Linksys WET54G Wireless-G Ethernet Bridge

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Summary: Watch out for Hardware Version!
Review: Actually, the hardware is fine. I'm disappointed in Amazon.com. . .
I bought the WET54G Wireless Bridge from Amazon.com to use with a WRTG54G Router in a small business network I support. I picked the WET54G after reviewing it on the Linksys site and noting that I could enable WPA security since both devices support WPA and WEP.
UNFORTUNATELY, the WET54G I received from Amazon.com was NOT the hardware version 2 device but, instead, version 1.1 which shipped with firmware 2.05 (upgradeable to 2.06). . . BUT I need to have a vers 2.0 hardware with firmware 2.08 or higher in order to have WPA security capability!
Watch out. Make sure that the product you buy is the current version!

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Summary: Watch out for Hardware Version!
Review: Actually, the hardware is fine. I'm disappointed in Amazon.com. . .
I bought the WET54G Wireless Bridge from Amazon.com to use with a WRTG54G Router in a small business network I support. I picked the WET54G after reviewing it on the Linksys site and noting that I could enable WPA security since both devices support WPA and WEP.
UNFORTUNATELY, the WET54G I received from Amazon.com was NOT the hardware version 2 device but, instead, version 1.1 which shipped with firmware 2.05 (upgradeable to 2.06). . . BUT I need to have a vers 2.0 hardware with firmware 2.08 or higher in order to have WPA security capability!
Watch out. Make sure that the product you buy is the current version!

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Summary: I thought it was just me...
Review: but from the other reviews, I realize it's the WET54G. I'm having all the same problems as the other reviewers. Very poor signal strength unless it's in the same room as the access point... and now I've got the blinking power light. Linksys also declined a valid rebate. I'm getting another bridge and never buying another linksys product.

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Summary: Consider the WET54GS5 instead
Review: For just a little more money, the WET54GS5 adds a 5-port switch. Installation could not have been easier, and the unit seems well-made.

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Summary: Bad technology
Review: I bought this bridge to connect to my Linksys Wireless-G Router (WRT54G). No matter what configuration settings I used, the two would not communicate unless they were connected via the Ethernet cable. All I wanted to do was connect my Ethernet enabled printer to the wireless network from the next room over. Maybe you need two bridges and have one physically plugged into the router and the other plugged into the network on the other side (in this case my printer). But then you have to fork over more than [the price](for two bridges) to do so. Linksys documents that the bridge will communicate with a wireless access point. Isn't the wireless router just a router that contains the wireless access point built in? The WET54G should communicate with the WRT54G wirelessly, and they do not.

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Summary: I Should Have Listened to The Bad Reviews
Review: I currently have an 802.11b network and WET11 from Linksys. The system works great. When I read the bad reviews here I thought that it couldn't be true. I am writing to assure everyone that the bad reviews about this product are absolutely on the money. Poor connection, slow speed (slower than 802.11b if you are farther than 20 feet away), buggy software and no WPA! Do not buy this product. I had just purchased all new Linksys hardware to upgrade to 802.11g. I am returning it all. It's too bad - I have been turned from a Linksys supporter to a detractor. Now if there are any other wireless hardware manufacturers reading this - make a 802.11g wireless bridge. I will buy your bridge, router and notebook adapter right now. Good-bye Linksys!

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Summary: Most Linksys products great, this one is *AWFUL*
Review: I don't usually write many reviews, but after seeing so many reviews being so critical of Linksys and people saying that they'll never buy another Linksys product I felt I had to say something. I've been using Linksys products for years, both the 'b' and 'g' products, at home and at work, and they've been great. Reasonable prices, easy to set up, work without a hitch -- just set up and forget about it.

The WET54G is the *exception*. It's like they took all their worst engineers and instead of firing them, made them into the WET54G team. I'm on my fourth box, the first was a version 1 and didn't have a range beyond 5 feet. It eventually died with a blinking power light and I got it replaced by Linksys. The second died during a firmware upgrade. The third had better range with newer firmware but barely got a signal, about 20%. It eventually died too. I finally got them to send me a version 2 box and that's been much better. It's worked for months, gets good signal strength and range, but it seems to lose the connection after a couple of days and sometimes just powers off.

The new WET54GS5 seems to be getting decent reviews other than complaints about the WPA security, so the masochist in my is thinking about giving it a shot.

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Summary: Piece of Junk
Review: I echo all of the comments below. I've burned more time with customer support than this thing is worth.

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Summary: It works however......
Review: I found out that this locks up my router every time I hooked this device up when I had to configure it. This is when I had to hook this up to my laptop directly. I did look on linksys' site and they have 2 versions of this bridge only found on their download section. The one that I got was the v1.1 which many people on this board may have written about this particular version. (...)

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Summary: Is it G or B?
Review: I had one heck of a time getting this to work with my WRT54G wireless router, and the reason for the difficulty is I couldn't get a connection when my router runs in G-only mode. When I set the router to mixed (b and g) mode it works fine. I'm not sure how this is an improvement over the cheaper WET11 B bridge. Interestingly, the WiFi certification label on the box indicates this is interoperable only with 2.4Ghz at 11Mbps and not 54Mbps.
How do they get away with calling it 2.4GHz/54Mbps?