Shakhsi ahaan, waxaan ahay taageere Belkin router waxaanan lahaan jiray dhowr nooc oo wanaagsan wakhti hore. Fursad ahaan, waxaan u suurtagashay in aan gacanta ku dhigo Belkin N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ router kaas oo, ugu yaraan aragti ahaan, xirxiray qaar ka mid ah tiknoolajiyada xiisaha leh iyo sifooyinka. Runtii aad ayaan u xiisaynayay inaan barto haddii ay tahay router wanaagsan iyo haddii ay u qalanto socodsiinta shabakada gurigayga. Aan aragno waxaan ogaaday.

Tilmaamaha Hardware

Waxaan tijaabiyay router leh lambarka qaybta qaybta # F9K1102 v1 kaas oo u muuqda inuu yahay kii ugu dambeeyay ee laga heli karo suuqa wakhtiga dib u eegista. Tilmaamaha qalabka oo dhameystiran ayaa laga heli karaa halkan: N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router . Waxyaabaha aan u arkay inay mudan yihiin inaan iftiimiyo waa kuwan soo socda:

• Waxay bixisaa laba-band, raadiyaha laba-geesoodka ah ee ku shaqeeya 2.4 GHz iyo 5 GHz . Sidaa darteed waxaad yeelan kartaa laba shabakadood oo wireless ah oo isku mar wada socda: 2.4 GHz waxay ku shaqeeyaan 802.11n & 802.11g ama 802.11b standards halka 5 GHz ay ​​isticmaalayaan 802.11n ama 802.11a. Tani waxay ka dhigan tahay isku xirka wireless 5 GHz waxaa isticmaali kara oo keliya aaladaha casriga ah ee taageera heerarkan iyo xawaaraha la hagaajiyay ee ay awood u leeyihiin.
• Router-ka waxaa loo isticmaali karaa in lagu xiro ilaa afar qalab iyada oo loo marayo fiilooyinka shabakadda. Waxa kale oo ay leedahay deked USB ah oo aad ku xidhi karto daabacaha ama diskka dibadda ah.
• Waxay taageertaa hab-maamuuska soo socda ee xidhiidhka ISP kaaga ( Bixiyaha Adeegga Internetka^{(Internet Service Provider)} ): Dynamic , Static , PPOE iyo Telstra BigPond .
• Router-ku waxa uu ogol yahay ugu badnaan 16 xidhiidhiye oo bilaa fiilo ah.

Furitaanka Belkin N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router

Ma jiraan wax cajiib ah oo ku saabsan ka-furidda router-kan. Sanduuqa dhexdiisa waxaad ka heleysaa waxyaabaha aad filan karto: router laftiisa, korontada, CD Setup oo leh ^(Setup)buug-gacmeedka isticmaale^{(User Manual)} iyo fiilo gaaban oo iskuxiran. Sidoo kale, waxaa jira kaar leh tafaasiil ku saabsan magacyada shabakadaha hore loo habeeyey iyo ereyada sirta ah ee router-ka. Waa in la isticmaalo inta lagu jiro qaabaynta bilowga ah waxaana la isticmaali karaa mar dambe sidoo kale, haddii aadan dan ka lahayn inaad bedesho qaabka caadiga ah.

Waxaan ka helay fiilada isku xidhka oo aad u gaaban. Waxay faa'iido u leedahay kaliya isku xirka aaladaha lagu dhejiyay meel u dhow router. Haddii aad leedahay desktop-ka hoose ee miiska iyo router-ka dushiisa, fiilada looma isticmaali karo in lagu xiro labada. Router-ka ayaa u muuqda mid wanaagsan. Waxaan jeclahay qaabkeeda iyo naqshadeeda guud. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, caagga uu isticmaalo Belkin waxa uu dareemaa raqiis oo si fudud loo jabin karo. Sidoo kale, ma jiro nidaam hawo oo muuqda, inta lagu jiro maalmaha diiran, router-ku aad buu u kululeeyaa.

Dejinta router

Habayntu xoogaa way dheer tahay laakiin ma adka in la raaco. Software-ka dejinta ee CD-ga ayaa ku haga isticmaalaha isku xirka jirka ee u baahan in la sameeyo inta u dhexeysa router-ka, bixiyahaaga internetka^(Internet) iyo kombiyuutarada shabakada.

