Product Description

Belkin Wireless DSL Cable Gateway Router 54Mbps F5D7230UK4 Networks Routers

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18147 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Belkin
• Model: F5D7230UK4
• Released on: 2007-08-12
• Platform: Windows
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 3.13 pounds

Features

• 125HSM is 35% faster than standard 802.11g
• 6-months of free built-in Parental Control/Web Content Filtering
• 6-months of free Pop-up, Adware and Spyware blocker
• Advanced security features including WEP and WPA
• Complies with 802.11g standards, backward compatible with 802.11b products

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Manufacturer's Description
The Belkin 802.11g Wireless Cable/DSL Gateway Router lets users share files and a broadband Internet connection among their computers-without using networking cables. It features 802.11g technology that makes accessing files and networked peripherals-such as hard drives, printers, CD-ROMs, and DVDs-easier than ever. 802.11g technology provides you with networking speeds nearly five times faster than the current Wi-Fi (802.11b) standard. An integrated, 4-port 10/100Base-T Ethernet switch also allows you to connect wired computers to the network. 802.11g technology is the easiest wireless network to implement. The Gateway Router uses the wireless 802.11g 2.4GHz standard to offer you the widest working range-upto 1500 feet-and greater interoperability in mixednetworking environments. 802.11g technology is backwardcompatiblewith the 802.11b Wi-Fi networking standard, so it allows you to implement faster wireless technologies incombination with existing 802.11b Wi-Fi networks. An added Turbo Mode will isolate your network from 802.11b wireless clients and allow your network to transmit data at the highest 802.11g data rate.

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Customer Reviews

I had problems too, Belkin sorted them - eventually
I bought this router for our church in March 2006, and found it very easy to install, connecting it in about three minutes to BT Business Broadband. I wonder if some of the other reviewers' installation problems lay with their broadband provider, rather than the product itself.

On that note, a general warning about choosing a wireless router. Like many of the Belkin routers, this router has Ethernet ports only, so if you have one of the tiny ADSL modems with only a USB port on the back then THIS IS NOT THE ONE FOR YOU! Choose a wireless router which has its own ADSL port on it and chuck the USB modem back in its box.

However, we started experience the same "drop outs" that most of the other reviewers have reported. Soon after installation, the router started cutting out and dropping all wired and wireless connections. Sometimes after three minutes, sometimes after three hours, but it couldn't stay up reliably overnight.

I did call Belkin, and although conversing with their call centre in India was a trying experience, they issued a call reference and said they would offer a replacement. That didn't happen, but a second call did result in getting through to someone in the UK, who did sort me out with a speedily-delivered, free replacement.

Nonetheless, caveat emptor still applies - I am an IT professional used to explaining to suppliers why a fault is their fault and I am (sadly) well practised in dealing with Indian service centres.

The replacement Belkin bas been problem-free (hence the three stars) and came with the same firmware, so I think this must have been a hardware or manufacturing problem, though we're about to buy a wireless router for home, and I have to say that we'll probably buy a Netgear instead...

Known Issue With This Product
Having first purchased one of these items in Novembe 2005, i finally set it up on my sons new PC on new years eve.

Initially, it dropped connection just a few times. Worked fie for about a month, then started dropping my connection again.

Now, it drops the power completely. Having spoken to Belkin tonight, i am told there is a known issue with this product. I have just placed an order for another one because i thought maybe i had the odd "rogue" unit. Seems many develop a fault at a later time. AMAZON, please remove this product from sale and speak to Belkin. I am currently awaiting a confirmation response from Belkin detailing what they intend to do now. They will either replace the product of repair it. I will advise when i know. In the meantime, i would advise anyone wanting this product to hold fire.

Good range. Easy to set up.
Use this box if you have a broadband cable connection (such as NTL broadband).

With the new 54g, the range is good. My box is on the ground floor (next to my cable set top box) and I wirelessly connect two floors up with a 'good' to 'very good' signal strength.

If you are an NTL customer you will need to set this box up using the Advanced Web interface as the MAC settings need to be cloned.