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Product Review Summary: Excellent repeater (among other things) There are four modes this WAP (I needed something simple and effective as a repeater only). This took me about 10 minutes total to setup. It has worked flawlessly for about 10 days and there are no dead zones in my place now (woohoo!). I used this with a Dlink 802.n gaming router. For those needed WAP/Bridge, etc, this likely will work also, but I have not used it for that purpose. I would recommend this product without reservation as a repeater.
Product Review Summary: Cheapest way to stream High-Def Netflix to a Blu-Ray player As in J. Setyo's review for this same product, I have a Blu-Ray player (in this case a Samsung BD-P2500) that can stream movies and TV directly from Netflix, but only with an ethernet (aka "wired") connection.
This $50 device is the least expensive and easiest solution. Otherwise, I'm faced with having to run ethernet through the walls to an inconvenient location (not sure if that's even possible), or upgrade to a more expensive Blu-Ray player like the BD-P3600. (And at least one AV forum claims the upconversion chip in the BD-P2500 is better than the one in the BD-P3600; google "Samsung BD-P1650, BD-P2500 or BD-P3600?")
Device Setup
It took me about 15-30 minutes to set it up with my wireless LAN using a laptop; I wasn't rushing. You plug it into a laptop's ethernet jack, and power the device with a USB port, or plug (all cables are included). Setup is just like configuring any other wireless device to connect to your wireless router, so if you have a wireless network at home, you'll be able to handle this.
This device has a web-based configuration much like most home wireless routers; you use a web-browser to configure it. Sidenote: I would highly recommend that you not use WEP encryption, even if it does work (see other review). It's generally regarded as not being secure.
Usage and Performance
I was able to plug it into the Blu-Ray player and it works fine. I was able to stream a High Definition movie from Netflix successfully.
Other Uses
In case it's not obvious, you can use this ASUS device for other purposes as well (thus the 4-in-1 reference). It "can" be used as a home wireless network, connecting it to your cable modem. It can be used as a "repeater" to extend an existing wireless router's range in your house. And if you have a computer that doesn't have a wireless card built in but do have an ethernet jack, this can be used to provide wireless connectivity for that computer.
Product Review Summary: Absolutely Awesome Gadget PORTABLE WIRELESS 4-IN-1 ROUTER....
I won't get into the technical details of this absolutely amazing little gadget. There are many reviews here at Amazon that can explain the workings (and set-up) of this tiny piece of electronics much better than I can. (Read these carefully..apparently you can do some complex tricks with this thing) Yes it's tiny alright...about the size of a pack of smokes.
I was going nuts running a 50 ft ethernet cable from my desktop computer router in one bedroom to my new Panasonic Blu-Ray disk player in another bedroom whenever I wanted to get on the internet through the Blu-Ray player. I knew right away what I needed...a wireless adapter that would plug into the ethernet port on the Blu-Ray unit.
I started searching via Google for such an item without much luck. I did see some fairly expensive routers that could be modified to work as a wireless adapter and some wireless adapters that had USB connectivity but none that would work with an ethernet port. The prices seemed high too. I was getting a little frustrated.
So I modified my search criteria (wording) and lo and behold, several ASUS units popped up, and one, the WL330GE was just exactly what I was looking for. I ordered it from Amazon and it appeared in my mailbox a few days later.
The ASUS packaging is cool. Just below the ASUS logo on the front of the solidly constucted box it says: "Rock Solid . Heart Touching" which slightly amused me. There's a lot of very interesting information about the product on all six sides of the box so I don't plan on tossing it. The router specifications are on one side and there's enough detailed information to warm an electrical engineers heart (maybe that's what they meant by..."Heart Touching").
I don't know diddly squat about setting up wireless adapters, especially when the unit in hand can be used in several other ways (wireless router, wireless access point, universal repeater and, for me, an ethernet adapter).
I followed the simple instructions and within minutes, my adapter was plugged into my Blu-Ray player via the (included) short ethernet cable (I had to use the AC plug for power) and the the three blue lights (one blinking) were operating. My Panasonic disk player and Panasonic 58" HDTV were on the internet within seconds. NOTE: More and more Blu-Ray players are now coming with built-in wireless, thus making this little device obsolete (as an ethernet adapter anyway) so it might become hard to find in the future...so you may want to consider it .
Nice job, ASUS!
Product Review Summary: Asus WL330ge just gave me fits, so it's being returned. I bet I spent a total of 4 hours trying to configure this unit
to work on my Panasonic blu-ray player and just had to give up.
It would say connection passed and them would not connect.
I went to 198.162.1.220 to configure and nothing-nothing-nothing.
Product Review Summary: Awesome workaround for the Samsung Bluray player. I use the bluray player's usb port for wireless adapter to power this! Awesome workaround for the Samsung Bluray player. I use the bluray player's usb port for wireless adapter to power this!
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