Belkin N1 Vision

If you're tired of your drab looking router, Belkin's N1 Vision is certainly more 'bling'.

The N1 Vision represents reasonable value as its price tag is in the same ball park as competing Gigabit equipped 802.11n routers such as D-Link's DIR-655. The N1 isn't as well featured and wireless performance is pedestrian at best, but if you want the b...

Belkin has used a monochrome LCD display to keep you up to speed with the doings of your router

LCD display; Easy to set-up; Guest feature

Could be cheaper

You can plug the adapter directly into your laptop or you can use the one-and-a-half metre extension cable, which has a solid base that stands the adapter vertically to give it the greatest possible chance of sniffing out a wireless signal

So the N1 Vision is basically a router with a screen, isn't it? Indeed, so rather than focusing on the traditional router functions, we'll talk more about what's new. The setup is seamless and is disc-less. The screen is undoubtedly a luxury, but it's han...

Painless setup, Clever 'guest pass' system

Pricey, Some features seem unnecessary

Brings some interesting features and a surprising amount of glamour to the world of wireless networking

The screen is undoubtedly a luxury, but it's handy

Painless setup, Clever 'guest pass' system

Pricey, Some features seem unnecessary

But can you justify the outlay for the screen? Only you can decide on that one

Belkin's N1 Vision Wireless Router has style, a slick user interface, a gigabit ethernet switch, and innovative features never seen before in a consumer Wi-Fi router.

With a firmware update to support 802.11n-only mode and better throughput, along with a modest price cut, the Belkin N1 Vision would be almost 20-20.

T he N1 Vision comes at an intriguing time in the ever-developing life of the new wireless standard, 802.11n. Designed to replace the ubiquitous 802.11g with faster speeds and better range, the first draft of 802.11n appeared late in 2006, with the second...

The best looking router we've seen, Excellent performance, Useful guest pass feature

Very expensive, Slightly gimmicky

Feature-laden, but expensive - and with no guarantee of forwards-compatibility

Will this get you connected?

Depth of information displayed, performance, ease of setup

Novelty soon wears off, cost

Just how much information can a Wi-Fi router display?

Innovation and solid performance in an attractive package make the N1 Vision stand out, but it�€™s expensive

The N1 Vision provides a swish graphical representation of all sorts of information usually available only through a router�€™s web interface. You can see download and upload speeds, download totals and details such as security settings and the

Routers are not known for their good looks, making them prone to being hidden under your desk and out of the way. Belkin is looking to change this with its latest N1 Vision router. Undoubtedly spawned from its predecessor the N1, the Vision router has a s...

The real design innovation is, however, the large, back-lit display found at the front of the router. The screen displays a plethora of useful information, all accessible through the navigation buttons directly under the display. The main display shows yo...