Belkin N+ Wireless Router

• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 198 reviews
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• 5 stars

  My experience has been nothing like CNET's.

  by Brent212 on December 23, 2011

  Pros: Performance through the wired ports seems solid, doesn't lose connection on a regular basis. Nice web config interface.

  Cons: Wireless range is terrible. Hard to stay connected when further than 30-40 feet away. Newest firmware clearly exhibited lower performance than previous firmware. Needs to be reset every once in awhile (I'd guess every 2-3 weeks).

  Summary: I don't know if CNET was smoking some really good sht, or if it's just that these routers have a high lemon rate and they happened to get ...

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  Summary: I don't know if CNET was smoking some really good sht, or if it's just that these routers have a high lemon rate and they happened to get a good one. If you look at the customer reviews on amazon and here, there's a rather high percentage of unhappy people for a product with such a high CNET rating.
  
  I've had it for over a year and up until recently was fairly pleased with it. Other than it seeming to freeze up and need a power cycle ever so often (between 2 weeks and once a month), I didn't have any problems, and was seeing fairly solid performance, although I don't really have much to compare it to as this is the first n router I've used, and I didn't do a whole lot of speed testing on the 2 or 3 previous routers I've had.
  
  However, I was mainly using it for computers that are directly connected to the 4 ethernet ports, and the occasional wireless usage with a laptop in the same room (it's in my living room). My wife recently got an ipad, however, and she can't get a solid connection in our bedroom, one floor up, and maybe 20 feet over from where the router sits. The total distance can't be further than 40 feet (I'd say it's probably more like 25). It's going through one floor, but that shouldn't be an issue since plenty of people have good experiences with plenty of wireless routers while outside or in another building even.
  
  At first I thought the problem must be that the ipad has a weak or faulty wireless receiver. But then I started trying my android phone, and hers as well. All three devices have pretty much identical performance. I did a lot of experimenting with the settings for wireless channel (1-11, Auto), wireless mode (b+g+n vs. just n), and bandwidth (20 MHz vs 20/40 MHz). After doing some research, these three settings seemed like they'd be the main, if not only, settings that would effect the range/performance I was seeing in the tablet/phones.
  
  While theoretically, setting the bandwidth to 20/40 should improve performance, I came to the conclusion that using the 20 MHz setting clearly produced a more reliable connection with faster transfer speeds. I wasn't able to ever get the signal to be solid on the far side of our room, but it's decent when on the side closest to the router (pretty much right above it). When set to 20/40, I couldn't get a good connection at all.
  
  I should note that while I was tweaking and testing these settings, there were no other devices using the network, and I'd connect and test one wireless device at a time.
  
  I tried all the channels, along with Auto (which lets the router choose based on what it's detected as being the clearest), and some were definitely better than others. Auto would usually result in 1 or 11, but I did see 5 and 6 selected a few times. I ended up deciding that 8 was the best, but I'm sure this is different for everyone, since I believe it's affected by nearby wireless networks. And who knows, 8 might not be the best for me tomorrow, so leaving it on Auto might be the way to go, although I'm curious to know what causes it to re-assess the channel.
  
  I also tried the three latest firmwares (I was two behind), and found that the newest one (2.01.09) yielded noticeably slower speeds than the previous one (2.01.08) with the same settings. I tried switching between .08 and .09 three times back to back, leaving the settings the same and running a speed test a few times on each firmware, and everytime the performance would drop by about 66% when the .09 firmware was in use. So I'm sticking with 2.01.08.
  
  Every product that, when working as intended, delivers great performance, can have a small percentage of duds that produce disappointed customers. But the bottom line is that with this router it seems there is a far greater than average amount of lemons. CNET apparently got one of the good units, and while I'm sure the chances of getting a good one are still decent (at least 50%, probably much higher), many people have been stuck with one that doesn't perform near what CNET saw, and if I were going to buy another router right now, I'd take my chances with another company, or at least another model.

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• 2 stars

  Drops out every hour. Needs to be reset.

  by ugabrew on August 27, 2011

  Pros: Gigabit connectivity, decent wireless speed when it's not broken (see below)

  Cons: As reliable as a 1986 Yugo GV.

  Summary: I've tried everything with this router and nothing works. For whatever reason, it loses its connection every hour or so and will only regain it if I unplug it ...

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  Summary: I've tried everything with this router and nothing works. For whatever reason, it loses its connection every hour or so and will only regain it if I unplug it and plug it back in again. Seriously, this is 2011 and my router can't do a simple check to say "Am I working? No... OK, I'll reset myself so I can work again." This is INCREDIBLY ANNOYING! I paid good money for this and hate to give up on it, but I've decided to smash it to bits and start over with something from another company. This thing is a useless piece of junk. DO NOT listen to the CNET review and purchase it.

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• 2 stars

  Requires frequent reseting

  by MichaelKite on August 18, 2011

  Pros: Good range, easy set up

  Cons: Every couple of weeks It stops working and I have to reset the router to get it to reconnect to the internet. I highly suggest if you purchase this router that you have it in a convienent location so you can get at it when it will need resetting. I give

• 3 stars

  This Piece of Equipment is the Bain of My Existence!

  by Anjelface on August 5, 2011

  Pros: When, yes, WHEN it is working, it is nice to look at...but I am not able to see them and it does carry the signal from one end of the house to the other with doors closed and other wireless items, up and running, other than my cell phone! I don't know w

  Cons: IF YOU ARE USING AN ARRIS CABLE/PHONE MODEM...DO NOT PURCHASE OR USE THIS ROUTER!! I HATE IT~ even the pretty blue lights don't make up for the fact that the lights say everything is FINE!! But I end up having to call Belkin,open the router settings,clone

  Summary: If you own this combination of : Belkin Router N+ Wireless Router Model # F5D8235-4 v3 and Arris Cable/Telephony Modem Model #TM502G...They are NOT COMPATIBLE~AT ALL ...unless you know ...

