I recently bought the above wireless router on way back home from Brisbane. It was part of a starter kit with a USB wireless adapter. Perfect for me to setup shared internet between the home PC and my laptop. My internet access is through a Kidanet 128K package. This is a PPPoE type setup with an Alvarion Breeze Max Pro modem connected to some sort of wireless antennae on the roof. The antennae has a direct line of site to the Kidanet transmitter.

The internet connection is good, except for it's frequent drops which forces me to reconnect. This is ok if modem is directly hooked to my PC or the laptop which is set to reconnect automatically and does so successfully. I have enabled the auto-reconnect option on the router as well.

It appears that the auto-reconnect feature may not be working on the router. Every so often the router just seems to stop working. This I guess is because the Kidanet internet connection drops and the router is unable to reconnect. I am still connected to the router either wirelessly or even a direct wired connection to one of the ports, however pinging the router just doesn't work. All the relevant lights (such as the internet, modem, wireless or the connected port) on the router remain lit, indicating that everything is normal. Everything is anything but normal. The only way out is restarting the modem.

Today I had some Kidanet support guys check the antennae  and the modem. The did some retuning and reconfiguring, and assured me that the internet connection wouldn't drop. I have yet to verify that, but I am guessing they're wrong. The problem with the router remains.

I don't know how the other routers work with Kidanet, but I hope they do without any of the problems I am facing. I reckon this Belkin wireless router is a piece of crap.

I hate wires, so I thought this kit would be the start of my very own wireless revolution at home. Instead it has all but proven the reliability of the wires.