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Summary: Covers all house now!
Review: I added this to my Linksys Wireless DSL Router. I was a little concerned based on some of the reviews I saw - installation was a snap and now have no dead spots on my property, inside or outside. While the increase in signal strength/range was not a quantum leap, it was sufficient for my needs. Note: This item has been recalled due to regulatory issues, but it can still be found at some websites.
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Summary: Useful product
Review: I'm using this signal booster with my BEFW11S4 and noticed a significant increase in the distance that I can be away from the wireless router. Before I attached the booster, I would be able to get no further than about 35 feet before I lost my signal. Now I can be almost anywhere in my house (2 stories and 3000+ sqaure feet) and still be able to connect. I'd recommend one to all Linksys wireless router owners.
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Summary: Excellent! Worth the Investment!
Review: I added 2 of these units to my wireless network. One for my Access point and one for my neighbor behind me. He is acting as a repeater off of my network and he's approx 400 feet away! We are getting pings back and forth anywhere between 2ms to 5ms and the connection has been solid for a few weeks! I don't even have either of these in a window. Mine is behind my TV on the outside wall facing him, and his is at the opposite side of the house from me! So it's traveling through his entire structure. We were able to get connections without the WSB24 but both units were in the window and his unit was in the window on the wall closet to my house. Any movement from this and it lost signal. If you are doing anything like this buy it!!
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Summary: Just buy another router....
Review: I'm also not sure what people were thinking when they reported improved reception, where they just copying the text from the Linksys marketing department? I see absolutely NO improvement in reception. In fact, I see WORSE reception! I used to get a full 100%/100% signal sitting right next to the router, now I don't even get that! There was no better range either... it stayed the same. My advice is to STAY AWAY! Save your money on this. In fact, the best bet is to take this money and just buy another wireless router and place it near where you want a better signal. This is what I did. I now have two seperate networks that I switch between manually. It's not a hassle to change SSID's, just keep your other settings the same, and it sure works better than this "booster"
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Summary: Great product
Review: I bought this product to try and compensate for the loss of one access point in my home (needed two before to get decent coverage around a heating duct, but had to convert one to replace faulty powerline ethernet bridges). After a dirt-simple install and a moving the access point a bit, I once again had the same coverage that I had before with two access points.
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Summary: Was everyone lying before about how great this is?
Review: I bought this because all the reviews said it was great, now after I've received it and installed, I go back and find that recently, a slew of people have had problems. We have a loft, open space, and the booster is at one end. To the other end of the loft, there's only fair reception. My vpn connection is constantly getting dropped. I don't have any problems with my desktop, so this is strictly a wireless thing. Don't waste you money on this. It seems like the signal is degrading since I bought the thing too.
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Summary: It doesn't work
Review: I bought this signal booster so that the signal would reach 200 feet away from the transmitter. It doesn't work. In fact I replaced an SMC access router with the Linksys model so I could add the Linksys signal booster. The SMC router had greater range even with no booster than does the Linksys router with the booster and network management is much more difficult with the Linksys unit. I can't understand how Linksys got to be so prevalent.
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Summary: Dont waste your money
Review: Purchased the booster to supplement an unsatisfactory BEFWS1145 wireless router and access point.. not only did the product not work well, it resulted in markedly worse performance.. I obtained a second booster and had the same problem.. my suggestion?? pull cable and save your money as in my opinion, the products are unsatisfactory.
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Summary: Increased Range
Review: Functioned as advertised, though I wasn't sure what to expect as the documentation was vague about the benefits. It definately improves the range at which I can receive the signal. There are no longer any weak signals inside the house. I have a half-acre lot and can receive a signal about anywhere in the yard. I should probably turn on encryption now! I wish they would include this range in the router and improve the antenna on the cards. Is it worth it? I am keeping it.
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Summary: disappointing
Review: I was getting little or no signal out on my porch, where with the nice weather I wanted to try working on my Dell laptop. I could not get email most of the time, and terminal sessions or web site loads would often time out. (10 feet away, inside the house, the signal is fine.) All of this is on the same (ground) floor as my BEFW11S4 wireless router. A friend bought this booster to get the signal to his daughter's 2nd floor bedroom, but it did not help. It may have also toasted the router. He was unable to return it, so he gave it to me to try.
I only got a marginal improvement - connections now just barely hang on, but are so slow as to be useless on the porch. Hope it does not toast my unit (my friend's hired expert said there were reliability problems with the Linksys equipment - high failure rate).
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