Nyko Wireless Net Extender - Wireless bridge - Ethernet, HomeRF
by Nyko Technologies
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Customer Review: System Link is a GO!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Ever since we moved into our new house, we've haven't been able to play xbox system link because running ethernet would've been a huge pain. Less than 5 minutes from getting this out of the bubble pack I was kicking his butt at Halo again for the first time since we moved! This is awesome! Essentially this works as a wireless ethernet cable. Beautifully simple and it really works! I couldn't be happier. I don't know about xbox live because I prefer kicking my boyfriends ass over a strangers, but for system link the is THE BEST solution.Customer Review: Quick, complete and priced right.
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're goal is to go wireless with Xbox Live or PS2 Online games, and your TV isn't next to your PC & DSL I found the Net Extender to be the perfect solution.Customer Review: BUY 5 Stars
This product is really good so if u want to get wireless this is the item to buy it took me 20 minutes to hook up.Customer Review: GUIDE FOR USING THIS FOR 2 PCs....
Summary: 4 Stars
I have to say first that I am quite please with this product (I bought it on some site for only $80). I have no clue how well this works with everything else, but using it to connect 2 computers in different rooms works great. It DOES however, take a little technical know-how to get it working correctly (in the way I happened to be using it), so to save people some trouble, here's a quick guide on how to link up 2 PCs together with the Net Extenders....
1. On the BASE unit, make sure the switch is flipped to "game console" or whatever instead of the computer side (this will shut off the wireless capabilities). Now here is where it gets technical.... You need 2 DIFFERENT KINDS OF ETHERNET CABLES TO MAKE THIS WORK.... A STRAIGHT-THROUGH (this is included it the package, so your covered on this side) and a CROSS-OVER cable.
Now here is something you must understand in order to get the cabling right. If you look at the color of the wires inside of the head of the cable (with the tab facing away from you) you should see the following color pattern for the STRAIGHT-THROUGH....
Orange/White, Orange, ect, ect. (the color/color indicates a wire that has 2 colors, but the white part is usually the only one visible). I left out the rest of the pattern to make it simpler, all you really need to remember is that the first pair of wires are going to include ORANGE.
A CROSS-OVER, however, has one side just like a STRAIGHT-THROUGH (Orange/White, Orange) and another pattern on the other side that begins with Green/White, Green.
2. Ok, you must have one side of your connection use a STRAIGHT-THROUGHT (you don't need to do anything special, just plug it in) and the other side needs to have the CROSS-OVER, but here's the MOST IMPORTANT PART: you MUST plug the Orange/White - Orange side to the Net-Extender, and the Green/White - Green to the computer (I would explain why, but it's a bit confusing so just nevermind why).
3. VIOLA! You now have a working connection between the two computers! Now about setting up the network.... you can find out about that somewhere else, I'm not here to tell you the ABSOLUTE BASICS.... even someone who knows how to set up a network could find this useful. So there you go, I just saved you about 2-3 1/2 hours of trouble-shooting and frustration.
Have fun!
Oh, but a side note: Using this for anything but gaming is NOT reccommended. If you try and transfer even MODERATELY sized files over a network using these, it will take WELL OVER 2 hours to transfer (that's for a 600-700mb file). Just use these for GAMING, NOT for setting up a complex network or ANY network where you need to send stuff back and forth.
Customer Review: useful but limiting
Summary: 4 Stars
This product is great, my computer and room are about 50-75ft from each other and the connection speed is wonderful. There are a few problems: the wireless extender stops transmitting data and you have to go uplug the remote unit and plug it back in within about 8 seconds or the connection will be lost. Also when you switch it from computer to game and back i have been having some troubles. this product is great but nyko could have spent more time working out the kinks.