Product Description The WRE54G Wireless-G Range Expander increases the effective coverage of your wireless network. Unlike other access points, this wireless expander doesn't require connection by a data cable. Just place it within range of your wireless router and bounce the signals off remote wireless devices. It's perfect for any wireless home or business network that requires wider coverage: Multi-story homes, warehouses, outdoor spaces and more.
A great signal repeaterOctober 4, 2008 I have to agree with the other reviewers that the intended way to set this up is a pain. You actually need a computer with a wireless card to run the setup program and it will mess with the configuration on your computer. In the end it refused to configure the box because it said that my AP was not compatible... (I think officially only Linksys APs are supported.) However - you can just use an Ethernet crossover cable between your computer and the repeater (or hang them both off the same switch), set your computer to 192.168.1.100 and browse with your Web browser to 192.168.1.240. There is no login and default password is "admin". The setup is straightforward and real easy this way. Enter your SSID and the WPA password and change the IP to fit into your wireless network. Do not forget to change the password first. Hit save. Done. Success is shown by the blue link light. If you screwed up, you can factory reset the box by pressing the reset botton for 5 seconds and start over. The auto-config feature is useless.
One note is that this is a repeater not an access point. This means it will send and transmit on the same channel and therefore your throughput will be somewhere 40%. I am still getting about 3 Mbps, which is plenty for Web surfing. An interesting obserservation is that the Ethernet port can also be used to bridge the wireless network to another Ethernet cloud and this way there would be no BW loss. On a side note, your AP needs to support WBS (Wirelss Distribution System), many do but not all.
On a final note, this is not a commercial solution where you can daisy chain multiple of those repeaters to cover a large area. This product is thought to cover bad spots in a residential home such as an outside area where few wireless users are active at the same time. If you want to cover a large space with many users you need multiple APs and probably should look into a commercial AP solution.
Quick solution for range problems!!!October 3, 2008 When i purchased this repeater i had two options: get a new router and turn it into a repeater or just get a repeater... and when i saw that they were about the same price, well i decided to give this product a shot... cannot complain, great signal, easy setup (suggestion: do not use cd, plug it into the router and do it manually, it will take you 3 mins tops for it to sync with router and you are set!) Would recommend to anyone having signal problems. Or you could get an amp, its up to you... but this is really simple!!!
Terrible product, terrrible Linksys supportOctober 1, 2008 I paid 85.00 for this product so I could have an expanded range in my home. Let me start by saying I am a fairly technical person. My problems began when I following the instructions exactly as stated. I was also trying to get WEP working which is a common problem I read in these reveiews. After I was done, I didn't have any wireless connections from two computers. I called Linksys and they wanted me to pay for support because my "router" (not the extended) was out of free support. I told them that the problem was with the software I just installed but they would not help me. I finally fixed got my computers back to their original state after a few hours, but without the Range Extended installed. Then a couple of weeks later I decided to try this installation one more time with Linksys support on the phone prior to starting. After an hour on the phone they told me the Range Expander was defective and to bring it back to the store. I was pretty sure there was nothing wrong with it, but more of a configuration / compatibility problem of some type. When I took it back to the store they told me that Linksys support always tells their customers the device is broken when the can resolve the problem.
I decide to then buy a new 310N which claims to have expanded range. This problem was worse then the first. Eventually with Linksys on the phone, my laptop was working but my desktop just rebooted by itself all the time if my linksys adapter (WMP54G) was installed in the desktop. Linksys support told me that the new router was defective, or I should by a new 'N' adapter for my desk top. By the way, the extra range I got out of the new 310N to my laptop was minimal. It is going back to the store also.
Prepare Yourself foe setup problemsOctober 1, 2008 Aside from the fact the documentation is incomplete and completely inadequate the the CD is useless as is most of the tech help on linksys.com. I got it to work after a number of hours by connecting it to directly to my PC and doing a manual config. If you don't have a reasonably good understanding of networking and security issues avoid this product. Does it work? Yes, it delivers as but it need to be relatively close to your router (at least this was the case with my setup).
I think the managers at Linksys should be given this product and asked to install it within 45 minutes on a secure network ...I'm betting 90% them would not make the cut.
Works well.September 29, 2008 I bought this to extend a network signal that was at 20-40% according to both my Playstation 3 and my Netgear Wifi laptop card. I plugged in the extender within about 20 feet of both the laptop and the PS3, and I'd say about 100-150 feet away from the router. It boosted both signals to 85% I think was the lowest and 100% the highest, average in the mid nineties.
The bottom line is the radius from the extender itself isn't great, but if you just want to plug the extender in the room you want to receive a better WIFI signal in, this works exceptionally well.
Keep in mind I only had this extender for about 24 hours before I returned it to Best Buy- I'm going to buy it from Amazon to save about $30.
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