Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router ($150)

Some products are just plain better than others. I recently set up a wireless network using some piece of crap no-name 802.11g router and it barely worked. The hardware sucked, the software sucked, hell, the user interface on their web-based configuration utility looked like it had been designed by an eight year-old. “This is bullshit,” I thought to myself. Thankfully, a week later the Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router showed up and I was more than happy to give it a whirl.

Now, I’m not gonna get into all the specs cause that kind of shit bores me. If, however, specs and shit gets you hot, than go to Belkin’s product page and read to your heart’s content. What I will share with you is how easy it was to setup. Since I’ve been setting up wireless networks for years, I decided to take this from the standpoint of someone who’s never done this before. You see, with the router that I was using, I’d be willing to guess that a good percentage of system administrators couldn’t get the fucking thing working. It was that shitty a product. I inserted Belkin’s setup disc and followed the instructions on the screen (down to using the included color-coded Ethernet cables). Within minutes the router was connected to my cable modem and I was up and running. Additionally, configuring the security settings were also a cinch.

Without sounding like I’m on the take I’ll go out on a limb and say that this router was the easiest wireless product to setup that I’ve ever used.