Customer Reviews
A terrible router overall 
2009-04-01
This router was my 2nd router of 4 in a long history of using Belkin products. I trust their cables & adaptors, so I thought I could trust their wireless products. I was wrong. First off, the web interface doesn't work with Firefox properly, doing nothing when you click buttons, etc. The firmware update(which will never happen it seems) takes forever to tell you there's no new update. I recently switched back to this model after my netgear wireless router failed, and it just wouldn't work. The "connected" light wouldn't come on, nor could I even use a Cat5 connection. Just keep shopping around.
BELKIN CUSTOMER SUPPORT IS THE WORST! 2007-07-23
I have had this router for about a year. Whenever you call they always say it is an issue with the DSL service provider. No help at all. Does not work with my wireless laptop. Totally useless. I am throwing away as soon as I get my Linksys. Will never buy another Belkin product. When will these companies learn outsourcing customer support to other countries undermines their reliability.
Stable, but featureless 
2006-07-24
The router is quite stable, at least compared to my Linksys router. I have never had to reset the Belkin, but with its great stabability comes its own problems. There is no way to disable wireless internet access, and for someone who doesn't use the feature, its just another security risk. Along with this, the setup page is only usable through Internet Explorer. Being a windows user this is not a major drawback, but for any linux user this can be quite a problem. The setup pages are also somewhat complex, requiring multiple page navigations to reach a single option. However, despite these drawbacks, the router has excellent logging capabilites that are far better than my Linksys. Overall the F5D6231-4 is a decent router and I recommend it to any wireless windows customers.
Terrible 2006-07-18
I'm on my third router. And after a year the range seems to have dropped and i need to switch on and off several tomes a day.
Garbage, support is terrible.
Avoid
This thing is junk, save yourself the trouble 2005-12-27
I bought this because it was cheap and I just wanted to use it as an extra network switch, and possibly an access point later. First thing I wanted to do was change the IP address so it coincided with the rest of my network. By doing this the router gets confused and changes to a random IP. It still works with the settings you had in it before changing the IP but you can't connect to it to configure anything else. If you try to use the "Access Point Only" mode, that doesn't work either and the router stops working altogether. In both situations you have to reset it to factory defaults and start all over. Belkin has no fix for this problem, I called them. Their solution was unacceptable and here we are a couple years after I bought this thing and they still haven't fixed it. Buy Belkin cables, stay away from all their electronics with firmware and/or software, they don't support them very well.
Just Toss It In The Junk Bin 2005-10-02
Belkin 802.11b wireless networking provides the perfect solution for the most advanced, cable-free installations. Our 802.11b Wireless Cable/DSL Gateway Router (Router) uses the 802.11b wireless Ethernet standard to let you share a broadband Internet connection among your computers-without cables. The Router features an integrated 4-port 10/100Base-T Ethernet switch that allows you to connect wired computers for all the advantages of networking. It makes sharing files and peripherals, such as hard drives, printers, CD-ROMs, DVDs-and more-easier than ever. The Router offers advanced features for the highest level of flexibility. Using its firewall, the Router protects your network from outside intrusions by hackers. Its IPSec pass-through allows you to work from another location using Virtual Private Networking (VPN). DMZ hosting lets you play accelerated games over the Internet.
Yup, it sux 2005-04-21
You can get Belkin stuff real cheap (...), but is your time worth it? Do you really want to be (...) around with networking problems? You'll be spending lots of frustrating time with it. I have, and I'm a computer professional. Belkin has not figured out that good software is important, consequently it's a mess. Reduce your pain. Forget Belkin, and Netgear.
Perfect. Never expected to have such performance. 
2005-04-20
I got this router inspite of all the negative reviews. it is cheap so I won't lose much. It is true it is 802.11b series not 802.11g so it is theriotically less speed, but who said that 11mb/s is low speed? If ur DSL connection is less than 10MB so u won't have any problem!
It worked like charm, I just followed the instuctions and within 5 minutes I had both my wired and wireless devices working. MAC address filtering allowed me to restrict access to only my PCs and Laptops - I am in a big building so many others might get the signal if i dont block them.
It worked all over my 100 m2 flat from wall to wall, even in the balcony.
I bet u won't get cheaper wireless network with such features at that price!
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I am editing this review just to say that this item is still working perfectly till now!
poor signal and unstable connection. dont buy it!!!!!!!!! 2005-02-23
poor signal and unstable connection. dont buy it!!!!!!!!!
Great wireless router 
2004-12-20
This wireless router is great. I've never had a problem with it and it has been working continuously for over 6 months. Great conncection, very easy setup.
