Belkin router any good?

[Bugzee]

:2in1:I am looking to purchasing a router, one of my friends say's Belkin is good make, any others to consider? Thanks in advance.

[thommo]

suppose any would do a job, mines a netgear and its great...cant comment on belkin as ive never owned one but id say take a look at the netgears too.

[Jaffa]

Netgear for me every time but I did have a Belkin before which allowed me to attach a printer to to the router and the printer was then wireless, really good router too but I bought a new Netgear and set the Belkin up at my brothers as I never use a printer much now and he does, its still working excellent for him.

[kryton]

belkin pretty much do the job.
the only issue i had with mine was it wouldn't port forward novalogic games (known issue) so i couldn't host a game server.
other than that it worked fine.

[Sharkbyte]

For the price they are really good, I even found some with ranges that rival most DLink or Linksys routers /WAP's.

[garry35]

i have tried both netgear and belkin and i find that belkin isnt as stable and often needs rebooting. netgear has always worked well for me at least....

[v896]

i'd personall go with netgear i had a belkin it was unprotected and annoying to set up

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

If this helps, my uncle always seems to try and avoid belkin and always tries to buy a netgear. He currently has a print server modem which he is using. So you have a choice. Although one might be slightly more expensive in a long term view and reliability me like others will be netgear all the way.

[dazza78]

i have a belkin and always have ,never caused me any troubles
dazza78:devil:

[MetMan]

:2in1:I am looking to purchasing a router, one of my friends say's Belkin is good make, any others to consider? Thanks in advance.

belkin i found absolute shite, regularly lost connection , changed to linksys no probs

[Bulld0g]

Got a Belkin and a Lynksys. Prefer the Linksys myself, but remember that Belkin carry a lifetime guarantee and they will exchange if anything goes wrong with it.

[bugaloo41]

Linksys worked flawlessly for a couple of years now. Pick them up fairly cheap now which is also a bonus.

[pnemickey]

I started off with a linksys, but had nothing but problems, nightmare to set up and constantly had to reconnect. switched to a belkin, much better, sets itself up almost, especially with vista. I would recommend belkin n1 everytime

[trpnster]

i like the linksys ones, as you can change the fireware to DD-WRT and then even better

[mac10]

I use wireless G hub with usb adapter for home theater pc and laptop card with my laptop (all Belkin) usb adapter is bombproof but I have always had a lot of problems with laptop loosing connection to router with a reboot the only way to get it running again....going to upgrade to 'n' soon I'll have to think twice about buying Belkin though.

[Mubz]

it really depends on what your doing with the router/network,
if its just for internet sharing anything will do,
for wireless i'd probably go linksys, but i have to say the belkin N1 is quite a powerful beastie

i've always used netgear but that will defo change the next time i replace my router...
got a N draft gigabit edition netgear router and it's rather p*sh for the money you spend
file transfer speed is JUST marginally better than a 10/100
doesn't support jumbo frame bits either...

but hey, that's just my pennies worth :)

[oxkiller]

belkin i found absolute shite, regularly lost connection , changed to linksys no probs

iam with you on this m8 i set up net works for frends and belkin are ok for a few days then start playing up they dont like wpa.

netgear always ok never had to go back to one.

[bigal]

hi all Ive just bought a belkin g seems ok son has laptop so works ok i seem to have lost my printer tho don't now if its a coincidence or what but il find out shortly by the way the printers still connected to my comp by usb

[Frederick]

my votes for netgear, my old belkin often needed to be reset !

[alunfennell]

I second that netgear is the way to go (a fine bit of kit) looks good too along with great support and features that will keep you busy for a while ....10/10

Regards:
Alun

[cunny]

I would have to say linksy for me, found that the dd-wrt firmware is bang on for everything i want to do over the network, tried belkin/variations and found these do not compare with it in the slightest.

[DJSimo]

I had Free Netgear router from VM, kept locking up and resetting and power lead connection was dodgy, so VM sent me another"Same fault" then another "Same fault"

So gave up and bought a Belkin wireless g from Comet, on offer for ?19 had no problems since using it for cs on Dreambox Hardwired to router and PC and wirelessly for Nintendo Wii and Nokia N95

This could just be a problem with the VM branded Netgear routers though.

[all]

All depends if you are either dsl or cable tbh as to what is the best. And who is your isp that rwally makes a difference.

In my views though i would say the belkin n1 is a real good one

[WATCHER]

avm fritzbox is the best:top: for me

look at hier (http://www.avm.de/en/index.php3):deal:

[moh]

im using a belkin router for the last year or so and have never had a problem with it :D