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I found the set up to be a little frustrating and not quite as easy and some reviews made it sound. Finally in my last call with them after trying all of these things they said the problem is that I need to update the driver for my wireless adapter.and that the problem is not with the router. And when I was trying to connect at home using this router and I clicked "view available wireless networks" I could see a couple of my neighbors' networks with stronger signal strengths than my own. It's worked fine on other wireless networks. Every time I tried to walk the laptop over to the coffee table about 25 - 30 feet from the router, I'd loose my wireless connection. Tech support was helpful.
So I got the router connected to my desktop computer successfully and was able to connect wirelessly on my laptop, but I could only stay connected wirelessly if sat about 10 - 12 feet from the router. I had no sources of interference nearby like a cordless phone, and I had basically a straight line of sight from the router to the laptop, but still from 10 - 12 feet away I could only get a signal strength of "very low" (or one bar out of five). I read a lot of the reviews on this site and took my chances with this inexpensive router. The other told me 8 meters. None of these things improved the performance. I'm pretty confident my wireless adapter is fine. If I had known this I probably would've purchased a more expensive router with better reviews.
I called tech support on a couple occassions and tried to diagnose the poor signal strength. I eventually called tech support to get some help with getting it operational. Also in speaking with tech support I asked two different support agents what's the maximum distance from the router at which I should be able to work wirelessly. And again, it was basically a straight line of sight with no sources of interference. They ran me through different procedures like changing the channel on the router, or resetting the router, updating the firmware, resetting the factory default settings. One told me 30 feet. I'll probably buy a router from a different manufacturer next time.
Having wifi in the house has given new life to our electronics. It's so useful. We have been able to take advantage of all the features available on the Wii, our DSIs and my iPod. Soon we'll be able to stream movies from Netflix to our television instead of having to watch them on computer. Easy to install and apparantly more powerful than others I've seen that have been purchased locally. I highly recommend.
I'm sure this would work great, but it turned out not to be what I needed, so I have returned it for a refund. Sorry I can't be of more help.
Overall its the best bong for the buck. You can't beat the price with this quality product.
We have a desktop and 3 laptops scattered in three different rooms at 3 different floor levels. I hesitated before I bought this Belkin ME1004-R router because I was not sure if this little thing will work in my 2330 square foot house.
My experience was that setup was very easy, signal was strong in every corner of the house. After I read many reviews on different models, I bought this one.
Now I have used it for a month. During the whole month, there were only three occasions when I have to turn off and on the device because of connection glitch.
Highly recommended.
I was setting myself up for getting a "so-so" item, looking at the price, and what we got was a great deal. For a solid unit at a great price, you cannot get any better or easier than this.
With the software and the unit with cables, my 10 year old son was able to do the entire hook up while I watched. I bought this very router basically based on price, using it almost solely to connect our Nintendo Wii to the internet.
We have solid signal to the Wii, which is only 45 feet away from the computer desk, but I pull tremendous signal onto my laptop and BlackBerry (which now can run off this signal rather than their own vices) all the way to the front of the house thru 2 stories and outside. This literally took longer to get out of the packaging than it did to get it operational.
It simply cannot get any easier than that. The only reason I gave it a full 5 stars while only having it for a week was the ease of set up and the price.
Long story longer.I'm extremely pleased with this purchase.For the record, I have Windows Vista HE running on an HP Pavillion and had no issues whatsoever.
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