Get connected.
10 minute set up using the supplied CD ROM on my laptop. This has four ethernet ports but only using three at the moment - Panasonic blu-ray, Humax Freesat+ PVR and XBOX360. All connect through to my wireless G router with no problems. BD live on the blu ray works well, XBOX live also, just waiting for the iplayer upgrade for the Humax. Perfect box for all those ethernet enabled consumer devices.
Streams HD over wireless N
This little box is a life saver. I got it so that I could stream HD movies to my PS3 over wifi. The built in wireless G connection simply can't handle the bandwidth, so I upgraded my router to wireless N. This box is used to upgrade my PS3 to wireless N so that it can actually receive a stream at up to 300mbps. Now in reality, due to interference and other factors, you'll probably only get around 80-120mbps of actual speed, but this is sufficient for HD - especially since the ethernet port is limited to 100mbps anyway.
It was easy to set up with the install disk, and has worked flawlessly since I installed. Haven't needed to reboot it once. Overall very pleased.
Btw, the main advantage to this product is that it has 4 ethernet ports and is easy to setup (oh, and it looks great). There are slightly cheaper alternatives, such as the Edimax wireless N access point if you just need one ethernet port (found here:...
Does what it says on the tin (unsually for wireless)!
Bought to resolve a family argument about my running additional Ethernet cables round the house just for iPlayer in the lounge.
With a DLink-615 router in the room above this gave a steady Wireless-N link of 270Mbps. I have currently restricted it down to 802.11g (54Mbps) so it plays better with legacy wireless devices in the house and this is easily sufficient for iPlayer's HD streams. Whether this unit can maintain good signal strength with more walls in the way I do not know.
I am not using all the Ethernet sockets but it seems every new piece of AV kit has an Ethernet socket nowadays. These give a seemingly transparent link to the router. This is cheaper than nearly all the manufacturer specific USB Wi-fi dongles and a lot more flexible.
It took about ten minutes to configure the box using its built-in web server including getting WPA2 AES encryption running.
In summary, it does not replace gigabit Ethernet for large file transfers...
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