HD GAMING 5 GHZ WIRELESS-N NETWORKING KIT

3 Review to this product

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  CCR 6805
  November 20th, 2009 on 9:51 pm

  Rating

  Out of the box and working, per the instructions, in less than 10 minutes! One unit upstairs at router and the other downstairs (in the garage) with a signal locked in less than 3 minutes after applying power. First boot attempt on remote computer had internet signal immediately.
  
  Way to go NetGear!
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  Ahbaid Gaffoor
  December 8th, 2009 on 10:46 am

  Rating

  I’ve tested this as an option to upgrading my existing wireless G network by simply adding N to it. I thought this was a great candidate for the job and got the matched set. Since my network uses MAC filtering, a non-broadcasted SSID and encryption I opted for the manual install.

  The good:
  
  - The pair comes configured with switches set to Access Point and Bridge
  
  - Plug them into your existing network on a CAT5 cable and they pick up an IP address in the same subnet, so no switching IPs on the network to get to them for initial configuration
  
  - The CD based tool can find them even if you do get them on a different netmask
  
  - The web interface works well

  The bad:
  
  - An initial firmware upgrade was needed, the Access point could reach the internet, but the Bridge could not, I had to download the firmware file then load it from disk for the Bridge
  
  - The setup was done in about 15 minutes, then it worked great for about 30minutes. Then after 30 minutes the pair reverted to their factory default settings, on their own.
  
  - I tried to reconfigure, but the Bridge side was completely unresponsive, not even being able to get wired connection to the network

  This may have been a defective pair, but it left a bad taste in my mouth, seems that there was no quality control check before this was boxed up and sent out for retail.

  I wanted to give it 1 star, but the price, interface and tools were good, so I gave it an extra star.

  This is just my experience with this product. I am now looking at the Trendnet Options which are much cheaper, search my reviews for those, I’ll post them when those tests are done.
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  Keogh
  April 5th, 2010 on 4:09 am

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  Requirement: Entertainment Center in a room with no phone jack for my dsl modem – besides I wanted the modem to have a hard link to my computer downstairs. Solution: Wireless Bridge. Unfortunately, Wireless Bridges are not mainstream; but are expensive and have very mixed reviews. One recommended solution is to reconfigure an old Linksys WRT54G – mine was a version or two away from being compatible with the 3rd party Tomato firmware download required to turn it into a wireless bridge. Verdict: Even if you have a really old WRT54G, this solution is better, fast and far easier to install. With an ethernet hub, I retired my XBOX wireless whip and now have everything running through this networking kit: BluRay firmware downloads and online disk content, AV receiver uses Pandora and does firmware updates, TV uses infolink to popup weather and local news, streaming Windows Media Center and Netflix through my computer and XBOX Live connection… This is a really cool product!