Belkin F5D7132 Wireless-G Universal Range Extender

Average customer rating: 3.5

Takes a bit of doing, but worth it.
Easy Setup
still have not got it to work after 1.5 months
nice!
What a piece of junk

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Belkin F5D7132 Wireless-G Universal Range Extender

Manufacturer: Belkin Components
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000FTLOL0

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Product Description

The 802.11g Wireless Universal Range Extender/ access point (WURE) connects to your network switch and lets you join your wireless-equipped PCs to your wired network in Access Point Mode, or lets increase the coverage of your existing wireless network in Range Extender Mode. Once you've done the simple setup, you can share data and peripherals, as well as a single Internet account among all your computers. It is based on standard 802.11g technology for fast wireless file transfers and downloads. The Access Point offers you the widest working range -up to 1500 feet -and a great interoperability in mixed networking environments.

Customer Reviews:

Takes a bit of doing, but worth it........2007-06-13

The Belkin did not work as promised (or I hoped for) straight out of the box, as it would only get the signal on Auto-Search mode when it was practically right next to the wireless router. Moving it just across the room, it would lose the signal! The manual (and a helpful tech support person) suggests changing the wireless channel the router is transmitting, from the usually default channel 11 to something else. So I went online, got into my Netgear router config, and changed the channel to 9. After that, I reset the Belkin and did the auto-configure search again, pressing the button for 10 seconds each time I moved it. Voila'! The thing now works clear across a two-story house in what was a very weak spot, boosting the wi-fi signal significantly. For all those frustrated users, it just took a little research, and changing the router broadcast channel, at least in my case.

Easy Setup.......2007-06-08

This product was working within 5 minutes of opening the box. I just read the quick-setup instructions, and held the white button on the back for ten seconds and it picked up the wireless router, and that was it. Highly recommended. (Much easier to set up than a Linksys range extender.)

still have not got it to work after 1.5 months.......2007-05-14

Played with it 4-5 times. Tried to follow the recipe for "secure" WiFi - never shows up on a local LAN so I can use the config utility. Kinda crappy and a waste of $50 in my opinion.

nice!.......2007-05-06

works as advertised, I had zero problems setting it up and never have any problems connecting with it.

What a piece of junk.......2007-04-17

This is such a piece of junk product. According to the instructions and sales material it will allow you to extend your wireless range. So after installing the unit I was surprised that I had a good signal in the before-bare area, very nice.

Sadly it totally disrupted the signal where both the base station and the range extender covered. This is 90% of the house. When I called technical support they told that this is sometimes an issue and there is no work around and I should stay out of the effected area.

I am trying to get a refund on the unit but I doubt I'm going to get anywhere. DO NOT BUY!

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