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Belkin N1 Vision wireless

  • 07-02-2010 10:43PM
    #1
    Mr NoTV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 204 ✭✭


    Hi all.
    Got a Belkin N1 Vision wireless modem N router for €36 at PC World Sligo. Other stores may have them too ... reduction of over €110.
    Whether it's worth it or not - don't know yet ... I hope it's better than the other 5 wireless routers I've tried to punch through the walls of this concrete bunker. Looks cool though so I may sit in the room and just gawp at it.
    Go gettem !


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  • #2
    dunworth1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    can anyone conform if its anywhere else.


  • #3
    donmeister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭donmeister


    Mr NoTV wrote: »
    Hi all.
    Got a Belkin N1 Vision wireless modem N router for €36 at PC World Sligo. Other stores may have them too ... reduction of over €110.
    Whether it's worth it or not - don't know yet ... I hope it's better than the other 5 wireless routers I've tried to punch through the walls of this concrete bunker. Looks cool though so I may sit in the room and just gawp at it.
    Go gettem !

    Well just make sure that your laptop or pc wireless card can support N draft speeds, otherwise there is not much point in replacing existing G routers.


  • #4
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,008 ✭✭✭long_b


    This it ?

    [url]Http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=377018[/url]

    Looks the business ... Does the "draft n spec" make a difference ?


  • #5
    Davy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,301 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    No where near €36 in the Uk: http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0019117969.1265582124@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccladejihfifedcflgceggdhhmdgmk.0&category_oid=&sku=018568&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null


  • #6
    Effluo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭Effluo


    donmeister wrote: »
    Well just make sure that your laptop or pc wireless card can support N draft speeds, otherwise there is not much point in replacing existing G routers.

    True!

    I actually had quite a few problems with this router, used to drive me mad and took up several several hours of "troubleshooting".
    Every so often it would decide not to let a few of the computers not to connect.
    Trust me, a truly random problem.
    Eventually it just decided itself to work, needless to say I just never went near it again when it started working

    That was just my experience of it, I could have just got a bad one though.


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  • #7
    donmeister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭donmeister


    long_b wrote: »
    This it ?

    [url]Http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=377018[/url]

    Looks the business ... Does the "draft n spec" make a difference ?

    Draft N, it just dictates the maximum speed and range of a router. As I said above you need a N-enabled wireless card to get full speed.

    But see here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/126821/wireless_routers_the_truth_about_superfast_draftn.html so it would appear that its not all what its cracked up to be!


  • #8
    Richard Dower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    Excellent deal if true!, amazing bargain actually.


  • #9
    higster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 932 ✭✭✭higster


    Got one of these ~3 months ago for €140. Works well. Decent range. Can be set up to work on b networks if want. €36 is a good price for any kind of router but for this spec is excellent.


  • #10
    dunworth1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    donmeister wrote: »
    Well just make sure that your laptop or pc wireless card can support N draft speeds, otherwise there is not much point in replacing existing G routers.

    its backwards compatible with 802.11g


  • #11
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,519 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    dunworth1 wrote: »
    its backwards compatible with 802.11g
    You'll still only get G speeds with a G device. So unless you've got or are planning on getting an N device, you may as well keep your current router.


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  • #12
    dunworth1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    RobertFoster wrote: »
    You'll still only get G speeds with a G device. So unless you've got or are planning on getting an N device, you may as well keep your current router.

    yes but that's means you dont have to run out and buy an N device straight away you can wait


  • #13
    madhatter76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91 ✭✭madhatter76


    Be aware

    Its stated here "Belkin N1 Vision wireless modem N router"

    I'm pretty sure that the Belkin N1 is just an wireless N router.

    No WAN Modem. This would be needed separate or the old one which is then pointless.
    BOFH excuse of the day
    The cause of the problem is:
    We have to many collisions and not too many pocket ambulances.


