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D-LINK DWL-800AP+ AirPlus Enhanced 2.4GHz Wireless Range Extender

D-LINK DWL-800AP+ AirPlus Enhanced 2.4GHz Wireless Range Extender

List Price: $79.99
Your Price: $68.99
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Access Point for the Home
Review: This has a small footprint thats good for the home. I don't even notice it on my desk anymore. The configuration is super easy, it works great and the range is very impressive. I've heard of people only getting signal in the room the AP is in, but this covers my whole house.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Does not work with DI-713P
Review: This is not fully compatable with all D-Link 802.11b products. Check compatability list carefully before you buy. Here's the correspondence with D-Link Tech Support:

Thank you for contacting the D-Link Tech Support Team!

Problem Description:
Will this work with my 713p?

Agent Response:

The DWL-800AP+ will repeat the wireless signal of:

AirPlus
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DWL-800AP+ Wireless Access Point
DWL-900AP+ Wireless Access Point
DI-614+ Wireless Router
DI-714P+ Wireless Router

AirPro
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DI-754 Wireless Router (with inserted DWL-650+)
DI-764 Wireless Router

AirPremier
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DWL-1000AP+ Wireless Access Point

Unfortunately we can not guarantee compatibility with other manufacturers. Repeating mode is not part of the Wi-Fi certification and D-Link, as well as the other manufacturers, are not at liberty to purchase every single wireless product to test compatibility. There are many different chipsets and sometimes connectivity between different chipsets will not work.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Limited Use
Review: This product as a repeater is made to work only with other D-Link products. If you have one of D-Links useable routers, this repeater might work.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: great device
Review: This works very well, has greatly extended the range of the dlink 614+, works great with the dlink 650+, and also with my HP NC4000 centrino wifi notebook.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Does not work
Review: Tried to use this as a repeater for a Dlink DI-614+ Access Point. The product was shipped with Firmware version 1.7. It did not work after multiple tries and multiple calls to the D-link support. The problem was localized to the fact that Firmware version 1.7 is NOT supported in 800AP+. The supported version is V1.2. It did not work even after downloading Version 1.2 from the D-link website and applying it to the repeater. Finally, the support person at D-link asked that I return it.

Finally, I replaced it with a DWL-900AP+ which worked like a charm within 5 minutes though it cost me $20 more.

NOTE TO DLINK users: When configuring either the 800AP+ or the 900AP+ in repeater mode, when it asks for the remote Access Point MAC ID, use the LAN MAC address of the 614+ (The 614+ has three MAC IDs - WAN, LAN and Wireless). The documentation of both - the 800AP+ and the 900AP+ are pathetic.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Macintosh compatability
Review: Under Mac OS X 10.2.8, I coulnd't get Internet Explorer to run the device wizard, but Safari handled it like a charm. D-Link may not say Mac compatible, but it works fine for me.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: once configured properly, works great
Review: What a pain to configure! The reviews here helped a lot more than D-Link's manual and literature. Follow the LAN MAC address advice in these reviews, make sure you have a compatible router/access point, and THEN DOWNLOAD the v1.9 firmware, which made all the difference in the world. Without it, the device barely boosted my signal. With it, a room that was previously unavailable now gets a "very good" at 11 mbps. Pretty amazing extension of range. Use trial and error in placing the product in your house. For me, it worked best around 1/2 way between my router and the room that had been unavailable.


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