Belkin F5D7132UK Wireless G Universal Range Extender Review

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Belkin F5D7132UK Wireless G Universal Range Extender
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robertadwatch's review of Belkin F5D7132UK Wireless G Universal Range Extender

“This isn't the only piece of Belkin kit I own - but be...”

☆☆☆☆☆

written by robertadwatch on 03/08/2007

Good Points
If you can get it working - which I couldn't - I would gladly share with you the good points.

Bad Points
Totally impossible to set up - Spent over 3 hours on three or was it 4 conversations to their Tech Help Centre, not being able to:- A) understand the accent. B) Being told several differing ways to set up, with not one of them working!

General Comments
This isn't the only piece of Belkin kit I own - but be rest assured they all seem as poor. The manuals are totally useless and contradict themselves. The support is fine if you are happy talking to people on a bad line with an accent, each with their own idea on how things work.

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M Stones's Response to 302279_robertadwatch's Review

Written on: 03/11/2007

Robertadwatch's review of this piece of kit is exactly what I would have written. It's a nightmare to set up. Many other reviews on the internet confirm this. Don't buy it.

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Thomascollett's Response to 302279_robertadwatch's Review

Written on: 12/09/2008

To get this device to work first of all connect it using a patch cable into your router. Go into the properties for your network connection (in Vista this is start-> control panel-> network and sharing center-> Next to connection click "view status"). In XP this can be done by Start-> control panel-> classic view (left hand column) -> Network connections -> right click local area connection -> properties. Now select properties and double click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (Internet protocol TCP/IP in XP). Select "Use the following IP address". Enter 192.168.2.2 for IP address, 192.168.1.1 for default gateway and leave subnet mask as 255.255.255.0. Press ok. Open your browser and navigate to http://192.168.2.1. Click specify ip address and set this to something like 192.168.1.200. Change your network settings on your connection back to what they were before (Obtain IP address automatically). Now navigate to your repeater's new address eg. http://192.168.1.200. Click security and make sure the encryption settings/passwords EXACTLY match your wireless router's settings. Now click Basic then "Site survey". Connect to your wireless network (you may need to enter encryption settings). This will now connect. You can now unplug your repeater from the network as this will create an IP conflict. Move the repeater to wherever you want it. It'll now automatically connect to your wireless network and you're away.<br/>

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