E:? Belkin 54G Wireless Cable Router & USB Adapter £34.99 - PCWorld

alanwjones

Re Belkin goods, If you're having problems with belkin goods, Remember that almost all of their goods come with a lifetime warranty. SEE HERE :- http://www.belkin.com/uk/support/tech/warranty.asp . There's also a freephone number for support available, Alan.

scoobies

Babbler wrote:

This one may be of more interest to some people:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/852034

As I said earlier I bought my Belkin about 3 weeks ago. Annoyingly I have lost the reciept and bag (Well I blame the wife for throwing them out:rolleyes2 )

To be honest the Belkin does drop the connection every so often and even has DNS issues (I changed my PC to use the ISP DNS servers direct which has helped a little). The performance of the USB wireless thing is poor - it keeps disconnecting when I am downloading/uploading left overnight (e.g. I sent 250 digital photos to get developed over the net - it took three attempts to get them sent.)

I had a linksys 802.11b setup previously and it worked flawlessly. My plan is to to go back to PC World and ask them to exchange it for the Linksys deal - even though it is £15 more expensive I presume it will be better (and is also 125mb - although for my 10mb cable connection will not make any difference).

PS Some advice required. Can I take along a bank statement as proof of purchase? - I still have all the original packaging for the router etc?

PS I work in IT and my advice would be avoid. It works fine for some and not for others - I have tried a lot of config changes (though not all) and it still has ropey performance.

pS Grrr lost connection again during this post :mad:

cheepskate_2

cheepskate wrote:

We had the same problems but hubby did something , he's not in at moment so will post slightly later and there have been no connection probs since.
will post later tonight

Hubby had to go to :

http://www.belkin.com/support/download/download.asp?category=9&lang=1&mode=



Go to this page. Scroll to your wireless network card, click on the link and download the drivers. Uninstall your current drivers and install the new ones

hope it helps

sicandar

Bank statement as proof of purchase?

YES!

abomb1969

I bought the Linksys and the router setup was in bloody German and dropped out all the time. Bought the Belkin perfect and £15 cheaper, never had a problem with Belkin and 24x7 support.

Mr_Mister

I have heard stories that wireless routers frequently disconnect without no interference. I do not have a laptop and just a standard PC in my room. Is it worth going for wireless? I already have a adsl modem connected to my PC but I'm switching to SKY Broadband soon who will be giving me a free wireless modem.