D-Link DAP-1522 Xtreme N Duo Wireless Bridge/Access Point
Really needed to get a good fast network connection over where there main HDTV is located so that we can hookup things like an XBox360, media player etc…
I was using a powerline network connection but it was not making a fast enough connection.
I picked up a DAP-1522 to setup a bridge so that I could then use it’s 4 available Ethernet ports to connect the Xbox and media player into and anything else we end up over there. The wireless signal only had to go about 12 ft through two light indoor walls to get to the main cable router I am using (LinkSys WRT150N which is running DD-WRT firmware). Configuration was fairly easy once I did a firmware upgrade and switched to MSIE to access it (FF, Opera, etc do not work well in the configuration modes).
I had to change the default IP of the device to match my internal network first and then configured it to use the WPA2/AES setup for a secure connection. Hard to see what type of signal strength you get with the DAP but the LinkSys shows a good solid connection and the speed has been great.
Note that this device can be a bridge or Access Point. As a bridge, it provides a wireless connection to an existing high speed Wireless router and provides Ethernet ports that can then be used to access that same network. As an Access Point, you would add this to a wired network so that you could then access that network via a wireless connection.
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