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| Belkin F5D7132 Wireless-G Universal Range Extender | 
 enlarge | List Price: $42.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 199 reviews)
Category: CE
Publisher: Belkin Components
Studio: Belkin Components
Brand: Belkin
Label: Belkin Components
Language: English (Original Language)
Media: Electronics
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Special Features: nv:Device Type^Wireless Extender|Form Factor^Desktop|Wireless Network Standards^IEEE 802.11g|Wireless Network Standards^IEEE 802.11b|Wireless Data Transfer Rates^54 Mbps|Security Protocols^WPA|Security Protocols^128-bit WEP|Security Protocols^64-bit WEP|Security Protocols^WPA-PSK|Networking Standards^IEEE 802.3 Ethernet 10Base-T
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 4 x 12
MPN: F5D7132
Model: F5D7132
UPC: 722868571088
EAN: 0722868571088
ASIN: B000FTLOL0
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Offers one-touch setup for wireless repeater mode | | • | Adds wireless-enabled PCs to your wired network in access-point mode | | • | Works seamlessly with the majority of routers and access points available | | • | Ensures data and network security | | • | Works with PCs and Macintosh computers |
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Product Description
The 802.11g Wireless Universal Range Extender/ access point (WURE) connects to your network switch and lets you join your wireless-equipped PCs to your wired network in Access Point Mode, or lets increase the coverage of your existing wireless network in Range Extender Mode. Once you've done the simple setup, you can share data and peripherals, as well as a single Internet account among all your computers. It is based on standard 802.11g technology for fast wireless file transfers and downloads.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 194 more reviews...
 Should be a good product but lacks set up instructions November 21, 2008
The product information makes this look like it would be a wonderful product to extend the range of a home wireless system. It might be good and easy to set up on an UNSECURED network but not so on a secured network. Unfortunately, I failed to completely read the warnings from others on the set up problems. I typically have no problems setting up equipment even when others say they have had a hard time. I am a licensed electrical engineer with a lot of computer experience and the only reason I didn't send this thing back is because i was not going to admit to defeat. This extender is impossible to set up on a secured network if you use the included instructions or the web site. You need to search the web to find useable set-up instructions. Unless you are crazy enough to use an unsecured network or you are good with electronics and computers don't even try to set this thing up. If you do try, plan to spend a lot of time doing it.
 Works as advertised, but don't follow their install instructions November 18, 2008
Works as advertised, I'm connecting this unit to a Dlink Gamerlounge with WPA2 enabled. The range on this thing is pretty good as long as you're not going thru too many walls. The install instructions that come with the unit are garbage, which is why I docked 1 star on my rating. [...]
 Bad and Good November 13, 2008
I bought the Belkin to use as a range extender for my new Canon wireless printer. One of the reasons why I bought it was the easy one button setup. It was anything but that! I tried to set it up by powering it up near my current Linksys router, pressing the button on the back for 10 seconds and then releasing. It was supposed to lock onto the strongest signal (my SSID) and duplicate it. It did lock onto my Linksys, but when I plugged moved the Belkin and powered it up again, well within range of the Linksys, it would not lock in the SSID again. The searching light just kept flashing. After several attempts I decided to call India.
The rep was fairly knowledgeable, but a little hard to understand. After going through a bunch of troubleshooting for an hour which included hooking up the Belkin to my laptop via the supplied ethernet cable, she declared it defective and gave me a case number. The next day, Amazon couldn't have been easier to get an RMA, printing out the labels and returning the item. I received a new one in a couple of days. Kudos to Amazon!
This time when I did the setup and the Belkin locked in on my Linksys SSID, I immediately unplugged the Belkin and plugged it in 30 seconds later, but right next to (1'from)the Linksys. Well as you might have guessed, it didn't lock in the signal again! :-(
Been there done that! So I called India again, gave them my previous case number and started the troubleshooting again. I knew right away that this guy had no clue, so I asked for a Level 2 Tech. He was very gracious and put me right through to Level 2. The Level 2 guy really knew what he was doing and I could understand him very easily. It did take us a while(1 hr)to manually configure and test the Belkin by running various ping tests. He kept trying to establish a fixed IP address, but I knew that my ISP uses dynamic IP addresses. When we got that resolved it was up and running like a champ.
Conclusion - If you want an inexpensive 1 button solution for a range extender, this isn't it. Shame on you Belkin! If you are willing to spend some time on the line with tech support (2 1/2 hours in total for me) then this is the product for you. Once operating, it works great and the signal to my wireless printer is pegged at 100%.
 Not worth the hassle November 12, 2008
It did improve my reception. However, it drastically slowed down my connection. I felt like I was on dialup.
I returned the unit and decided to just increased the transmission power using dd-wrt which has about the same effect sans the slow down in the download speed.
Service was great not the product November 4, 2008
The the wireless-G extender was a bad buy because it isn't compatible with Windows Vista and there is no warning on the outside of the box. Only after you open it does it tell you that Vista and a few other OS don't work on it.
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