Belkin F5D6230-3 Wireless Cable/DSL Router
Posted on | November 9, 2009 | 3 Comments
From the Manufacturer
The Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Gateway Router is the perfect solution for Mac or PC users to share files and a broadband Internet connection among all your computers-without using cables. It’s never been easier to access files and networked peripherals such as hard drives, printers, CD-ROMs, and DVDs. An integrated, 3-port 10/100Base-Tx Ethernet switch also allows you to connect wired computers to the network. The Router uses the 802.11b wireless Ethernet standard to let you share broadband Internet connection and is interoperable with any 802.11b – compliant wireless device. It also offers NAT firewall to protect your network from outside intrusions by hackers, and an IP Sec pass-through for remote access (more…)
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November 9th, 2009 @ 1:22 pm
$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This is an out of date product.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.
November 9th, 2009 @ 5:44 pm
The router has performed very well during a month of continuous use with Belkin and other wireless adapters and with a standard ethernet card–there is a 10/100Base-T switch. Setup was quick and free of problems.
We have two minor complaints:
1. After a cable modem service interruption, the router may require a reset to restore Internet access to the network. A reset may be accomplished, usually, via a web interface on a connected computer, so it’s a small matter. (To be fair, we don’t know how often our cable modem goes offline. For every time we have to reset the router, there may be 100 times when the router brings us back up transparently. Or not.)
2. Indoor range is far less than that claimed by the manufacturer. This seems to be true, obviously, for every wireless system. We mention this for completeness.
We are happy with the router and would be surprised to find a unit in the same price range that performs better.
November 9th, 2009 @ 10:34 pm
This router slowed my PPPoE internet connection down to a crawl, both wirelessly and even when directly plugged into the router. After multiple calls to Belkin tech support (with horrendous hold times) and several firmware upgrades, I finally gave up. Got a Linksys instead, and it works great, no slow-downs or dropped connections.