Wnhdb3004 Wireless Home Theater Adapter Kit - Is It Ideal Solution - Computers - Networks

Home theater today is different than many years ago. Mostly new home theater devices including Blu-Ray player, Xbox console, internet HDTV etc are designed to be able to connect to your home computer network and the internet. They are designed with built-in Ethernet port for wired connection to the network. But most of us do mind with the clutter of the wires within the house. Therefore, the wireless home theater is the solution for eliminating the clutter of the wires within the house. With multiple home entertainment devices you have including the Blu-Ray DVD players, XBOX gaming console, Apple-TV or Roku, etc which are equipped with Ethernet-port ready, you can connect them to your existing network and the internet. Connections can be done using wired connection or wireless connection. You can use the network cable for wired connection to the network. But if you do mind with the hassle of running the network cable, consider of using the WNHDB3004 wireless home theater b y NETGEAR. What this Product Does

As the wireless device, the WNHD3004 wireless home theater adapter is powered by the latest industrial wireless 802.11A/N technology. The wireless is designed to work with 5GHz frequency band a clean frequency band with less interference than the 2.4GHz band delivering the high speeds of up to 300Mbps. This is an ideal solution for streaming High Definition (HD) media within the house smoothly.

You can install one WNHD3004 adapter as the wireless access point and connected to your exiting router, and the other WNHD3004 adapter is configured as the Bridge and connected to your Ethernet-based devices (up to four devices).

Configuration is easy; you can change the operation mode by changing the position of Switch mode. There are three available modes of operation: Auto, AP, and Bridge. The factory default setting is the Auto mode in which the adapter senses and sets the mode automatically. In Auto mode, the adapter works in AP mode when connects to the router /gateway device. When the adapter is connected to any Ethernet-based devices, the adapter operates in Bridge mode.

To change the mode manually, you can change the mode switch depends on what mode you require the adapter to work in. If you connect the adapter to the router or gateway, change the mode by sliding the switch to the AP mode position. If you connect the adapter to the Ethernet- based devices, change the switch to the Bridge mode.

In bridge mode, you can connect up to four Ethernet-ready devices (including Blu-Ray player, Game console, HDTV etc) to the 4-port Ethernet of your WNHD3004 wireless home theater. Unlike other wireless bridge devices with only one Ethernet port, this adapter is embedded with four Ethernet ports.

With your existing wired computer network with the router or gateway for internet connection either DSL or Cable, connect the WNHD3004 adapter to the router and configure as the Access Point mode. At the other end where your home theater devices located install the other adapter and configure it as the Bridge mode. Your home theater is ready for internet connection wirelessly eliminating the clutter of the wires.

One thing that you need to know is that the adapter that operates in Bridge mode can only connect to the WNHD3004 in Access Point mode. It means you cannot buy a single WNHD3004 device and configure it as the Bridge mode to connect the Ethernet-ready devices to the wireless network unless you have another WNHD3004 device which is configured in AP mode. It must be in a pair to work in Bridge mode. Basically the adapter is sold in a pair. What if one of the adapters fails? Can you buy a single device for replacement? Its a different story if the devices are still in the warranty period. In your existing WLAN, do you need WNHDB3004?

If you have already had a high performance wireless network around powered by the wireless N dual-band based router such as E-3000 Linksys or WNDR37AV, deploying the WNHD3004 is costly. With multiple home theater devices (with Ethernet-port ready), wireless media bridge device such as WLI-TX4-AG300N by Buffalo is appropriate solution. The Buffalo WLI-TX4-AG300N is embedded with four Ethernet ports with dual-band technology delivering the speed up to 300Mbps ideal solution for your wireless home theater. But for superior Wi-Fi range and reliability, WNHD3004 with its Sheet3dhd Wireless is ideal solution for streaming HD and 3DHD 1080p Videos. By Ki Grinsing

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