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The "Wireless" LED on the router is almost always off unless a device is connected wirelessly, the only solution is to restart the router to make the wireless connection available. For that reason I will take off another Star. I have owned this product for over a year. The support page on Belkin's website has disappeared too. If I was in the market for a new router, I would not buy this knowing what I know now. The reason why I bought this as because of the N connectivity, and also because it was aesthetically pleasing. The router works fine when wired, however whenever we want to connect a wireless device its a hassle.
And still, my internet connection kept resetting. I'll never buy any Belkin product again. I purchased this particular product about a year ago because of its features and ease of setup, and it also replaced my pre-N which had sporadic connection problems. My bandwidth usage is pretty high because I download and evaluate a lot of open-source software, and I also administer Linux machines remotely. Yup, the problem was Belkin. Then, I thought since the router is N technology and my clients were G, then changing the router to G should help. I've made other kinds of adjustments to all of the settings in the router and even went on the message boards to get help in putting together the "perfect settings." I had the latest firmware installed.
After using it for about four months, it never went down once, and I didn't have to make any changes to some of the low-level settings. This router is just a regular wireless-G router.
Turns out, that wasn't the case. Finally, I decided to buy a different brand router (Netgear model WGR614).
From day one, my internet connection would simply reset itself at least once nearly every day. This went on for a year.
[.]. So, I thought my ISP was trying to limit my bandwidth by throttling my connection.
Nope, same problem.
Other wireless routers have been no problem. I thought the new "N" protocol would give me improved reception for my wireless computers but when I set security on it I could not get connection.
Then it quit broadcasting SSID despite Setup reconfigurations, reboots, etc. Called support both times (outsourced to India) and they couldn't fix it either. The Belkin N1 Wireless Router is by far the easiest to install of the 6 or so different systems I've set up. Tried different channels, wireless modes, even turned the protected mode and security features off. Now I don't even want a replacement unit, I'm going back to my old faithful Linksys WRT54GL which has performed well since day one (besides the need to reboot it once or twice a year). It's also the only router I've had to send in for warranty.TWICE. Each time the router worked flawlessly for about a month.
Overall, this is a solid buy if you need a good, wireless-N router with great range and reliability at a quality price. Apparently they have fixed some firmware issues that were knocking it offline periodically when it first came out. I have used a few of these routers for installs with my business and they are great. The MIMO technology and 3 antennas give this guy great range.
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