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I flipped the switch to bridge-mode, plugged in the devices, and set up the WIFI part to connect to my home WIFI router. Seems like an external antenna would be a good design improvement. I was concerned since the DAP-1522 is marketed towards connecting up an entertainment center.
Make sure MAC cloning is enabled (I think it defaulted that way). I had to put it out in the clear to get 75%, and that's just 3 walls (drywall) the signal had to go through. On the downside: signal reception was not as strong as expected.
I needed to bridge my wifi to a room in the house to provide ethernet connectivity there for a laptop, and two separate IP phones. That is a FIRST. The laptop receives better.I definitely would recommend for bridging ethernet LAN across WIFI.
I figured IP is IP so it should work. It worked the first time.
Also my VPN connection is much more stable across the wired port of my work work computer. Having several older computers that use wireless b or g, this allowed me to connect them to a wireless router on a different floor with no problem. I can now watch netflix movies with no buffering on a computer that using its wireless g re-buffered many times.
I love it. I have tested many products with no success, and I dont care how much any product costs as long as the product works, and lives up to it's advertised features. This worked for me, and I am buying 4 more.
Better speed, better range, security upgraded from 64bit WEP to WPA-AES, and a couple of extra ethernet ports if I need them. Finally pulled the plug on the wireless on the 614+, and everything is working fine. Though both were on 2.4, they did not interfere with each other.
But I did not want to have to setup all the MAC filtering and port forwarding that works so well on the 614+, so I decided to try this little box in Access Point mode to just improve the wireless while keeping the 614+. and about two minutes later I had a wireless N network. I have been running a DLink 614+ 802.11b router/access point for years, and finally decided I wanted better wireless performance.
Actually ran both wireless AP's for a while, one on channel 1 and the other on channel 11. Very pleased. Well, that was easy.
Plugged it into a free ethernet port on my living room switch box and went to [.].
The signal strength is 5 bars through a drywall ceiling and a wood floor.I had to tweak a few settings and setup the WPA2 security but total time of setup was less than 30 minutes.I have had to power cycle it like I did my old one (a Belkin) and it has been going for a month. I'm fairly experienced with Home Networking so my experience may not hold true for all. I set it to Auto, plugged it into a Cat5e network jack linked to my existing router and had another wireless network setup.
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