 USB wireless adapters. I have the router connected to my DSL modem, took me about 30 minutes to complete the installation including going to Belkin's website and downloading the new software right away. Been using it everyday and don't have any problems except the signal runs in the high 50's to low 60's but doesn't slow the speed.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Easy setup, poor range
Review: I bought this unit after my Linksys wireless router died; I can therefore only compare it to the Linksys.

Setup was EXTREMELY quick and easy. I got it up and running in just a few minutes. The UI of the admin app is very straight forward and I notice is strangely similar to the UI of SMC routers. I find it to be somewhat easier to work with than the Linksys UI.

I am unfortunately not pleased with the transmission range of this router. I placed it in the exact same location that the Linksys had been in. A computer that was getting solid 100% connection strength with the Linksys is now only getting 50% with this unit. Another machine that was getting around 70% on the Linksys would not connect at all to this unit until it was moved to a different location.

This would be an excellent unit were it not for the range problem... Perhaps there's a fix?

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Very dissapointed
Review: I have had this router for a month and i still can't get it to work . I get recognized all the way up to the part where I have to activate it over the net then nothing. this stinks I do not recomend

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Spend a little more and get a better router
Review: I have owned and have friends that own different routers then this one and none are as bad. Two major problems with this router:

1. Wireless range is BAD (I own a cheap router and it has twice the range)

2. Router loves to disconnect from the internet when multiple PC's are accessing the internet at once.

I have the latest firmware which states it addresses the disconnect problem but doesn't. Hopefully they will come out with a new version soon!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good Modem
Review: I purchased this router not too long ago. I thought it was a bargain because I didn't have to run wire all over my house, and it was. Now that I have it all configured, it works great but there seems to be just one MINOR problem. Every now and then, it disconnects itself and I have to press the reset button on the back of the router to get it working. That happens maybe once a day. But besides that, its very fast and you would think it was wired if you didn't know any better. Even though it disconnects, I reccommend it anyway.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Lousy range, easy setup
Review: I purchased this router to set up a home network with two wired computers and one wireless laptop. Setup was fairly easy, although there are no good instructions as to how to configure your computer or printers. The range is about 20 feet in my house. After that it gets below 21% and loses its signal. I had to call Belkin customer support for setup help, and the best I can figure, the customer support center is in India. I don't have a problem with that, but one of the guys I talked to said he didn't have a computer with XP on it, only W98. I thought that was bizarre. They were never able to even comprehend what my problem was, but I finally solved it on my own. I would consider another product rather than this one.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: love my belkin
Review: I'm a mac user and while I did need some help from the apple discussion board folks to set up WEP, it was very easy to set this up. The only thing that's annoying with wireless routers in general (I've worked with 2 so I know I'm not an expert on this but I've tried to find the solution on other brands websites) is that there doesn't seem to be simple plug and play action but rather you need to renew the ip which is really easy on windows but I haven't figured out how to do it on my mac since I previously had no need to do so. Much better than the Dlink 614+, if you want to complain about resetting, buy one of those and then go kiss your belkin. 8 months without ever having to reset my belkin!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Simple and Secure
Review: I've had this router for a little over a week and it has truly shined in that time. As others have noted, it set up in a snap. Picked up my computers instantly and did not require that I go into setup. The encryption utility is easy to configure. In my opinion, this is how SOHO routers should perform.


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