The Belkin wireless cable modem router is one amongst best around the around in united kingdom and is available at any computer or technology store priced at £33.62 without VAT which is very much affordable. The device can be plugged into your incoming cable connection provided by the Internet Service Provider and can also be connected to the network as it has 4 Ethernet ports. Connect the ports to the LAN for accessing other files and folder and let the users access the broadband internet connection through their computers either via wireless or wired. Most people prefer a wireless connection over a wired one. The 802.11g running on 2.4GHz provides a free movement of laptop anywhere around the network and makes it easy to access any files and folders or even internet connection.

The wireless technology has made great improvement and with an added turbo mode the network signal can be received at distance approximately 1500 feet and above. It also provides the networking speed to be over 5 times more than a normal 802.11b network, which means there can be those who would want to take leverage of an unprotected wireless network. There are high level security features built-in the device which a user can configure to define a protection mechanism of using the default parameters. There are more security options in which a custom content filter can be defined especially to block unsolicited website access from within the internal network and also from outside the network.

Overall the device is very easy to configure using the user friendly wizard which will begin with configuring the LAN settings and DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol - which provides an IP address to authenticated client), moving on the WAN setting defining the Internet Service Provider name, username, password and other PPPoE or PPPoA connection type with further sting values which differ from ISP to ISP. NAT allows internet to external network access, UPnP configuration, Wireless settings and Firewall settings. The device has a backwards compatibility with 802.11b and can be configured to work in a mixed network environments like MAC, Windows, Linux etc. implementing faster and quicker network in few minutes. You any reason if you want to isolate your wireless to a complete 802.11g, you can use the turbo mode and work only on Wi-Fi speed going above 11 Mbps or 802.11b.

Advantages

• You can create a SOHO (small office - home office) type network without any difficulty.
• You will get 6 months of FREE parental control access to create custom filters to protect any unsolicited access from harmful internet websites and also to log any such attempts.
• You will get backward compatibility with 802.11x wireless networks
• Easy install and configure wizard
• Maximum 3 minutes to bring your cable router online with auto sense feature
• SPI firewall will protect your network from any intrusions by unauthorized persons

A lifetime Belkin Warranty makes this device a special one.