Customer Reviews
full featured product if you need to share multiple devices over existing wifi 
2008-10-05
Ive just got my wet200. If your wanting to extend your home/office network to another part of your building/s but dont have the cable inbetween then this could be a solution.
i needed to share multiple lan devices off a wifi signal from my neighbour. this box allowed that, as it can share its connected wifi link with 5 lan ports via its switch capacity.
there was a slight issue as i have to connect to a wifi network with wep, not the better newer wap security standard.
i had been given the encoded passkey value but was inserting that into the wet200's interface in the wrong box. their interface provides a space for password conversion into numeric passkeys. i had been pasting my passkey into the password conversion box, resulting in a wrong passkey being assigned. anyway, my fault really.
as soon as i realised this i got it up and running. great big antennae really help to grab the wifi signal and it seems stronger than my laptop connected directly from tests.
Requires no software on clients, fairly easy to set up 2008-09-20
I added this to my existing wireless network so I could connect a few wired devices in another room. I could not get it to connect to the wireless network no matter what I tried, so I gave in and called customer support. He wasn't able to figure it out, but he did give me an idea. I tried no security at all, and it connected. Then I tried a super simple passphrase with just letters and spaces, and it connected again. Then I tried my usual passphrase that I've been using for years, and it would not connect. There is something about it that it didn't like! Very strange. So I thought up a new one that used only letters and numbers, and it worked. Other than that speed bump, this is a great device for bridging a distant wired network to your wireless network.
Works wonderfully 
2008-08-09
After reading the other reviews of this product, I was a bit wary of spending $115 on something that may or may not work. Others were having problems with this bridge and it concerned me. I've used Linksys router for years without any problems--so I took the chance.
I purchased this bridge along with a Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G Router for the purpose of setting the two up for my daughter to use at her house. Once I configured the router (I use very few of the default values - but it still took about 20 minutes) it was a breeze to set up the bridge. I followed the Quick Installation guide. Four pages, 5 minutes and I was up and running. I was amazed at how quickly I had this thing running. She uses it for her laptop, her Tivo and her Vonage internet phone adapter.
One caveat: not because I had to, but I did check the Linksys website and saw that there was a firmware update available. So I downloaded and applied it.
If you can read, and follow, directions--you won't be disappointed with this bridge.
When we got the router and bridge to my daughter's house, we plugged everything in and she was up and running in minutes. The total amount of time invested in configuring the router and bridge was less than 25 minutes. And that includes reading the documentation!
Lastly, I was so impressed with this bridge, that I bought a second one for my son. Again, same thing. 5 minutes of setting up the bridge (already had the router set up) and he was up and running. He has two desktop PCs plugged into the bridge as well as his Tivo. He's a big "gamer" and he has been very pleased with the speed of the bridge. He's had the bridge for about 2 weeks and I haven't once heard him scream about "lagging"!
I'm thrilled with the bridges. The kids are happy with them too.
Buy one - if you get into trouble setting it up, email me.
Linksys WET200 Ethernet Bridge 
2008-06-19
Overall, once I finally understood how to get this working wirelessly it operates well, with little trickery in the settings. Operator Manual is a bit vague on how to make the WET200 communicate wirelessly with my Linksys wireless router - you have to make sure that the Default Gateway/Primay DNS/Secondary DNS of router is set up in the bridge set up.
Biggest issue was that could not seem to run MAC Address Access filter and WPA2-Personal encryption at the same time. Spent a number of hours on the help line with Linksys Technical help (who were quite helpful to get the communications going and working with me to try and get both security measures running) but could never get both security settings running at the same time. They admitted by the end that they had problems during development before it was released getting both to run simultaneously - maybe some future firm ware updates for both will fix it.
Very Easy set up 2008-06-13
After I set my Computer Ip to the correct subnet the configuration was very quick and easy. Almost to easy, I was connected to my main network with no problems in less than 10 miniuts.
Can't make it work, no support 
2008-02-17
Linksys WET200, Wireless-G Ethernet Bridge with PoE and 5-Port 10/100Mbps Switch.. Ethernet to Wireless 54Mbps 802.11g Bridge Adapter.
