Specification
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #120646 in Consumer Electronics
- Brand: D-Link
- Model: DWL-G710
- Original language:
English - Dimensions: 2.50" h x
8.00" w x
11.00" l,
1.54 pounds
Features
- Takes an existing 802.11g wireless signal and repeats it
- Enables wireless connectivity in the basement, patio, garage or any dead spot areas
- Works with virtually any 802.11g wireless router or access point on the market
- 128-bit WEP encryption for secure wireless communication
- Setup takes only a couple of minutes
Product Description
For users seeking a simple solution to improve the reach of their wireless signal within their home or office, the DWL-G710 is the answer. This Wireless Range Extender takes an existing 802.11g wireless signal and repeats it to enable wireless connectivity in the basement, patio, garage or any dead spot areas where your original wireless signal could not reach. It's capable of repeating the signal of virtually any 802.11g wireless router or access point out on the market today. At the same time, the DWL-G710 can still communicate with other 802.11b/g wireless client devices.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
36 of 37 people found the following review helpful.
By Emil
It took me about 5 minutes to set this one up. Read below and you should be able to do it too. Don't install anything from the CD onto your computer, all you need is a web browser to log into this device and do everything.Installation (5/5 stars):First, connect the D-Link directly to any computer via the cable provided. (This cable might look and plug the same, but it's different from the others you most likely use for networking)Step 1) Set your IP address to 192.168.0.### (where ### is any number from 10 to 240 EXCEPT 30, 30 is used by this D-Link). Then set the "Subnet mask" to exactly: 255.255.255.0 Leave "Default gateway" and "preferred DNS server" fields blank.If you know how to do step '1' above then the rest is pretty easy. Follow the instructions in the quick guide (DWL-G710_QIG_100.pdf file located in the "docs" folder on the CD provided)If you don't know how to do the setup '1' above, then do the following. Open the manual file ("DWL-G710_manual_100.pdf" located in the "docs" folder) it actually provides easy instructions BUT don't read it all or you'll get confused. You just need 3 pages from that manual. Go directly to page 28 to the section called: "Assigning a Static IP Address in Windows XP/2000" and read from the part where it says "Double click on control Panel" and do everything until page 30 where you see IP address fields, then just read my step '1' above to fill these fields.Step 2) Close that manual file, and open the Quick Guide file from the CD and follow the easy diagrams/instructions. I think manual and quick guide were written by different people because quick guide is very straightforward and easy to follow where as manual is badly structured and confusing. Follow my two steps and you'll be alright though :)Signal Strength (3/5):While it was easy to set this thing up I'd like to confirm what another reviewer mentioned namely that the range of this Extender isn't much different from a standard wireless router (I have Westell 327W). So it's a bad idea to put this Extender very close to your wireless router as it will not extend the range farther. So don't be confused, this is not some sort of signal "booster". What I do is, I put this Extender somewhere where the signal strength from my wireless router is about 40% or so. D-Link Extender picks up that weaker signal and transmits it farther full strength (as though you had your wireless router sitting in place of the Extender). In other words, if you have a standard wireless router, expect about 50%-70% increase in range (depending on walls and other sources of interference).Other:Supports 64Bit and 128Bit WEP encryption (firmware update adds WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK)Can't hide SSID on this Extender - I didn't know about this when I bought it, I thought this is a standard feature on all devices of this type. But it's probably not that important with 128bit encryption.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
By Uri Teitler
I bought the Extender for exactly it's purpose and it works brilliantly.I have a full brick house and my Netgear WRG614 Wireless Router got me as far a one foot inside the kitchen and then dropped to a signal of about 14%. We wanted to work at the kitchen table and alass my internet connection kepted dropping out. Unfortunately the WRG614 has a fixed anneta which meant that I could add a bigger one and Netgear couldn't provide another solution other than an Access Point which needed a cable connected from the Router to the Access Point. Not much of a 'wireless' solution.My only advice is that if you are not connecting to a D-link router make sure that you configure the Extender appropriately to your existing network.For example the Extender comes with an IP Address of 192.168.0.30, which means that to talk to it (or at least to initially configure it) you need to configure your computer to something in the same range (as mentioned by other reviewers) eg 192.168.0.10. Plug in the ethernet cable supplied to the Extender and then follow the basic instructions (including doing a 'site survey' that will pick up your existing wireless networks).The trick I found here was this. My Netgear Router was running with an IP Address of 192.168.1.1 this meant that I had to change the Extender IP address to be something like 192.168.1.30 so that I could talk to the extender via the router.I unplugged the ethernet cable and wandered down in to the kitchen and the signal boost was brilliant. The laptop now had a signal of 94% up from 14%. The only problem was that I couldn't connect to the Internet. It wasn't allocating an IP address.After much searching, I read somewhere about allocating the Gateway IP address (unlike another review mentioned here). Anyway I gave the router ip address as the gateway and 'bing' fixed !Just for clarification the configuration I now have on the Extender is something like this:IP 192.168.1.30SubNet 255.255.255.0Gateway 192.168.1.14/5 only because the instructions could have been better !
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
By Derek Wong
I successfully configured this product with my Netgear WGR-614v5 router and the help of Uri Teitler and E. Isaackov's reviews. I agree that the documentation is lacking. I believe that D-link made things more difficult on purpose so that people would buy their routers. I will give a bit more details on my installation with the hope that this may help some first timers. I have one desktop and one laptop with Windows XP and used the same IP addresses Uri did (I initially turned off wireless security):Initial G710 IP address 192.168.0.30Router IP address 192.168.1.11. Download the latest firmware from [...] and load it onto the laptop.2. Connect the laptop to the G710 with the ethernet cable. Assign an IP address of 192.168.0.29 (subnet 255.255.255.0) to the laptop using instructions on p. 28-30 of the manual. Since the first three numbers of this IP address are the same as the first three numbers of the G710 IP address, the laptop and G710 can now talk to each other.3. In Internet Explorer, go to [...]Type admin for the name and leave password blank to log into the G710. Go to the admin tab and update the firmware (p. 17 of the manual, this is optional but IMHO a good idea)4. You need to change the G710 IP address so that it can talk to the router. Enter a static IP in the Network tab as described on p. 14 of the manual. This static IP should share the first three numbers with the router and the fourth must be different from the other items in your network. In my case, I changed the G710 to 192.168.1.30 The subnet mask was 255.255.255.0, and the gateway should be the same as the router IP address (192.168.1.1 in my case)5. After you make these changes, the G710 may be restarted. Unfortunately, since you have changed the G710 IP address, the laptop can't talk to the G710! Assign an IP address to the laptop as in step 2, this time with the first three numbers of the router IP (in my case, I used 192.168.1.29).6. Log into the G710 using the new IP address ([...] Go to the wireless tab, do a site survey (p. 16), and hopefully connect to the existing wireless network.7. Unplug the Ethernet cord from the G710, and try performing a wireless connection to the enhanced signal. If this works, then you can go back and implement wireless security. My G710 did fine with WPA.
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