Buffalo Technology AirStation Turbo G High Power Wireless Ethernet Converter ( WLI-TX4-G54HP )

List Price: $79.99 Discount Price: $219.95

Features:

• Buffalo AirStation Turbo G High Power WLI-TX4-G54HP - Bridge + 4
• BUFFALO TECHNOLOGY

Customer Reviews:

Setup can be tricky, but after that it works great [Posted on 2007-12-21]
I bought this unit a little under a month ago, and I am very pleased with it so far. It works well and I've had very few problems with it. Setup was a little confusing (which was mostly caused by the fact that I was using the wrong passkey for my network), but once I got it working I didn't have to mess with it again. During the first week I had some connectivity issues, but they were quickly fixed every time by hitting the button on top of the unit - which I later learned activates AOSS but is also very useful for reconnecting to the network. Those problems went away by themselves and I haven't had any trouble with it whatsoever since then. Connectivity has been perfect, and it works seamlessly with my Xbox 360. I would recommend it to anyone who has some basic knowledge of networking, which is really all that's needed to figure out the setup stage. If you set up your wireless network in the first place, you can easily get this unit to work with it.

Its a great product [Posted on 2007-12-23]
I get a great range and its got all the options you would expect from an ehternet converter.
Antenna cover is flimsy an the plastic cracked. But otherwise antenna is fine.

Works Perfect With My PS3 [Posted on 2008-01-18]
I bought to use with my 20gb PS3 and it worked perfectly. Setup was very quick and easy. I highly recommend it.

Fast, Easy Set-Up, Works great with my Vonage Adapter, and 2nd Mac. [Posted on 2008-02-06]
Primary purpose for this item: To hook up my Vonage phone adapter (which wires directly into a wired ethernet network) and be able to use it through a wireless wifi network. As I call international for at least a couple hours a day, this was important to me.

Set-Up: I have Macs only, so I never bothered opening the set-up disc. I connected the converter to my ethernet port, manually set my network address to 1.1.1.1, logged onto the converter via Safari web browser, searched, selected and logged onto the wireless network (WEP 128), plugged in my Vonage adapter, and that was it. Took about 2 minutes, maybe 2 and a half minutes tops for this entire process.

Usage: I bought this last year, when I only had access to a wifi network, and needed to use my Vonage phone. I was upstairs over the garage and the router was 2 floors below in a cement basement. The encryption was WEP128. I ran the Vonage and my iMac through this, since I got a stronger signal and faster browser load times going through the Buffalo than through my iMac's built-in wifi. Worked great.

Then I moved into a lower floor, and the router was 2 floors upstairs, again no way to hard wire so I used the Buffalo again. The encryption was WPA, and I added a media player which accesses plays HD material on my iMac to my HDTV. Worked great.

I spent a few months on the road, and took this with me to hotels and extended stays, to be able to use my Vonage. Worked everytime I tried it. I had my laptop with me, so I was able to configure it via web broswer when I needed, and the times I was not on a secure network it connected automatically. I have flown with it and connected it in other country.

Recently I stayed for temporarily for a few months in an apartment building, where there was wifi provided and that was in the manager's unit which was 4 units down the hall and on the lower level. Again, I was able to connect the Buffalo and my Vonage in just a couple minutes. (WEP 128) and again, I had better signal and faster browser times with my iMac when connected through the Buffalo, than by itself.

Other Comparisons: I had tried a D-link (can't remember the model, sorry) but it wouldn't even work in my first location, which is why I then tried this unit. Since it has worked out so well for me, haven't needed to try any other make.

I've had this powered up and running about non-stop for almost a year. And it is in use everyday. No major problems to report.. the occasional freezing, about once a month, not sure if it is something I do, the unit itself, or something coming from the wireless router. I just unplug it from AC Power, and replug it in, and then I'm good to go again (no re-configuring, and no hitting the reset button). This unit usually comes right back up with no fuss after a power outage. Once when the router went dead and replaced (even though it had the same id and password) I had to reset the unit, and then via web browser re-configure the unit, and this took about 10 minutes with waiting, and the reset, waiting, and then doing the reconfiguring of the unit.

I like that it has 4 ports and eliminates the need to add (or lug with me) a switch, and I can keep everything hooked up at the same time. It has been easy for me to set up, keep running, unplug and tote around, and has done a good job of keeping my devices connected to the internet.

The Perfect Wireless Adapter [Posted on 2008-06-12]
I use it for my xbox and it works great. The best part of it is having more than one ethernet port which is rare.

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