D-Link DWL-G800AP Wireless Range Extender, 802.11g, 54Mbps

Average customer rating: 2.5

D-Link DWL_G800AP Range Extender
does not work, even with other D-link products...
Not worth it
How to get the G810 firmware loaded
Once you get it to work, it does the job!

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D-Link DWL-G800AP Wireless Range Extender, 802.11g, 54Mbps

Manufacturer: D-Link Systems, Inc.
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0000CEPA5

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Product Description

D-LINK DWL-G800AP -- The latest addition to the innovative D-LINK AirPlus Xtreme G family greatly increases the transmission range of your wireless network. Using the 802.11g, standard, the DWL-G800AP offers data transfer speeds of up to 54Mbps. Dimensions - 1H x 4.5W x 5.5L Weight - 0.44 pounds 3 year warranty * Only Repeats the Wireless Signal of - DI-624 Wireless Router (Firmware 2.37 (Rev.C) or newer), DWL-2000AP Wireless Access Point (Firmware 1.56 (Rev.A), 2.06 (Rev.B) or newer), & DWL-G800AP Wireless Range Extender

Customer Reviews:

D-Link DWL_G800AP Range Extender.......2006-07-08

The product never worked, even after three calls to tech help. Tech help even changed my computer settings and it took me a while to reconfigure it. I returned the product, and advise anyone not to purchase it.

does not work, even with other D-link products..........2006-02-25

would not work with 624 D-link, even after several phone conversations and hours on the line with dlink technicians. the techs couldn't offer any solution beyond what was written in the instructions and worse, they clearly did not care whether it worked or not -- they could not wait to just tell me to ship it back to amazon where I bought it from so they could get off the phone... it was disgusting.

Not worth it.......2006-02-23

I did not have the set up issues the other reviewers mentioned. In fact, I followed the instructions of one reviewer and my set up was smooth and simple. Problem was the PC I was trying to obtain better high speed access on did not pick up the extender any better than the DI-624 router.

How to get the G810 firmware loaded.......2006-02-14

I too bought this device hoping to configure it as a bridge, but with the firmware loaded it wouldnt work. After hearing the G810 firmware worked, I tried it out but got a checksum error, but it is possible. You must first load the earliest G800 firmware, reboot, and then load the G810 firmware. Now everything works great.

Once you get it to work, it does the job!.......2006-01-22

I've read all the warnings and the angry messages, and decided to go ahead and try it anyway, assuming that I'll figure it out, since I managed to get its predecessor (DWL-800AP+) to work when my network was 802.11b.

It didn't work. I tried all the recommended fixes that I saw here and elsewhere (disable WEP, disable DHCP, disable Super G, choose Channel 1, choose long preambles, etc, etc). Nothing worked. The client would get a great signal from the repeater, but there would be no traffic.

My firmware was the latest: 2.70 on the DI-624 router, and 1.05 on the DWL-G800AP repeater.

Then I tried downgrading the firmware on the router to 2.50, and it worked right away! I am using WEP and DHCP without problems, though Super-G is still disabled (the clients on this network are not Super-G capable anyway).

Bottom line: If you too have this pair (DI-624 Version C3 with 2.50 firmware and DWL-800AP Version A1 with 1.05 firmware) - I believe that you should be able to get it to work.

Once it works - it's worth it! No more dead spots in the house!

PS. I remember that DWL-800AP+ (the 802.11b predecessor) also didn't work with the latest firmware. One would expect newer firmware to improve upon the older one! Not the case with D-Link products!

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