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Summary: A very good product
Review: Peformance of this unit is great. It's just as fast as being on my wired network. I've been 300 ft away in the backyard and got great throughput. Setup out of the box is fairly easy and the unit worked without a hitch. But if you use automatically assigned addresses (DHCP) you will need to reset the address of the unit to match your range. If you're a novice at networking you may need some help. Encryption and security were fairly easy to set up, but again, if you're a novice you'll need help. There is only a printed quick start guide included which will cover the basics for most people the full Manual is on the CD and is pretty well written with lots of examples and pictures of screens, Overall, a great 802.11a performer at Amazon's $[money] price. 802.11b is dead.
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Summary: Disappointing range
Review: The box clearly states upto 900' (Environment factors may adversely affect range) My test indicate the unit works good when you are no more then 1 wall or floor removed from the access point. When I located the units any farther removed then that then I was unable to connect. Contidions had to be real good to obtain the higher network speeds listed.--Mike
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Summary: Fast, Good Range, Easy Setup
Review: This is a fairly simple device. I was impressed with the number of settings (security, blocking, etc.) and how quickly I could get it set up. It took about 5 mins to setup and another 5 to get the network cards to communicate. After that I just made sure all the settings I changed on this AP were changed on the network cards as well. The range is all through out my home, and once setup it doesn't need to be touched later down the line. Just set it up and leave alone.
Works great for me.
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Summary: What a relief -- 802.11b is dead!
Review: This product was one of the easiest networking devices I've ever worked with. Additionally, it absolutely blows 802.11b away in performance and in function. No more dropped links when someone picks up the 2.4Ghz wireless phone. I was so impressed I literally pulled all of the .11b cards out of our network and replaced every last one with .11a connected to this AP -- the network is operating flawlessly. Do yourself a favor and ditch the .11b for one of these babies. Outstanding.
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Summary: Poor performance
Review: This unit is not ready for Prime Time. It would constantly lose the connection to my next room (approx 20 feet), and forget about going upstairs. Horrible range. Go with the LinkSys 2.4Ghz.
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Summary: No DHCP - depressed feature set
Review: Up and running in 10 minutes, this is completely compatible with my Linksys WPC11v3 and WCP51AB cards with and without WEP, MAC ACL, etc. It is next to my Netgear ME102 WAP and neither one affects the other. The DWL-5000AP works as advertised with excellent range and throughput. 152 bit WEP and 72 Mbps Turbo are cool. Important considerations before you decide to purchase it: The Atheros AR5000 chipset supports DHCP, bridging, DFS/TPC, 802.1x and QoS, but none of these are implemented. (This WAP will not lease its own IP address from a DHCP server on the network. IP addressing is strictly static.) And D-Link won't be doing anything about any of that. Firmware upgrades require it be connected via CAT5 crossover and RS-232 cables to a computer running an FTP server. You pay strict attention to a meticulous 32 step process involving connecting via a terminal program, creating and logging in to an FTP account, configuring the Web browser utility for FTP, entering console commands and assuring the upgrade file is in the root of the FTP server, and multiple reboots. The v1.3 firmware works well for most users. The v1.4 on D-Link's FTP site adds 256 WEP and fixes a reset problem - each and every time you make a change to this WAP, it needs to be reset (rebooted). And depending on your computer, sometimes it fails to "come back" unless you stop and start the setup utility. Password setup requires extreme caution. There is only one field for entry and you can't see what you type. So, a typo (i.e. "mypasswird" instead of "mypassword") locks you out until YOU SEND THE WAP BACK TO D-LINK FOR A FACTORY RESET! Otherwise, if you're interested in the "clean air" and slightly better security of 5 GHZ, this is an excellent 802.11a WAP at a great price, which is sure to continue to plummet with the increasing popularity of 802.11g. Finally, even though this is a "current" product, D-Link has completely abandoned any support or upgrades. When you buy this, what you get is what you get; there will never be any enhancements - no SSID supression, no ANY block, no WPA.
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