I'm very pleased with this product. As someone wh ...
Small size, Configurable by a switch as either an Access point, Router or client mode. Reset button resets only the active mode and other modes. Will run off of USB power source.
Configuration requires user to manually set a static IP address on PC. Only 1 ethernet port that switches to either lan or wan functions based on mode. Cables are a little bulky and not retractable.
Posted Apr 19, 2005 - I'm very pleased with this product. As someone who travels it is very versatile. I can use it as an access point at hotels that don't have wireless in the room, thus freeing me from the desk. I've used the Client Access mode to attach to wireless networks, then plug my Vonage voip phone device into. Then I've got my voip phone even at wireless hotels. The option to power from a USB plug is great especially when hotel room outlets are scarce. The reset button only resets the active device mode. This is nice so that you don't have to reset all 3 modes if a problem arises. I wish it had 2 ethernet ports for both a WAN and and a separate LAN port. The one ethernet port changes to either a LAN or WAN port depending on what mode it is in (WAN in Router mode and LAN in Access Point and Client modes). If it had 2 ports you could have a wired connection simultaneously when switched to the Access point and Router modes. For this to be the perfect device it would need the following: Retractable cables and a smaller power transformer or even an integrated one would be nice. Both WAN and LAN ethernet ports. A stereo out port would be nice (like the Apple travel router). Easier first time configuration software that could configure the device via something other than a static TCP/IP address (which requires a user to setup manually Not every enduser will be comfortable doing this task. All in all a very powerfull little package, albeit not the simplest. I still recommend it.
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