Customer Reviews
Belkin Pre-N 170262 rounter 
2008-05-05
Router has worked great for years until Vista where I've discovered the problem with uploading a large number of jpeg files to Kodak's ofoto. Router locks up and I have to reboot or unplug it. I think I'll re-install XP, Vista seems to be a dog in many ways.
Not Vista compatible - Beware! 
2008-05-03
3 months after returning this card and the manufacturer advising they would have Amazon update the site, I still don't see a warning that this is a card not compatible with Vista. Perhaps they have published new drivers to handle Vista - but CHECK THEIR WEB SITE BEFORE YOU BUY.
Best Available? 
2008-04-30
I've had one of these Network Cards for about three years, paired with a Belkin pre-N router. It has been reliable and fast in my small home network. When the signal is occasionally lost, it is easily re-established in software and hard rebooting is rarely required. It is my understanding that the Belkin pre-N equipment works better than any N equipment, so I am pleased to find that pre-N components are still available. You won't be sorry if you go the Belkin pre-N route also.
Lousy service 2008-04-11
Item failed to perform. No help from Belkin. Contacted Amazon about return and was informed I had to deal with Computer Brain who informed me I had to pay return freight plus 15% restocking fee for an item that was faulty. Never buy from Amazon again
Running Pre-N with Vista. I did it! 2008-01-31
Just Got the Pre-N Card and Router. It works great with all my XP computers but I have removable hard drives. One with XP and One with Vista. Called Belkin and they told me they could not help it was not compatible and that is all there is to it. When I put the intall disk in
with Vista it would not run at all. So I hit start and went to my computer and saw the Belkin set up disk in the CD-Rom drive. I right clicked on the set up disk and hit open and saw the set up Icon and then I right clicked on it and opened properties and then opened compatibility menue and ran it in XP compataiblity mode and hit apply and then downloaded the driver and it works perfect. Pre-N works great and now that I have it running on Vista I am elated. I hope this help someone out there with the same problem.
It even works for me in Vista!! 2008-01-26
Belkin Wireless Pre-N Desktop Network Card connects your desktop computer to your wireless network with new Belkin Pre-N technology. It lets you share your broadband Internet connection farther and faster than ever. Featuring smart antenna technology, the Pre-N design helps combat distortion and interference so the Network Card can send its data streams greater distances, more reliably. When used with a Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router as the central connection point of your network, your computers can share your high-speed Internet account as well as files, printers, and hard drives. Belkin's Pre-N technology offers backward compatibility with existing 802.11g and 802.11b products, to provide seamless integration into existing wireless networks. In fact, its advanced technology enables Belkin Pre-N products to significantly improve the performance of standard 802.11g and 802.11b devices in the mixed network environment. Belkin Pre-N products do not drop to the lowest networking speed in a mixed-mode environment - If a standard 802.11g or 802.11b device is introduced into a Belkin Pre-N network.
Still no Vista support? 2007-11-07
I can not believe that almost a year later and still no Vista support. On their support site it still just says Coming Soon! What a joke and a waste of time and money.
I have the Pre-N router and am happy with that, and had hoped to get the maximum performance out of it by using the network card made to use with the router. Boy, am I dissapointed.
Fed up with Bait and Switch 2007-03-15
Even though this network card works amazingly well when everything is configured properly and it's a great bargain, Belkin is doing everything within its power to make you buy the N card and router instead. The day the Belkin N router was introduced at my local Staples and Bestbuy stores last year, the Pre-N cards and router mysteriously disappeared from the shelves and no one could explain why. Now Vista has been out for months, yet Belkin is still unable/unwilling to deliver Vista compatible drivers for most of the older Pre-N cards. All you get is a "coming soon" note on their web site with the implied message that they hope you run out of patience with your old, useless Pre-N network card and upgrade to N.
Not Vista Compatible 2007-03-11
I was disappointed to learn this card won't work with Windows Vista. I bought the router + card together in hopes of getting broader coverage even though it isn't fully standards-compliant ("Pre-N"). I contacted support about the issue and they sent me instructions that didn't work out. Might be a good product for WindowsXP, but for my purposes I rate it 1 star.
Performs as respresented 2007-01-24
I use with Belkin F5D8230-4 Wireless 802.11x Pre-N Router.
Fast with excellent range.
Easy installation if instructions are carefully followed.
