Netgear WGE111 54 Mbps Wireless Game Adapter

From the Manufacturer
The Netgear WGE111 lets you link your game console to a wireless network, eliminating a tangle of wires. The Netgear WGE111 54 Mbps Wireless Game Adapter offers the perfect solution. It can be attached to a game console's Ethernet port to link to console to a wireless network for Internet gaming. For LAN (AdHoc) gaming, two WGE111 or more units can be used to link two game consoles to each other, without a wireless router even being needed Ð ideal for LAN parties. An external switch allows users to easily select between Internet and AdHoc modes, and the WGE111 is interoperable with 802.11b and 802.11g devices.

Link your game console to a wireless network, avoiding a tangle of unsightly cables in your home. An external switch allows users to easily select between Internet and LAN gaming options. In the LAN (AdHoc) environment, a WGE111 can connect a game console to other WGE111 units without the presence of a wireless network

Product Description:
The WGE111 54 Mbps Wireless Game Adapter is the perfect solution for gamers who love online and LAN play but don't love having a tangle of wires all over the place. The WGE111 can be attached to a game console's Ethernet port to link to console to a wireless network for Internet gaming. For LAN (AdHoc) gaming, two WGE111 or more units can be used to link two game consoles to each other, without a wireless router even being needed - ideal for LAN parties.

Netgear WGE111 54 Mbps Wireless Game Adapter

Average customer rating:

Upgrade the firmware with a Mac

Good, cheap and working most of the time

brand new item like described netgear WGE111

Working OK

Works Perfectly - Great for SlingBox Wireless Networking

Netgear WGE111 54 Mbps Wireless Game Adapter

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ProductGroup: CE
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Product Features:

Link any game console with an Ethernet port to a wireless network

Can be attached to a game console's Ethernet port

Small, sleek casing comes equipped with a stand to allow for vertical placement

External switch allows easy selection between Internet and AdHoc (LAN) modes, for either on-line or LAN gaming

Compatible with standard 802.11g and 802.1b wireless routers and access points

ASIN: B000637RGQ

Product Description

The WGE111 54 Mbps Wireless Game Adapter is the perfect solution for gamers who love online and LAN play but don't love having a tangle of wires all over the place. The WGE111 can be attached to a game console's Ethernet port to link to console to a wireless network for Internet gaming. For LAN (AdHoc) gaming, two WGE111 or more units can be used to link two game consoles to each other, without a wireless router even being needed - ideal for LAN parties.

Customer Reviews:

Upgrade the firmware with a Mac.......2007-03-03

I have two of these devices. One arrived with firmware 1.0.12; the other uses 1.0.14.

The first of them dropped connections after a day of idling. This is listed on the Netgear website as a fault corrected in the later firmware. I am using the wireless adapter with a Tivo. It calls home to retrieve TV listings just once a day, which would tend to provoke such a defect. Swap in the second device and it works continuously without problem

So I set about upgrading the firmware of the 1.0.12 device, trying repeatedly using a PC, but it hung each time without completing the upgrade.

I'd like to express gratitude for Adrian Russell-Falla's review here on Amazon; he reports a similar problem, but suggests that he managed to complete the upgrade with a Mac. I tried that and the firmware upgrade took first time.

Good, cheap and working most of the time.......2007-01-21

I it about 6 months ago (may be a bit more). All in all it worked out of the box. The only problems I've experienced with it were:

1) No WPA-PSK2 support (and no firmware upgrade up until now). I had to go back to WPA-PSK (not 2).

2) My usage with it is to connect my xbox wirelessly and sometimes, after the XBox was shutdown for a while and the adapter was on, it freaks out and doesn't really connect to the network, so I need to recycle its power.

All in all, when it works, it works well without major problems and my XBox is quite fine with it.

brand new item like described netgear WGE111 .......2006-11-04

EXCELLENT ITEM BUT I DIDN'T NEED IT. SO I RETURNED IT AND THIS COMPANY WAS GREAT DID THE RETURN NO PROBLEMS

Working OK.......2006-08-27

It works OK, except I couldn't make it work with automatic IP (DHCP), I had to configure the netgear Bridge and the game console's IP both manually.
After a month using it, it has only "freezed" one time.

Update (Jan-2007): Using another console (XBOX360) the console gets the IP automatically. (The bridge's IP is still manual)

Works Perfectly - Great for SlingBox Wireless Networking.......2006-08-12

I purchased this NetGear adapter in order to connect my SlingBox to my wireless network. Worked perfectly right out of the box! First I plugged the adapter into my laptop computer in order to configure it to my network settings (took less than 5 min). Then plugged it into the Slingbox and I was up and running. It's small, it works, and the speed is very acceptable (54 mbps). Win/Win!

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