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I even hooked up my satellite receiver to test the connection and it worked as I expected it to. I did have to change the default ip address, as I had a conflict when I used the auto ip configuration. I needed to connect my kid's playstation2 to the internet, and I got tired of running a cat5 cable to my Linksys router every time he wanted to play online. Installation was easy, and I configured it by connecting it to my router via the supplied cable, and running the software it came with.
Perfect bridge for hooking my Blue-Ray to my wireless network to access web options on devise.
I do not recommend using linksys products. The unit only works for one computer. I would use the 3 Wire and Belkin receivers for all your needs. The 3Wire wirless router works very well. I wanted to use to couple to a splitter so I coulld have two computers working and it does not do that and customer service at Linksys was mostly useless and they recommended getting this device without telling me it was so limited in functionality. I returned the product for credit.
I've always had great support from Linksys in the past and this was exceptional service. I got right on with a tech person and we had the settings corrected and the bridge up and running in about 45 minutes. I contacted Linksys through their live chat.
I didn't realize the Blu-ray had to be physically linked to my router or modem to work. I tried to setup the router without help but I made a couple of mistakes and didn't know how to correct them. I purchased this bridge because I had previously purchased the LG Blu-ray player with Netflix streaming.
I tried running the setup again, but it wouldn't let me change some of the crucial settings. And best of all, now my Blu-ray player can work with Netflix streaming and I have a stronger wireless signal when my computer is downstairs near the bridge. Long story short, this did the trick, but not without the wonderful support person from Linksys.
I'm not the most highly technical person when it comes to networking, even though I spent years in an IT department.
So this gives better flexibility and is cheaper than buying a wireless card for each desktop computer, which is not right next to the router. For browsing the web, I can't tell the difference between using this versus a cable to the router. Everyone in our house uses computers a lot. If you don't have one already, buy a small (4-port) switch to go with the bridge to share the connection with multiple computers.I thought about getting the N protocol router and bridge, but decided against it to save money because G is faster than the cable modem. The bottle neck is the cable or DSL connection, not the wireless protocol (G vs N). We can't all be in the same room and a wireless card for each desktop computer would be more expensive. With the wireless bridge, we can have multiple computers in a remote locate (with a small switch) sharing the wireless connection.Some computers run Linux and I didn't want to mess with trying to get a wireless card to work in Linux.
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