SmallNetBuilder

For a consumer grade router with consumer grade firmware it has a lot of features, but like others have said it keeps losing connection to the internet. I have to unplug it, wait, plug it in. I cannot do a soft reset and make it work, I can only do a hard reset to get it to work again. Also the "virtual servers" port forwarding glitched somehow and just duplicated the last port settings through the whole list and wouldnt let me change them. Do not buy it, this is junk. I am going to reflash the firmware to DD-WRT as soon as i get a chance.

I so badly needed to extend my wireless range so I eventually bought the Play Max (at a rude price) to replace my old Belkin 54g.

My 54g gets a better range than the Play Max and the internet speed is about 10x faster on the old 54g. So it's back to the store........I guess Belkin have lost the plot - the old router is nearly 10 years old and still works fine but just doesn't have the range I need

I was going to be one of the Belkin hate squad as I was having issues for 5 days trying to get it to work on Vista I realised my iPhone was connecting to it without issue so the problem pointed back to my pc. With a little patience and updating my WLAN drivers the Belkin Play Max is running like a dream. Congratulations Belkin.

I was so looking forward to a faster wireless experience but it really isn't much faster than a 3 year old Netgear (I timed it) and as someone says, it keeps losing connection to the internet which is just crazy

Fast when it works, the problem is it NEVER works. While surfing, every third page or so you get a server not found error or a connection reset error. If you are lucky, you only have to refresh or hit try again and MAYBE you will get the page. If not, at the very least you have to reset your connection or worse reboot your modem and router. once you reset the router it works fine for about three minutes, then you are back to the error messages. You would be better off using a dial up connection than this piece of garbage. I thought I was getting a good deal when I found the Play Max for $90, boy was I wrong. From reading others' comments here, it seems I am not alone. Avoid this router.