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I made the mistake of ASSUMING this bridge was dual band(2.4 & 5 GHz) as was most all the models I researched. It is not. You have to read the users manual to discover that your router must be 5GHz or 2.4 and 5 simultaneously. Going back and looking closely at the specs and features info, there is no mention of this. My router is a Verizon Jet Pack which can output either 2.4 or 5 GHz, but not both simultaneously. Once I figured out the problem, everything "hooked up" and worked. Only problem is, I have devices that are 2.4 GHz ONLY. So, if I want to use them, I have to go into the setup on the router and switch it to 2.4GHz, then back to 5 GHz to use my "main" devices. The bridge works fine,,,,so far. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is due to the lack of accurate information in the advertisement. Price, shipping, and quality are good. Would recommend it IF you are sure it will connect to your router. Read full review
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I can honestly say the setup was extremely easy. I plugged it in, pointed a browser to the appropriate address ,and voila, it was connected to my router. After that, the problem started. WD claims that this is compatible with all brands of routers. In my case it wasn't. I have a Netgear Nighthawk X4 R7500. It is an AC router (AC2350), so I figured connecting it to an AC bridge would be a marriage made in heaven. Wrong! I connected a TV to the bridge for video streaming. Things started well, but after about an hour, video froze. I had to power cycle the bridge to re-establish its connection to the router. I had to keep doing this, so there must have been some kind of protocol conflict between the router and the bridge. I just couldn't get them to play with each other without issue. I then used an older Netgear N750 router as a bridge to the same TV. No buffering. No lag. No Freezing. So again, there must have been a conflict of some type between the Netgear router and the WD bridge.The Netgear router to Netgear bridge setup worked flawlessly. I wished it had worked for me, but it didn't. I still give it points for ease of setup and administration.Read full review
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For the money this WD Bridge has performed flawlessly for 2 months now while connected to my Linksys EA6400. This was purchased to cure an issue I was having with my Samsung All in One PC. The PC which runs Windows 8.1 (awful) refused to keep a stable wifi connection. I was torn between buying a new OS (Windows 7) or trying a bridge. The bridge did the trick not one disconnect or reboot needed in over two months and I am receiving true AC speeds. I will say that I did have issues connecting the bridge to my router. I had to trick the router in to accepting the bridge. Can remember the exact method I used... sorry a few IPA's will do that to you. Anyways, I would recommend this to a friend and will also consider WD for my future networking needs.
Works outstandingly well. I wanted to use it in my basement rather than purchase a wireless adapter for my Xbox 360. I did initially have to plug it in near my wifi router and setup WPS first because WPS wasn't working when it was in the basement. After making sure WPS functioned next to the router and the configuration was set I moved the device to my basement and haven't had any issues. I've also unplugged it and plugged it back in as I've rearranged things and the configuration stayed.
Both bridges did not work right out of the box. One was stuck in perpetual boot up never getting to the next phase. The other would not recognize my router sitting 6 inches away during WPS connection or manual entering of sign in data.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned