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Linksys WGA54G Wireless-G Gaming Adapter | List Price: $79.99
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Brand: Linksys
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 3 years warranty
Features: - Lag-free head-to-head or Internet gaming at up to 54 Mbps, without stringing wires
- Converts wired-Ethernet-ready game consoles to Wireless-G (draft 802.11g) network connectivity
- Works without drivers on PlayStation2, Xbox, and GameCube
- Also connects to Wireless-B (802.11b) networks at 11 Mbps
- One year limited warranty
excellent buy [Posted on 2008-06-26]
Honestly, i dont know why people have complained that much about the setup on this product. It took me less than 5 minutes to configure it to my wireless network ( which has wep encryption and everything). all you really need to do is follow the instructions given with the device and you should have no problems at all. It works exactly like it says it does, and could not have been an easier set up at all.
Only downside to this product is that Fry's sells it at exactly the same price, so if you are looking for one... go to Fry's, unless you like paying the same price and waiting a week for it. up to you.
Seems to work now.. after LONG installation process [Posted on 2008-07-06]
I've had the thing running for just an hour so can't tell you much about reliability, but from the installation, it does seem flaky. I think part of my installation woes had to do with the flakiness so I wasn't sure if it just wasn't connecting because it didn't feel like it or because I did something wrong. Many people wrote about their installation solutions, which really helped. But I did have to piece together about 3 reviews to help so I'm posting what I did, in case it helps someone else.
BTW, I bought this to use with a network ready printer which did work eventually.
When it wouldn't connect, I did call tech support who totally sucks. The woman on the phone didn't even know what a MAC filter list is. The only thing that was useful that I learned from her is how to get to the web admin page without it being connected to the network. Plug it into your computer. In your LAN settings, give your computer a static IP [192.168.1.111] and for the gateway, use the IP of the adapter [in my case 192.168.1.48 or the default is 192.168.1.250 for the adapter if you haven't done anything with it]. Then you can point your browser to the adapter's IP and use the web admin. After 1 hour, she hung up on me when I demanded to speak to someone who knows what a MAC filter list is! When I called back, the 2nd operator hung up on me too while she was looking for my case file. Maybe I got blacklisted.
Here are the configurations I used that worked.
1) I followed the instructions and ran the setup CD. It could not find the adapter. I power cycled it and then it finally found it. At first I used auto DHCP and that messed up everything. Later I used a static IP for my network [I used 192.168.1.48], make sure the subnet mask is the same as the router [255.255.255.0], and put my router as the gateway [192.168.1.1]. I use a MAC filter list so I couldn't just plug it in and go to the adapter's web management page. But like everyone says, that page really has more options.
2) To get it through the filter, I added its MAC address that is labeled on its sticker, plus that MAC address +1, which when you get on its web admin page later, you'll see that the MAC address on the page is the one on the sticker +1. Thank you RARKM or I never would have figured it out. After this, technically it should be able to connect to the network whenever you plug it in. But it seemed really flaky and would sometimes connect and then drop, or not connect at all. It seemed to connect best if I powered it on without the ethernet connected to anything despite the instructions saying to power on after the ethernet connection.
3) When I could get to the web admin page, disabled cloning mode. I left it on mixed connection mode.
4) For the printer (or item you want to use the adapter with), I gave it a static IP different from the adapter, same subnet mask, and same router IP for the gateway. I also had to add the printer's MAC address to the router's filtering list.
5) At first whenever I connected the adapter to the printer, it would stop working. Finally I gave up. I left the adapter on, not connected to any device so it was just connected to the network by itself. The next morning, I connected it to the printer's ethernet without power cycling anything. And it worked! and has worked since then. But I honestly don't know if I'll be able to get it working again if it ever drops. And even now, even though it's obviously working because I can use the printer, I can't get to the adapter's web admin page. Flaky!
I'm giving it 3 stars because technically it works. And it's working with a printer which it never promised to do.
Nearly Impossible to Set Up [Posted on 2008-07-13]
I am using this gateway to provide my Tivo with an ethernet connection.
With my old Linksys WRT54G router I was able to get this gateway on my network after working with it for about an hour using WPA encryption. It took several attempts, but it finally worked finally worked.
I replaced my old router with a Netgear WNR3500 and was never able to get the gateway onto the network using WPA, even though it presumably supports TPIK and AES (I tried both). I finally got it to work using WEP 128 bit, so will have to make do with that.
I bought the WGA54G to replace an earlier linksys gaming gateway that died unexpectedly but when this one goes, I won't be buying another one. A full blown router with uplink capability or even concealing a cable would be better.
Worked fine the first 4 months... then stopped. [Posted on 2008-07-24]
I purchased this adapter to use with my Slingbox. It was easy to set up and I was able to get it up and running within minutes after connecting all the cables. The unit worked fine for the first four months, then the power light on the unit would not turn on. I contacted support to order a new power cord, as it was still under warranty. They would not provide the part and told me to go to Radio Shack to purchase a new cord. After dropping another $20 for a new power cord, the unit is working again. I was not at all impressed with Linksys or their customer support. I do not plan to buy from Linksys again.
great product [Posted on 2008-08-05]
this is a great product! i bought mine for my ps2 to play in my room and i got it set up in seconds. i also us it on my computer and again in seconds i was on the web. i did not even have download the disk! i dont kno if that was cuz i have an old computer but i dont think so. if u are going to be playing on a game system and u are trying to conect online to a wireles conection with a code or wep encryption on it, it will not conect. must have no code on your conection unles it gives u the choice.
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