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I have one of these routers now for over a year now, and I can say that this has been thoroughly tested. When I first purchased this device it was on the recommendation of many and varied sites covering IT product reviews. The set was fairly easy to set up and the performance overall was not that bad initially. But as time has gone on I have to say this product has many faults. Firstly it has a tendency to disconnect quite frequently and also suffers from very poor packet loss - (my own network 60% packet loss with router, 0% without)this means that to me this router is utterly useless for the gamer or any one that uses VOIP. Belkin as well offer a very poor customer support and provide little in the way of firmware updates for this product. I have to conclude that if you are some one that is looking for a any product you have to ask yourself about the validity of review sites on the net and the honesty of each.

After reading the reviews for this router, i'm confident it will be just what i want to expand my home network. At the moment, i have a wired network that connects all the machines in my home.

However, could someone please help me understand one situation. If i have an eternet cable running from the existing wired router, could i simply connect the wireless router to the ethernet cable and have my own small network running off the existing network ? Or would i need another modem ?

Previous review is incorrect. I experienced the same pain others have felt with the combination. However you need to set the modem to bridge mode. This works beautifully with the D-link. I'm using it now!!