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Belkin N Wireless Modem Router
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(5 out of 5) by David Terrar on Jul 27, 2008 (St. Albans, UK)I've just installed this router as an upgrade from a Belkin Cable/DSL Gateway Router F5D6231-4 connected to cable Virgin Media thatb I've used for several years. I wanted to extend signal coverage to some of the further away rooms in the house as well as the garden, and make use of the faster wireless network speed (max 300 mbs up from 11 mbs). Following the quick setup up guide, and with the setup utility, it worked first time, straight out of the box, and has extended coverage just like I needed. The wireless LAN speed is defintely quicker, although I haven't dome any serious testing yet. One of the reasons I chose Belkin is because of their lifetime support. Unlike other reviewers here, whenever I've needed to use the support line with other products, they have always solved the problem for me. I'd recommend this router.
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(4 out of 5) by M. Van Den Berg on May 30, 2008 (Surrey, UK)Hello,
Although I did not buy this product from Amazon I wanted to share information in particular regarding this router and the usage of VPN. First of all, had no problems to setup the modem router and all went fine. With regards to connect to my company VPN is where I had some problems, in particular with regards to company drive mapping scripts (if you require those). After investigating and testing I found the problem that might be relevant even for other people with different routers. Previous Belkin routers had the MTU value going up to a max of 1500. E.g. the F5D7633 had the default MTU set to 1492. This router however has the MTU value set to 1454 and can only go to 1492. Although Belkin states in the router management view that the MTU should only be changed if the ISP indicates so, most ISP's don't state anything. Hence try to modify this value especially for VPN connections upwards. Mine works like a charm with MTU = 1492. Try as well websites such as speednet.test to check the impact on your down and upload speeds.
FYI amazon is the cheapest witht his router. I needed one right here right now and bought one in a local shop costed 100 pounds, but after a bit of negotiation came down to 85... which is still 20 more than amazon.
Good luck.
Although I did not buy this product from Amazon I wanted to share information in particular regarding this router and the usage of VPN. First of all, had no problems to setup the modem router and all went fine. With regards to connect to my company VPN is where I had some problems, in particular with regards to company drive mapping scripts (if you require those). After investigating and testing I found the problem that might be relevant even for other people with different routers. Previous Belkin routers had the MTU value going up to a max of 1500. E.g. the F5D7633 had the default MTU set to 1492. This router however has the MTU value set to 1454 and can only go to 1492. Although Belkin states in the router management view that the MTU should only be changed if the ISP indicates so, most ISP's don't state anything. Hence try to modify this value especially for VPN connections upwards. Mine works like a charm with MTU = 1492. Try as well websites such as speednet.test to check the impact on your down and upload speeds.
FYI amazon is the cheapest witht his router. I needed one right here right now and bought one in a local shop costed 100 pounds, but after a bit of negotiation came down to 85... which is still 20 more than amazon.
Good luck.