Product Description

The 802.11g Wireless Universal Range Extender/ access point (WURE) connects to your network switch and lets you join your wireless-equipped PCs to your wired network in Access Point Mode, or lets increase the coverage of your existing wireless network in Range Extender Mode. Once you've done the simple setup, you can share data and peripherals, as well as a single Internet account among all your computers. It is based on standard 802.11g technology for fast wireless file transfers and downloads. The Access Point offers you the widest working range -up to 1500 feet -and a great interoperability in mixed networking environments. Compatible with the following Operating Systems: Win98, Win2000, WinXP

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2824 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Belkin
• Model: F5D7132UK
• Released on: 2006-09-09
• Platform: Windows
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 3.35 pounds

Features

• compatible with the following Operating Systems: Win98, Win2000, WinXP
• share data and peripherals, as well as a single Internet account among all your computers
• share data , peripherals and your internet account with multiple PCs persons at the same time
• easy installation, 24h/7days free technical support
• lifetime warranty
• It is based on standard 802.11g technology, allowing wireless transfer speeds up to 54Mbps

Manufacturer's Description
The 802.11g Wireless Universal Range Extender/ access point (WURE) connects to your network switch and lets you join your wireless-equipped PCs to your wired network in Access Point Mode, or lets increase the coverage of your existing wireless network in Range Extender Mode. Once you've done the simple setup, you can share data and peripherals, as well as a single Internet account among all your computers. It is based on standard 802.11g technology for fast wireless file transfers and downloads.

Customer Reviews

Belkin range extender 7132 UK
This works well. But it was a nightmare to set up. I must have spent about 10 hours on the phone to Belkin, which I was only able to do because it was during half-term. Eventually I worked out what to do printing out the manual and looking up users' opinions online.
Once you have worked through it correctly, save the configuration and make a note of what you have done! The thought of trying to work it all out again...!
Belkin help is available 24 hours a day. The quality of help is variable, though they are patient and pleasant. For anything apart from basic problems, ask to speak to a level 2 lab technician.
1. Use the Quick Installation guide to get the repeater recognised. For this you need to disable security on your wired computer. Once it has connected to the modem router, the red light will stop blinking. You are now connected! But most people use security settings... If that includes you, then read on...
2. For the next bit, print out pages 14 to 24 of the manual, and also page 35 to find out how to save your settings.
3. You are likely to have a wired connection from a desktop computer to your main modem router. On this computer, go to Network Settings (under Control Panel), then to your (active) local area connection. Right click, and under Properties, edit the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). At present you will have checked Obtain an IP address/ Obtain DNS server automatically. Change this. Enter the following IP address: 192.168.2.50 (this is the one address you may have to check to see if it is correct); subnet 255.255.255.0; default gateway 192.168.2.254. You don't have to enter anything for Obtain the DNS server.
4. Make a note of the wired modem security settings (e.g. WEP), the security password, and the name of the computer (e.g. Tony).
5. Connect the range extender directly to your computer (this isn't mentioned in the manual). It is simplest to take the Ethernet cable from the modem router and put it into the Range extender. Use the Range Extender Utility and you should see the Extender recognised (click refresh if it doesn't appear).
6. Load your browser and type in the URL 192.168.2.254
7. This loads the range extender web-based utility. Look at the menu on the left and choose basic (login without bothering to enter a password - just press submit). Then look at SSID (two mentions on the same page) and where it says SSID give the exact same name as the modem router to the range extender (e.g. Tony). Then look at Security and give the exact same security settings (e.g. WEP) and password.
8. Apply changes and look at these pages again to make sure they have been changed. You may have to apply changes a couple of times to make sure they take!
9. Position the range extender half way to where you want to extend the rage. Mine is positioned about 20 metres away. That's quite far away, at the other end of the garden. The red light shouldn't blink once the extender connects with the main modem router.
10. Now set up your laptop or whatever within connecting distance of the range extender.
It took me about a long time to work this all out, and I have made these notes in case I ever have to do it again! It might sound discouraging, but if you follow these instructions it shouldn't take you more than 20 minutes to set up the range extender. Tony

One touch? PuhLEASE!!
We bought this having read all the reviews saying what a nightmare it was to set up and I promised myself that if it did not work within half an hour I would send it back to Amazon and claim a refund for breach of Trade Descriptions Act. Initial efforts simply failed miserably. Provided you have security on your router turned off (which we did) it is supposed to be as simple as 1. Plug it in next to your router 2. Press the white button and then wait till it finds the router 3. Unplug it and go plug it in somewhere else in the house. On two tantalising occasions I got as far as 2. - but then 3. never seemed to work. Gave up. Two days later was working at home so decided to call the help desk - who answered quickly and someone competent and polite talked me through how to connect it with a cable to my router (another Belkin product thankfully), log onto the router through the browser (enter 192.168.2.254 in browser address bar for range extender and 192.168.2.1 for router should you be interested), fiddle about with settings, (oh and turn off Norton), and hey presto -- STILL didn't work! "We'll call you back". 6 hours later and they haven't called me back but in the meantime I discovered the problem - the physical cable they had me plug in to do all this was still connected. Maybe I misheard her telling me to take that out - but once I did it now works beautifully for my newish Compaq tablet PC but does not seem to be able to reach our old Dell Inspiron with PMCIIA wireless card - which was really the point of it all. But on the whole an ok result - just ignore the "One touch wonder" hype and get straight on to the help line.

Also - we wondered what the difference was between paying £31 for this product and £38 for the VERY similar looking product that says it is also an "Access Point" - and the difference seems to be only that the more expensive one comes from a different supplier - this one is an "access point" as well and we are pretty sure they are the identical product.

Good, simple, but not MIMO
First the bad (or actually just slightly disappointing): Although the image shows a MIMO device (two antennas, which generally give much higher signal range), this is actually a single antenna device.

Now the good:
If you're a technogeek, very simple to use. Simply throw away the manual (you would have anyway), and connect to it via the supplied LAN cable at 192.168.2.254 (setting your own IP in that range, and using .254 as DNS). Now load that address in the browser. Select the basic config, do a site survey, select a network to extend, *set the SSID to the same on the main page*, and away you go. This works even if you're in a crowded office environment with a dozen competing networks, whereas in this situation the auto-config button on the back is inclined to get confused (which is fair enough).

If you're not a technogeek, the auto-setup button seems very simple provided that your network is the only, or at least the strongest by a long way. This does not even need connecting to your PC.

Antenna range is good (as good as other single antenna Belkin access points), and it works fine with a D-Link router in an environment with a dozen other networks.