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I bought a Hawkings repeater, and had it working in 15 minutes. The DWL2100AP worked OK as an access point, but does not work as a repeater. If you need a repeater, buy something else. If you need an access point, you can find a cheaper one. Other reviewers suggest that it works only with other D-Link products, because of proprietary protocols. All I know is I wasted a lot of time trying to get it to work as a repeater, and was unsuccessful.
Total setup time took less than 1 hour. Either it is really cheap of dubious quality or really expensive. I was expecting the usual 2-day setup headache to integrate these into the network, but to my surprise the 2100AP worked perfectly once the initial configuration was completed.
However, I did not find the instructions any worse than the several Linksys or Netgear Wireless Routers that I have installed over the past couple of years.If we get a couple of years out of these, for the price, I'll be happy. Someone needs to come out with some equipment that is of better quality at a reasonable price. It seems like there is no middle of the road wireless equipment.
Purchased 2 DWL-2100AP's to use as a bridge between 2 buildings with an unobstructed distance of about 750ft. No problems with streaming video, etc.The instructions for the 2100AP are a little sketchy, and D-link seems to interchange some technical terms that mean the same thing (adds color and confusion to their writing).
Plugged in an old Linksys WAP54g to the far end of the bridge and created a greatly expanded network. I have not measured data transfer, but it seems very good.
After some trial and error, I finally figured out that it was the "AP Client" mode that I needed from the wireless setup options to gain access to my existing wireless network.After plugging in the switch and attaching the PC and Xbox to the switch, it was soon obvious that only the PC had connectivity. Apparently the latest firmware (beyond 2.10) does not allow for more than one device (MAC address) to connect to the network via the switch.To fix, telnet to the 2100AP's IP address 192.168.0.50 and enter the following commands -> set matstate 1 then -> rebootThis should set a flag for a variable to the following "MultiEthClient (Yes)." You can check by establishing another telnet session and entering -> get matstate which will list several variables/values including the one above.It took some doing, but now everything is flowing sweetly. I have a d-link router (DI-624) that I use for my wireless network. After much hair pulling, I finally found a post on dslreports.com by one lizi555 that explained a fix. I hope this helps anyone else that runs in to this problem. I wanted to install this access point on the network, attach a switch, and provide network access for a home-theater pc and an Xbox 360.modem router. accesspoint switch pc & xboxThe access point can operate in five different modes.
Once you understand what you want and what they supply, you can set up a good home or local area wireless network. The instructions and on line support are not the greatest for a wireless network novice. I have 3 of these units working with a shared but hidden network and after some work and software upgrades have them set up for a good area network system. They work great once you figure them out.
Installation took 3 hours with 2 different reps. Bottom line.works kinda well when you actually get it set up. Now if I want to use the bluetooth on my phone, I have to unplug all this stuff ;(.
Upload is more than double that, which is wierd. However, getting it set up can be an exercise in patience. Looks like I need another few hours on the phone with tech support.
It (or a combination of it and my wireless router) intereferes with bluetooth. Also, my download speed seems to be limited to 75 kbps on the WAP end. Expensive for the speeds I'm seeing :(
VERY ANNOYING. D-link customer service is outstanding, by the way.
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