Linksys WET200 Wireless Bridge

I installed one of these for a client who needed to connect his Xbox 360 and Dish Network DVR to his wireless home network. Basically, it’s a 5 port switch that converts ethernet into wireless. You plug wired network devices into the WET200 and they can communicate with other other devices over a wireless network. It sells for around $120.

The 360 and the DVR were located in his basement near each other, and his wireless router (a Linksys WRT54G) was located on his first floor. Once I got the WET200 connected to his wireless network, I plugged the 360 and DVR into it and they were able to see everything else on his network. I did upgrade the firmware on the device before I did anything else.

Some guy on Newegg’s site was complaining about how cheaply  made it is, but I don’t agree with his comments. I didn’t find it cheap at all. This device offers a lot of advanced features (WPA/WPA2, VLANs, POE, SNMP, port mirroring, etc.) for such an inexpensively priced product. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who needs to convert multiple wired devices that are close together into wireless.

Here it is on the Linksys site. 

Here’s the WET200 on Newegg’s site.