Kadib, waxay ogaanaysaa hab-maamuuska uu isticmaalo ISP kaaga . Waxaan jeclaystay inay si sax ah u aqoonsatay isku daygii ugu horreeyay. Kadib, waxay ku waydiinaysaa tafaasiisha xaqiijinta ee loo baahan yahay (haddii ay jiraan). Maadaama ISP -gaygu uu isticmaalo borotokoolka PPOE , waa inaan geliyaa faahfaahinta akoonkayga. Marka xigta^(Next) , waxaad u baahan tahay inaad sheegto faahfaahinta isku xirka ee laga helay kaadhka ku jira xirmada. Haddii aadan haysan, fiiri xagga hoose ee router-ka. Iyaga ayaa sidoo kale laga helaa halkaas. Marka kuwaas la geliyo oo habayntu ku rakibtay Belkin oo dhan^(Belkin)software ay u baahan tahay, waa in aad si fiican u tagaan. In kasta oo dadka qaarkiis ay qadarin doonaan in router-ku leeyahay magacyo hore loo qeexay iyo ereyada sirta ah ee isku xirka wireless-ka, waxaan runtii rabay inaan beddelo oo aan abuuro qaab-dhismeedkayga. Waxaan hubaa in dad badan oo kale ay dareemi doonaan si la mid ah. Oo halkan waa halka dhibtu ka bilaabato.

In la dhex maro dhammaan menu-yada qaabaynta iyo samaynta habaynta oo la dhammeeyey waa waayo-aragnimo gaabis ah oo xanuun badan. Isbeddel kastaa wuxuu qaataa waqti aad u badan si loo codsado: 30 ilaa 40 ilbiriqsi inta badan isbeddelada. Ma samayn kartid isbeddel ka sii weyn oo dhammaantood hal mar ma samayn kartid. Waa in aad ku dhufo codsiga ka dib marka aad wax ka bedesho mid ka mid ah qaabaynta oo aad sugto ilaa inta laga codsado ka hor intaadan tagin menu soo socda. Haddii aad tixgeliso inaad u baahan tahay inaad sidoo kale sameyso cusboonaysiinta firmware, waxaad ku jirtaa sugitaan dheer, ilaa aad ka diyaariso wax kasta oo loo baahdo.

Waxqabadka

Inkastoo aanan helin fursad aan ku sameeyo cabbirro sax ah, waa inaan sheego inaanan la dhicin waxqabadka Belkin N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ router. Markii hore, dhowr sano waxaan isticmaalay Belkin N+ Wireless Router . Aad ayaan ugu faraxsanahay xawligeeda wareejinta, waxaanan aad uga niyad jabay inaan arko in router-ka cusub ee Belkin uusan sidoo kale qaban. Belkin N600 DB wuxuu lahaa celcelis xawaarihii wareejinta ku dhawaad ​​​​7 MB/s isku xirka wireless-ka, labadaba 2.4 GHz iyo 5 GHz . Ka dambe wuxuu had iyo jeer ahaa mid xoogaa dheereeya laakiin kamay badnayn dhawr boqol oo KB/s . Aniga oo leh Belkin N+Xawaaraha wareejinta ee wireless-ku waxay ahaayeen, marar badan, ku dhawaad ​​9 MB/s . Dhinac kale oo niyad jab ah ayaa ah kala duwanaanshaha moodalka cusub. Waxaan ku dhex isticmaalay guri weyn oo macquul ah - qiyaas ahaan 90 mitir oo laba jibbaaran. Waxay awooday inay daboosho dhammaan qolalka laakiin xoogga calaamaduhu wuu ka daciifsan yahay qaabkii hore. Cidhifyada aadka u fog ee aqalka waxa ay lahayd oo kaliya 25-30% xoogga calaamada halka qaabka hore uu lahaa 30-35%. Runtii aad ayaan ula yaabay inaan arko tan, anigoo tixgelinaya sida Belkin uu u yaqaanno tignoolajiyada cusub ee ^(Belkin)MultiBeam wireless si ay aad uga wanaagsan tahay tignoolajiyada hore. Sheeko isku mid ah ayaa ku socota xiriirka fiilooyinka. Router-kaygii hore iyo kuwa kale oo aan tijaabiyay, waxaan awooday inaan ku wareejiyo faylasha 10 MB/slabaad, xitaa marka laga soo degsado internetka^(Internet) . Iyadoo Belkin N600 DB taasi maahan kiiska. Waxa ugu badnaa ee aan gaadhay waxay ahayd inta u dhaxaysa 8 iyo 9 MB/s laakiin marnaba 10. Waxaan ku arkay xawaarayaal ka fiican router-yada kale mana caawin karo inaan dareemo in Belkin N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router uu bixiyo celceliska caymiska iyo xawaaraha wareejinta .