  • #14
    54kroc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭54kroc


    madhatter76 wrote: »
    This would be needed separate or the old one which is then pointless.
    What if you have a cable modem? or could you just plug an ASDL modem in to the belkin?


  • #15
    CombatCow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,317 ✭✭✭CombatCow


    If anyone is thinking of using this with a PS3 read this thread first.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055761402&highlight=belkin

    I wouldn't take one if pc world were giving them away free....


  • #16
    Rsaeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Rsaeire


    CombatCow wrote: »
    If anyone is thinking of using this with a PS3 read this thread first.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055761402&highlight=belkin

    I wouldn't take one if pc world were giving them away free....

    The modem your link refers to is the Belin N+, whereas the one discussed in this thread is the Belkin N1 Vision.


  • #17
    54kroc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭54kroc


    There's none in Mahon point if anyone is thinking of going there.


  • #18
    god's toy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,250 ✭✭✭god's toy


    Had a N1 vision and had noting but problems with it crashing when more than 2 wireless devices were connected at once.


    In the end Belkin sent me out the new N+ router and Gigabit switch, not as nice to look at (No Screen) but a few months on and problems are solved thank goodness.


  • #19
    MoodeRator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,812 ✭✭✭MoodeRator


    Damn that look so good I HAVE to get one, even if it NEVER works:D


  • #20
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Mr NoTV wrote: »
    Looks cool though so I may sit in the room and just gawp at it.
    Go gettem !

    :D


  • #21
    coldfire1x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,360 ✭✭✭coldfire1x


    Is this available in any PC world in around Dublin?


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  • #22
    Raiser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Raiser


    coldfire1x wrote: »
    Is this available in any PC world in around Dublin?

    Same Q for Limwreck?


  • #23
    Richard Dower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    I called Limerick this morning, no €36 deal...it's €140 at the moment, but that's €50 off normal price yer man told me.


  • #24
    redman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭redman


    full price in Carrickmines tonight, bought one on Komplett last year for about 125. Found it excellent todate


  • #25
    grimm2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭grimm2005


    hmmm, i've been looking for a good wireless router to replace my current ancient bt wired router + cheap wireless bridge. Is this an all in one router and modem or just a wireless extender?


  • #26
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    I would like to echo the problems of Belkin routers with the PS3. Avoid at all costs if you plan on using one.


  • #27
    Mr NoTV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 204 ✭✭Mr NoTV


    Shame that PC World doesn't seem to be consistent around the Isle - there were two of these in Sligo on Saturday, I had one, the sales assistant (when seeing the price) had the other ... there had been more than two on the shelves before I got there. They also had several wireless modem routers from €10 to €40 some including a wireless usb dongle.
    The model I purchased is the modem integrated N1 MIMO vision router (prod code 0000857072 BKN N1 Vision ADSL). It is shrink wrapped and brand new. Coverage experiments start over the next few evenings. Fingers crossed.:rolleyes:


  • #28
    Mr NoTV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 204 ✭✭Mr NoTV


    only one thing I don't like about it so far - the aerials (3) cannot be removed and replaced with extension lead and higher gain wand ... thus stuffing my ideas of extending to the garage for internet radio on the laptop - probably have to CAT5 that area - damn!


  • #29
    Raiser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Raiser


    Mr NoTV wrote: »
    only one thing I don't like about it so far - the aerials (3) cannot be removed and replaced with extension lead and higher gain wand ... thus stuffing my ideas of extending to the garage for internet radio on the laptop - probably have to CAT5 that area - damn!

    I'd say you'd do that with a soldering iron and about 500 how to's from the Web?


  • #30
    CJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 138 ✭✭CJackson


    Still full whack in Jervis,Dublin :(


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  • #31
    iknorr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 870 ✭✭✭iknorr


    Minstrel27 wrote: »
    I would like to echo the problems of Belkin routers with the PS3. Avoid at all costs if you plan on using one.

    What router would u recommend for the ps3?


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