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List Price: $199.99
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Manufacturer: Belkin Components
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Belkin
EAN: 0722868630921
Feature: Interactive Status Display shows your network's broadband speed, computer bandwidth usage, the status of connected network devices, and more.
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Label: Belkin Components
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: Belkin Components
Model: F5D8232-4
Publisher: Belkin Components
Special Features: nv:Device Type^Wireless Router|Form Factor^Desktop|Wireless Network Standards^IEEE 802.11g|Wireless Network Standards^IEEE 802.11b|Wireless Network Standards^IEEE 802.11n|Wireless Data Transfer Rates^300 Mbps|Security Protocols^WPA|Security Protocols^128-bit WEP|Security Protocols^64-bit WEP|Security Protocols^WPA2|Networking Standards^IEEE 802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet|Networking Standards^IEEE 802.3 Ethernet 10Base-T|Networking Standards^IEEE 802.3u Ethernet 100Base-TX
Studio: Belkin Components
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Features
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Interactive Status Display shows your network's broadband speed, computer bandwidth usage, the status of connected network devices, and more.
Plug-and-Play CD-less setup
Easy Security Setup with support for Wi-Fi Protected Setup¿ and Multiple SSID
802.11n draft 2.0 compatible - 3x3 radio design provides excellent speeds and complete wireless coverage
4 Gigabit Ports
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Editorial Reviews:
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The N1 Vision wireless router offers an easy way for you to view your network's broadband speed, computer bandwidth usage, and the status of your connected devices - all from an easy-to-read display.Packaged in a new sleek and sophisticated design, N1 Vision offers the best in networking performance with its wireless 802.11n 3x3 radio design and wired gigabit ports. The N1 Vision wireless router continues Belkin's commitment in providing the best user experience in the home market through its Plug-and-Play "CD-less" installation and simple network security setup.
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Summary: horrible consistancy
Comment: Pros: It looks pretty, finally a piece of home networking equipment that is nice to look at.
Cons: If you use skype, or play online games, or anything else that can't be buffered expect to get disconnected at least every 2 hours. Belkin support will tell you to make changes to your computers when you can just go back to old hardware.
Summary: This is a good looking piece of equipment that doesn't work. Being in constant communication from home to family and friends is just as important as streaming audio and onine games. But, this router doesn't deliver. We get disconnected frequently from these services and though we can typically log back in, it's fustrating and annoying. Belkin Support has requested that i make changes to the computers on my network instaead of making changes to the router itself when I can just replace the router and all the problems go away. Unless you like trying to fix other peoples mistakes this router isn't for a consumer that wants reliable performance.
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Summary: Kinks Apparently Worked Out - Excellent, Fast, Beautiful, Highly Functional
Comment: I'm sorely tempted to call all of the earlier reviewers who slammed this router cry babies - or worse. My experience with this was 97% positive. But I understand that people bought these at various times from various places, and may have early versions of the hardware or firmware. That's all I can think of to reconcile my experience with theirs. This is an awesome product, which I heartily endorse.
I got the newer version of the hardware (v2000) and it came with the latest firmware (2.00.03). Before you buy this, ask your retailer to confirm that they'll send you v2000 hardware (or later) and not v1000, which most of the complainers likely have. You can download and install the latest firmware yourself if it's not running the latest when you get it.
It was the easiest setup ever (I have Vista Home Premium) - I plugged it in, followed the 3 minute super simple instructions and voila! It is super fast, easily configurable; the LCD gives you lots of information, and allows you to change various settings with the pushbutton (including disabling/enabling the wireless aspect - no reason to have it broadcasting to all corners of my property when I'm sitting 5 feet from the router connected using Gigabit ethernet cable, or when I'm on vacation, etc.)
Speaking of the pushbutton . . . unless they have changed it to make it much better, it is just ridiculous to complain about how hard you have to push it. On a scale of 1-10, 1 being super easy to push, 10 being super hard, it's a 5 or a 6. It's not even close to being a problem.
Another complaint I found when I googled for reviews about this was that it ran hot. It doesn't. At least mine doesn't. It's just slightly warm to the touch (compared to my Netgear Gigabit Switch, GS605, which could fry an egg).
The only problem I had was, with one of our laptops, it dropped the wireless connection every 35 seconds - over and over again - after I set the security to WPA-2. The solution was to set channel mode at 20MHz rather than 20MHz + 40MHz. It didn't affect the speed at all, but cured the disconnecting problem immediately. The other laptops I tried with it had no problems whatsoever.
I bought this and then sort of held my breath while making sure I set it up within the return period (I sometimes let things sit around a couple of weeks until I have a lot of time), since there were so many horrible reviews. I'm SO glad I bought this. No regrets. It's a beautiful piece of technology - near perfect, to me.
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Summary: Won't stay connected
Comment: It's a great looking product for sure, best in class. The router incorporates broad and unique security features. The best for me has been the guest access key which I give out to visitors then change frequently allowing me to keep my core security separate. Other great attributes include excellent distance and a decent UI.
The bad: it drops its connection to my ISP at least once every twelve hours. Usually the only way to get my network back up and running is to reset the router by unplugging the power source allowing it to reboot. Nothing can be more frustrating. And it's SLOW, very very slow.
So if you want one for the good, have a fresh brewed pot of coffee next to you since you'll find yourself staring at it's handsome looks a lot while you wait...and wait.
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Summary: When i get my new router (not a belkin) i will throw this one it in a ant pile light it on fire and watch it burn.
Comment: This is the worst router i have ever owned period.
first off I'm a Microsoft certified professional and I'm certified with the computer and technology association of America, ive spent well over 12 hours trouble shooting this router and ive called belkin about 7-9 times. setup wasnt to hard so it can have that.
As for the buttons on this thing to change views, there a joke and no its not my router its all of em. you have to push them soooo hard for it to work almost feel like your gonna break it.
the customer support is horrable no one can speak english.
my biggest problem with its it would disconnect everyone off the router every 30min-1 hour and you would have to disconnect and reconnect back then it would work for anouther hour then bam lost connection. Xbox 360, vista computer, Win XP computer everything, and i WAS using the lastest firmware and software on everthing including the router.
When i a new router (not a belkin) i will throw it in a ant pile light it on fire and watch it burn.
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Summary: Sexy and cool, but has technical problems with VPNs
Comment: This router is sexy and cool, no doubt. The LCD makes a nice clock, and you can watch your upload and download speeds. :-)
The fun stops when you deviate slightly from typical home use and try to connect to your office VPN (virtual private network). Though Belkin claims that this device supports VPNs, there is one fatal flaw that prevents it from working well.
Non-geek speak: The router inserts itself into the process that converts names like "www.apple.com" into IP addresses like 17.251.200.32.
Geek speak: The router advertises ITSELF as the DNS resolver instead of what your internet service provider tells it to use. It acts as the middle-man (and caches the results as well) which causes some interesting problems that are annoying and hard to debug when trying to start an IPSEC+ModeConfig+XAUTH connection.
The current version of the firmware (v1000 1.00.15) also corrupts cached DNS entries over time, and subsequently responds with bogus IP addresses for names. Ugh.
Belkin confirms that there is no setting to turn this "feature" off.
Other than that, I really like the box and hate having to shelve it. :-)
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