Good overall with some feature issues 2008-02-13
The first two reviews on this product sum up the features and setup well. Definitely noteworthy information.
Spent a ton of time on configuration and ultimately got it to work in a way that will work for me. Of course, to do so, I had to buy some additional hardware due to lack of good WEP support for wireless-B (802.11/b). I also spent a lot of time with support (in India) trying to resolve the firmware shortcomings. Support finally gave up and declared the device as defective. When I got my replacement, it worked (or didn't work) the same. I basically had to upgrade any network devices that were older since I had to change (upgrade/update) my security to WPA. It's an all-or-nothing switch for most wireless routers.
You will be most successful with this product if you're using all Linksys hardware(wireless router) with this bridge. Using WPA security will also save you a lot of time, since WEP does not work as documented. In most cases when using WEP, the bridge will not appear to save the configuration. In some cases it will actually work although it does not appear to be saved. In other cases, it does not.
It may be that using mixed manufacturers' devices was causing me the issues. Nonetheless, some pretty common, old and established standards were being used -- WEP(64/128), 802.11/b, 802.11/g. Even the WPA configuration was a little odd. For example, on my router I had to use WPA-PSK setting while on this bridge (WET200), I had to use WPA2-TKIP. Of all the combinations of security, this is the only one that would work (and I'm not so sure it should have).
Just keep in mind that if you have more than two or three devices, you're probably going to spend a weekend getting this to work right ...and that's coming from someone who does this for a living. Still, I would recommend it because it fills a space where there aren't too many other cost-effective alternatives.
One last note - I did have a small hope/expectation that the bridge would extend the wireless range of the router, but that was an error on my part. Something to note that you would need an additional range extender if that's a feature you might be expecting.
Works great, easy to set up (but read instructions carefully) 2007-12-17
I've had this for several months now. It's worked really well with WPA encryption. I use it for Moxi, Tivo and Wii systems in my entertainment center, with the router 2 rooms away.
I'm not using it with POE (ethernet through AC power lines), so I don't know how well that feature works.
An important note that could save you some headaches:
The instructions tell you to connect it to your *PC* using the included ethernet cable (not your home network). Make sure you set a static 192.168.1.x IP address on your PC, then connect the bridge directly to it (disconnecting your PC from your network temporarily). I made the dumb mistake of connecting the bridge to my home network and trying to configure it there. I was able to connect to it, but as soon as I set up the wireless, the wired connection was very erratic and it wouldn't connect wirelessly. I think the router freaked out trying to give out DHCP addresses to both connections. As soon as I realized what I'd done, I connected it directly to my PC and got it working within a few minutes.
UPDATE 8/30/08:
I've been using this bridge for about a year. 99.99% of the time it's worked great. I have noticed, however, that a few times (maybe once every 3-4 months or so) it seems to lose its connectivity (devices stop connecting and I can no longer connect to the bridge's admin page). A quick reboot by reconnecting the AC power cable always fixes it.
Works great 2007-11-12
This is an excellent wireless bridge. I have it communicating with a Linksys WAP54G running WPA2-PSK to connect an "island" of wired computers to my main network wirelessly. The WET200 includes 5 10/100 ports, so you can connect several computers, a printer, etc. to your network.
The WET200 passes NETBIOS traffic, so Windows file and print sharing work fine. The WET200 also passes DHCP traffic, so you don't have to assign static IP addresses to the devices you plug in. This is especially handy for me because I sometimes have guests who bring their laptops, but those laptops cannot get onto my wireless network (usually because they don't support WPA2). With the WET200, they can just plug in to an unused port and they are instantly on the network.
The bridge features are quite advanced -- more than I need. It is a real learning bridge, not a dumb repeater. It supports VLANs, QoS, Spanning Tree protocol, etc. The good news is you don't have to worry about any of this if you don't need the advanced features. The WET200 comes configured from the factory with sensible defaults.
Setup and installation was a breeze. I followed the quick set-up instructions and was up and running within a few minutes.
At this price point, the WET200 is a steal.
