| Linksys WSB24 Wireless-B Signal Booster |
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Model: WSB24
Brand: Linksys
Manufacturer: Linksys
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 70
Form factor: External
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: IEEE 802.11b
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| Features: |
Increase the effective range of your Linksys 802.11b Access Point or Wireless Access Point Router
Stronger signal improves throughput by reducing retransmissions
Save on wiring costs--increase your Access Point's coverage into hard-to-reach areas
Simple installation--stack, connect, and go
Comes with everything you need to install booster |
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| Description: |
| Turn up the volume on your Wireless LAN! The Linksys Wireless Signal Booster piggybacks onto your Linksys Wireless Access Point (or Wireless Access Point Router) to increase the effective range and coverage area of the 802.11b network. The added signal strength also helps speed up your close-range communications, because every packet comes through "loud and clear", reducing retransmissions due to reception errors. To install, just stack the Wireless Signal Booster on your Access Point, move the antennas to the Booster, and attach the Booster's twin cables to the Access Point - no drivers or modifications to your setup are necessary. The Linksys Wireless Signal Booster saves wiring costs and helps to build corporate wireless infrastructure by driving signals even into those distant, reflective corners and hard-to-reach areas. And it is perfect for covering large areas in warehouse environments, public spaces, wireless hotspots, and outdoor venues - anywhere you need extra coverage for your wireless LAN. |
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| User Reviews (70 total): |
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Useless...., July 14, 2003
By Kitty (Redwood City, CA United States)
Parts of my house only receive a 20% signal strength. I was so excited to see a product that might actually make surfing throughout the house more enjoyable.The product was incredibly easy to insall, however it made mininal difference on my signal strength. It was still in the 20% range. I use both a Linksys router and a Linksys 802.11 card for my laptop. Also, the tollfree # for technical support had been disconnected. Very frustrating.
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Linksys Wireless Signal Booster Doesn't Work, June 29, 2003
By Bob Sarrio (Cocoa Beach, FL United States)
My linksys wireless signal booster simply does not work. When I tested it (repeatedly) I observed 18 - 20% signal strength without the unit and a range of 17-24% at the same test point using the same test instrument with the unit installed and powered-up. These results cannot be said to be any change at all from a scientifically sound standpoint. I will be returning my unit ASAP. I am a proponent of linksys products despite their "pricyness" but this unit simply does not work. The only pro I can relay is that it is very simple to uninstall for return to the place of purchase.
I did see where someone said the unit was pulled from the market on June 18. The product is not listed on linksys.com.
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Covers all house now!, June 19, 2003
By bholzman (Irvine, CA USA)
I added this to my Linksys Wireless DSL Router. I was a little concerned based on some of the reviews I saw - installation was a snap and now have no dead spots on my property, inside or outside. While the increase in signal strength/range was not a quantum leap, it was sufficient for my needs. Note: This item has been recalled due to regulatory issues, but it can still be found at some websites.
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Useful product, June 11, 2003
By GKO (CA USA)
I'm using this signal booster with my BEFW11S4 and noticed a significant increase in the distance that I can be away from the wireless router. Before I attached the booster, I would be able to get no further than about 35 feet before I lost my signal. Now I can be almost anywhere in my house (2 stories and 3000+ sqaure feet) and still be able to connect. I'd recommend one to all Linksys wireless router owners.