Taabasho Qabow

Marka laga tago waxqabadka celceliska ah, Belkin N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ router wuxuu leeyahay astaamo wanaagsan. Marka hore^(First) , aad ayaan ugu riyaaqay Tayada Adeegga^{(Quality of Service)} ( QoS ) kaas oo kuu ogolaanaya inaad maamusho taraafikada shabakada oo aad mudnaanta siiso fiidiyoowga internetka , ciyaaraha ama codka iyo muuqaalka.^(Internet)

Waxa kale oo aan jeclaystay qaabkeeda ECO^{(ECO Mode)} kaas oo kuu ogolaanaya inaad damiso raadiyaha bilaa-waayirka ah maalmo iyo waqtiyo gaar ah. Haddii aad ogtahay inaadan isticmaali doonin isku xirka wireless-ka, waxaad dejin kartaa inuu xidho oo ha lumin tamar badan. Waxaa dheer, ma heli doontid marti aan la rabin oo isticmaalaya shabakadda wireless-ka.

Muuqaal kale oo wanaagsan ayaa ah inaad jadwal u sameyn karto dayactirka joogtada ah si toos ah loo sameeyo. Ugu yaraan aragti ahaan, tani waa inay ka caawisaa in aad waayo-aragnimo fiican yeelato marka la isticmaalayo router.

Dhibaatooyinka

Saddexdii toddobaad ee imtixaannadaydii, waxaan la kulmay saddex dhibaato oo runtii iga careysiisay:

• Ma kaydsan kartid ciwaanka IP-ga iyadoo lagu salaynayo MAC -rauter-yada kale oo badan oo ay ku jiraan moodooyinka Belkin ee da'da weyn ayaa leh sifadan faa'iido badan leh. Belkin N600 DB ma aha! Sidaa darteed, haddii aad dib ugu rakibto Windows laptop-ka ama aad dib u dejiso goobaha isku xirka wireless-ka, waxay heli doontaa IP ka duwan. Taasi waxay si gaar ah uga cadhaysiisay geeks kuwaas oo u baahan inay isticmaalaan cinwaannada IP-ga xaaladaha qaarkood, halkii ay ka isticmaali lahaayeen magacyada kumbuyuutarka. Runtii waxaan rajaynayaa in sifadan lagu hawlgelin doono cusboonaysiinta firmware-ka mustaqbalka.

