Cisco-Linksys Dual-Band Wireless-N Gaming and Video Adapter

10 Review to this product

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  Rico
  April 5th, 2009 on 3:42 pm

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  I bought the WET610N for my Samsung BD-P1600 Blu-Ray Player. My options were either wired, which I didn’t want to do, or buy a proprietary dongle from Samsung. I chose the option that Samsung did not mention – I bought the WET610N! The unit was easy to setup, and the instructions were clear. I’ve never been fond of using Linksys CD’s to setup this kind of equipment, but I have to say it was painless and quick compared to some others I’ve seen. The value of this unit is simply that it will work with ANYTHING that wants a “wired” network connection. So, it doesn’t matter if it’s a video game system, a DVR type device, or as in this case a blu-ray DVD Player. For this reason, the unit is a great value and will be in use for a long time, even when the current equipment I am using it with now is long gone.
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  Zayde617
  August 14th, 2009 on 4:31 am

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  The WET610N is a dream come true. Having purchased in the past 6 months a brand new 46″ Bravia TV and Sony BD Blue Ray Live Disc Player, I became somewhat disappointed in that I could not take advantage of the BD Live features for updates and to interact with certain movies. I could not take advantage because I utilized a Wireless N network in my home and those 2 devices did not provide for wireless hook up. The manager of my local Sony Style store recommended this product to me. I expressed concern about how much tecnical skill would be involved in setting up this device – on his recommendation, I tried it myself. It came packaged with an install CD and instructions that were very easy. It was literally an effortless install which took only a couple of minutes. The only ”technical” information that was needed was the network password or “passphrase” – this is the password you created when you set up your wireless network.
  
  Set up could not have been easier, and now I no longer have to worry about firmware updates, and can also enjoy the additional features available on Blue Ray Discs.
  
  I trust in Linksys and have been a Linksys customer ever since I did my first home wired network almost 10 years ago. This product solves a problem, and is very reliable.
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  E. Linder
  September 10th, 2009 on 6:35 am

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  Update 10/2/09:

  New firmware update available from Linksys 8/31/09 (I went from 1.0.01 to 1.0.03 today). After applying new firmware, the reported signal strength increased significantly. So did the consistency and reliability of pings (previously would vary between 2ms and 410 ms as well as skip an occasional ping – now consistently below 5 ms!). I would recommend this product, but be sure to be running firmware 1.0.0.03. This update may address some (but not all) of the issues that previous reviewers experienced.

  Original review:

  Quick shipment from Amazon. As much as I dread Setup wizards, I used the wizard supplied on the CD-ROM, which I ran from my laptop, which is connected wirelessly via the wireless router. Connected bridge to router with the supplied straight-through Ethernet cable. The wizard quickly detected available wireless networks (I selected mine – not my neighbors’). Asked me for passphrase (it knew I use WPA2 encryption) for router (Linksys WRT54G), waited a bit, then wizard told me to disconnect bridge from router and then connect the bridge to my remote device (in my case – a home-theater-in-a-box) (HTIB) with an wired ethernet connection. A bit later, wizard announced setup finished. Instantly able to watch streaming Netflix and listen to Pandora on the HTIB.

  Prior to running wizard, I added the MAC address of the bridge (it’s on the underside of the unit) to the allowed list of “PCs”) on my router’s list of allowed MAC addresses. Second, I ensured that I had a sufficient range of DHCP addresses dispensed by the DHCP server on my router (total of 3 – one for the laptop, one for the wireless printer, and now added a third for this bridge). Third, I had my router passphrase readily available to supply to the wizard.

  I think that since I was well prepared, the setup was flawless and quick. I totally understand why wizards are used – they’re for novices to easily set up their stuff. In this case, I think it took the wizard less time to set up the device than it would have if I were to have chosen to set up the bridge manually (which is an undocumented option). A novice would have a struggle with a manual setup, I’m sure.

  Signal strength on the bridge indicates to be a bit weak for business use, but for home use, it’s working great for my sole application. One could certainly add more devices on the bridge side by connecting the bridge to a switch to provide additional Ethernet ports. Of course, the bridge will pass DHCP info to any device connected to any such switch. And of course, no address needed for a(n) (unmanaged) switch.