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Just buy another router...., June 4, 2003
By bcgaden (Chicago, IL)
I'm also not sure what people were thinking when they reported improved reception, where they just copying the text from the Linksys marketing department? I see absolutely NO improvement in reception. In fact, I see WORSE reception! I used to get a full 100%/100% signal sitting right next to the router, now I don't even get that! There was no better range either... it stayed the same.My advice is to STAY AWAY! Save your money on this. In fact, the best bet is to take this money and just buy another wireless router and place it near where you want a better signal. This is what I did. I now have two seperate networks that I switch between manually. It's not a hassle to change SSID's, just keep your other settings the same, and it sure works better than this "booster"
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Excellent! Worth the Investment!, June 4, 2003
By unknown
I added 2 of these units to my wireless network. One for my Access point and one for my neighbor behind me. He is acting as a repeater off of my network and he's approx 400 feet away! We are getting pings back and forth anywhere between 2ms to 5ms and the connection has been solid for a few weeks! I don't even have either of these in a window. Mine is behind my TV on the outside wall facing him, and his is at the opposite side of the house from me! So it's traveling through his entire structure. We were able to get connections without the WSB24 but both units were in the window and his unit was in the window on the wall closet to my house. Any movement from this and it lost signal. If you are doing anything like this buy it!!
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Great product, June 2, 2003
By Brian Smith (Norcross, GA)
I bought this product to try and compensate for the loss of one access point in my home (needed two before to get decent coverage around a heating duct, but had to convert one to replace faulty powerline ethernet bridges). After a dirt-simple install and a moving the access point a bit, I once again had the same coverage that I had before with two access points.
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Was everyone lying before about how great this is?, May 23, 2003
By N. MacDonald (Chicago, IL United States)
I bought this because all the reviews said it was great, now after I've received it and installed, I go back and find that recently, a slew of people have had problems. We have a loft, open space, and the booster is at one end. To the other end of the loft, there's only fair reception. My vpn connection is constantly getting dropped. I don't have any problems with my desktop, so this is strictly a wireless thing. Don't waste you money on this. It seems like the signal is degrading since I bought the thing too.
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It doesn't work, May 20, 2003
By just_plain_jack (Los Angeles, CA USA)
I bought this signal booster so that the signal would reach 200 feet away from the transmitter. It doesn't work. In fact I replaced an SMC access router with the Linksys model so I could add the Linksys signal booster. The SMC router had greater range even with no booster than does the Linksys router with the booster and network management is much more difficult with the Linksys unit. I can't understand how Linksys got to be so prevalent.
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Dont waste your money, May 11, 2003
By michael e carboy (san francisco)
Purchased the booster to supplement an unsatisfactory BEFWS1145 wireless router and access point.. not only did the product not work well, it resulted in markedly worse performance.. I obtained a second booster and had the same problem.. my suggestion?? pull cable and save your money as in my opinion, the products are unsatisfactory.
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Increased Range, May 3, 2003
By Nicholas J. Steblay (Ramsey, MN United States)
Functioned as advertised, though I wasn't sure what to expect as the documentation was vague about the benefits. It definately improves the range at which I can receive the signal. There are no longer any weak signals inside the house. I have a half-acre lot and can receive a signal about anywhere in the yard. I should probably turn on encryption now! I wish they would include this range in the router and improve the antenna on the cards. Is it worth it? I am keeping it.
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disappointing, May 1, 2003
By Rich (Lexington, MA USA)
I was getting little or no signal out on my porch, where with the nice weather I wanted to try working on my Dell laptop. I could not get email most of the time, and terminal sessions or web site loads would often time out. (10 feet away, inside the house, the signal is fine.) All of this is on the same (ground) floor as my BEFW11S4 wireless router. A friend bought this booster to get the signal to his daughter's 2nd floor bedroom, but it did not help. It may have also toasted the router. He was unable to return it, so he gave it to me to try.
I only got a marginal improvement - connections now just barely hang on, but are so slow as to be useless on the porch. Hope it does not toast my unit (my friend's hired expert said there were reliability problems with the Linksys equipment - high failure rate).
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Excellent product!!, April 30, 2003
By unknown
I used to get plenty of "black spots" or dropping connections around the house... with this booster all of those problems have vanished.... can even surf at the outside deck, even if the signal goes through 5 brick and concrete walls.... This was an excellent choice!
