Comments on: Linksys by Cisco WET610N Wireless-N Ethernet Bridge with Dual-Band

By: J. A. McCullers

J. A. McCullers — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:31:10 +0000

I couldn’t even get to step 2 of the setup because the CD setup program couldn’t recognize my network. Every FAQ addresses questions that come up AFTER this point…they all assume the install program works.

By: M. Pagey

M. Pagey — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:04:41 +0000

I bought two of these devices. Both of them stop working after a few hours of operation. I can ping them but cannot communicate with the equipment attached to their ethernet port. Resetting them solves the problem temporarily but the same thing happens after a few more hours. Had to stop using them and buy an Apple Airport Express instead.

By: L. Walker

L. Walker — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:48:53 +0000

I bought this to connect my windows vista desktop to my “N” network. First, I am only 45 feet from the router, and I only get 25% – 30% signal strength (my laptop gets a 90% “N” signal strength). Drops the signal constantly. I had to switch to my “G” network to get decent signal strength (80%). However, I periodically lose connection and have to unplug the WET610N and replug to get the connection back. I would not recommend to anyone.

By: Carl Byrne

Carl Byrne — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:54:43 +0000

I bought this based on the great reviews and disregarded any reviews I'd read complaining about the connectivity issue, as I'm pretty tech savy.

Now, having spend the last two days trying to get it to work, I should have heeded the warning signs.

I've been on the Linksys site trying to troubleshoot the connection, and have tried all the suggestions from google searches with absolutely no success.

The product is supposed to be plug and play, well, it is absolutely not! Even the CD with the PC drivers doesn't work on my PC, however I'm trying to network this with my Mac, first and foremost.

My Airport Express 802.11n router is able to see the bridge, and I can assign an IP address, but no matter what I do, or how many times I reset it, the bridge will not connect my canon printer.

I waited for a half hour to talk to a rep via IM on the Linksys site, but while they responded to my questions, the only response that came through was the operators name and identifying employee number, so no matter what she typed back, I couldn't read it. Useless.

I'll be ebaying it tomorrow and buying a 75 foot ethernet cable instead. I wish I could charge Linksys for my wasted two days.

By: Timothy Mckiernan

Timothy Mckiernan — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:23:21 +0000

It doesn’t work worth a damn. Runs supper hot. It is a total rip off.