125 High Speed Mode Wireless Pocket Access Point, 2 Internal Innovative and Sen

List Price: $89.76 Discount Price: $61.84

Features:

• Wireless Standard - IEEE802.11g, IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11d, IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.1X, WPA, WMM, IPv4, IPv6
• Antennas - 2 x internal IFA antenna
• Network Interface - 1 RJ45 10/100 WAN port
• -- Antenna Gain in 1.25dBi

Customer Reviews:

Connect it to your Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS) to create two wireless networks! [Posted on 2008-06-26]
I have several wireless devices in my apartment. If it requires WiFi access and was released within the past 3 years, chances are; I own it. I'm not bragging - just trying to explain my predicament.

1x PS3 on 802.11G
1x Xbox 360 on 802.11G
1x Tivo Series2 DVR on 802.11B
1x 2008 Mac Pro workstation on 802.11 Draft-N
1x iBook G4 on 802.11G
1x iPhone on 802.11G
*1x Apple TV on 802.11 Draft-N*


All was relatively fine and dandy on 2.4Ghz mixed mode 802.11B/G/N until I got the Apple TV. I live in a high rise and, I guess, all the other wireless networks (I'm picking up 25+), telephones, etc, were taking their toll on my poor 2.4Ghz network.So much so that I couldn't stream movies (and even music) from my Mac Pro to my ATV.

Switching my AEBS to 5Ghz "N-Only" mode fixed all that instantaneously. Unfortunately, it was at the expense of all of my wireless products that weren't capable of 802.11N at 5Ghz.

In comes the Asus pocket WAP.

I wanted to see if I could set up a 2nd wireless network for my G and B products, though I still wanted them (notably the Tivo, iBook and iPhone) to be able to communicate with my Mac-Pro. After connecting it to my iBook (ethernet and USB), punching the IP in my web browser, switching the Asus to "Access Point", changing the IP to DHCP and applying the appropriate security settings, I was up and running with a secondary wireless network for my B/G products. Best of all, because it draws power from a USB port, I didn't lose a power socket. This was a major selling point for me.

I later connected the Asus to an available port on my AEBS, and the USB power adapter to the AEBS USB port. I'll later be adding a USB hub to free up the USB port to add more devices.

PROS:

-Compact
-Easy setup
-Good, stable connection
-Can draw power from USB or included power adapter.

CONS:

-Blue status lights are bright.
-USB power cable could be longer, though that's nothing a USB hub can't resolve.

I'll try and tack on a setup video to this review, later, if I can.

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