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{NOW CLOSED} Back to School Giveaway: Belkin Play Max Wireless Router #wingiveaways

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The Belkin Play Max Wireless Router is the one stop router service for your entire household. Well, I’m not a techie, it was quick and easy to set up for home use. We upgraded to the Belkin Play Max from a almost seven year old router so it was time for some new technology.

First of all, set up was a breeze. The Belkin Play Max Wireless Router is configured for quick set up with a network name and password already assigned. You can customize these settings if you would like. This router comes pre-configured for security settings. However, I drive around town all the time and can access other’s home internet networks, which can drain your own system or even worse, someone could be committing illegal activities using your IP address. Just know that Belkin makes this very easy for users to get it configured correctly.

For us, the Belkin Play Max Wireless Router is going to prevent us from having to upgrade to a wireless printer. Why? I was easily able connect our current printer to the router via USB and allow all the laptop computers in the household access to the printer. It even installs the drivers for the printer automatically.

Another cool feature our old router did not have was guest access. You can give your household guests a  log in page when they try to access a web page where they will enter in a pass code. They will not have access to your internal network just the internet.

There are more techy aspects like dual plane antennas, Dual Band N Technology for more reliable speeds, and bit boost, which can allow you to allocated priority to select data streams. The Music Mover app will allow you to move your digital music files throughout your home and play from your computer to a device like a Playstation 3 or Xbox 360.

If you have a back up drive or external hard drive, you can also connect via USB to back up important photos, music, documents, and more. If you are backing up your memories often and you will if you have it set up to back up on a regular basis with the Memory Safe app, if your computer hard drive crashes you will not lose important family memories.

It is well worth the $129 to purchase the Belkin Play Max Wireless Router be able to configure wireless internet, wireless printing, and back up your important files.

Would you like to win one of these for yourself? Belkin is offering one lucky Bargain Briana reader a Belkin Play Max Wireless Router.

How to Win?

Prize: Belkin Play Max Wireless Router

You can enter up to 4 times with the following methods:

1. Leave a comment on what feature you are most excited about.

2. Become a Facebook Liker of Bargain Briana and Belkin on Facebook.

3. Tweet the following on Twitter:

Enhance your wireless experience with a @belkin Play Max Wireless Router win one via @bargainbriana http://bit.ly/bQgGts #wingiveaways

4. Subscribe to my free newsletter via email or RSS. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry. If you are already a subscriber, leave a comment letting me know you are already subscribed.

Please leave a comment for each additional entry.

Winner will be chosen by random. Be sure bargainbriana@gmail.com is in your safe sender list as you don’t want to miss the email if you are the chosen winner.

This giveaway was sponsored by Belkin as part of Win Giveaways Back to School Bash. This Post was written by me and was not edited by the sponsor. Read more on my Disclosure Policy. Find more information on the terms for this giveaway on the Win Giveaways Facebook page.

You have 10 more chances to win either a Belkin Play Max Router OR other Belkin Gadgets by entering on the following blogs:

Check back everyday throughout the day for more Giveaways! Good Luck!

Comments

  8. I really love the easy printer access. I’ve never set up my printer to work with my laptop so this would be wonderful.

  15. I would like to bring up a tv show and surf the internet at the same time! We have 8 computers in the house, and that seriously sucks up the bandwidth!

  19. I’m exited about using the wireless router for non-computer things as well such as the Wii.

  47. I am so excited about the printer feature. I could not imagine not having to keep up with a driver and loading it on each computer. And the ability to print wirelessly….amazing!

  55. Having the guest features would be awesome…I wouldn’t have to search for our security key code whenever someone was over and wanted to use wireless.

  59. Aside from the user-friendly quick and easy set-up, we most definitely would be thrilled about the wireless printer feature. Right now our house is a maze of easy to trip on wires extending from room to room to connect to the one central printer. It’s a nightmare!

  64. The ‘Bit Boost App’ seems to be very cool where we can set the priority of applications. Would love to win this. Thanks for the giveaway.

