Customer Reviews
Junk to Jewel. 
2008-06-06
Best looking router made, great coverage, fantastic speeds, VPN connection was broken until this weeks Firmware upgrade ver 1.1.15 i think? anyway get the router, then grab that firmware and you will be satisfied. Yeah it runs a little hot as some complain but i dont care i never have to reboot it, and the guest access is sweet. Easy to turn on and off. Had to get used to the interface and choices coming from the WRT54G, but its a good upgrade. Only thing its missing now is a way to do Network storage with the direct connect to a USB drive, but i hear thats not working well on Linksys devices either. So buy this shiny mug, and put it on your desk for all to admire.
Brent
Wow, this router rocks! 2008-06-06
I have to say, I read some of the reviews here and almost shy-ed away from buying the Belkin N1 Vision. But I woke up this morning and my dang Linksys router was disconnected again, man that thing is a piece of crap, I spent an hour thinking it was a computer problem until I pulled the plug on the Linksys.
I hooked up the Belkin router and just went through the screens manually. The firmware was way out of date 00.3 vs 00.15 that is the current version. I updated that first and all went well.
I have no wireless N devices, but all of my wireless G devices have gone way up. I had 76% signal before and I have 96% now, it's amazing.
A couple of things other posters wrote:
IPSec VPN - I connected to VPN and all was well. From the things I read, this was fixed in 00.13 of the firmware, so posters before April or so of this year may have had legitimate problems.
The LCD screen - yeah, the info really isn't that useful, but oh well, if nothing else it's nice bling...
The buttons - the right hand side of the square can be tough to push, but it's not as bad as others made it out to be...
Rebooting after every option - whoever wrote that was either embellishing or Belkin made huge leaps in the firmware. There are only two options that do a 70 sec reboot, one big one does a 180 sec reboot, and all the others do 10 sec config saves. Almost every router out there does a small config save, it's crazy to complain about that.
To summarize, either I got damn lucky with this router or it's received a lot of unfair criticism. I guess there will always be negative critics, for instance, I find the performance of Linksys to be dreadful....
Wireless,, forget wireless... 
2008-05-06
I read many reviews and many said this product has problems and Belkin support sucks, yet I was doubting what they are saying because this router IS expensive, I thought how come Belkin would manufacture such expensive product and be that lousy....?
But... If you dare to connect any wireless device to the router, it will operate for 10 minutes then the whole thing will go down and you need to restart it!
I tried to connect using secured and unsecured wireless connections with ALL types of encryptions possible, same result.
Even through the nice option that it has as which is a "Guest" wireless network: same story.
Yet not all wireless devices connect to this router, my i-mate JAMin can't connect! It detects the network but no way it would connect! My brother has a linksys and the phone smoothly connects with its wireless link.
If someone from outside attempts to connect the router will still hang!)
So I ended up shutting down the wireless option and now it's a non-wireless router!
Yet, every week the router hangs at least once! and I need to unplug and plug it back again to power! soft restart won't work, the whole thing is jammed!
The buttons on the front are not something easy to press, you must have your hand behind the router and press with your thumb really hard, and I mean it! first couple of times I thought the buttons were not working!
The reason it is still on my desk (and that I gave it a second star) is that it's the only router -as far as I know- in the market with built in GIG-Ethernet switch because I need it for my network storage, and the fact that the display in the front is a smart idea, looks cool and very useful. Otherwise, this big expensive black box would have ended in the trash bin....
Now I'm looking for a cheap wireless access point to plug into my network.
This device is not worth to buy, I expect Belkin will launch soon a new product that will cover all the bugs of N1, especially that they did not release a new firmware that fixes these problems, which strongly hints that this is a hardware issue.
OH one more thing, I live in Dubai - United Arab Emirates, which means there is a SERIOUS issue with this product if even the stock that we got here has problems too!!!
Bottom line:
STAY AWAY.
EDIT:
Almost anything that you do with the router setup requires it to restart which is VERY annoying... I have never seen a router that requires restart just to change the port forwarding option!!! I was troublshooting a remote access problem and each time I change the port number or the destination IP Address it restarts to apply the changes, I really got frustrated and wasted much of my time, could've solved it in 15 minutes but took me 40 minutes just waiting for it to boot again and again...
Not the best, may be it is the worst 2008-05-03
Some of the problems you will have:
Not compatable with Belkin Products. (can you belive it) I have a Belkin Network USB Hub and a USB N1 wirless and it is NOT working well. It gets disconnected all the time from the internet and the HD. I spent 4 hours with the customer support. Very nice people, but it was useless. At same point, they asked me to send the PRODUCTS (ALL) back to them. Then, we tried one more time and it worked, but few days latter stop working. Oh I forgot I already returned a N1 router to Belkin.
Good Wi-Fi coverage, but it is not connected as it should.
