Belkin Play N600 HD Wireless Dual Band N Router

 (56 customer reviews)

It took me about 10 minutes to set this router up. The initial set up was okay, but I was disappointed with my Belkin wireless n adapter maxing out at 144Mbps. After doing some research on the internet I found a solution to the problem. Three quick changes and my speed jumped to 300mbps.

The article said:
Disable WPS
Change the security to WPA / WPA2 (PSK)
And to change bandwidth to 20/40 or 20+40 MHz.

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Our router bit the dust and my son had taken to connecting to the neighbor's access point, while I chose to tether to my mobile phone. Meanwhile, it was only a matter of time before other family members found dissatisfaction in either of these contingencies. What is a skinflint like me to do?

I wanted, well, everything...
* 802.11 b/g/n
* at least 4 gigabit Ethernet ports
* dual-band
* ability to connect an external drive as a simple NAS
* a 2-yr warranty would be nice

Costco had these on sale for $89.99. I couldn't say 'no'.

Setup was a breeze. The Belkin Router Monitor app sits in the System Tray and makes configuration easy. Most configuration parameters have help files that can be called up by clicking on the parameter's title and help files are quite good.

Performance is very good. Gigabit Ethernet ports are fast (as they should be). Wireless is predictable (so far) and reaches 150-ft (54Mb). Configuring remote...Read more

I bought this at the local costco mainly because I wanted the two USB ports and needed a more reliable router than my old one. Wireless setup was ok however when installing the software on my wireless laptop it asked for the network key and would not accept the key if using WEP. Once I changed security to WPA/WPA2 it connected fine. I am returning this router because the USB ports are mega slow. I have an external USB HDD and connected directly to the PC it took about two hours to copy 90GB to the HDD. Connected to the USB port on the router it took ten hours to only copy about half of the 90GB, I canceled after that. I bought a D-link DIR-655 that unfortunately has only one USB port but transfered the 90GB in about three and a half hours, which I can live with. Some speed sacrifice is to be expected. I just hooked a USB hub to the DIR-655 and connected a printer and the HDD to the hub and it works fine. The DIR-655 isn't dual band but I don't need that anyway. I am very disappointed...Read more