  72. I love the Dual Band N Technology, because it makes the router speed more consistent and reliable.

  76. Thanks for the giveaway…I like the MEMORY SAFE App that automatically backs up photos and important files to an external hard drive attached to the router.

    senorpiero [at] yahoo [dot] com

  80. I’m definitely most excited about the Music Mover app – we have tons of music files between us in our family, and it would be a blast to be able to stream our collection throughout the house. Very cool!

  84. Yay!!! LOVE the Memory Safe Apps! We have lost EVERYTHING before just after we got a digi camera and had TONS of cute pics!

    thanks!

  96. I love that it provides three-dimensional whole-home coverage for consistent signal, even through walls and floors!

  101. I’m excited that you can give guest access without allowing full network access. My son’s friends often come over and want to hook up to our internet because it’s faster than theirs. I’d love to be able to limit what they can see.
    rsgrandinetti@yahoo(dot)com

  110. I would love to be able to hook our printer up and print from the laptop in any room instead of standing over the printer close enough for the cord to reach.

  116. I like that guest can have there own login. My in-laws visit a lot so this would be nice.

  126. I have to say I’m lovin’ the option of ‘guest access’ more routers need this! <3 BELKIN! thanks for the opportunity <3 <3

  127. I like that you can connect via USB to back up important photos, music, documents, and more.

  138. We don’t have a wireless printer, and I’d LOVE not to have to get one! Awesome!

  152. I like the guest access feature!
    We need a new router! Ours is so flaky, we’re constantly rebooting.

  157. I am most excited about being able to connect to our printer wirelessly. Right now there is one computer connected to the printer, and if someone wants to use it, they have to transfer their document to a portable drive. Wireless would be much more convenient. Thank you for the great give-away.

  161. The SELF-HEALING App automatically detects and resolves network problems and runs routine maintenance scans to give you the clearest wireless channel. That’s cool!

  164. I am a fan of Bargain Briana and Belkin via Facebook as Jill Myrick.

    jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com

  165. I love that with this router my printer will act as a wireless printer.

    jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com

  170. I love that I Can set up the Western Digital portable hard drive that I just ordered with this! that would be great!

  185. Definetly most excited about the printer feature. Going back to school and need a new router for printing papers.

  206. I like that you can connect the printer to the router via USB and all the laptop computers in the household will have access to the printer. I so need that, thanks.

  210. That it is easy setup impresses me the most. I always have trouble installing anything.

  212. the thing i like best about the router is that in N band which is really good making it fast. thanks

  215. I love the Music Mover app! So cool!!! No more burning CDs on the desktop downstairs to play in the living room. This would be awesome!

  225. very interested in the integrated storage controller and the torrent manager, it looks to be an awesome setup and my older belkin draft-n setup is getting a bit tired. this would be an awesome prize for me

  249. I would love to connect all my devices wirelessly to the internet. This would be so amazing to win.

  251. I really like that I can have good security but still allow my guests to use their laptops when they visit.

  257. With an increasing number of laptops in this house, the easy connection for a printer is my top favorite option!! I really would love that option instead of hauling my laptop in to my printer all the time.

  268. The printer capability is a great thing to have. This router would get a workout at my house, with printing coupons, my son’s school papers as well as mine and my husband’s.

  271. The router on our computer JUST broke. I would love to win this to save the added expense of replacing it.

  273. I am most excited about the Music Mover app ! My sons have tons of music files and this would be great!

  274. Love the music mover app idea and the guest access idea…i hate giving our personal password to guests so they can play on the internet :)

  295. I am so excited about making my wired printer a wireless. It would be so great for when I’m up on the 3rd floor and want to print out that recipe down on the 1st.

  306. i like that it allows you to network your printers together wirelessly. i could use that!

    julie_reuter92 at yahoo dot com

  313. I like that it securely connects multiple computers and devices with the push of a button.

  322. My current wireless is very spotty…it’s difficult to get upstairs or even in some downstairs rooms through the walls. I’d love to have a more reliable connection without having to move around a room! Also, our DVD player can use wireless to stream videos, so I’d like to use this feature.

