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Play Max review

Belkin Play Max - page1

As we announced back in April Belkin has now launched the iRouter range Surf, Share, Play and Play Max, and do you know what, they've only gone and snuck another one in there, the cheekily named Surf+. However, today, we're taking a look at the top of the range Play Max.


So, other than a clear and simple name, what other goodies dose the Play Max bring? The box contains the router, a power adapter, the installation CD, an ethernet cable and an RJ11 phone cable showing this is the ADSL modem version of the router. We're still not sure about the look of the new Belkin range, but at least they're making some sort of nod towards design, unlike say D-Link, and the whole thing feels sturdy enough.

The router itself is a simultaneous dual-band router, with one ADSL2+ port (there is a broadband version for those on cable), four Gigabit LAN ports and two USB 2.0 ports. The USB sockets support USB printers and external hard drives in FAT16/32 and NTFS formats. The router has all the usual standards you'd expect, NAT, UPnP, SPI, WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPS. However, it also has a couple of tricks up its sleeve, not least of which is the ability to set up a wifi hotspot of your very own with a guest network for everyone else, whilst you enjoy your own network.