Belkin (F5D5231-4) Router
- Connectivity: Wired
- Router Functionalities: VPN Pass-Thru DHCP Server Print Server
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Nevermind
Pros
Cheap with rebates
Cons
Requires regular power cycling
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
Buy something else.
With a coupon for 5$ off in the store, a sale, and a rebate coupon this router only cost 5$ total. Of course that's a lot of jumping thru hoops.
The setup was straight forward and the web UI was slightly better than the other 3 models of routers (wireless and non-wireless) I've used.
But, I'm sad to report, that the router hangs every 12 to 20 hours and has to be powercycled to rescue it. All my equipment is on remote control power switches, so I was able to automate that, but for anybody else it would be intolerable.
One other problem was that if you things up so that one of the LAN machines provided a HTTP server to the WAN then machines on the LAN didn't get that server, instead they would get to see the router's built in config server. Bleck.
All these problems are probably going to get fixed if they ever provide a firmware update, but what with the low price I paid they may just be dumping the entire model line.
The setup was straight forward and the web UI was slightly better than the other 3 models of routers (wireless and non-wireless) I've used.
But, I'm sad to report, that the router hangs every 12 to 20 hours and has to be powercycled to rescue it. All my equipment is on remote control power switches, so I was able to automate that, but for anybody else it would be intolerable.
One other problem was that if you things up so that one of the LAN machines provided a HTTP server to the WAN then machines on the LAN didn't get that server, instead they would get to see the router's built in config server. Bleck.
All these problems are probably going to get fixed if they ever provide a firmware update, but what with the low price I paid they may just be dumping the entire model line.
