D-Link DAP1522 Xtreme 4-Port GigaBit Dual Band Draft 802.11n N Duo Wireless Bridge/Access Point
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Works wonderfully for me as an 802.11n bridge. Notice that this unit ships with v1.02 firmware, however, as of Dec.8, 2008, the newest firmware version (available from DLINK on their web site) for this device (version for units sold in North America) is v1.10. Without this firmware update the device is unable to perform some of the functions in the “bridge” mode. Also, oddly enough, the setup allows some non-working configurations - when using this device as a bridge, 1) set it to use static IP address, however 2) choose address on a non-existent network. E.g., if your wireless network is 192.168.1.*, using default static address 192.168.0.50 for D-LINK would work. However, if you set D-LINK’s static address to be on your 192.168.1.* network, e.g. 192.168.1.50, the device gets confused in a very interesting way. Finally, the user’s guide does not even mention the most important reason why people would buy this device to use in a bridge mode: to extend one’s wireless network! Why the user’s guide does not even show an example of this, I have no idea. Though D-LINK’s web site has a FAQ, where they explain the bridge mode much better. OK, this is what you really need bridge mode for: let’s say you have a computer, a DVD player and a game console in the same room but none of these devices have wireless interfaces. However, if you have a wireless router elsewhere in your house/neighborhood, you can set D-LINK to “bridge” mode and then connect all your wired devices to this bridge. Then the bridge will serve as a wireless card for all devices you connected to its wired ports. You can even go beyond this and connect a wireless access point to one of the bridge’s wired ports - then your wired devices connected to the bridge would use it to communicate with your main wireless station, while you can use the new access point to extend the range of your wireless network beyond the range of your main wireless router. I give this device 5 stars because it works very well (I don’t care about the user’s guide etc). I am currently successfully using this bridge with Belkin’s 802.11n router on a network with MAC address filtering, a DHCP server and no WEP/whatever security.
So far so good
I recently set up On Demand via this wireless bridge. My main router is a Dlink 655 Wireless. I am currently running WAP security. I connected the bridge to my laptop out of the box. Followed to quick install guide which surprising worked the first time. (Remember to revert your IP settings after set-up). I set the 1522 to Bridge mode and during setup & used the “Sight Survey” option which basically searches for wireless networks in the area. I clicked on my home network and went through the setup. I would recommend double checking your security setting because there is really now prompt or warning indicating if the setup is correct. After the setup I connected my DirectV DVR and Sony BluRay player to the 1522. (the 1522 has 4 Ethernet ports which makes this unit particularly appealing) I went through the Ethernet settings on both devises and everything worked perfectly. I then initialized Media Sharing on Windows Media Player to allow “DirecTV Media Share Devise”. I downloaded a full-length movie on my DSL connection in about 2 hours. The download stream is steady and solid w/ a good transfer rate. All in all I am extremely impressed. The 655 was about $68.00 @ Costco. This configuration is working flawlessly so far with a set up time of about 10 mins if your are familiar with a router interface. So far this is an excellent unit and would highly recommend it for this configuration or similar.
As a previous reviewer mentioned, the lights on the unit are bright. Too bright. I want to see the routers activity but I don’t want it to be terribly obvious. I placed a narrow strip of masking tape over the front display and it dimmed the lights just enough.
Fits my needs perfectly
I needed a wireless bridge to connect my downstairs network where my FIOS connecting comes into the house (and where my Media Center PC is located) to my upstairs Office Network where my Workstation, Laptop and Windows Home server live.
The initial set up was easy enough if you have a little previous knowledge on wireless networks. I am using it to bridge my 11N network to a D-Link DGL-4500 Router. So far, after a couple of weeks, everything appears very solid. I’m not seeing the short drop outs that my old 11g bridge use to see. I am getting excellent speeds going over the wireless bridge as well. About the same as I see on any 11N device attached to my network.
The Gigabit switch is great as well. I get great transfer rates when copying or backing up files to my Windows Home server sitting on the same switch.
If you need a fast, solid wireless bridge this is a good solid choice.
As usual, Amazon delivered the product in a quick, timely manor. Usually I order my tech gear from places like NewEgg but it was a bit cheaper from Amazon. Less than a 2 day turn around to Massachusetts with free shipping. Service like this keeps me coming back to Amazon.
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