oldhand
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join:2003-05-16
Saugus, MA
| Re: Anyone own the Belkin F5D5231? I have had one consistent problem with this model. If I'm browsing the web and click on a series of pages (8+) in succession (i.e., clicking another hypertext link as soon as a page completes), the system begins to pause for roughly 10-seconds before a succeeding page begins to load. This will continue until I stop clicking for 3-4 minutes. The best way that I can think of to describe the effect is that it feels like the DNS server is overloading. Note, however, that no other router that I have tried produces this anomaly on my link, and the problem re-occurs as soon as the Belkin unit is returned to service.
On occasion, the Belkin router will remain in this "time-delay" mode until it is power cycled. Belkin telephone support has been less than useless - there is rarely an answer, and when there is, only one call in five produces someone who has even minimal English proficiency. E-mail tech support is even worse. A third level tech support manager stated that there is no firmware upgrade in process because it is, "...not needed because Belkin design routers right." I find this interesting because Belkin neither designed nor manufactured this router. |
