NETGEAR WNHDEB111-100NAS Wireless N Access Point by Netgear
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Digital camera reviews of NETGEAR WNHDEB111-100NAS Wireless N Access Point
Digital camera Review: Couldn't be any simpler to set up
Summary: 5 Stars
Here is my entire experience in setting up the Netgear bridge.
1. Opened box
2. Glanced at instructions (main point is to connect power LAST)
3. Plugged one of the boxes in to my router
4. Took other box to home theater enclosure and plugged in my DirecTV and HTPC
5. Connected power to both.
6. Boxes "found" one another and created a high-speed wireless bridge
In total, the above took 4 minutes and I've had FLAWLESS performance, including streaming Blu-Ray from a shared Network drive.
This thing is as close as I've experienced to a perfect product. Kudos to NetGear for getting it right.
Digital camera Review: DO NOT BUY.
Summary: 1 Stars
Three words for this one --> DO NOT BUY.
This product has well known issues with holding a connection between the bridge and access point. Netgear has known about the issues since it was released and they are not fixing it. If you spend some time in their support forums, you'll find ample information and reviews.
On the surface, these seem great -- and they would be, if you didn't have to cycle the power on one or both 1-5 times each day. Connections drop during games, data transfer for network services (such as DirecTV) have issues and full motion video does not work well at all.
Long made short -- this is one of the worst network equipment purchases I have ever made and I've made many. Avoid this one.
Digital camera Review: Did exactly what I needed
Summary: 5 Stars
I was having a lot of frustration with XBOX and Unbox with streaming movies to my living room TV. I was constantly getting interruptions for buffering. So I wanted a really strong wireless bridge solution.
Found this kit while searching and it seemed to be what I needed. As soon as it showed up I had the thing set up in about an hour. I hooked one bridge up (via Ethernet) to my wireless router and the other I hooked up to my XBOX (via Ethernet), logged into each one messed around with a few config settings and fired up I Am Legend via Unbox. Not one interruption the movie played flawlessly! I'm so happy with this as it solved the problem I was having perfectly. It's also given me the added bonus of boosting my signal strength (only for wireless-n compatible devices) throughout my house.
Digital camera Review: Does exactly what it says it will do.
Summary: 5 Stars
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Got this and set it up right away. Set up was very easy and as someone who normally waits until hubby comes home to do things this was a breeze for me. We're a gaming household with all next-gen systems. So this truly came in handy. Once set up I notice that there was a remarkable difference when connecting via my laptop. I also tried going online via the Playstion 3 and the connection speed was so much faster than when I had my Linksys connected. I must say that I am using Cable Internet services. As stated though there was no lag when hosting matches via Xbox Live and that was exactly what we were looking for. This is definitely what you need when gaming. It does exactly what it says it will do. I don't normally recommend products but this one gets a definite thumbs up from me.Digital camera Review: Does not penetrate walls well. Updated
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this kit to send HD video from my computer to my TV media device. It has adequate bandwidth and worked out of the box, but I do not get a strong signal from the main floor to the basement of my house, a distance of about 25 feet. There are a couple of walls as well as the floor, and the basement ceiling has metal duct work and pipes above the plasterboard, so I am probably lucky to penetrate all that. I used a laptop to indicate wireless signal strength, and spent a couple of hours orienting each device for the best signal. Now I get a level that varies from 50% to 70%, and that works reliably for HD at 720p. I have not been able to send 1080i over the link without momentary stops and starts in the audio and video; however the link never breaks connection and never needs resetting. It seems to just limit the bandwidth as the signal strength goes lower.
I bought a third WNHDE 111 to connect to another computer, and than link has never been interrupted since I installed it over a month ago. It has always worked well. I had previously used a Linksys G router that was interrupted once or twice a day, and it had to be reinstated manually using the "repair" function in the Windows wireless software. It was my wife's computer in the kitchen, so I had to fix it!
I still have the wireless G system up, and it works well around the house with a third computer, a laptop, but it never gave a reliable signal for my wife's computer in the kitchen; and it would not carry the HD video for the TV. I also use that old G router to connect the ethernet from my main computer to the WNHDE 111.
I recommend this device if you don't have too many walls and floors to penetrate. I am a retired electronics engineer, and I assure everyone that the higher the frequency, the poorer the penetration, but the more bandwidth and the more freedom from interference.
Update: After 7 months, I have better results. With some tweaking of the settings (set the Channel Width to 20 MHz, turn off the "Broadcast SSID", and lower Beacon Period to 50 msec) I can now stream 25 Mbps HD video through all the walls. I think the main problem was that the auto 20/40 Channel Width was trying to run at 40 and was not successful, sometimes switching between 20 and 40. When I reduced the channel width, I got an increase in signal strength. I can now stream 1080i HD for hours without any problem.
Jim