Linksys WET54G

I currently use a WET11 wireless bridge to connect a workgroup with a
WRT54G wireless router. Today I replaced it with the new WET54G
wireless router. Instead of the expected increase in throughput, the
throughput actually decreased by a factor of 10. After trying
everything, including upgrading all relevant firmware, I called
Linksys support. Their solution: Return the bridge, it must be
defective hardware.

I'm curious to see if anyone else has had any success/failure with
this combo, or even with the WET54G wireless bridge and a different
AP.

Thanks in advance,

Jon

I have just upgraded to a WET54G from an old Linksys 802.11b unit. The
increase in throughput is excellant, there is a increase of signal stregnth
also. Did you upgrade the entire system to 802.11g?


"Jonathan Sippel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I currently use a WET11 wireless bridge to connect a workgroup with a
> WRT54G wireless router. Today I replaced it with the new WET54G
> wireless router. Instead of the expected increase in throughput, the
> throughput actually decreased by a factor of 10. After trying
> everything, including upgrading all relevant firmware, I called
> Linksys support. Their solution: Return the bridge, it must be
> defective hardware.
>
> I'm curious to see if anyone else has had any success/failure with
> this combo, or even with the WET54G wireless bridge and a different
> AP.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jon

Yes, I upgraded the WRT54G wireless router with the latest 802.11g
complient firmware (v1.30.1). There currently is no upgrade for the
WET54G firmware. I didn't notice an increase in signal strength over
the WET11 (it remained approx. the same) but the throughput decreased
by a factor of 10.

I wonder if it may have actually been a hardware problem as the
Linksys tech suggested?

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 06:04:18 GMT, "Squid" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have just upgraded to a WET54G from an old Linksys 802.11b unit. The
>increase in throughput is excellant, there is a increase of signal stregnth
>also. Did you upgrade the entire system to 802.11g?
>
>
>"Jonathan Sippel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> I currently use a WET11 wireless bridge to connect a workgroup with a
>> WRT54G wireless router. Today I replaced it with the new WET54G
>> wireless router. Instead of the expected increase in throughput, the
>> throughput actually decreased by a factor of 10. After trying
>> everything, including upgrading all relevant firmware, I called
>> Linksys support. Their solution: Return the bridge, it must be
>> defective hardware.
>>
>> I'm curious to see if anyone else has had any success/failure with
>> this combo, or even with the WET54G wireless bridge and a different
>> AP.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Jon
>