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I bought this to convert a wired IP camera into WiFi connected IP camera and it works great!The instruction manual is pretty poor but anyone with a little computer network savvy should be able to get it working. But note that this isn't a plug and play device - you'll have to enter some network information so if you don't know how your home network is set up and you don't know how to work with networks including setting a static IP on your PC and also aren't inclined to learn how to do so then don't buy this.The instruction booklet is confusing. To use the Vonets to convert a wired network device to wireless the instructions refer to it as "WiFi AP". So follow the section titled "3. The application configuration of AP".What that section fails to mention for the rookies is that before logging into the configuration page you need to set your PC to a fixed 192.168.254.x IP first (i.e. 192.168.254.10 - any number 1-253 will work as the last octet/digit). (if you don't know how to do this Google "set static ip windows" or "set static ip linux") If you don't set your PC to a 192.168.254.x IP first you won't be able to connect to the device via the network cable.I plugged the dongle network cable into my PC LAN port and plugged in the USB connector for power. I then entered http://192.168.254.254 IP for the device into my browser URL address bar which brings you to the configuration page for the device.In the configuration you connect the dongle to your existing WiFi first. It's easiest to access an IP camera (or printer) that has a fixed/static IP and my IP camera already had a fixed IP. I opted to also set a static IP for the dongle on my home network outside of my wireless router DHCP range so that I could easily access the device's configuration page later if needed. (That means I ended up with two fixed IPs - one for the IP camera and one for the Vonets dongle - I still connect to my IP camera with the same IP as when it wired.) After the initial setup it rebooted and connected after a pause. Instantly my wired IP camera had became a WiFi IP camera!I'm not running this continuously, but every time I power the dongle back on with my camera it connects right up to my WiFi AP and runs great! I've had no problems with the connectivity of the Vonets dongle.For those instead recommending the IOGEAR GWU637 note that although it undoubtedly sounds easier to get working it's also more than twice the price of this device, so I'd say it's not a fair comparison.So if you're a novice and you're willing to do a little research and work you can get this device working and save yourself a fair chunk of change. For the tech savvy I don't see any downsides, especially at this price. This device is a winner!

I bought three cisco's spa 303 VOIP phones for my business. One of them is next to the wireless router so pluggin in an ethernet cord for that phone is not a problem. However, I had two phones that were in different rooms and were no where near the router. I had two options, 1. run a long ethernet cord to the wire or 2. try to find a way to get a wireless connection to work on the phones. I chose the latter.Cost/BenefitI could have connected an ethernet cables but I didn't want wires running around the office (looks messy). I also did not want to try to hide the wires by buying wire covers or spend time drilling and running the wires through my roof. Furthermore, the cost of buying long ethernet wires, wire covers and additional ethernet ports would have cost me a lot more than buying two of these wireless bridges.SoftwareThe CD that comes with the device is a mini cd. There are no paperback instructions but you can find the instructions in pdf format online (vonet website) or find it on the cd. Once the cd was in and loaded up everything was self explanatory. It took less than 5 minutes to install everything. After starting the software, it took a couple of refreshes for my computer to find the vonet device, but once it was found, everything else was self-explanatory. Just find your wireless network and type in your security code. That was it, the device was given it's own IP address.HardwareThe device comes with everything you need and does not consume a lot of power. If you are using a cisco device like I am, all you have to do is plug in the ac adapter from your cisco device into the power port of the Vonet bridge and remove the usb port of the bridge to plug that into the power port of your cisco device. This is awesome because using one ac adapter, you have power to both your cisco device and the vonet bridge. If the bridge lights up, you're good to go. The only complaint I have with the device is that it feels cheap and not solid. However, I'm not moving it around and for 25 bucks, what do you expect?ComparisonsI was going to buy a cisco wbpn the wireless bridge but they were not shipping yet and that would have cost me $60 for one. I decided to buy the Vonet just to test it out to see if it works. Well it works and it costs less to buy two than WBPN. I have a cisco print server at home that took me an hour to figure out to hook up to my belkin router. While I love it because it works great, that hour was a pain in the butt and I would much rather have bought this device. I'm sure the WBPN works well and is probably put together better, but I needed a wireless bridge ASAP and for the price this cannot be beaten.ConclusionWhile I can't speak on it's reliability, the vonet was easy to set up and I have plugged and unplugged the device numerous times and it still works. If you have an IP phone and don't want to run an ethernet cord from your phone to your router I highly recommend this product.

