Belkin F6D4630-4v2

I own this router/modem for many years it can handle many wireless devices at the same time like smart tv pc laptops ps3/xbox wireless printers,phones,BUT the nat type is 3 thats bad for ps3/xbox

Port forwarding is a nightmare, the wireless is unstable and will die repeatedly, the DNS (IE the part that turns google.com into an IP address and allows you to view the web) dies repeatedly meaning no connection at all.

The interface is clunky and slow, anything you change or do takes forever to take effect.

Do not ever buy this router, in fact steer clear of Belkin products altogether, go for HP, Cisco, D-Link, literally any other manufacturer!

For day to day things, this router is fine. However, for using anything like SIP (voice chat) it's useless, it's completely overzealous in its blocking and it's impossible to disable the firewall to let it allow it (I've tried DMZ, disabling the entire firewall and port forwarding). Also, it won't let me set a password to protect it (will only stay at the default blank password). I've had a Belkin router in the past, and it was great, wouldn't buy one again after this.

Advanced users should also be aware that unlike previous Belkin routers, you cannot telnet/SSH into this one to get to advanced settings like the IDS blacklist.

Basically how easy it is to set up is irrelevent as it didn't work. It did not connect to the phone line so didn't even get that far. I swapped it for another router that worked straight away, so it wasn't my phone line or isp. Too expensive and doesn't work.

I bought this as a modem/router after ISP (Singnet) upgraded their line to ADSL2+. Although the box says ADSL2+ works, it won't handshake with the ADSL2+ signal. Forget this if you are a Singnet customer, I went back to an older linksys modem which can be configured to only connect using ADSL2+ (works first time every time). The Belkin does not give the user the option to force ADSL2+ connect. DONT BUY THIS.!

Don't get this!

It has a lot of settings and options which are easy enough to set up, however most don't perform as they should, are missing a few vital bits that I need, or are simpley bugged and don't work at all. For the price I expect none (or maybe just one!) of these problems.

E.g. It has the option to set up port forwarding, but actually entering anything in doesn't work and pops up errors, or simpley changes what you put in to something else(I have set up multiple highly secure networks and know what I'm doing, many routers you can get for free from ISPs have more options, actually work as they should and are far more stable as they have to be good enough to mass-distribute).

If you are a basic user wanting something simple to set up and use then this will do you fine (although cheaper alternatives would beat this easily), but anyone wanting a full range of networking options should look elsewhere.

Whilst I'm sure they will (if they haven't already) roll out a firmware update to fix the bugs, I'm unhappy with having to buy a product brought to market that I have fix myself, I will not be buying Belkin again.

The previous reviewer is absolutely right.I have had a very poor experience with this device.The set up CD is a waste of good plastic and the router will just not connect to the phone line.It has been sent back and I endorse the previous remarks, AVOID!!!

This router looks great on paper. Bought to replace D-link router which died. Never had ANY connection problem on ADSL line before purchasing this router. Initially wouldn't install despite repeatedly following the instructions to the letter! Eventually got it configured but then kept trying to synchronise with the ADSL and dropping the connection randomly and without warning. Irony is, the free router sent out by my ISP when trying to diagnose the "line problem" diagnosed by Belkin customer support works perfectly!!!! AVOID!