2.4G WiFi Bridge/Repeater VAP11G-300

I am so excited! I am working from home now during the pandemic, and I set up some backup systems in place just to make that it goes as uninterruptedly as possible such as having a Jackery for backup power and putting some extra GB on my cell phone plan in case my home internet goes down. The one weakness of my setup was that the VOIP Cisco 8841 phone supplied by the company could not connect wirelessly. Sure enough, there was an internet outage at my home Friday, and I had to have coworkers take over my call responsibilities. No more! This morning I configured this in less than 5 minutes to the WIFI from my cell phone used as a hotspot. I just plugged the ethernet cable into the port on my laptop and easily followed the configuration instructions which were little more than going to the address in the instruction booklet and selecting the name of my hotspot network. I unplugged my router from my phone's power injector and plugged this into the power injector in its place. My phone recognized it was online and let me log in and make a call. Now I could theoretically work from anywhere my cell phone can get a signal! I powered the unit by plugging its USB lead into a small power bank for convenience. The lead from the AC adapter is short though you could always use it with USB extension if desired. There is also a hole that looks like it is where the power should go, but I didn't need and have not figured out how to use that. So you can imagine how easy this is to configure if I am no brighter that that! Also, I just unplugged it for about 15 minutes, and when I plugged it back in, it remembered its configuration. What a helpful device in these trying times!

I spent an entire day trying to get this to work. Just for reference, I am pretty good with technology. I can make almost anything work - and I gave this everything I had. I read web articles, watched YouTube videos, and when all else failed, I did a ton of trial and error. My MacBook Pro would not connect to the device's configuration page - at all. I finally booted up an old Windows 7 machine and got that to connect. Sometimes - and even this was wildly unreliable. Sometimes it would connect, sometimes it wouldn't. Once I got it to connect to the hotspot - same thing. Sometimes it would connect, sometimes it wouldn't. Sometimes it would have okay speed. Sometimes it had next to no speed at all - but once it was connected to a hotspot, the configuration page became even more unreliable, so trying to figure out what went wrong was usually a complete guess. It was so finicky that I finally decided to just return it and be done with it. Also, it cannot connect at speeds above 100 Mbps. Normally that wouldn't be a problem, because this thing isn't likely to exceed those speeds, but one of my other devices will only connect at speeds of 1Gbps and above - and that happens to be the device that I was hoping to use with this. But I finally figured out a way around this obstacle, but the unreliability was a deal breaker in the end. Nobody could say I didn't try!

I have had three of these in service now for more than a year. I use them for VoIP phones where there is no wires, and as client devices plugged into a switch to allow a small workgroup to be connected where there is no network connection to the area.Works very well, and trouble-free. The flashing lights are a bit annoying in the bedroom, but with a bit of creativity, you can get a bit of peace and quiet from the lights. (DONT cover the vents)The manual is slightly better than average for this type of product, and the manufacturer still provides firmware updates over the internet which is a boon and unusual.Not only would I buy it again, I just did for a new project, and its working great.

I moved and found that could not put my cable router near the entertainment center for physical wiring. I bought this for the Tivo box. I connected it to my computer and configured for the WiFi network. I then connected it to the Tivo box and it fits the bill perfectly. I will add a small switch to connect in my old Blueray player as well. Haven't tried that yet. I also left the repeater on and it adds a strong signal for that end of the house. I deducted a star for the same complaints others have. The directions are terrible. I have some experience and had no trouble. But, I cannot see someone without experience following the directions. The lights are bright and pretty frenetic. The whole thing is vented, which makes it hard to cover the lights. That said, it does its function well. Ask a tech savvy friend to set it up if the directions deter you.An update. I did add a Blackbox USB powered switch and use this for everything in my entertainment center as well as a wireless camera base station. Works flawlessly.

Used this to connect to a WiFi only hotspot so I could have an ethernet port for an extra WAN connection. Setup was super easy, no issues. i also like the flexible power options, adapter or USB.

Setup with a small annoyance. iPhone and MacBook kept disconnecting from device when trying to setup while within feet of device. Could be an Apple issue. They notoriously do not like DTIM settings below 3 so not sure if that was the problem. After setup device operated fine even for a weak WiFi signal. Device eventually went off line 2 days later. Checked on device and no power. Tried other USB chargers (5w Apple, 15 watt apple and 15 watt Anker) no luck. Device Dead. Submitted for return.

I recently changed my home internet to tmobile 5g home internet, which by the way is great. I placed the router in my second floor for better connectivity, whereas my old one was in the living room entertainment center. My stereo only connects with ethernet, as well I have a few other ethernet only devices. I didn't want to run cables.I set this up in less than 5 minutes and connected to a 4 port switch and just like that, the stereo is connected again. Very cool product I highly recommend.