Cisco-Linksys WET54G Wireless-G Ethernet Bridge by Linksys
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Digital camera reviews of Cisco-Linksys WET54G Wireless-G Ethernet Bridge
Digital camera Review: Happy with Ethrnet bridges
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought two of these to upgrade my home network to WPA and get the benefit of wireless G speeds. I received the order in about three days. Setup was easy with the CDs provided and WPA encryption was easily configured. As a Linux user, I would like to have know that initial setup can only be down through Windows. However they worked well with Linux after setup. After I got them up and running, they are giving reliable service and fast downloads.Digital camera Review: I Should Have Listened to The Bad Reviews
Summary: 1 Stars
I currently have an 802.11b network and WET11 from Linksys. The system works great. When I read the bad reviews here I thought that it couldn't be true. I am writing to assure everyone that the bad reviews about this product are absolutely on the money. Poor connection, slow speed (slower than 802.11b if you are farther than 20 feet away), buggy software and no WPA! Do not buy this product. I had just purchased all new Linksys hardware to upgrade to 802.11g. I am returning it all. It's too bad - I have been turned from a Linksys supporter to a detractor. Now if there are any other wireless hardware manufacturers reading this - make a 802.11g wireless bridge. I will buy your bridge, router and notebook adapter right now. Good-bye Linksys!Digital camera Review: I think they got it right in version 3
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, despite all the bad reviews I bought the linksys wet54g because d-link and netgear's bridges got equally bad reviews and I got the wet54g cheap ($71) on buy.com.
My box says version 3 on the bottom. Linksys's web site only mentions versions 1 and 2 so this must be quite new. I really hate linksys's versioning system because when you buy online there is no way to tell what version you are getting which can make a big difference because the different versions aren't firmware compatable. Mine has firmware 1.07.
On to the review: I bought mine to extend the range of my wireless because the linksys range extender sucks. WDS in general seems a bad idea because it is one radio doing both send/recieve so it immediately halves your bandwidth. I configured the WET54g to connect to my existing wireless and then placed the box where my laptop drops off to 20% signal. Because the WET54g is fixed I could carfully position its antenna with a reflector to get 85% signal to my WAP. Then I got a linksys WRT54g ($60) and set its wireless up as a different channel and ssid than my main WAP, and connected it to the WET54g by a 3ft ethernet cable. When my laptop is in decent range (>40% signal) of the WRT54g it connects through it and the WET54g to may base WAP and gives me 88% of the throughput my laptop would get when within decent range (>40% signal) of the base WAP. The same setup with the linksys range extender using WDS gave me 45% of the throughput, so this is a win.
When doing this testing I used the WET54g pretty hard and never had a dropped connection, which was the main complaint I read of the older versions. The other complaint of old versions was a weak antenna. Since I'm carefully positioning it with a reflector I don't really care, but decided to test it anyway. So I hooked the WET54G to my laptop by a 3ft ethernet cable and disabled the laptop antenna. Using the WET54g for my laptop wireless straight to my WAP gave me 10% greater throughput than the laptop's built in wireless straight to the WAP! This suprised me, but leads me to conclude that the WET54g antenna is as good or better than my laptop's built in wireless.
Overall I am very very happy with this purchase.
Digital camera Review: I thought it was just me...
Summary: 1 Stars
but from the other reviews, I realize it's the WET54G. I'm having all the same problems as the other reviewers. Very poor signal strength unless it's in the same room as the access point... and now I've got the blinking power light. Linksys also declined a valid rebate. I'm getting another bridge and never buying another linksys product.Digital camera Review: I too should have listened
Summary: 1 Stars
I should have listened to the other reviewers. Mine wouldn't even connect - kept getting the message it wasn't connected. Returned for refund the day I got it. Amazon's return process is so easy - one of the reasons I buy everything I can here.
No replacement second chances after what I've read here.