I was going to buy a Belkin G router today for the new laptop but the salesman told me they were crapola. I went with a Lynksis N ultra range plus, but on Roadrunner Lite it probably won't make a difference. Maybe better range?
Anyway the thing was on sale and I got an additional 10% off with an on line coupon. $100 -$20 -$8 = $72.
Can I run an older G laptop with this N router?
Absolutely! They are backwards compatible. I had a Belkin WAP once, it did a good job, but it ran quite hot. Replaced it with a Linksys WAP54G router. The Linksys routers have served me well ... I still use two WAP11's to bridge the networks between the house and the shack out in the garage. Those things are probably 8 or 9 years old, and they are 802.11b WAP's.Originally Posted by kc7jty
Make sure to turn on WAP encryption, and it is best to use the MAC address filtering as well. This will help keep others from using your broadband connection. And, change the default admin password in the router, too. The setup program should offer enough help to get you through this. Run that setup on a computer that is hard wired to the router. Linksys has a setup available through your web browser, so you don't have to actually install additional software to set the router up. In the past, the default IP for the router was 192.168.1.1, and all you had to do was type that IP in the address bar in your browser to get to the setup utility.
Have fun with the new toys!
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My experience with Belkin wireless routers is that the have a tendency to run hot (as previously noted), momentarily drop connections, can freeze up requiring a reboot, and have an internal IP conflict with various Embarq ADSL modems.
They can also arbitrarily reset themselves, and unexpectedly die a year or two into deployment. I ditched mine some time back--as I think that many of the problems are due to the heating issue...
Give a man a fish, and he will eat it. Teach a man to fish and he will spend lots of money on tackle...
tnx folks
Does Belkin actually make anything? I was always under the impression that they're a "middleman" marketing outfit for cheap Chinese made goods.
I just took this thingie outta the box:
Linksys WRT160N
How is this different from the Linksys WET54G?
The Netgear wireless print server was notorious for this.
I recently setup a Belkin router for a friend, bought from the evil Walmart store. Easy to set up, and surprised of the options it had for setup, such as option to be a wireless access point. Do this, connect to WAN connector, autosetup (on Netgear router), and you can bridge networks.
Took me 2 hours on the phone with India then the Phillipines to get the Lynksis router functioning properly.
NUTZ!!
Posted with laptop, edited with desktop, so I guess they are both working now.
Sounds about right. Same thing happened here with the router I had when I started up. I hate to tell you how long I was on to set up my HP printer which is still not working the way it should.
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Same thing with a friend of mine who had a Lynksis router a couple years ago.Sounds about right. Same thing happened here with the router I had when I started up. I hate to tell you how long I was on to set up my HP printer which is still not working the way it should.
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This time with me it was an American sounding gal, a guy in India, & a woman in the Phillipines. Constantly pulling and reconnecting plugs (everyone imaginable) over and over. Then when they knew they finally got it right they wanted $10 to get into my machine and finish it. I said I didn't want to spend any money so they said OK & I finished it myself, with their assistance, that took only 3 minutes.
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