Cisco-Linksys WGA54G Wireless-G Gaming Adapter
by Linksys
|
Our Price: $89.99 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $24.99 (click here) Category: CE See more product details |
|---|
Customers in the UK,
Buy this product at amazon.co.uk
for British Pounds
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Cisco-Linksys WGA54G Wireless-G Gaming Adapter
Customer Review: An additional tip for those having trouble
Summary: 3 Stars
I wrote a review earlier. I have noticed some people still having trouble. Some of this trouble may occur when people trying using the web-based utility.Basically, you can set up everything correctly and the main page of the web-based utility will still say that the wireless adapter is "not connected".
What's happening? While the web-based utility is running the ethernet port of the wga54g is connected to the ethernet port of your pc. If, as suggested by Linksys, you manually select an ip address for the wga54g on the network (as opposed to allowing the router to assign an address using DHCP), the wireless address for you wga54g will share its internet address with the ethernet port of the wga54g, resulting in a conflict. Because of this conflict,the web-based utility will report that the wireless adapter is not attached to the network. If you disconnect the wga54g's ethernet port, however, the web-based utility will not function, as it seems to require a wired link to the network.
My advice. Follow Linksys's advice about manually assigning an ip address. Don't worry about the "Not connected" status reported by the web-based utility. If, according to the web-based utility, the wga54g sees the network, you are probably in decent shape. Disconnect the wga54g's ethernet port from the pc, connect the wga54g to the network port of your gaming system, configure the gaming system, and test to see if all works. Hint: To eliminate range concerns, it's handy to move the gaming system into the same room as the pc while you are configuring everything
Customer Review: Don't even bother with this adapter
Summary: 1 Stars
This was supposed to be my upgrade for the WET11 in which it has been dropping the connection once in awhile and also the downloads should be faster with gameplay on PS2/Xbox and is supposed to be a cheaper solution to the wireless G bridge. I just returned this as this product nuked my linksys wireless g and b router settings. As soon as I took the WGA54G out of the box, I plugged it directly to my desktop and it took the settings. Then I went ahead and plugged it to my PS2, my network would not detect the device. I went back to troubleshoot the adapter by plugging into the router directly and typing in 192.168.1.250 and it gave me the web interface. Everything was set correctly, so I changed it to DHCP and everything stopped working including my linksys wireless routers b and g and my laptop could not even talk to my routers when it was plugged into the network when all I wanted to do was change the settings on the network. I had to totally redo my networking scheme and when I tried resetting the adapter by the push of the button, it will not detect via the CD. I tried the 192.168.1.250 static address it will not detect it either. I tried looking at my DHCP settinga snd there weren't any entries to this adapter. Linksys support told me the same steps to resolve my problems and did not have a clue on what to do. I don't think this is a one time problem as the WET11 has it's own problem of dropping the connection. Bottom line is I spent the whole weekend messing around with this thing and I wouldn't even care to upgrade as of yet until their problems are resolved.Customer Review: Needs better documentation, but once configured it works
Summary: 4 Stars
As most people have noted, the documentation is sorely lacking. If you need a product that's easy-to-use right out of the box, this probably isn't it. However, if you don't mind configuring the adapter manually, this one works very well.
My home network isn't a "wide open anyone can connect" setup. I have encryption, pre-shared keys, and other security options, so I was fully prepared to do some manual configuration on the game adapter. And that's what I had to do. Once I got the configuration working, my PS2 had no problems connecting.
Here's some suggestions on making the configuration easier:
1) Give the wireless adapter a static IP address. Do not use DHCP. It's easier to bring up the web-based configuration page if you know for sure what the game adapter's IP address is.
2) For the default gateway (which can't be set using the setup CD for some reason), you'll probably want to use the IP address of your home router.
3) When using the web-based configuration page, you'll have a computer connected directly into the game adapter. Also use a static IP for that computer because you'll be using a similar configuration for your PS2 or X-box.
4) On the computer connected to the game adapter (during configuration), verify that the computer can get to the "outside world" by bring up www.yahoo.com or something like that.
That's all I can think of at the moment. I didn't try the head-to-head configuration since I only have the one adapter, so I can't comment on how well that works.
Customer Review: Piece of junk, not for use with Xbox360 !!!
Summary: 1 Stars
Preface: 1. I was using a brand new linksys router, and 2. I am VERY electronics savvy and never have trouble with these types of installations. So, should have been as easy as pie, right?
I purchased this specifically for use with an Xbox360. Out of the box, setup took 10 minutes, and I was online playing with no problems. However, I was on an unsecure connection and this resulted in serious lag when neighbors were online as well. I tried configuring the security features for about 30 minutes, could not, and then called Linksys customer service. Customer service kept me on the phone for 3 separate calls spanning FOUR HOURS configuring and reconfiguring the set up. When they finally suggested I take the Xbox upstairs to be closer to the router for further tests, I said enough was enough, and asked them to just restore the settings so I could play with an unsecure connection.
Here's the kicker: They had done so many different things, they could not remember how to go back to the original settings! We spent another hour resetting the game adapter and router, and at that point the router still didn't work, so they declared it defective and said I had to return it to amazon. Terrible product, atrocious customer service, and decidedly not worth saving the $30 over Microsoft's plug and play 360 wireless adapter which, while I admit is overpriced, does exactly what it is supposed to do. I think the time I just wasted was easily worth the $30 difference, and will avoid Linksys products like the plague in the future.
Customer Review: very dissapointing
Summary: 2 Stars
I got this to try and hook up media clients to my Personal Video Recorder (SageTV) without using wires. The unit setup on my laptop fine and connected to the Linksys wireless G router I had no problem - signal was strong, life was good. Hooking it up to the little media client (a Hauppauge MVP 1000) worked fine - I was stoked.
It works for about 1 or 2 minutes at a crack when streaming media and then completely drops the signal to the wirless router for about 3 to 7 secnds - the wireless light is completely dark. Then it'll snap back on and work fine for another minute or two. Unfortunately the buffer on the little MVP runs out and the show stops playback if the delay is too long which was happening often. Keep in mind that for testing this was about, oh, 3 feet from my router.
I fiddled with this unit for hours, upgrading the firmware, testing other devices with it etc... I could not get it to fly reliably. I went and got the MS XBox wireless adapter, it works flawlessly. Not a single drop, strong signal and solid performance.
I have several other Linksys products (wireless router, wireless access points, cards) that all work dandy, but this product is horrible, the support is bad and it clearly needs to go back into the oven again as it has major problems. It could be that I just got a bum unit as some other folks out here did but I don't have the patience to keep sending it back and trying a new unit until I get one that flies right.
My advice is to avoid this product.