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Cheap Belkin Router - Save 50% £29.95

Dell UK Electronics and Accessories are offering 50% discount and FREE shipping for this Belkin Wireless G ADSL Modem Router for a limited time. The router is for use with broadband through a BT socket.

The final price inc vat and delivery is £29.95 which seems cheap to me!
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Belkin Wireless G ADSL Modem Router Benefits:
  • Share your broadband ADSL connection wirelessly
  • Allows you to connect to ADSL Internet access (analogue, so not ISDN) and share your highspeed connection, data files and network peripherals without wires
  • Built-in Modem
  • Compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g devices
  • Comes with Set-Up Wizard and latest wireless security features
  • Features advanced security including WPA Pre-Shared Key, WPA (Radius Server), 128-bit WEP, and 64 -bit encryption
  • Protects your network from outside intrusions by hackers using NAT and SPI firewalls
  • Manufacturer’s Lifetime Warranty and free Tech Support
More Details here: Belkin Router at Dell UK

50% Discount expires 28th May 2008

Comments

  • Helix
    Helix Posts: 2,381 Forumite
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    I wouldn't touch a Belkin router with a barge-pole no matter how cheap it was. I've had constant problems in the past - routers overheating everyday, buggy firmware, connection problems.

    Do yourself a favor and spend a bit more on a better brand - i.e Netgear or Linksys.
  • Cymru_2
    Cymru_2 Posts: 143 Forumite
    Ive got a model similar looking to this one, not sure if they're the same however. Been working flawlessly for over a year now. Just need to know how set them up i suppose.
  • sheslookinhot
    sheslookinhot Posts: 2,441 Forumite
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    I agree with Helix. Every few hours it was overheating and had to be switched off. It gave up after a while. No, spend a few more pounds and invest in a good one. Netgear as said.

    You get what you pay for.
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  • Helix
    Helix Posts: 2,381 Forumite
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    Cymru wrote: »
    Ive got a model similar looking to this one, not sure if they're the same however. Been working flawlessly for over a year now. Just need to know how set them up i suppose.

    It was set up correctly as confirmed by the people in their technical support centre. Look on the internet and you will find lots of complaints about Belkin routers, you must have been lucky.
  • imroberts
    imroberts Posts: 132 Forumite
    Cymru wrote: »
    Ive got a model similar looking to this one, not sure if they're the same however. Been working flawlessly for over a year now. Just need to know how set them up i suppose.
    I was running one of these for 5 years, didn't encounter a single problem :)

    When I bought it, it was more expensive than the equivalent Netgear or Linksys, so I would agree you get what you pay for :D
  • Redmikee
    Redmikee Posts: 179 Forumite
    Helix wrote: »
    It was set up correctly as confirmed by the people in their technical support centre. Look on the internet and you will find lots of complaints about Belkin routers, you must have been lucky.

    Or maybe you were unlucky, I bought my first Belkin router about 5 years ago ,contacted them about 2 years ago for a problem with the PSU and they sent me a brand new (current model)router thanks to the LIFETIME WARRANTY, haven't had any problems since.

    Mike
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