Cisco-Linksys WET54G Wireless-G Ethernet Bridge
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Customer Review: Eventually works well
Summary: 4 Stars
The WET54G has been working very well in wirelessly connecting my MythTV box to the rest of my household. However, getting it configured was much more difficult than it should have been.
Problem 1: I connect the WET54G (V3.0) to my computer and start the setup disk. The setup program says that it cannot see any WET54G device and bails out. The solution was to reconfigure my network connection to use 192.168.1.x addresses, then use my browser to connect to the WET54G at address 192.168.1.226.
Problem 2: The instructions say to enter "admin" into the password field when the connection dialog box appears. That did not work. Trial and error found that placing "admin" (without quotes) in both the name field and the password field would get me into the configuration screens.
Problem 3: The WET54G would not remember my WEP encryption information. As soon as I said to apply the key information, it switch to Radius security mode and wouldn't communicate with my wireless network. The solution was to download the latest version of firmware which did not have this problem.
So I'm happy now with my WET54G, but there must be a lot of frustrated who gave up on it and switched to something else.
Customer Review: Wow! It works so well!
Summary: 4 Stars
This gadget is simply amazing. I had no trouble whatsoever setting it up or using it. Unlike some other products, it does exactly what it is supposed to and does it well. I used it to hook up a connected digital copier, and the copier never knew the difference. It was beautiful.
The only reason I didn't give it a 5-star is that it does not suport WPA2 security. It does support WPA, which is good enough. I didn't want to get involved with WEP, because it's so easy to break. Once they give it WPA2 support, it will be perfect.
I have to say that the people who rate this product poorly probably don't know what they're doing with networking hardware anyway. This has a very easy set-up process; I did it manually (w/o using the CD) in 5 minutes. I can't attest to the setup wizard's functionality or lack thereof, but it is totally unnecessary. Just plug the thing into the router wired, type 192.168.1.226 in a web browser, and configure the wireless settings. Then it will save settings and reboot, the wireless will log on, and any time you turn it on, it will log back on wirelessly. That's how it provides a bridge effect.
A very good product. I would highly recommend it.
Customer Review: LAN Printer / Wireless Workstation
Summary: 5 Stars
Scenario: Had a wireless workstaion running Vista that would not connect to a OKI printer via USB. By acquiring this Linksys device WET54G(hardware version 3.1) I successfully got the job competed for the client. Attached the WET54G to the Linksys WRT150N router. From a wired workstation configured the WET54G to talk with the proper SSID, WPA security and setup the proper gateway. Move the WET54G to the Wireless workstation and connected the LAN port of the printer to the LAN port of the WET54G. Pinged from the Wireless WS the IP of the WET54G and Printer 192.168.1.103 successfully. Installed the printer under Add printer and chose NETWORK printer. Vista found the printer but received a Sub Spooler error message. Time to think out of the box: Deleted printer from Printer section and set it up as a LOCAL printer using a Standard TCP/IP port with proper IP address of .103. All successful. This product saved the client as she wanted the OKI printer to work in her WiFi environment at her desktop. Linksys support was oustanding to say the least using their Tech 2 Tech line (we are a VAR for Linksys). Can't say enough good things about their staff in assisting in getting the job done.Customer Review: Adequate performance but difficult setup
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this product to attach my Tivo to my 802.11g home WiFi network. The Tivo has a USB interface, not an Ethernet interface, and it doesn't support any 802.11g USB adapters that I could find. So I used a Linksys USB Ethernet adapter (works fine, used it for a while connected by a wire to my router) and added the Ethernet Bridge. I was dissappointed that I received the old version, version 1, even though version 2 has been available for over a year. My network used WPA for extra security, but version 1 only supports WEP. I had to reconfigure my entire network for WEP, which is known to be much less secure. The user's guide was cryptic and did not give much help in setting up the bridge. Even though I spent an hour on the phone with technical support, even they couldn't figure out how to upgrade the bridge firmware to the most up-to-date version 1 firmware. It's really not appropriate that they have two products with the same part number that have different capabilities (version 1 WEP - version 2 WPA). When you place the order, say with Amazon, you have no way of knowing which one you'll get. I will say that once I reconfigured my network, the bridge has worked ok.Customer Review: It USED TO work for me for my home stereo 2 STARS NOW
Summary: 4 Stars
I have seen the future and the future includes home theater amplifiers with Ethernet ports. Recently, I purchased a home theater receiver, the top of the line Pioneer Elite. One of the features I wanted to have was the ability to stream internet radio stations through the receiver. The one issue I had was how to run Ethernet to the receiver. The Internet in my house comes over the DSL modem in the back bedroom - far from the living room where the receiver lives.
This is where my old review (4 stars) ends and my updated review begins.
I had been able to get this to work with my old Linksys router, but now that I have an Apple Airport Extreme using WPA Personal versus WEP, I cannot get the WET54G to work.
Despite a online "chat" with tech support and a firmware "downgrade" (2.15 to 2.07) I could not get the bridge set up to the point where it worked. Is it possible that it was "operator error" on my part? I don't think so, but regardless, this should not be so difficult to get set up.
How about better macintosh support, Cisco? The wizard application only works on PCs.
I'm off to find another product.