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Belkin Play Max review

Verdict

Good performance, a wide range of features and a very tempting price, just ignore the hype over those apps

Review Date: 9 Aug 2010

Reviewed By: Jonathan Bray

Price when reviewed: £93 (£109 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
5 stars out of 6

Performance
4 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code	F7D4401UK
Review Date	9 Aug 2010
Price ex VAT	£93
Price inc VAT	£109
Overall rating
Performance
Features & Design
Value for Money
WiFi standard	802.11n
Modem type	ADSL

Wireless standards
802.11a support
802.11b support
802.11g support
802.11 draft-n support

LAN ports
Gigabit LAN ports	4
10/100 LAN ports	0

Features
MAC address cloning
Wireless bridge (WDS)
Exterior antennae	0
802.11e QoS
User-configurable QoS
UPnP support
Dynamic DNS

Security
WEP support
WPA support
WPA Enterprise support
WPS (wireless protected setup)
MAC address filtering
DMZ support
VPN support
Port forwarding/virtual server
Web content filtering
Email alerts
Activity/event logging

Dimensions
Dimensions	80 x 195 x 200mm (WDH)

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User comments

Sorry to be a pedant, but shouldn't that WRT610N link be to a Linksys WRT610N - not Netgear WRT610N (and it links to a completely different Netgear router).

By pbryanw on 9 Aug 2010

Alternatives?

I've been considering the WRT610N since I read PC Pro's original review but it appears that, in the States at least, it was replaced some time ago by the Linksys E3000. Does anyone know (PC Pro guys?) when the E series will be available in Europe? Tx. :)

By capsaicin on 12 Aug 2010

You need the firmware

Was dissapointed initially as web browsing performance was sluggish (I noticed the browser would sit on status of "looking up...." suggesting DNS issues). I think the issue was perhaps highlighted by a change at same time to my shiny new FTTP 100mb/s connection... was about to take it back today then noticed a firmware update has just been made available to resolve...you guessed it, DNS performance issues! Get the firmware update and it is fine. Surprised PC pro didn't pick up on this.

By silverous on 3 Oct 2010

You need

DD-WRT.
I have it running on my F7D4302.
Only thing it doesn't support is the 5GHz band :-(

By 959ARN on 24 Feb 2011

Utter Rubbish

Despite numerous firmware updates, software updates, reboots, all I suffer is dropped connections, complete loss of connections for long periods & worst of all Belkins Customer support is in India, so getting an answer that you can comprehend is nigh on impossible.

Leave this thing where it belongs on the shelf & stick to netgear or another brand.

By SKINHEAD1967 on 12 Apr 2011

Very Poor (everything)

Just (June 2011) purchased one of these - whaddamistakatomakea - drops internet connections each hour, wireless connections barely reach 10 minutes before dropping and the support is **abyssmal** - they don't even know the features and specifications of their products and spend a long time in responding with useless information ( including "You need to turn router off and on again"). This reminded me why I'd never buy a belkin product again...

By Deepinsight on 15 Jun 2011

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