Belkin F5D6130 Wireless Network Access Point

Average customer rating: 3.5

Broke within two weeks
Belkin F5D6130 No web user nadme and password
Works great, but make sure what you need it for.
Previous review is bogus
Nice, easy wireless networking

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Belkin F5D6130 Wireless Network Access Point

Manufacturer: Belkin Components
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000063WP8

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Product Description

Wireless networking is the perfect solution for homes and offices where installing cabling is not practical or cost-effective. The Belkin Wireless Network Access Point is ideal for creating a wireless network. The Access Point is a simple solution for joining your wireless network to your wired Ethernet network Switch or Gateway Router. Once hooked in, you're ready to connect computers with wireless capabilities to your network and share data, printers, or high speed Internet access. The included management software works with Windows 98, 2000, NT, and Millennium Edition. Using the 802.11b wireless Ethernet standard, the Wireless Access Point is interoperable with all 802.11b wireless devices. With a range up to 548.5 m, you can stay connected around the house or office at speeds up to 11Mbps (faster than a 10BaseT Ethernet connection).

Customer Reviews:

Broke within two weeks.......2005-12-11

It worked wonderfully for two weeks using it to browse the web and moderate downloading, but when I tried to transfer a 1GB file over my network, it developed a 23% packet loss that has persisted since. Presumably it overheated, but what a waste of $20 if I can't use my device without it breaking.

Belkin F5D6130 No web user nadme and password.......2005-10-28

Works great out of the box. Problem is you can't configure it using the web based interface. You need the wizard...that's a problem the manual is worthless. Everyone withing a 500 radius of you will enjoy their "free connection and bandwidth" and that sucks.

Works great, but make sure what you need it for........2005-05-25

I was trying to use it as a range extender, but it seems to be uncompatible with my SMC7004AWBR router. I was able to set it up fast as an Access Point, it immeadiately signed me up and started to exchange packets, but I wasn't able to reach my router so I had to take it off the network.
I also tried to make it work with my xbox to put my console online but wasn't able to do so either. So, if you are trying to use it to turn a wired network into wireless this is it, this is what you need, otherwise I hope you can succeed in what I couldn't.

Previous review is bogus.......2004-06-17

The guy who said "Not comaptible with dynamic IP address modems" is wrong. I spoke with a tech who told me that it will work fine as long as you disable the DHCP on it's setup page.

Nice, easy wireless networking.......2002-11-23

I bought this and set it up yesterday. It was a total breeze--just plugged it into my router, put the PC card in my laptop, installed the drivers on the laptop, and everything worked. Very nice. Encryption works fine, too. I would recommend this to anyone who has a wired network and wants to add wireless access to it.

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