  327. I like the pre-security settings and the guest access. Perfect for when we have a house/pet sitter.
    Thank you for this offer!

  328. Favorite feature is the if you have a back up drive or external hard drive, you can also connect via USB to back up important photos, music, documents, and more.

  364. Would love to hook up my desktops and printers wirelessly so I can pick whether to send an item to regular printer(draft mode for coupons :) ) or photo printer.

  371. I will enjoy the speed increase = Double your performance and bandwidth with Dual-Band N technology. Simultaneous networks eliminate interference and optimize media-intensive applications like videos and gaming, with speeds of up to 300 Mbps*. And our visitors will enjoy using their laptops other than next to my desktop – as there is Dual-plane antennas and MIMO technology provide three-dimensional whole-home coverage for consistent signal, even through walls and floors. This is exciting!

  381. I like the idea of security settings. Hopefully you can block websites from the router.

  389. Most excited? Not to be tethered to this wire! Heck it would be heaven to be wireless and a laptop!

  408. My husband would love a router that doesn’t crash all the time. He would be so proud if I won this. Just one more way to save money.

  409. I subscribed to your email. I would love to win a Belkin router. I love that it is wireless. Thanks for the chance to win.

  422. I’m most excited about bit boost, which can allow you to allocated priority to select data streams
    rasmith0506 at gmail dot com

  427. I so need a new router. Ours is one of the first wireless ones and it is SO slow. We have; 1 desktop, 1 laptop, 1 wireless printer, 3 gaming systems, 2 ipods and 1 iphone that connect to our wireless router.

  429. Wireless printer access. Our router is messed up – or at least that’s what I’m told.

  440. The easy set up is a plus for me since I am still wired due to security concerns. If that process is simplified then I would love to go wireless.

  445. I love how easy it is to install and I’m super exciting to try the wireless printing feature! :)

  446. I’m excited that it will prevent me from getting a wireless printer. i’ve been wanting one of those for my laptop for printing Qs.

  448. I would love to be able to hook things up in my house so that everything is wireless!

  465. I’m most excited about the music mover app — this would come in so useful to play music throughout our house!

  514. I would love the wireless printing. Then I wouldn’t have to run into the other room for printing when I run across a great deal!

  518. I am so excited about the wireless function! This something we really need. I might just go out and purchase one, if I don’t win. I’m hoping to win, though.
    I would love to finally bring a laptop into my bedroom and browse the internet, finally. Current connection doesn’t reach.

  544. I like the pre-configured security settings. This is something I could never personally figure out.

  546. The easy set up and making my computers able to wirelessly connect!
    Thank you!
    Maggie M.

  548. Speed and the printer sharing is huge. Recently, my remote printer won’t talk with my laptop anymore. If it was actually plugged into the network, that would prevent the other computer from blocking print commands and ect.

  555. i am most excited about the Printer Hook up as of now i can not use my Laptop to Print as my Printer is not wireless

  556. Most excited that I could get rid of my old, outdated, slow one! Not to mention the wireless printer hook-up.

  557. I am excited about the fact that it’s a wireless-N. My husband has been chattering nonstop about how he wants one of these!

  559. Anything wireless is a good thing. Way better than having wires running from the upstairs downstairs!

  560. The feature I like most is that I can back up my external hard drive with it. You can never have too many backups.

    Amy Lauren
    proudpatriot2007(at)yahoo.com

  572. the ability to share hard drives over the network would be just awesome. we could share the media files to the desktops as well as the notebooks in the various parts of the house. no more fetching drives and disks whenever we want to watch the photo albums or a movie.

    btw i’m already subscribed to your RSS

  576. BEST feature for me is the Music Mover apps and be able to “port’ this to gaming units. WAy coool!

    thank you!