Once you get past the somewhat clunky set up, the dongle works well.. however, what troubled me enough to return it and give it 1 star is that the device has fake CE and FCC marks.On the box there is a label that has been stuck on that has the correct markings but on the device itself they are incorrect/fake.The Spacing on the CE mark is incorrect and after a quick search on the internet I found it simply means “Chinese export” which is what Chinese manufacturers are putting on their non certified electrical devices to purposefully fool consumers into thinking their devices have been certified to be safe when actually they haven’t. I’m guessing the FCC logo is the same story as when you look carefully the logo on the dongle is not the same as the official logo.I don’t know if the dongles are legitimately certified to be safe or not all I know is that the markings on the box label are correct but on the device they are fake and for that reason I chose to return it and buy a trusted brand instead. If you plan on leaving this device on all the time and unattended then I suggest you do the same.

Needed to provide internet access to a CCTV recorder so I could watch the cameras from my mobile phone or Ipad.The CCTV recorder had no WIFI capability only ethernet and I did not want to trail leads around the house.I had good WiFi where the CCTV unit was , so I needed a dongle to convert wireless to an Ethernet connection.This unit worked straight out of the box, its very small and is powered by USB or it has an external socket within its power lead as well (there is no 5v power plug provided) this was not a problem as there was a spare USB socket on the CCTV unit.Connected the unit via its ethernet lead to my laptop powered it by USB and then connected to via its own WiFi, set it up to connect to my house WiFi and that was it, plugged it into my CCTV Ethernet port and it connected straight through as if it were a wired Ethernet connection.Job Done!....spot on! can now see my cameras over the internet. excellent

I was a little skeptical about this. It's cheap, it's made of coloured plastic, and the instructions look like they were written by Google Translate during some kind of server meltdown.Having said that, it works brilliantly. I bought this when the wifi module on my Samsung telly decided to die. As my TV is wall mounted, without an Ethernet cable chased into the wall, I wanted to use the smart features, but didn't want an ugly Ethenet cable dangling from the set.This unit plugs into the Ethernet socket of the TV and uses the USB output for power. My Samsung doesn't pump out huge amperage over USB, but it's enough to power this (for reference, I get the lower power warning from a Fire TV stick from the same USB socket).Set up is a bit of a faff. You need to plug the unit into a PC before you connect it to your TV to put in the wifi password. Look at some of the other reviews here for the best info on doing that (thanks fellow reviewers). But once done, it was plug and play in the TV. The connection was rock solid, and way better than when the TV's own wifi module worked.

Used this to replace a long length of ethernet cable stretching from router to B T TV box.I set it up from smart phone.The instructions are reasonably clear but the screen captures supposed to help you are ridiculously small.I found that in a couple of cases, I had to resort to Google for jargon busting but the installation went reasonably well.Not first time, but after a couple of attempts it fired up and I was able to connect to the BT box and get all usual channels.In short,if you're a tekkie,it's 5 mins work if you're not it's going to take a bit longer, but it's doable.There are several videos on YouTube which will help.Wi Fi strength appears good and so far no problems.

I bought this so I could use a newly-acquired vintage Apple PowerBook 3400 without adding new and messy ethernet cabling to my house. After the initial setup with Windows 10 (very simple to do if you follow the printed instructions), it worked perfectly. I have it connected to the PowerBook with download speeds maxing out at around 275kb/s (clearly speed-limited by the age of the Mac OS software / hardware, as I get identical speeds when connecting the PowerBook by ethernet to my router; with a newer laptop or computer I imagine the connection would be faster).One minor annoyance is that it's 2.4GHz only - personally, it would be nice to have a 5GHz band version as I have to go into my router settings to enable 2.4GHz every time I want to use the PowerBook l (if I leave 2.4GHz permenantly 'on' it slows my internet speeds from 70 to 20Mbps).Still, this is an excellent product that just works, and works very well and you can't ask for more than that!