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Linksys WGA54G Wireless-G Gaming Adapter| Manufacturer: | Linksys | | List price: | $109.99 |
| Our price: | $79.99 that is 27% off! |
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| Linksys WGA54G Wireless-G Gaming Adapter |
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Great for Gaming |
| This was great, I have a Xbox and a PS2 in my upstairs room. Everytime I wanted to play online I had to run wires up, which became such a pain and just always looked cluttered. Replacing the wires with the wireless-G gaming adapter has made great difference in the overall look of the room, no messy wires showing and no more falling over things. Also now I am connected all the time so I tend to play even more. |
| Linksys WGA54G Wireless-G Gaming Adapter - Linksys |  |
very dissapointing |
I got this to try and hook up media clients to my Personal Video Recorder (SageTV) without using wires. The unit setup on my laptop fine and connected to the Linksys wireless G router I had no problem - signal was strong, life was good. Hooking it up to the little media client (a Hauppauge MVP 1000) worked fine - I was stoked.
It works for about 1 or 2 minutes at a crack when streaming media and then completely drops the signal to the wirless router for about 3 to 7 secnds - the wireless light is completely dark. Then it'll snap back on and work fine for another minute or two. Unfortunately the buffer on the little MVP runs out and the show stops playback if the delay is too long which was happening often. Keep in mind that for testing this was about, oh, 3 feet from my router.
I fiddled with this unit for hours, upgrading the firmware, testing other devices with it etc... I could not get it to fly reliably. I went and got the MS XBox wireless adapter, it works flawlessly. Not a single drop, strong signal and solid performance.
I have several other Linksys products (wireless router, wireless access points, cards) that all work dandy, but this product is horrible, the support is bad and it clearly needs to go back into the oven again as it has major problems. It could be that I just got a bum unit as some other folks out here did but I don't have the patience to keep sending it back and trying a new unit until I get one that flies right.
My advice is to avoid this product. |
| Linksys - Linksys WGA54G Wireless-G Gaming Adapter | |
Linksys should have done better... |
Wow! I purchased this item before reading the posts. I have used Linksys wireless routers and access points without any problems. I never imagined having any problems with products by Linksys.
The first unit I purchased would not connect. It would have my network listed, but, it would not connect. After about 2 hours on the phone with Linksys tech support I was told to upgrade the firmware. I was given a web link and was left to perform the firmware upgrade on my own. Needless to say, the firmware upgrade changed nothing. The game adapter would still not connect to my network. By the way, this is with my network wide open: SSID broadcast on, no security, no firewall, nothing...wide open.
I then called tech support again. Round 2. This time after about 1 hour, I was told that the device must be defective and to return it; which I did. I exchanged the unit for another one, thinking that I must have just been unlucky with the first one. WRONG. The second unit went a little further. This time the web interface would say that it was connected, however, the unit would not talk to the network. Yep, you guessed it, Round 3 with tech support; another 2 hours. This 3rd person started all over again. All the same steps as Round 1 and Round 2. She finally told me that the wireless part of the game adapter must be defective and that I should return it for another unit. So now....what to do. She ensured me that these units don't have problems like this. After reading all the posts I would venture to say that these units are very troublesome.
Well, the glutton that I am, I exchanged it for a third unit. This time, BAM, perfect. The unit worked as advertised with no problems. I did not use the setup disk on this final unit. I actually disabled my wireless network on my laptop and connected the game adapter to the LAN port. I went directly to the web interface (192.168.1.250). I started with the network wide open. The game adapter connected and I was actually able to ping my router from the laptop and surf the web. I then turned WEP back on. After reading the posts I only setup 64 Bit. It connected and I was able to ping and surf again. Wow, the dang thing actually worked.
I then turned to the PS2. I could now finally attempt to get the PS2 online. No problems here as well. The PS2 was able to test and validate the network on the first try. We then tried Area 51 on-line. Everything works great. The unit works pretty darn good, if you can get a unit that works. My son has been playing online now with no problems.
The other posts are mostly all correct. The green wireless LED will not stay on solid. It only flashes when its sending information across the wireless network, and, even then, its hard to see. The settings are not that difficult to setup if you go directly to the web interface and bypass the setup CD. The setup CD only asks you for game play mode (unit to unit or unit to internet - which chooses adhoc or infrastructure depending on what you pick), SSID name, encryption scheme, and IP address for the game adapter. These settings are easily changed directly through the web interface.
The unit is not difficult to setup and you don't have to be a network guru to figure it out. Linksys definitely dropped the ball with this device and should be doing more to fix the problems. I, like everyone else, would also like to see better security in the game adapter. Home networks should not have to become vulnerable in order to play PS2 or XBOX games on-line. That's probably why Sony is incorporating all networking features directly into the PS3. My guess is the next version of XBOX will do the same.
My recommendation with this unit is that it is a crap shoot. It does work nicely, when it works. If you buy it knowing you might have to return it once or twice then go for it. Hopefully you won't be as unlucky as I was. You might want to purchase it at a local store if at all possible to make the return(s) go a little easier.
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