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Nice Addition, April 14, 2003
By rfk (Long Island, NY)
I admit when I first installed my WAP11 and Wireless card in my laptop I was thrilled. But soon I realized that the further I moved avay from my WAP the crappier my 'Link Quality' got. Even when I was in the same room it was never '100%'. Now I probably do not have the WAP in the best part of the room. Right now it resides on my enterainment unit right about my TV, TiVo and VCR. But I didn't really have any other place to put it. Any more work to hide the WAP I could have just run CAT5e throughout my house. Enough background. This took me all of three minutes to add this to my WAP. I won't go into detail on what I did, it's a breeze - a novice could hood it up in 10 miuntes. I turned on my laptop and had it set on a table 6 feet from the WAP. 'Link Qulaity' was '80%'. I unplugged the WAP installed the Signal Booster and plugged it back in. Immediately I noticed that my 'Link Quality' was '100%' and hasn't gone below 80% anywhere is the house. I use it in the basement and upstairs with no problems. In fact the laptop connectivity is a awesome now. Now that I have this great connectivity I don't have my shorts in a bind an have held off looking at 802.11g for the time being.
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Not Worth It, April 10, 2003
By Ari (Seattle, WA)
I hooked up the Linksys Wireless Signal Booster as described. It definately was very easy to set up. However, once everything was connected, my signal decreased. I used to be able to use my laptop downstairs in my house (my wireless router is upstairs) with a marginal signal. With the booster attached, I was unable to connect to the network. The booster accomplished the exact opposite of what I was trying to accomplish. Maybe I had a defective product. I ended up returing the WSB24 to get my money back.
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Only got another 10 feet, April 7, 2003
By shadow_ace_750 (San Antonio TX)
I only got another 10 feet of range from this booster. I bought this product with an expectation it would give me the last 25 feet to have the signal go through my house and onto the patio. Honestly, another 10 feet isn't worth the price.
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This booster really works!, March 19, 2003
By guru daddy (Emeryville, CA United States)
Well, I'm quite impressed with the Linksys WSB24. I thought that the claims of up to 14 dBm signal boost by Linksys were probably for ideal conditions, but I'm seeing close to that in my home (about 12dBm). Be aware that I'm using this booster in conjunction with an early model WAP11 (version 1.1) which is known to be a little weak compared with later versions. My reason in purchasing this booster was to increase my wireless coverage to a deck in my back yard. Without the booster, I would get a weak signal about 60 feet from where I needed to be. After installing the booster, I get a fairly strong signal on the deck and probably could go out further if I needed. Some may say that the Linksys accesss point or router should by default have good range making the booster redundant, however, if you look at similar solutions by companies such as Cisco that have excellent range out of the box, the cost of these solutions is more than twice the cost of the Linksys AP/Router combined with the booster. I highly recommend this device, especially if you have an earlier model Linksys WAP11 or BEFW11S4.
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Works with 5.4 G !!!, March 16, 2003
By rhammer (FL, United States)
After having installed out first wireless network, we were really disappointed with the performance of the new 802.11g products. The range just wasn't the same as Linksys claimed (big surprise eh). I saw this Signal Booster in the store and decided to try it out on the 54g network, even though Linksys didn't say that it would be compliant. After a 30 second setup the entire home is being radiated by the 2.4ghz signal. I would say that this booster provided a 50%-100% range improvement over the standard Linksys wireless router. A definite no brainer!
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Booster? Get serious., March 15, 2003
By orageduval (Orinda, California USA)
Easy installation but wildly overstated in the "boost" dimension. A/B (with, without) the "boost" in my environment shows at most 10-15% extension of the diameter of a useable signal. A near neighbor has found precisely the same "boost" in his environment. Both environments are typical, multi-room, multi-level suburban homes. Buyer beware.
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Wow. It really works!, March 10, 2003
By unknown
I attached this to my BEFW11S4, and it made my signal strength go from 60 to 98; this is 2 floors down (through a wooden structure). The attachment couldn't have been easier, and it worked immediately. Amazing.
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