Belkin F5D7132 Wireless-G Universal Range Extender by Belkin Components
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Digital camera reviews of Belkin F5D7132 Wireless-G Universal Range Extender
Digital camera Review: Belkin f5d7132 wireless-g range extender
Summary: 4 Stars
This product worked for me only after connecting it to the wireless laptop via network cable and installing provided software.Digital camera Review: Best investment of the month
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a fairly technical person, but like others, I found the initialization process challenging. The biggest barrier was that the installer on the enclosed CD did not load (XP SP2, running over Bootcamp on a Macbook). I called the toll-free number, and twenty minutes later was a surfin' fool. An excellent product, well worth $38 and 20 minutes.Digital camera Review: Best of all and the cheapest with lifetime Guarantee
Summary: 5 Stars
Belkin Range Extender
I have seen so many negative reviews about this product. I really don't understand why. But one thing I figured out was that everyone who wrote a negative review was not able to set it up properly, or missed a clue or two somewhere in the setup.
This is the best extender I have seen so far. Moreover, it is the cheapest, Universal(it can be used with any router) and with life time guarantee..... What more you can ask. I am using this Extender in a radius of 300 - 400 feet. and I am getting all 5 bars or 100% connectivity.
I advise all those who had problem with setting up this router to take time and read the reviews as well as the manual. Let me tell you the cd is not of much help so get ready to set it manually.
Let me give you some easy steps.
A) If you don't have security set on your wireless router then setting up the belkin is a piece of cake.
But if you have security then follow the following steps and enjoy the excellent range and continuous connection.
1) remove the security setup of your wireless router (WR)
2) Connect Range extender (RE)using the auto button (press for 10 to 15 sec).
3) Connect the RE directly to your computer using the cable provided. open internet explorer and at address write 192.168.2.254 and hit enter
Now you are inside the RE.
4) Change the SSID name (I kept BRE ---- Must be different from your WR name). Type the name of your WR at PARENT AP SSID. Hit apply changes. Disconnect the power cable and reconnect after the router reboots.
5) Now set the security of RE the same way as you are about to set in WR.
I will advice wpa-psk. After clicking apply, unplug the current cable as well as internet cable.
6) Now set the security of your WR. Make sure you are doing the same in your WR. If needed unplug the current cable as well as internet cable.
7) Plug the WR and RE and let RE search the WR. You are good to go now. In your computer's view wireless connection. Choose BRE and Connect to the BRE (instead of WR) from the selection of wireless connections.
After using it for more than two weeks. There has been some problems with my LAN but I have faced no problem with RE.
If you think you can follow the above steps then ,, trust me you will not repent this purchase.
Note: It also converts your wireless connection to a wired connection, that means that you can connect your Vonage (or any other similar service) wirelessly.
Edited April 6th, 2008
Thank GOD I bought this great router. I am more than satisfied.
Digital camera Review: Better to just get N-draft
Summary: 2 Stars
I must admit, my purchase of this unit was "cheaping out" - I was trying to extend a wireless G unit, to avoid or defer a costlier upgrade to Wireless N.
The unit worked, after the requisite hour or so on the phone to India. But ultimately it is no substitute for just biting the bullet and upgrading to Wireless 802.11N. I sent the unit back, bought a wireless N unit, and have lived happily ever after.
Digital camera Review: Buggy and difficult to set up
Summary: 1 Stars
This is probably the worst network product that it has been my misfortune to come across in 36 years in the computer business.
1) It depends on a windows-only setup utility, no provision is made for other OSes.
2) It does strange and undocumented packet filtering. If I set the IP address of this computer to 192.168.120.240 it passes packets to the wireless network, if I set 192.168.120.250 it filters the packets. When I was trying to set this up I had wireshark running to capture what was going on, and even when I read the contents of the packets over the phone to tech support they couldn't tell me what was wrong.
3) It has a web setup utility which can only be accessed from a range of IP addresses. This range is undocumented.
Tech support were completely unhelpful, endlessly asking about other hardware that I hadn't got and refusing to answer direct questions.
Quite frankly this is sloppy engineering compounded by incompetent support. Buy something else.