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Summary: Poor quality plagues WET11
Review: The WET11 is a brand new (summer 2002) Linksys product. I think Linksys has a serious quality problem with the WET11s. I have 4. I use them with an Access Point.
One was a DOA, one died within a day and one is flakey.
For the DOA one the Ethernet port would not work. No LAN light at all. There is a slide switch to configure the Ethernet port. It was set correctly.
For the one that died within a day the Ethernet port just stopped working.
The one that is flakey will every once in a while lose contact with the Access Point. I know this because the WLAN light goes out on the WET11. If I push in on the Ethernet cable the WLAN light goes on! Get it, the WLAN light that shows it's talking to the Access Point. That has nothing to do with the Ethernet port other than there is probably a problem in the WET11's circuit board.
I was recommending these WET11 to other people but no longer.
Stay away from the WET11 until Linksys works the kinks out.
It's a great idea and a great price but if you have to buy 4 to get ONE good one forget it!
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Summary: WET11 not good at AppleTalk
Review: Works well, but not good at AppleTalk for those using
it on a Mac. Maybe they fix this in a future firmware revision.
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Summary: XBOX info
Review: Will work with XBox Live!!!Does and will not work with Gamespy gametunnel. Again, it will work with XBox Live when it comes out.
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Summary: Very pleased with the WET11
Review: After reading the specs on the Linksys WET11 and downloading the user manual from their website, I decided to purchase a unit. I am very pleased with this product and it works as I had expected. Setting it up was a breeze. The antenna is screwed on to the right side of the unit (which is surprisingly small). Plug in the power supply. I then hooked it up to a PC laptop with the supplied RJ45 cable and ran the setup program. I have an SMC Barricade 7004AWBR router with a built in wireless access point. The WET11 was configured to use the same SSID and channel as the SMC and then set to DHCP. All done. The unit can then be connected to your ethernet device in one of two ways. One is directly to your desktop or laptop, for example. The other is to hook it up to a hub or switch and from there wire it up to one or more desktops or even laptops. There is a switch on the unit to select which mode will be used. While I do have a wireless card for the laptop, it's nice to have the flexibility of going wired for desktops. The icing on the cake is that I now have wireless connectivity for my Mac Beige G3. I've been looking for a solution and the WET11 solves it. Before, I had to run a long RJ45 cable to it from the router. Now I can connect it to the WET11 through either of the two options mentioned and get on the web as before, except it's now wireless. One tip - set the Mac to a manual IP address. For some reason, setting the Mac for DHCP does not work. For me a very minor issue. I have not seen any dropped connections for the few days I've had it and it sure runs cool. All in all, it has met my expectations, perhaps more so with the Mac. For the money, I see no comparable product out there. Check it out.
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Summary: Bought it ... can't configure for xbox/gamespy ... yet
Review: Has anyone been able to get this to work with the xbox/gamespy tunnel? I just got my wet11 from amazon and have had no problems getting it to work with a standard computer. But when I connect it to the xbox and try to play online using the gamespy tunnel, no dice. I'm having no problems playing xbox online with gamespy with a physical cable and same configuration. Anyone else have any luck with using xbox online with gamespy and the wet11 unit? Maybe xbox live will eliminate this problem??? Thanks!
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Summary: Finally! A solution that is not proprietary
Review: I've installed many wireless bridges using the Linksys WAP11, but this product (WET11) allows bridging with any manufacturers access point. Performance seems to be good so far, but the Web utility is a little rough.
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Summary: It does not work.
Review: I created a wireless bridge between a WAP11 and a WET11. To the WET11 I connected an Audiotron. The thing worked great for 30 minutes. After that, my Audiotron lost the connection to the network. I was able to make it work again, but again it failed. I read in the newsgroups that people are having similar problems connecting an Xbox to it. This is definitely a flawed product, and you should stay away from it until Linksys fixes its problems.
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Summary: When a Linksys product doesn't work, you are out of luck
Review: I bought a wireless G router from Linksys in October, and still have not gotten it to work. The unit did not come with an installation CD (which was listed on the package), and I was told "You can buy one if you want". Countless emails, faxes, calls, and letters to both tech support and corporate, have gotten me nowhere. "We will send you the CD immediately". Never happens. "We are so sorry, and will make this right". Never happens. When I asked for an RMA, I was told "I think an RMA has something to do with returning the product". I will never EVER buy a Linksys product again.
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Summary: Economical, but quirky and dated
Review: This device is great in concept, and this particular model was an excellent choice a couple of years ago. The concept is still great, but there are better choices out there than this one. The main problem is that the technology is out of date. Being purely 802.11b, this still runs at 11Mb/s best case, and maybe half that speed in actual use. There are other 802.11a and 802.11g options that are several times as fast.
Other specific issues I had with this model, and the reasons I say it's quirky, are:
a) It couldn't connect to my access point unless the access point broadcast its SSID. If both devices have the same SSID this shouldn't be necessary, and is less secure.
b) If you want to use a channel other than 6, you need to change it from infrastructure to ad-hoc mode, change the channel, and then change it back to infrastructure more.
c) It couldn't connect to my access point if the access point was in "mixed 802.11b/g" mode. I had to switch the access point to 802.11b only.
If I were to buy another wireless bridge I'd get one that's 802.11g compatible.
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Summary: Quit working shortly after one year warrantee expired
Review: The WET11 was a great product until it quit working shortly after the one year warrantee expired. I've made it a point to NEVER purchase another product from a manufacturer who's products conveniently quit working shortly after the warrantee expires. Linksys will be no exception.
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