Description says this can use a wireless adaptor instead of hooking directly to LAN. Question is which one is best and does it work well
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Yes, it will work just fine with a wireless adapter. I use an Iogear adapter with wps setup. It works just fine and is unobtrusive.
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Adapter is what goes into your computer, it's the bit that can receive wifi signal. What you need is the device that transmits the signal. It can either be wifi modem from clearwire or you can purchase a separate wifi router. I would advice the latter, plenty of choices on Amazon. Will likely be cheaper and work better.
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I just plugged the device directly into the router with an Ethernet cable and it seems to do what I want it to do. I purchased a 25 ft. digital Optic cable so I could plug my PC into it to use my media player as a housewide juke box. Other than that, I don't see any reason for going wireless with it.
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is your computer compatible with the usb wireless adapter? are you running windows 7? I got this to extend my wifi so i could have internet downstairs and it didn't work. to much metal in the building. Depending on how much you paid I would throw it in the trash like I did. I went to Best buy and got one that worked and for a good price.
35501
I just picked up one of these today. I had no problems connecting to the wireless router (2WIRE) in another room. Good luck getting it to work.
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Hi,My best guess it should work since it replicates a lan port from two different points. I hope this helpsD
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I bought two of them to set up a wireless bridge from my house to a wireless web cam and they work excellent.I am not sure what you are using them for, when you mention switches. All I can tell you is that I needed to buy 2 of them to send the signal from 1 of them which is used as an aceess point to receive the signal from the router in my house and then sends the signal to the other unit which is connected to the web cam across the street.The second unit receives the wireless signal and feeds it to the web cam. I am very satisfied with the units and reccomend them to anyone that needs to set up a wireless bridge. I bought two of them to set up a wireless bridge from my house to a wireless web cam and they work excellent.I am not sure what you are using them for, when you mention switches. All I can tell you is that I needed to buy 2 of them to send the signal from 1 of them which is used as an aceess point to receive the signal from the router in my house and then sends the signal to the other unit which is connected to the web cam across the street.The second unit receives the wireless signal and feeds it to the web cam. I am very satisfied with the units and reccomend them to anyone that... » Read More I bought two of them to set up a wireless bridge from my house to a wireless web cam and they work excellent.I am not sure what you are using them for, when you mention switches. All I can tell you is that I needed to buy 2 of them to send the signal from 1 of them which is used as an aceess point to receive the signal from the router in my house and then sends the signal to the other unit which is connected to the web cam across the street.The second unit receives the wireless signal and feeds it to the web cam. I am very satisfied with the units and reccomend them to anyone that needs to set up a wireless bridge. « Show Less
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Yes it will work with the wireless adapter. I really like it. It repeats a powerful signal that allows me the freedom to work with the laptop everywhere on our property. It is a little tricky to set up follow instructions closely. Once done you can run a wire from it, or use it to create a wireless network that will work around the house. Once in a while it doesn't start correctly and I have to power it down and restart it.
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You must use a LAN cable out of the box. To add wireless internet you must buy a separate adaptor.
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Goto the smallnetbuilder website, they have all of the statistics you could ever want to compare between these adapters. As of today, this particular one (the TP-Link AV600) is the best for the price (close in speed to the most expensive and newest ones out there) adapter you can get.
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I would recommend getting a USB type, there are expasion slots inside but I have found using an external DLink USB transmitter works well if you have N Technology on your wireless router be sure to get an N type USB card
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if you use windows, the included wifi works fine. if you are building a "hacintosh" you need an external adapter.
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I have not seen a computer recently that does not include built in wireless, so I dont know why anyone would need a wireless adaptor. I can see that more for some games, printer or a desktop that does not have a wireless card. If this is just a router then S.R Schnur should be fine
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You may use a wireless bridge or wireless access point which has an Ethernet (RJ45) jack. This product does not support a wifi usb adapter. Most new routers can setup as an access point where it communicates wirelessly to your actual wireless router and then you would connect that access point via Ethernet to the security system. I can verify that YES this does work because I bought and set this up at my parents house using an older N router/access point to communicate to their Verizon Fios Modem/Router. It works pretty well but I've never been a fan of wireless in general so I would suggest an Ethernet over power line instead. I plan to do this soon and I'll update when I do! You may use a wireless bridge or wireless access point which has an Ethernet (RJ45) jack. This product does not support a wifi usb adapter. Most new routers can setup as an access point where it communicates wirelessly to your actual wireless router and then you would connect that access point via Ethernet to the security system. I can verify that YES this does work because I bought and set this up at my parents house using an older N router/access point to communicate to their Verizon Fios Modem/Router. It works pretty well but I've never been a fan of wireless in general so I would... » Read More You may use a wireless bridge or wireless access point which has an Ethernet (RJ45) jack. This product does not support a wifi usb adapter. Most new routers can setup as an access point where it communicates wirelessly to your actual wireless router and then you would connect that access point via Ethernet to the security system. I can verify that YES this does work because I bought and set this up at my parents house using an older N router/access point to communicate to their Verizon Fios Modem/Router. It works pretty well but I've never been a fan of wireless in general so I would suggest an Ethernet over power line instead. I plan to do this soon and I'll update when I do! « Show Less
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You can read my review, but basically the best thing to do is use this device in invisible bridged mode. If you know any techy people they can set this up for you. Then after you have it in that mode, you plug an Ethernet cable into one of the ports (not WAN). Plug the other end into the WAN port on ANY ROUTER THAT HAS A WAN PORT. Get one that has wireless capabilities (obviously), brand makes no difference, just get something relatively new. Then all you need is your techy person to configure the router PPPoE settings with your username and password that your ISP gave you. Essentially what you are doing is only using your modem to go from the small phone jack plug (analog) to the bigger 8 wire Ethernet cable (digital) that all your computers use if wired in. Have the Techy person set up your wireless with a password, use WPA2/psk for best results. Also make sure you get a wireless N router since they are the best price for performance until AC comes down in price. Good luck and cheers! (btw Netgear is kinda lame)
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I had the same question, when you connect it as directed you can be LAN (USB) and it will also produce a wifi signal for those devices. It does both or either one as needed. Mine was bought used and works great.
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Yes, I'm using wired LAN now, but have used both USB and Wireless with out problems.