Buffalo Technology Wireless-G MIMO Performance Ethernet Converter Bridge

(802.11b/g, 125 Mbps, 128 Bit WEP, WPA - MPN: WLITX4G54HP)

Description: The Buffalo Turbo G High Power Wireless Ethernet Converter is an extremely versatile wireless client adapter. Use it to wirelessly connect gaming consoles, desktops, laptops, media players, printers, Unix workstations, and any other devices.... Read More

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Date Reviewed: 12/14/2005
pdp76 from CA Member Since: Sep 2004 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 2 Weeks	Works great once you get it working Strengths: Fairly simple setup out of the box, very good performance, small and slick looking package, WEP and WPA both work Weaknesses: Not compatible with all wireless routers, doesn't have activity indicator LEDs for the wired ethernet ports (though it does have a wireless activity indicator LED) Summary: I bought this Buffalo to connect both my Playstation2 and my HTPC to my router upstairs via a wireless connection. I originally planned on buying 2 wireless adapters, one for the PS2 and one for the HTPC, but then I came across this item. Since both the PS2 and HTPC already had wired ethernet NICs, I figured I could kill 2 birds with one stone if I got this. Out of the box, I setup the Buffalo and turned on WEP since my Netgear (WGR614v5) upstairs uses WEP. Couldn't have been simpler, the HTPC and the PS2 both got onto the internet without issues, and the connection speed was reasonable. A little bit later, I noticed some problems, all my other wireless clients which used to connect to the Netgear just fine, they all now had REALLY bad and flakey connections. While the Buffalo seemd to work ok, I can only assume that the Buffalo interfered with the other wireless clients somehow. This was unacceptable. Fortunately, I had an extra DLink DWL-2100AP access point handly and I connected that via a wired CAT5 connection to my Netgear router upstairs. I then set the Buffalo to connect to the DLink instead of directly connecting to the Netgear. I also setup WPA and used the "G only" option when connecting the Buffalo to the DLink. I even setup mac filtering on the DLink to only allow the Buffalo to connect to it. This setup works FLAWLESSLY, and the Buffalo's connection seems even speedier, probably due to the "G only" scenario. The catch is though, there are no other wireless clients attached to the DLink. I'm a bit curious to see if other clients attached to the DLink, would I experience the same issues I did when I had the Buffalo talking with the Netgear? I didn't want to risk messing up this setup so I didn't try, but I'm guessing there is a chance; this is just a warning to any prospective buyers. But who knows, maybe other brands of routers/access points (including my DLink) will not have the same issue my Netgear had. So after some tweaking, everything is up and running beautifully. It is a bit of an annoyance to now have both my Netgear running to service my everyday wireless clients AND the DLink running to solely service the Buffalo. I was hoping to have the Netgear service both. Good thing through this whole ordeal, at least I found out that WEP and WPA both work. One last note, the price on this this is pretty good, significantly cheaper than other products with similar functionality. So in conclusion, this product is not perfect with it's seemingly incompatibility issues, namely with my Netgear router. Because of this, I gave it only 4 out of 5. However, there are fairly simple ways to work around it, and when you do get around it, this product works like a champ. 100% of People (4/4) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 12/31/2006
mnemonicj Member Since: Nov 2002 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 3 Days	Good product that does its job Strengths: Good reception, speed, and link quality about 50 feet away through 2 walls and 1 floor from the router, I like the access point search and the details it comes up with. Weaknesses: Hard to connect to sometimes to configure. Summary: I moved my office to a different part of my house and I could not move my wireless router with me because there was no cable connection in my new office. I was not only moving my computer, bu also my server, and my work laptop port replicator (3 computers total) to my new office. I transfer large files all of the time from my main PC and my server so I wanted a wired connection between the two so I didn't have to rely on my wireless router's throughput speed (about 25 Mbps) to transfer files that were just under 1 GB. I was introduced to the Buffalo Wireless Ethernet Converter and it was able to do everything I needed for a very decent price. I networked all of my computers in my office together using the ethernet ports on the back and it connects to the Internet and the rest of my network seamlessly through the wireless router. I use the ethernet connections to transfer large files without having to use the wireless and the wireless provides a very fast connection to the wireless router. My ISP increased their download speed from 4 Mbps to 10 Mbps and using internet speed testing sites I get to use all 10 Mbps of it. The default IP address for this router is something like 1.1.1.1 so to configure over ethernet your computer has to have an address in that range (for example 1.1.1.2). But, if it is set up to receive an address through DHCP then it may already have an IP address even though it may not be connected to your router. I recommend that once you are able to get into the settings, select your router that you want it to connect to and give it a static IP address in your router's range so you will always know what it is and can connect to it easily. Altogether a great product and I am thinking of getting a second one so my whole wireless network can be 802.11g. I would recommend this to anyone that needs a conventional ethernet connection to work over their wireless network. 100% of People (2/2) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 08/20/2006
N/A Member Since: Product Experience: 21 Days	Great when finally got it working Strengths: Ability to place wired ethernet devices anywhere within range of your wireless router. Weaknesses: Could not get WEP 128 bit encryption to work with my Dlink 524 wireless router. Summary: This unit works great once you finally configure it. If you're not using encryption it probably works just great out of the box. I tried to use it with WEP 128 bit but no go. Had to switch to WPA-PSK to get it to work. 100% of People (1/1) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 05/31/2006
bigalsplace Member Since: Sep 2005 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 3 Months	Blffalo Airstation ethernet converter Strengths: Long Range, Easy to set up, Good encription, Works with most types of access points. Can be used with a directional antenna. Weaknesses: Have not found any Summary: I tried a couple diffrent types of client devices. The USB type was to limited for antenna placement. These USB devices add an extra layer to the network stack and slow down the through-put. I installed two of these Buffalo AirStations on my network. One station each, in two out buildings 400 FT from the access point, with the standard antenna. Set up for 802.11b, running mutable users. None of the users have noticed any hangs or slowdowns, with 100% uptime. All in all I am very happy with these units. 100% of People (1/1) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.