• Kombiyuutarradu waxay lumiyaan isku xirnaanta hal ama laba jeer maalintii - tani waxay ku dhacday gaar ahaan desktop-ka, oo ku xiran fiilada LAN . Fiilku wuu fiicnaa, router-ku ma ahayn. Had iyo jeer, desktop-kaygu wuxuu lumiyay isku xirka internetka hal ama laba jeer maalin kasta. Ma ahayn wax dheer - guud ahaan hal daqiiqo ama wax ka badan - laakiin had iyo jeer waxay ahayd mid dhibsado. Oo maya, internetka^(Internet) ma go'in. Aaladihii kale iyo kombayuutarrada ku xidhan fiilo-la'aanta ayaa awooday inay baadhiyaan shabakadda. Tani waxay u muuqatay inay dhacday gaar ahaan markii kombuyuutar iyo qalab badan lagu xiray shabakada, sida xilliga fiidkii: 3 kombiyuutar oo lagu daray 2 taleefannada casriga ah iyo daabacaha wireless ayaa isku mar la xiray.
• Router-ku wuxuu lumiyaa isku xirnaanta hal mar dhowrkii maalmoodba - tani uma dhicin marar badan sidii dhibkii hore, laakiin way dhacday. Waxaa jiray waqtiyo aan qalab lahayn galitaanka internetka^(Internet) oo kaliya maan geli karin bogga qaabeynta router-ka. Si fudud ma rari doonto. Xalka kaliya ayaa ahaa in gacanta dib loo dejiyo router-ka. Dib-u-dejinta ka dib, wax walbaa waxay ahaayeen caadi mar kale.
• Habka kooxda- Home^(Homegroup) ee Windows kama shaqayn doono kombiyuutarada ku xidhan shabakada iyada oo la adeegsanayo habab kala duwan - tusaale ahaan, waxaad isticmaali kartaa qaabka Homegroup ee u dhexeeya kombiyuutarada ku xiran fiilooyinka shabakada. Ma jiraan arrimo! Isla sidaas oo kale markaad isku daydo inaad isticmaasho oo keliya inta u dhaxaysa kombuyuutarrada ku xiran isla shabakadda wireless-ka. Laakin marka la isku daro hababka isku xirka, ma awoodi doontid in dhammaan kombiyuutarada ay ku biiraan isla kooxda guriga^(Homegroup) . Haddii aad haysato kombuyuutar ku xiran fiilada iyo laptop-ka wireless-ka, ma awoodi doontid inay ku biiraan isla kooxda guriga^(Homegroup) . Dhibaatadan waxaa la kulmay kuwa kale sidoo kale. Raadinta Googleayaa shaaca ka qaaday in dadka kale ay qabaan dhibaatooyin la mid ah. Tani waxay ii ahayd bandhiga wayn maadaama ay ii saamixi wayday inaan xogta si fudud ula wadaago shabakada gurigayga.

Xukun

Reviewing the Belkin N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router

Personally, I am a fаn оf Belkin rоuters and I have owned a few good models in the past. By chance, I manаgеd to get my hands on a Belkin N600 DB Wireleѕs Duаl-Band N+ router which, at least in theory, packs some interestіng technologies and features. I was really curious to learn if it iѕ a good router and if it is worthу of running my home network. Let's see what I have found out.

Hardware Specifications

I tested a router with the unit part code # F9K1102 v1 which seems to be the latest available on the market at the time of the review. The complete hardware specifications can be found here: N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router. The things I found worth highlighting are the following:

• It offers a dual band, dual concurrent radio running at 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Therefore you can have two wireless networks running simultaneously: the 2.4GHz runs using 802.11n & 802.11g or 802.11b standards while the 5 GHz using 802.11n or 802.11a. This means the 5GHz wireless connection can be used only by modern devices which support these standards and the improved speeds they enable.
• The router can be used to connect up to four devices via network cables. It also has a USB port where you can connect a printer or an external disk drive.
• It supports the following protocols for the connection with your ISP (Internet Service Provider): Dynamic, Static, PPOE and Telstra BigPond.
• The router allows for a maximum of 16 wireless connections.

Unboxing the Belkin N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router

There is nothing spectacular about unboxing this router. Inside the box you get the things you would expect: the router itself, the power supply, a Setup CD with the User Manual and a short networking cable. Also, there is a card with details about preconfigured network names and passwords for the router. They must be used during the initial configuration and can be used later on as well, if you don't care to change the default configuration.

I found the networking cable a bit too short. It is useful only for connecting devices that are placed close to the router. If you have a desktop beneath the desk and router on top of it, the cable cannot be used to connect the two. The router does look good. I like its shape and overall design. However, the plastic used by Belkin feels cheap and easily breakable. Also, there is no visible ventilation system and, during warmer days, the router does heat quite a lot.

Router Setup

The setup is a bit lengthy but it is not hard to follow. The setup software on the CD guides the user through the physical connections that need to be made between the router, your Internet provider and the computers on the network.

Then, it detects the protocol used by your ISP. I liked that it identified it correctly on the first try. Then, it asks you for the required authentication details (if any). Since my ISP uses the PPOE protocol, I had to insert my account details. Next, you need to specify the connection details found on the card included in the package. If you don't have it, look on the bottom of the router. They are found there as well. Once those are entered and the setup has installed all the Belkin software it needs, you should be good to go. While some people will appreciate that the router has predefined names and passwords for the wireless connections, I really wanted to change them and create my own setup. I'm sure many other geeks will feel the same. And here is where the trouble starts.

