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I bought one of these Belkin new upright routers from the highstreet, as I needed a cheap 54g capable wifi router to replace an old Linksys. Was very easy to setup (if your pc competent), I didn't use the CD software but instead logged directly into the router by typing '192.168.2.1' into the web browser (no password is needed by default, but suggest you set one up!). From there it's easy setting up security settings, SSID etc. I now have two laptops (XP SP3 & Vista SP1) connected to the router and sharing the Vir 2mb cable connection with no problems so far. Both laptops have 6 tabs open, making 12 webpages in total, again the router is coping fine. I will report back here again after a few weeks use, so far so good.

this router is simply brilliant... i have it on a virgin media 8Mb connection and have wired an old laptop to it using one of the ethernet ports and use the laptop as a media server, movies and music are routed nice and fast wirelessly to the playstation 3 which i must add works perfectly on this router which im very pleased with as my previous router didn't seem to like the PS3 much... the router also handles being used for the 3 PC's in the house, a macbook, the nintendo wii, plus my iphone and has never dropped a connection and in the months we've been using it has only on a couple of occasions needed to be reset, the only complaint i have is routing was slow on the macbook but this is due to IPv4 support in safari but is easily fixed by using an alternative DNS service like OpenDNS which i would recommend to anyone on any router anyway!

So all in all this router was an absolute bargain and is now even more so that the price has practically halved since i bought it...

I needed to go wireless after a long time of putting it off and I am really pleased that I chose this product.
I have game stations and computers in various rooms as well as needing a strong wired connection in my office for work. This product has delivered exactly what I required.

This firewall in this router reduces my download speed from 6000 kbps to 2000 kbps!
If you can live with that (!) the router is fine.
Their online suppport is excellent, but they confirm that it is normal and to be expected that their firewall will reduce download speed by 4Mb per second!

Bought this as a replacement for an older model Belkin router. It's been very reliable so far. Was very easy to set up. I like the new upright enclosure. Works with Virgin cable.