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My Belkin N1 Vision router replacement arrived today. I was glad it only took two days to arrive. Without the wireless router, I've been stuck working from my desktop. My kids were also pretty annoyed that they couldn't sign into XBox Live or watch Netflix. Needless to say, my sons …
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Yesterday, I submitted an RMA request to Belkin for my N1 Vision router. The N1 Vision isn't a great wireless router, but it does have a lifetime warranty. Less than 24 hours later, I received an email from Belkin customer service that my new router is on the way!
This …
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A few years ago I received a Belkin N1 Vision (F5D8232-4) wireless router from a friend of mine. She had received it as some sort of door prize. The wireless on the router isn't that great, but it was strong enough to cover parts of my house that my previous …
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The Cisco Broadband Wireless Gateway (BWG) is an essential piece of the IEEE
802.16e (WiMAX) architecture. As the Access Service Network (ASN) Gateway, it
provides aggregation services for the Radio Access Network (RAN). Cisco first
released it's BWG software in late 2007. Since that time, a considerable number
of …
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Figuring out which version of Cisco IOS includes which version of the Cisco Broadband Wireless Gateway (BWG) can be a real pain. Hopefully the following table will help:
| Cisco IOS | Cisco BWG | Supported Hardware |
|---|---|---|
| 12.4(15)XL | 1.0 | 7301 Router, SAMI (6500, 7600) |
| 12.4(15)XL2 | 1 … |
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By default, service set identifiers (SSIDs) configured on a Cisco integrated services router are not broadcast. This means that if you want to configure a client to use the wireless network, you'll have to manually enter the SSID in the client configuration. This isn't a bad thing, but it is …
