Belkin F5D8235-4 300 Mbps 4-Port Gigabit Wireless N Router

The set up was not straight forward. It required two calls to the Belkin technical support. They were very courteous and knowledgeable. Several parameters needed to be configured for the router to enable the Internet connection (cable modem). The most important one was to "clone" the MAC address. This was not mentioned anywhere on the set up disk. After the router came up it worked perfectly but when there was an outage in the cable modem service, after it came back up, I had to go through the process of restoring the factory defaults, cloning the MAC address, and reconfiguring the wireless parameters (WEP security) for it to see the Internet connection. Once it's up, it performs great.

I brought this router to extend my wireless cover area. This refurbished router came with a small piece of paper telling how to begin with the default IP address and password of this router (no CD). That is all I needed to start. The first time setup was painless to me.

When I have done all my setup and tested for the coverage area. The result was a little dissapointed. The coverage area is increased when compared to my old Linksys wrt54g but just about 10% that is why this router didn't get 5 stars rating. I was expecting wireless N should be a bit cover lager area. I didn't not test for the network speed because even wireless G is enough to me.

The good part of this router that I like is That this router have guest log in for internet access. It broadcasts another wireless station like another access point just for internet access but not my local network. I set it up for my friend/visitors like hotel style so they can only access Internet without knowing anything about my Private network.

The rest of the router features are all the same like any router should have such as DDNS, DMZ, Port triggering, etc.

I purchased this wireless router a while back after having been unsuccessful with two other brands (Linksys, Cisco). I live in a rural area and have a broadband connection that uses a fixed wireless system (antenna on my roof pointed at a radio tower miles away). Anyway, all the previous routers never seemed to work right with my system. They were either too weak or would constantly drop the connection. This router has been terrific. My internet connection has never dropped and the signal is strong throughout my entire house (my neighbor can see the signal from a couple hundred feet away). My kids accidentally fried this router by plugging it in with the wrong AC adapter. I loved it so much that I went on ebay and bought the exact same model. I am not a techie so I can't bore you with stats but I will tell you that set up is extremely easy and you will be online in minutes. Comes with an easy to use set up CD.

I was getting fed up with cheaper routers that kept dropping my wifi signal. I tried LinkSys, Netgear and D-Link products but they were all pretty much the same: slower speeds than promised, range not quite far as stated, and they all dropped the wifi signal intermittently.
I decided to upgrade to an N+ router from the G routers i was using, and after doing some research decided on a Belkin. It was a breeze to setup, and works like a charm. Speed and range is actually better than promised on their website. I can take my iPad out into the backyard and into my neighbor's house without losing connection. I coupled this with the Belkin N+ Wireless USB adapter (F5D8055) for my desktop, and i couldn't be happier with my decision.
It also has this external storage feature which comes in handy: you can connect an external hard drive to the router to be shared with everyone on the network. So now i have all my music, pictures and movies on a 2TB external hard drive that the whole family can share. No more burning CD's or DVD's anymore. Totally awesome.

I bought this to replace a WRT54GS v7.2 and so far it has been a worthy replacement, the wireless range is noticeably better in our house (even on Wireless G) and my neighbor 2 houses down gets a 40-45% signal, With the WRT54GS it was around 12-15% signal strength at his house.

If you've setup a router before its not difficult do get this one up and running and the router configuration page is pretty straightforward.

Our connection (comcast) has been rock stable with the Belkin, the WRT54GS was stable as well but the wireless range was always an issue, we were happy to find the Belkin performs very well with range.

We also stream movies to PS3 via wireless and so far the Belkin hasnt had any hiccups.

This is our first Belkin product and I'd have to say its a great router especially for the price.