  578. The feature I would like most is being able to link the printer to all the computers in the house.

  587. i’m excited about anything wireless… no more cords that get tangled or limit where i cana bring my computer!

  600. I’m excited about the guest login. We have family and friends staying over a lot and this feature would be so helpful! My hubby would probably like thall the techy stuff ;)

  609. I am most excited about the wireless capabilities! Wireless internet and wireless printing!!

  622. love the easy set up and just going wireless in general (we haven’t tried that yet)

  635. I am excited about the easy setup… Our old one kept screwing up & I think it’s because of it being setup wrong.

  640. I’m excited that it looks like I can put this together. I always have to have my husband figure it all out. I also love the slim body.

  646. My current router only connects me to the internet, I love the fact that the Belkin router makes any printer wireless and has great security features. I am a Facebook liker and I am subscribed to the newsletter. You are awesome Briana!

  669. I would really like to win the printer so that I can print my kids pictures from home. I’m keeping my fingers crossed on this one. Thanks for the chance. I liked you on face book.

  683. I am a FB fan as well as an email subscriber. I would love to be able to print those Target coupons you link. My husband is a school teacher and we can’t afford to purchase any thing like this right now- how fun would it be to win one!

  687. Between homeschooling my preschooler and being a hard core couponer, I have been wanting to do wireless printing for over a year now! I’d love to win it!

  689. I really like the memory safe app. that really takes the work out of backing everything up just in case.

  691. The coolest feature is that you can make a non-wireless printer wireless. AWESOME.

  693. To print from anywhere in the house, as opposed to standing over the printer trying to balance the laptop, would be great!

  695. Allowing you to print wireless is the best feature! As a teacher at a virtual school who works at home, this would be great for me!!

  700. I’m excited about being able to connect via USB to back up important photos, music, documents, and more.

  702. The wireless printer feature sounds fantastic. I was just telling hubby today that we need one of those.

  703. Thank you for this giveaway. I would love to get a new router. Ours is having problems.

  712. I’m a Facebook Liker of Bargain Briana and Belkin on Facebook (Margaret E. Smith)
    Thanks
    rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com

  713. I really like the The Music Mover app. Love that you can move your music to your xbox too. What a great feature.
    Thanks so much.

  716. You are not only giving away a wireless router, you are giving away the BEST wireless router…very exciting! :-) Thank you.

  719. I am most excited about being able to connect my laptop to the internet when I’m lying in my bed relaxing. This will make my writing and research sooooooo much easier! Thanks!!! ♥♥

  728. The printer feature sounds wonderful to me and also the quick easy setup as I am not a techie. Thank you!

  737. My family and I would love to win this. We have been using our very first one we ever bought (2001-02ish)

  738. The best feature is the wireless. I have a two year old who is fascinated by all of them and has pulled out a few from the computer. This could help with that.

  757. OMG!! What is there not to love?! First of all, I think that the guest page login is just Awesome! And such a professional feel, even just for home use. The easy wireless conversion for the printer is genius! The brilliant transfer of documents through the wireless router just leaves me speechless. Faster connection… This is why I <3 Belkin. How fabulous it would be as my 1st router when me and my roommate split next month =-D

  772. The Music Mover sounds really neat, my husband would enjoy playing around with that with his Ps3.

  776. I most like most that I won’t have to access my internal network but just the internet with the router.

  777. I like that I can make my printer wireless. That would be so helpful. Right now I have to plug the printer into each different computer to print from each of them.

  785. I like how you can move the music around. Right now it’s all on my husbands computer.

  808. I’m so excited about being able to turn my non-wireless printer into a wireless one!

  815. Wow, this wireless router has so many cool features! I think the one I’m most excited about is the ‘guest’ feature. So many people travel with their laptops and I am nervous about allowing people access to “all” my files when they just need to access the internet.

  819. I like the printer feature. The kids all have laptops and now they’ll be able to use the printer also. Thanks for the giveaway.

  824. I already subscribe. Our router currently is on the fritz and we need another and winning one is more than frugal :)