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| Brand: Netgear
Category: CE
Buy New: Too low to display
New (29) Used (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.2 x 11.6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: WNHDEB111
Model: WNHDEB111
UPC: 606449054217
EAN: 0606449054217
ASIN: B00126R3P6
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| Customer Reviews:
 Intermittent functionality. Bad customer support! August 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ok, I needed to find a product that would allow me to get an improvement over my existing wireless G connection with my XBOX 360. I'm running a Wireless N router but currently connecting with a wireless G XBOX 360 adapter. It currently connects at about 50% 100ft and two rooms away from my DLink-655 Wireless N router. It slows down quite a bit when streaming video so I wanted a solution that took advantage of Draft N wireless. Supposedly the 5GHz Netgear AP and Bridge are supposed to provide faster speed with better range that is less susceptible to interference.
Real world results were not very good. The AP and Bridge connected quickly and the XBOX 360 saw the ethernet connection no problem. For a while everything was working well. 30 minutes later I was getting erradic behavior. Shortly after that it disconnected all together. I've since spent two days trying to get them to work reliably. Network perfomance tests reveal anywhere from full signal to no signal at all and it consistently fluctuates. Both units have the updated firmware and I tried manually setting the mode switch instead of using the auto settings. Nothing has worked.
Netgear tech support was a disaster. I got right through but when speaking to them all you can hear is the sound of other tech people in the background. The first time he called I could barely hear the guy over all the background noise. He told me that I had a bad connection and should call back. The second time I called I got the same background noise but the guy attempted to help me with my issue. It was obvious right away that he didn't have any idea what he was talking about. He asked me about my wireless setup and then proceded to tell me that my wireless G laptop would not connect to the Access Point. I still don't know what he's talking about. My laptop is wireless N 2.4GHz through my DLink router and had nothing to do with my Netgear problem. He then put me on hold for several minutes came back and told me to put both switches on both units to bridges mode. What is he talking about? The Access point is supposed to be in AP mode and only the bridge should be in Bridge mode! He then puts me on hold again and he asks the distance between units. He says that my distance is too far and he can no longer help me. I tried to explain that I am currently getting a better connection and speed with my wireless G equipment so the 5GHz Wireless N setup should get better than that with the same distance. "Sorry Sir that's all I can do for you." CLICK..............WTF??
Needless to say I'm returning these. Maybe at closer distances they will work well but that kind of defeats the point! The whole purpose of wireless N is added range and speed. For people with short runs this product will probably work fine but for me I don't think it lives up to the hype!
 Nice, It doesn't reach more than a few feet August 15, 2008
I have it trying to bridge a connection at maybe 150 feet and it doesn't work. A terrible waste of money for me.
 Rocking it! August 13, 2008
AWESOME this device WORKS so fast and easy. I LOVE gadgets, but am not a tech geek so things have to work properly or I'm the helpless girl calling tech support. I used this kit to connect my router to 1) Squeezebox (an A++ music server) thereby vastly exceeding its wireless performance (due to my house's poor network coverage), and 2) DirectTv unit to allow the on-demand feature only available by ethernet connection. Here's how it worked: I plugged one end of the networking kit into my Netgear router and the other (which has two ethernet connections) into the two aforementioned appliances. NOTHING MORE, IT JUST WORKED!!!! THIS IS HOW TECHNOLOGY OUGHT TO BE, BUT SEEMS TO ALWAYS INVOLVE COMPLICATION. Now I'm streaming music without interruption and loving it. I'd say if you have a NETGEAR router, you will probably get the same AMAZING results.
Good wireless solution that is easy to set up. July 19, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
We decided to try this kit out due to our wireless network having troubles reaching our master bedroom Tivo. A problem that I encountered was that the Series 2 Tivo does not have ethernet capabilities, so we ordered an adapter for future use. In the meantime we tested the kit out on our Xbox 360 for a speed test. Upon opening the box I found out all directions were on a CD, there was no wizard or guide to help connect everything, the actual installation guide is just a PDF file. The directions were a little confusing at first, but after a quick reread I hooked everything up as instructed. I hooked one unit up to our 802.11g router and went through the set up, which went quickly.
With the bridge working, the Xbox registered the connection as hard-wired and we were able to get on-line easily. I next set up the Xbox as a media extender for my PC. During the setup routine the Xbox tests network bandwidth and shows a chart with the words "acceptable for standard TV" and after that, at a higher level, "HDTV." With the bridge kit in place, the bandwidth chart was completely maxed out to the very highest level even on the HDTV portion of it. The Microsoft wireless Xbox adapter we had been using had only registered the first bar of the HDTV portion. For the next test I downloaded an HD movie, 5.7GB, from Xbox Live. The download took roughly 43 min, a little over half the time that it took to download the same size move over the wireless adapter.
After the ethernet adapter arrived, I hooked up the Series 2 Tivo and I downloaded a few shows from my computer and a few from our second Tivo in the living room. The wireless bridge solution was noticeably faster, but your transfer speeds are limited by the Tivo software. All in all, the Netgear is a very good wireless solution, easy to set up and use and is great for the Xbox360 and media streaming, but for non-HD Tivo it is overkill, unless you have very poor reception in your house.
Awesome product! July 10, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great product!! Very easy set-up right out of the box. At first, if you do not connect it to a router you will not be able to see it in the wireless network set up. You can't miss it because it is labeled "NETGEAR HD". Off the bat, you know that is your network that you are connecting to. I would experience some sort of lag with my XBOX 360 prior to installing this device. Ever since I hooked this device up..... I haven't had any lag and it has been nearly a month of testing.
I know there are many more functions and applications that I can use this with, but I have been limited to actual time. I will continue to experiment and as I learn more I will continue to update my review.
Wonderful product that I highly recommend to anyone who wants to stream movies off another device onto their existing network. It does great so far with Amazon Unbox and XBOX 360 networks.
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