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I gave it a slightly different SSID so that I know what I'm connecting to (router vs AP) and works perfectly. You guys who use WEP/WPA etc are idiots. the MAC address filter will stop anyone attempting to connect from getting a IP address at ALL.Anyways, I use the DWL-G810 as a wireless repeater to extend the range of my wireless net work, works great. I reconfigured this into a wireless access point, and set it downstairs. WEP is hacked in seconds using software, and WPA can be as well, but it harder. Out house is 4,800 sq ft, and it's difficult to pass wireless signal from upstairs on one side of the house to downstairs on the other side, and this device placed half way point downstairs easily extends the network.No experience using it as a bridge.UPDATE *** 09/15/09 ***Previously my review was for using this as a repeater, which worked great.
Your neighborhood computer wiz kid isn't going to spend much time trying to get onto your network if he can't even get an IP address. use MAC address filtering, and you don't need to use login/passwords. When I'm in the backyard, living room or garage I connect to the AP and when I'm in the front of the house like my bedroom I connect to the router.PS: My advice about MAC Filtering still stands. Not sure why others were having such a hard time. Well updated my home network to a new wireless N router (won't need this as a repeater) and also have a Powerline adapter system which lets me hard wire some Home Theater components to my network. Without even that basic information it would be a lot of time and effort to figure out and spoof a MAC address.
Thing is running encryption slows the network performance and using MAC filtering doesn't.
This particular product has a bios error on the board which causes the connection to reset. The product is also past End Of Life with D-Link, so they provide no support to remedy this problem. Purchase at your own risk.
Specially the firmware. This was a square plastic cheap box with a giant D on the front of it and a big annoying light on the front.
The firmware was buggy never saved my information. This Wireless bridge completely sucked.
D-Link had always cool looking devices. It said it supported WPA which it did not have any fields for it.
If i did get it to connect to my access point it would immediately disconnect. This product could use a lot of redesign.
I would not recommend for a wireless bridge.
Stay away if you plan on using this with a Linksys router. Nothing I tried, over the span of two days, would get the thing to work for more than two minutes. Even putting the unit next to the router, 2 inches away, and it couldn't see it half the time, the other half it'd drop 90% of the packets.Your mileage may vary, but note that this isn't the only review to highlight issues with Linksys routers.
WEP didn't even work. I bought this device to connect my TiVo to my wireless G network. WPA encryption did not work. Tried different firmwares but nothing worked. Don't look here if you want WPA.
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