Keef,
To be fair to Belkin kit, I have a couple of desktop wifi cards that have performed flawlessly (and better / less hassle than Netgear equivalents), ditto for a 4-port USB 2 PCI card.
I also have an excellent Belkin laptop rucksack, although the performance criteria are rather different!
I still probably wouldn't buy a Belkin WAP / router / firewall though!
SD