Belkin BELKIN F5D92304 Wireless G Plus MIMO Router

• Reviewed by: bravenheart

  Strengths: looks cool?

  Weaknesses: Constantly drops connection, I can't stream videos wirelessly and xbox live is out of the picture, almost unplayable and i'm a room next door to the router and get 1 bar of signal

  Overall: Pretty much what the weaknesses are. I literally keep messing with the settings, and its like the internet resets itself every time and I haven't found any fixes for its constant drops, which is a very common problem. BE WARNED: MANY PEOPLE HAVE CONSTANT INTERNET DROPS. DON'T BUY

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  Strengths: None I can see

  Weaknesses: This thing is crap like the rest of belkins products.Very poor signal.

  Overall: Ok here it is:Signal is poor going from a distance of 35 feet in Open...I say open air. No walls--> Open air. My wifes G5 tower is 6 feet away from the thing and gets 80% signal. Hey why not 100%? Well you got me. I tried all the dam channels. Number 1 does the best. Turned SSID back on because we couldn't get any signal with it off. My iMac G5 is only 35 feet away with No walls between it. I get a signal of 30 % tops. 35 feet people.Where's this 100 feet suppose to happen...Not gunna.I am using a Yahoo widget to show signal....Wifi Watcher.widget, and my Mac also has a signal meter built in that shows the same. This is the second belkin wireless router now in a week. The other one...same thing died after less then a week. Do not buy belkin routers people..they are junk!! My next one will be a TRENDnet. Friend has one that's been up running now 3 years with not a problem, and it is their cheep version.

• Reviewed by: Racerbob99

  Strengths: Easy Set up. Reliable so far.

  Weaknesses: A little bit slower than the Linksys I had to replace.

  Overall: So far we are quite happy with this Belkin router. It features quick and easy set up with the cd that is included in the package. The settings are easy to make once you gain access to the router through your browser on your computer.

• Reviewed by: gvincent3000

  Strengths: Makes a Good Paperweight

  Weaknesses: Pathetic Signal range, Constantly Drops connection

  Overall: After Unpacking This router, the supplied DSL Filter was DOA requiring me to spend $20 to purchase another one.The Setup Interface is very poor, Slow and Clumsy. Signal range is pathetic, i receive a stronger signal from my neighbors d-link router next door than this router placed directly upstairs. Frequently drops internet connection. Requires constant reboots, sometimes three times a day. Investigating other reviews of belkin products, this is not uncommon and serious questions need to be asked why a company is allowed to get away with making such trash.

• Reviewed by: dab2007

  Strengths: It works, but only just.

  Weaknesses: Limit of 4 MAC addresses. Range not much better than previous access point. Needed to use switch to increase performance.

  Overall: Hi, I have just (August 2007) bought a Wireless G+ Mimo. I was having the same problem as another reviewer with the limit of 4 MAC addresses. It really annoyed me because I wanted an open network but wanted to limit exactly whose machines connected to it. I couldn't find a firmware update, and anyway I was put off by looking any further after reading the other reviewer's mail. Then I started playing around with the router and found that you can edit the settings file because it's text. First I saved the settings (typically in a file called user.conf), then looked for filter_mac_5 and entered a MAC address after the equals sign. I then reloaded the altered settings, and, voilà, it worked. It seems you can add up to 50 MAC addresses: filter_mac_6, filter_mac_7, etc. Watch out for carriage returns and line feeds. It's probably best to use VI, or something serious (i.e., not Windows Notepad). By the way I am sure that this method would not be supported by Belkin, but it does seem to work. Though I would expect you NOT to sue me if your router stops working. By the way (this has nothing to do with MAC addresses), I found that performance was terrible until I placed a switch between this router and my cable provider (Fastweb Italy). Waste of a switch, I know, but at least it works. Cheers Daniel (I posted this as a comment to another reviewer's message, but I wanted to give a rating as well).