Netgear WGE101 802.11g Wireless Ethernet Bridge (WGE101NA)
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Customer Review: Works as advertised w/ minimum fuss
Summary: 5 Stars
Basically, just worked as advertised. Connected to D-LINK 624 (802.11g) on wireless side and small 10/100 switch on the other. Full 128 bit WEP encryption is in place and works splendidly, with no noticable impact on performance.
DHCP services provided by router accross bridge to multiple PC's on wired network w/out issue.
This device is able to serve as a DHCP client as well, making network configuration pretty easy. Because of the IP range I use, I did have to set the network configuration while connected only to a single PC, then power down and attach to network. Once configuration was complete, however, fired right up and got itself and IP and was off and running.
Overall, very pleased. Good purchase for a good price.
Customer Review: Finally, a product that works--
Summary: 5 Stars
I have an old computer that I was trying to hook up to a wireless network. After two trys with PCI cards (only to find out that my computer bus was too old to be compatible) I resorted to buying a wireless bridge to plug in to my ethernet port--it works! Just a warning--get the same brand bridge as you have in the wireless router to make things easy! I got a different bridge because it was cheaper and it was more difficult to set up and broke in two days (Also Amazon.com had a good price and there return policy is good if you have a problem--most other stores charge a restocking fee--I found that out the hard way)Customer Review: Great Wireless Bridge
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm using the Netgear WGE101 to contect to a Netgear WGR614 router/switch which in turn is connected to a cable modem for internet access. It works flawslessly with 99% signal strength at 40 feet and several walls between the two devices. The security features that you can use with the combined Netgear setup is really outstanding.Customer Review: Works great with the Netgear WGT624
Summary: 5 Stars
I just picked up the WGE101 from zoomfly.com, it works great. DIdn't have a difficult time setting it up, everything went smoothly.Customer Review: Works great--but only after lots of configuration/support
Summary: 4 Stars
I decided to piggyback off the wifi signal of a neighbor. Out of the box, the WGE101 refused to connect to the signal. After a couple of calls to NetGear support in India, a firmware upgrade solved the problem. But then I tried to connect the WGE101 to my NetGear wireless router/switch (the WGE101 does not have a switch so it can be directly connected to only one device), nothing connected to the switch could connect to the Internet. After a few more calls to NetGear support, turning off DHCP and manually configuring the IP settings seemed to solve the problem. Later, I decided not having DHCP was a hassle, so I turned DHCP back on, and everything seems to be working fine.
The WGE101 is a new product, so if you're a newbie who wants to plug-n-play, you'll be disappointed. But if you're a little bit technical (e.g., you know how to configure IP settings and update firmware), and you don't mind having to spend a few hours on the phone with technical support and messing around with settings, then the final result will be worth it.