Going through all the configuration menus and getting the set up done is a slow and painful experience. Any change takes quite a lot of time to get applied: 30 to 40 seconds for most changes. You cannot make a bigger set of changes and apply them all in one go. You must hit apply after changing anything in any one configuration menu and wait until it gets applied before you go to the next menu. If you take into consideration that you need to also make a firmware update, you are in for a long wait, until you have setup everything as needed.

Performance

While I did not get the chance to make very exact measurements, I must say that I wasn't impressed with the performance of the Belkin N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ router. Previously, for several years I used a Belkin N+ Wireless Router. I was and still am very happy with its transfer speeds and I was very disappointed to see that the new router from Belkin does not perform as well. The Belkin N600 DB had average transfer speeds around 7 MB/s on the wireless connection, both on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. The latter was always slightly faster but not by more than a few hundred KB/s. With my old Belkin N+, the transfer speeds on wireless were, most times, close to 9 MB/s. Another disappointing aspect is the range of the new model. I used it in a reasonably big apartment - approx 90 square meters in size. It was able to cover all the rooms but the signal strength was weaker than with the old model. In the more remote corners of the apartment it had only 25-30% signal strength while the older model had 30-35%. I was really surprised to see this, considering how Belkin touts their new wireless MultiBeam technology to be so much better than older technologies. The same story goes for the wired connection. With my previous router and others that I have tested, I was able to transfer files with 10MB/s second, even when downloading from the Internet. With Belkin N600 DB that is not the case. The maximum I achieved was between 8 and 9 MB/s but never 10. I've seen better speeds with other routers too and I can't help feel that the Belkin N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router delivers average coverage and transfer speeds.

Cool Touches

Leaving the average performance aside, the Belkin N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ router does have some cool features. First, I very much enjoyed the Quality of Service (QoS) that allows you to manage the network traffic and gives priority to Internet video, games or voice & video chat.

I also liked its ECO Mode which allows you to turn off the wireless radio at specific days and time intervals. If you know you won't be using the wireless connection, you can set it to shut down and not waste so much energy. Plus, you won't have any unwanted guests using the wireless network.

Another cool feature is that you can schedule regular maintenance to be done automatically. At least in theory, this should help with having a better experience when using the router.

Problems

In my three weeks testing, I encountered three problems that really annoyed me:

• You cannot reserve IP addresses based on the MAC - many other routers including older Belkin models have this very useful feature. Belkin N600 DB doesn't! Therefore, if you reinstall Windows on a laptop or reset the wireless connection settings, it will receive a different IP. That is especially annoying for geeks who need to use IP addresses in certain scenarios, instead of computer names. I really hope this feature will be enabled in a future firmware update.

• Computers lose connectivity once or twice per day - this happened especially to my desktop, connected via a LAN cable. The cable was fine, the router wasn't. Invariably, my desktop lost the internet connection once or twice each day. It wasn't for long - generally a minute or so - but it was always annoying. And no, the Internet wasn't down. The other devices and computers connected via wireless were able to browse the web. This seemed to occur especially when more computers and devices were connected to the network, as during the evening: 3 computers plus 2 smartphones and a wireless printer were connected at the same time.
• The router loses connectivity once every few days - this did not happen as often as the previous problem, but it did take place. There were times when no device had Internet access and I just couldn't access the router's configuration page. It simply wouldn't load. The only solution was to manually reset the router. After the reset, everything was normal again.
• The Homegroup feature in Windows won't work between computers connected to the network via different means - for example, you can use the Homegroup feature between computers connected via network cables. No issues there! The same when you try to use it only between computers connected to the same wireless network. But when you mix the connection methods, you won't be able to have all computers join the same Homegroup. If you have a desktop connected via cable and a laptop via wireless, you won't be able to have them join the same Homegroup. This problem was encountered by others too. A search on Google revealed other people having similar troubles. This was a major show stopper for me as it did not allow me to share data with ease through my home network.

Verdict

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