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  Summary: If you own this combination of : Belkin Router N+ Wireless Router Model # F5D8235-4 v3 and Arris Cable/Telephony Modem Model #TM502G...They are NOT COMPATIBLE~AT ALL ...unless you know of a fix for this, please share it...because Belkin says it's Arris, though they don't know why...and Cox Cable and Arris swear it is the Belkin Wireless Router~so you will get nowhere with them and their support team members...and I can't understand anything Belkin's reps (Most) say until they spell it out...lol, I wish it were funny, but I run into this problem, more often then not, with any company that has their customer service personnel in another, Non-English speaking countries, so expect at least an hour just with Belkin and with Arris, you might as well hit yourself over the head with a hammer and Cox Cable will blame it on everybody else...I apologize to any employees of any of the aforementioned companies, that may have taken offense to these truths, but if you Google it, it is honestly pages of the same things you read here!! Good Luck to All !

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• 8 stars

  Worked just as stated!

  by dprobkw on June 22, 2011

  Pros: Works just like stated.

  Cons: have to reboot about once aweek if I want to keep seeing the meter on usage. Wish it had an adjustment for bandwith control.

  Summary: Has performed great for the last year, and who cares about the meter I dont stare at my router anyway.

  Summary: Has performed great for the last year, and who cares about the meter I dont stare at my router anyway.

• 1 stars

  Only thing worse than the product is the support

  by dwdodson on May 27, 2011

  Pros: Has pretty good range.

  Cons: The router lost its mind after I had done a bout with some computer issues. I suspect the large number of restarts confused the router. Anyhow, it disabled the routers ability to dynamically allocate IP addresses. We've had to statically assign them wh

  Summary: We're limping along now with static IP addresses no thanks to Belkin. We've already bought a replacement.

  Summary: We're limping along now with static IP addresses no thanks to Belkin. We've already bought a replacement.

• 2 stars

  Had to reset the unit about every 5-10 minutes.

  by GranatLD on March 15, 2011

  Pros: Nothing. I'll sell it cheap.

  Cons: Weak signal kept pages from opening. Computer would freeze.

  Summary: I replaced this unit with an Apple Airport Extreme, and love it! No more dropped connections and pages that wouldn't load.

  Summary: I replaced this unit with an Apple Airport Extreme, and love it! No more dropped connections and pages that wouldn't load.

• 7 stars

  Good Router Lousy Support

  by CrustyVet on November 10, 2010

  Pros: Good area of coverage. Good speed

  Cons: Very Poor Customer Service

  Summary: Had one of these which gave me good service. Got fried in electrical storm. Ordered another. Couldn't make it connect to internet and emailed Belkin as suggested in set ...

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  Summary: Had one of these which gave me good service. Got fried in electrical storm. Ordered another. Couldn't make it connect to internet and emailed Belkin as suggested in set up. Belkin said they would answer my question for $48. Boxed it up and sent it back. I'm through with Belkin. If it works, it's a good router. It's the service that's poor.!

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• 3 stars

  Needs to be replaced after 5months...

  by Tambokikoy on October 24, 2010

  Pros: Speed, Range

  Cons: After 5 months its about to give up... we have to reset it several times a day after losing connection...

  Summary: This Router really gave us a hard time, we have to reset several times a day after losing connection... tech support? ul need a lot of patience dealing with them.. ...

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  Summary: This Router really gave us a hard time, we have to reset several times a day after losing connection... tech support? ul need a lot of patience dealing with them.. after 8 calls to tech support they finally agreed to replace it with a new one...

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• 2 stars

  Good when it worked, but that was short lived.

  by shiccy on October 5, 2010

  Pros: Good specs
  Gigabit wired connections
  Good internal ABGN connection
  Good distance for connection - I'm not on a huge lot, but I can connect from the street in front of the house, all the way to the back of the house. Not huge house, but good distance

  Cons: Setup was easy, but within <1 year the connection became exceptionally unreliable for all devices. I found that making my network 'open' made the connections much more reliable. Just >1 year I now can't connect reliably for >2 hrs w/out reset.

  Summary: It was great while it worked, but unfortunately that was short lived. Things that NEVER worked: Networked/Shared USB devices. There was no reason for it, they just didn't ...

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  Summary: It was great while it worked, but unfortunately that was short lived. Things that NEVER worked: Networked/Shared USB devices. There was no reason for it, they just didn't work. Was in contact with support and they gave me "experimental" firmware, which made the router unreliable and still didn't gain functionality. I ended up giving up and downgraded back to the original. I bought this device just >1 year ago and it's already a discontinued product on their site. I just feel robbed as I spent quite a bit more than I wanted to on the device itself, but was roped in by the ability to have a USB device shared, 1gbps wired and wireless N connections all to find out that I could have gone much cheaper than this device, had the same functionality other than the sharing, and would possibly have had a router for much less than I paid. Wondering what kind of router I should be buying this time... hopefully I can get one that is a bit more reliable :\

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