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For the $80+ i spent on this i would have been better off just upgrading to a new Pre-N wireless router. I bought this from BB and it worked great right out of the box, Not sure what happened after the first day but now i can no longer get it to connect. I'm not getting an internet signal at the remote location. Don't waste your money. if you do still want this I'll gladly sell you mine.
One is attached to the router, the other two are on computers in different parts of the house. We have three of these in use for about a year now in our home. Just plugged them in. They even supply the Ethernet cable with the adapter. No problems noted so far.
I got one email back asking "what are your settings.". As others have noted, phone support is non-existent. For whatever reason this set-up did not work. I replied, sent a tracer but never heard back. Even at 4 am they won't take your call. Email to support was also fruitless. I see they have discontinued this product. Technical issues aside, Netgear has a ways to go to provide basic customer support.
I bought this because I have a shed next to my garage that my WiFi doesn't quite reach. So, I couldn't install the software (I installed in on my XP laptop to test the speed with their tools).Kinda sucks SE is required. Worked great.
I was on my network at a little over 8Mbps. Couldn't be happier.The only downfall was that the encryption software (not that I need it) says W98 is required. This was definatly the easiest solution to networking into my shop so I could have internet and play Mp3s off my network.I plugged one into my router, and the other into my 150mhz laptop I used in the shed (a glorified Mp3 player at this rate, but still does that and surfs the net well).Turned on the laptop.
Perfect solution. Sweet.Streamed Mp3s, tested the internet. super fast.
But, it actuality it requires W98SE or higher. but, I can live with it now that I have internet and can share MP3s in my shop.
I tried using it to connect two medium sized rooms that were right next to each other. It only worked reasonably well for a little while after I plugged both of them in (or unplugged them both and re-plugged them in). It might have worked for non-internet networking, but I just wanted to have net access and that wasn't happening except for a brief period after resetting the power as I mentioned. It seems to have gotten a lot of good reviews, so maybe it was just my place that was the problem, but for what it's worth, it wasn't the magic it sounded like it was.
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