  The only thing I’m uncertain about is this product’s longevity. I did have an early Linksys WRT54G totally fail on me, but I’m hoping that having placed my current one on a UPS, this won’t happen again. I have confidence in current Linksys products.

  I hope Amazon buyers find this review helpful.

  I recommend this product.
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  Sean Dicken
  October 29th, 2009 on 8:11 am

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  I’ve been trying for over a year to reliably set up my Xbox 360 for use with Netflix streaming over wifi. Running a cable to the room my Xbox is in wasn’t an option, so I’ve been trying in vein to get a stable Wi-Fi connection. In addition to the official Xbox Wireless-G adapter, I’ve tried converting two wireless routers to bridges with DD-WRT. All of these solutions worked to an extent, but due to the huge amounts of wireless interference in my house (I live in a valley, and there are no less than 18 wifi routers within range at any given time that my laptop’s wifi adapter picks up), the signal strength was always weak.

  I had pretty much given up, and haven’t gone online with my xbox in over two months, but then I saw the WET610N available as a refurb. I’d read some good things about it, and it was within my budget so I decided I’d give it a shot.

  Setup required a bit of trial and error and it wasn’t until I tried switching from WPA2 to WPA encryption that I was able to get a stable, fast connection to my router (which is a DLink DIR-655). Thinking that maybe my unit shipped with a bad flash, I tried reinstalling the latest firmware (1.0.3). Same result… WPA2-AEP still wasn’t stable, but WPA-AEP was fine. This is something Linksys needs to work out, as it’s one of the main advertised features, and a requirement of most installations.

  I’ve been up and running now for three weeks, and I’m able to stream Netflix at HD quality over Wireless-N. The connection always starts out a little slow, but gets up to full quality within minutes.

  After a year of messing with different solutions, I’m pleased with the WET610N. I’m not sure the full priced unit is worth the cost, but if you’re comfortable buying refurbs, the value can’t be beat (and my unit looked like new- not a scratch on it).
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  cpyao
  November 10th, 2009 on 8:00 pm

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  I’m using this with the Linksys WRT610N to stream Data and Standard Def. Video to the TV on the other side of my office. I had to play with some of the advanced settings initially, but once I got it dialed in, I haven’t had any problems with it. The only other downside that I have found is that it takes a ridiculously long time to reboot itself once you’ve made changes in the settings and save them. I would say for setup I would give it 3.5-4 Stars but overall I would give it 4.5-5 Stars because once it’s setup the quality is great and it’s pretty rock solid.
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  M. C. Beck
  November 11th, 2009 on 2:28 am

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  After reading some of the negative reviews (not working with Windows 7, difficult to setup), I was a little hesitant making this purchase. But, I’d always had good luck with Linksys products before, so I went ahead and gave it a shot. It arrived today – I had had it delivered to my work address. I got home 30 minutes ago and, literally, it’s already downloaded 2 movies from DirecTV On Demand.

  The setup couldn’t be easier. My guess is, those who wrote negatives about the setup must not have read or understood the procedures before starting. I’m not belittling any of the other reviews; rather, I’m just shocked that anyone would have thought the installation was difficult. Read over the manual once or twice before you start (it’s a bunch of easy steps), then do what the install disk tells you to do. I was up in, literally, about 4 minutes.

  And, obviously my other concern about it not working with Windows 7 was unfounded. I have Windows 7 Home Premium and had no issues what-so-ever.

  And, in case it was missed on the paragraphs above, I hooked this up to an R22 DirecTV box to get HD On Demand.

  No problems what-so-ever. So far, very much recommended. If anything changes (because, granted, this review is being written less than hour of having it completely installed and setup), I will revise the review and let everyone know.

  THIS SECTION ADDED ON 3/9/2010:

  I’ve now had the product for a few months and still am very happy with it. Although, I have noticed that, on a few occasions, a notice comes up on DirecTV saying that the connection was lost and that I need to either fix it, or continue and fix the connection later. Being that the DirecTV internet connection procedure can be a little tedious, I’m actually able to bypass all of this by unplugging my Linksys adapter from the wall for about 20 seconds, plugging it back in, and then waiting for about a minute. After that point, everything operates normally.