Handy LCD screen provides quick view of activity - Useless
Wi-Fi speed is in the middle range for 802.11n routers - This is true
No USB port for connecting hard drives or printers - True, I have Network
USB Hub and thy do ot connected well. But it is not working.
Navigation buttons were frustratingly hard to press - I never pressed them.
Good overall router 2008-04-26
This was a quick product to setup, should be quick even for those that are not technologically savvy. The signal is much better and more consistent than the Linksys 150N I was previously using. Also the display interface is neat, although its questionable whether it is worth the extra cost over their other N1 router.
Belkin N1 Wireless Router 2008-07-10
This is the first router I've had. I bought it to use with my new laptop, so the laptop could access the internet, receive email, "talk" to the printer, etc. It works like a charm, but it should because I had it professionally set up. It was unnecessary to download the new drivers for the N1, BTW, although I read that someone else said it wouldn't work for them until that was done. Everyone's system is likely to be somewhat different; therefore, different setups are sometimes needed.
Waiting for my first RMA... 
2008-07-08
This is certainly a pretty piece of hardware and I liked the idea of having at-a-glance utilization data.
Unfortunately, the reality isn't nearly as pretty as the picture. Beyond the uncertain build quality (the buttons are worse than my 1982 Sinclair Spectrum), the wireless stack in this thing seems to be as unstable as a coffee-snorting spider monkey. When it is working, I will sometimes seem ping times as high as 55 _seconds_ (55,000 milliseconds!) between a wireless client and the router. Other times, with no apparent difference, ping times run in the <1 millisecond range, where I would expect them.
Ahhh...but that's when it's actually functioning. Every few hours under load, it seems to completely lock up so that I have to pull the power plug and reboot it. I've tried changing wireless channels and settings but I haven't found any combinations that actually work.
Belkin support offered several useless suggestions (obviously boilerplate text) before telling me to return the device for a replacement. I'm waiting for the replacement but I have no confidence that it will operate better than this one.
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UPDATE
As expected, the replacement router is performing no better than the original. I'm currently on the phone with Belkin technical support (on hold, after being transferred twice).
Belkin N1 Vision 2008-07-02
I have had this router for the past 6 months and below are my observations as compared to my previous DG834g router.
(after installing it, I upgraded to the latest firmware 1.00.15)
+ve
- it looks stylish
- the front display is useful for quick information
- the guest ssid is a great idea (but I can't get it to work)
- i use it with a G card and the range / signal has improved as compared with my old Netger DG834g.
- over all some good features.
-ve
- the odd stand makes it VERY difficult to attach / stick it to the wall (as routers are always recommended to be kept at the highest part)
- it does not e-mail security logs
- the front main login page displays ALL your router information (all ip information, ssid, serial #,etc), meaning if you turn on remote management, anyone with your ip address and WITHOUT the password can still see your router configuration?!?!?!
- you can't assign dhcp ip addresses based upon mac address, meaning you need to hard code the ip address on the computer if you want it to retain it.
- the download / upload display screen freezes atleast once a week and i need to reboot it to work again.
- Support provided for this product from India is as useful as a swimming pool without water. I have called them about 3 times and all they make me to is reset my router to factory settings, or install a new firmaware, neither has fixed any of my problems.
my verdict...it might be an idea to stick with Netgear.
Great Product 2008-06-30
I purchased this product as part of the project to finally make our house a "smart house". During this project I dealt with TV issues, Wireless printer issues, and even speaker issues. However this was pretty much the only thing where everything worked seamlessly and fluidly. I got home late plugged it in and 5 minutes later had a Wireless network up and running including security features. And the coverage...wow. We live in the country and I set this router up and I was able to pick up a signal on the end of our dock (about 600 feet away) that was decently strong and carried the speed well. It was great with setup to be able to do everything via the computer (not dealing with disks) and just being able to plug and play. The only problems that I had were 1 or 2 minor problems with the printer and the security encryption. The 1st time I had to toy around with it but after that I just made a backup of the settings and it happened again (after power failure) and just reset settings. Everything with this product has been a breeze and it comes highly recommended.
Horrible Customer Support 2008-06-26
Worked great with my laptop and setup was easy. But everytime the router was on, my Dell desktop would blue-screen. I don't know why the signal overloaded the PC, and I will never know because customer service was just awful. This was true for multiple calls (not just a lone bad CSR).
I don't wish to fault the customer service just because it's from India (which it is), like other negative reviews seem to give that vibe. But it is truly horrible.
They do (as others mentioned) instantly blame the non-Belkin devices and refer you to their CS support, even when it's not appropriate. I have a relatively low level of tech knowledge, and they kept trying to convince me of things even an idiot like me knew were absolutely false. They had no interest in solving problems, but only to make it someone else's problem, even if it meant giving conflicting statements during the same call. Never call Belkin CS, it will only make you angry.
I have experienced a lot of sub-par CS help over the years, but none as bad as Belkin's. As long as you never have problems, I'm sure it's a great device... but you could say that for most devices.
