Belkin Sucks!
May 2nd, 2003Do not buy a Belkin router. There are perfectly decent, cheap wireless AP/router combos in the world. Do not a Belkin. Besides being crappy, ugly, poorly documented hardware, with a horrible configuration inteface, where they make up their own little mini-jargon rather then using standard terms, and besides the fact that we still haven’t been able to make the Mac talk to the router, Belkin is evil. They are showing popup ads for Belkin products on my home network! I understand the approach of APs out in the world proxying http requests to a login page, its a useful way to have a login, or share information about a project as I’ve mentioned.
But there is absolutely, no possible way to justify Belkin thinking they have the right to show advertisement on my home network simply because I’m using their crappy hardware.
Belkin sucks. Do not buy one. I’m going to go return this thing for the people I’m visiting and get them something decent. I think I would prefer 2 tin cans on a piece of string, but they might not realize it was an upgrade.
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I had terrible experience with Belkin products. I bought a laptop PCI wireless adaptor, it had crappy reception and it crashed in about a month. I bouth also an optical mouse that was on sale, it cost me about 4 bucks and it sucks it gets stuck every 5 seconds. Think twice when thinking of buying belkin, really cheap prices can seem attractive but in the end those are cheap bad quality products.
I have a Belkin N Wireless Router. It always had issues, by disconnecting. Now, it doesn’t even want to connect to my cable modem (connecting computer directly to the modem works just fine though). I unplugged this crap-box and smashed it.. i feel relieved. No more Belkin for me.
Besides apparently having terrible routers, Belkin products are way overpriced. Have you seen the prices on Belkin cables and adapters? No better in quality than no name OEM brands, but maybe ten times higher in price. Belkin–your source for overpriced, low-quality PC products.
Being a tech for over 10 years now, I’ve seen some real shit. These Belkin wireless routers take the cake! We moved from Linkshit because thiers would last oh, maybe 6 months till they crapped out. Bought a Belkin thinking maybe it would last longer….buahahahahahahahaha! I was WRONG! These paperweights disconnect every 10 godddamn minutes! These are WORSE than Linkshit routers! DO NOT buy ANY Belkin products, they should be sued for the shit they produce and have the gall and audacity to sell. You might as well have polished up a turd and sold it as a router, cuz that’s the quality, SHIT! Listen people, go NETGEAR! We bought one and the fact that we are connected now for a full 24 hours without any disconnect whatsoever makes us wanna have a fucking party and invite the neighbors.
Ya Belkin Sucks but Linksys + DD-WRT is the best/most cost effective solution available for the home user. Don’t buy netgear either…crap as well. You must run a third party firmware these days. The router companies are in the business of making money which means they write these crappy firmwares as fast as possible to get the product out the door and don’t care how shitty their software is.
Belkin is shit, I wanted to get my PS3 running on NAT 2, but it kept coming as NAT 3, so I tried for like 3 month, even exchanged the router directly through BELKIN (but wasted money on SHIPPING)
I tried setting up a DMZ for my PS3, NOTHING, tried opening up PORTS using virtual server crap NOTHING, I tried everything in the book , read and viewed online help shits all over the place, and today after like 3 months,
I hooked up my OLD D-LINK (Wireless B) router and w/o even setting up port forwarding OR DMZ I got NAT 2 RIGHT AWAY.
F*#$ BELKING
This is the worste router I have ever had. Crash’s daily now. SUCKS>
Yup just got off the phone with Belkin again one computer connects, the other one wont, they say “change the channel” well there are only 12 channels and I have been through them all!! I had an old linksys B router and until it couldn’t keep up any more >2 mbps connection speed it worked fine. Thought it was time to “upgrade” Best Buy said oh this Belkin is a great router!! Thanks Geek Squad!! at least it wasn’t that expensive.
Belkin=Garbage
Same here. The wireless on it didnt work and I had to constantly restart it because it was too retarded to understand information. I hated it so much I changed my wireless network name to belkin54gsucksballs. I,right now, just unplugged it, punched it, and threw it across the room. Then I replugged in my linksys, which of course, works just fine. Dont ask me why I even unplugged my linksys in the first place. Ima smash this belkin with a bat, fedex it to them and tell them to quit making this shit. It is so frustrating trying to get this piece of junk to work with a pc, 360, laptop, whatever, anything. DO NOT BUY ONE EVER!!<–All caps to show frustration. Because that is all you will get with Belkin products is frustration.
Belkin has to be the worst producer of wireless products, I have constant, random problems that persist. The customer support is always an Indian person who just re-reads me the help page on the website.
I too have had terrible run ins with these idiots….have a Belkin power strip for my laptop and the cheapo tips that they give you broke within 2 months, noone carries replacements and the morons at Belkin idea for a fix is “just keep trying us back, Im sure we will get some more in one of these days” on top of that everywhere they tell me that sells their products hasnt carried them in years….this place could be wiped out of business for good and the world would be a better place. $80+ bucks down the tubes…..live and learn I suppose. Im telling everyone I know not to touch their products….
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Even their BT USB adapters are shit too. Works for one day, then “NO BT DEVICE FOUND”
i had 4 belkin wifi adapters (pcmcia g, pcmcia g+mimo, usb g+mimo, usb n) and the first 3 died in less than 6 monthes. the last one is 5 montes old and dying as i type. always crashes. The only good thing about them is 1- they provide drivers in the inf format (good 4 linux via ndiswrapper), 2- somewhat-good interface with the adapters, shitty interface for the routers. I also hate how they provide no way to use the wfi routers as hubs only- no modem= no internet (my modem is on another router across the house via powerline)
ard u’all are right, their cables are overpriced. and so are their usb hubs (love my mobile 7 port one anyway, bought it at goodwill)
We have a belkin wireless router. It’s in my room, so I have it plugged directly into the computer. But laptop or my computer, it doesn’t matter: the piece of shit disconnects from the internet 3 times an hour regardless.
Out of all the computer products I’ve ever purchased, this belkin router is by far and away the worst. Frankly, I don’t see a difference between this “product” and an outright scam. Total. Fucking. Shit.
From the other page post 49 I think, I’ve stumbled across this again and my wireless n router is still working perfectly, the only problem I have with it is the DHCP list doesnt always work. Not terrible though
OMFG! Belkin sucks major! it disconnects like every 5 seconds and you have to go un-plug it and re-plug it every time, which sucks for me because I’m in the basement and the friking thing is all the way up stair! even now, ive been disconnected twice while typing this!!!! i cant WAIT to go out to get a new router!
Definitely Belkin router sucks!!! I bought I new Belkin router G Plus MIMO Router and guess what? The same as all of you, the router crash every minute, can’t work properly downloading videos or any archive. So I decided to make the firmware update and it got worst than ever. Now the router just don’t work. PLEASE DON’T BUY THIS KIND OF ROUTER.