  This procedure happens a little more often than I’d like, but it appears as if it could be due to the adapter overheating. I can’t say for sure, though. I’m just going off the fact that the connection always restores when the adapter is turned off then back on.

  Other than that, I still give it a thumbs up.
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  Justin-Michael WAH
  November 15th, 2009 on 7:00 am

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  I have a BluRay player and a DirecTV HD-DVR that offer additional services if connected to the internet. Running ethernet cable lines is a pain in the ass – it’s messy, time consuming and expensive and if you ever want to move your equipment then you have to modifiy your cable run. Soulution – The WET610N Wireless bridge.

  I actually timed the installation to see just how long it would take from start to finish.
  
  Clock started: I moved my laptop and its AC adapter to the room in my house where the Linksys Wireless Router is located. That took 1 1/2 minutes. I then opened the box and unfolded and read instructions. It took a total of 6 1/2 minutes to format and configure the WET610N Bridge. The installation CD does not install any programs on your computer so don’t worry. It simply configures the unit. Eight minutes after starting the clock, my new WET610N was ready to be hooked up to my HD-DVR and BluRay Player.

  It took me 5 minutes to move my furniture away from the wall, plug in the unit, move the dresser back and run the Network Setup option from the HD-DVR. That was it. The screen said congratulations your connected to DirecTV via the internet (or something similar.)

  In all it took the same if not more time moving my furniture etc, than it did to configure the Network Bridge

  If your DVR has 2 ethernet ports, plug this unit into the top port. The lower one is a pass through like having 2 connections on the back of an answering machine. Plug the lower port into any other device like a BluRay Player or game console and now both are connected to the internet.

  Lastly, if you ever want to connect another device in another room to the internet you can either just remove the unit you currently own and move it from one device to another or if you prefer you can purchase and configure another WET610N Bridge and hook it up the same way as detailed above.
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  K. Wallace
  December 29th, 2009 on 6:31 pm

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  I was given the Sony BDP – N460 as a Christmas present. We did then find out that it was not WIFI capable, but needed to purchase the Cisco/Linksys wireless bridge WER610N. We wanted to use Netflix streaming movies, and the Sony model that is wifi capable is not Netflix approved.

  Anyway, we purchased this unit even after reading all the problems people have had setting this unit up.

  Do Not Worry if you want to pair this with the Sony Bluray player. No need to even use the supplied start up cd as the software in the bluray player does all necessary steps to set it up. Plug the unit in and connect via ethernet cable ( supplied) and then just go to Settings, Internet Connection and select Wireless Bridge Setup. The player will guide you through the rest of the steps. We were done in less than 10 minutes streaming movies from Netflix.

  BTW the start up CD now seems to work with Mac OSX which was a concern for many previous posters.

  I think Sony/Cisco/Linksys finally got this right.
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  Nbot
  January 8th, 2010 on 1:43 am

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  …then this is a *VERY EASY SETUP!*

  1. Take it out of the box
  
  2. Plug it into your TV & AC power
  
  3. Go to INTERNET SETUP on your TV, click connect.
  
  4. After it finds your home network, you probably don’t have the “WPA button” so just manually enter in your WEP wireless code.

  Presto, download Netflix movies:)

  Don’t worry about all the bad reviews on setup if you have a Bravia at least, its a snap! Do not do any drivers, don’t open the CD, don’t plug it into your computer…plug it into your TV and njoy…also, I got a $35 refurbished one of these, glad I didn’t pay more…perhaps the refurb’ed ones come with newer firmware, not really sure, but worked fine for me.
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  Bryan E. Elliott
  January 18th, 2010 on 11:56 am

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  I’m not IT savvy, but had trouble with the set up at first – - the instructions are simple but the Pc (laptop) I used was on a wireless network to begin with – - in order to configure the Linksys Wireless-N Gaming adapter you need to hooked to your router by RJ45 cable – once I switched my laptop from wireless to hard wired I could set up the wireless adapter – and then move it to the Panasonic Blue ray – - which now has internet capabilities – -The unit works great – - I actually hooked the Linksys Wireless-N Gaming adapter to my Direct Tv HD DVR – which has 2 RJ 45 ports – and ran a second RJ 45 cable to the Blue ray so now I have both the Blue ray and Direct TV hooked to the internet .