Recently picked up the WNHDE111 kit and am having a few issues.It hooked up fine, and found each other not problem. I have been able to access the internet with nice speeds from the far bridged end by being able to fully patch a new HTPC OS build through it. Did some testing of streaming some video and that worked fine too. I get an average rate of about 80%.Now, the problem. I was trying to COPY some large files (multi-GB) from a wireless workstation on myh 11g network through the WNHDE111 kit to the far end workstation. It seems this higher than DSL speed activity causes the bridge WNHDE111 to lose its connection within 2-3 minutes (sometimes less). The device will have no lights on what-so-ever.I have now set each device to their proper roll (i.e. AP and BRIGE hard coded instead of AUTO). I set static IP addresses for each. Something strange I am noticing is on the AP when looking at the wireless status, it shows the IP of the bridge as one from my DHCP range (not the static address that has been assigned to it, and is used for management of the device). Why? Any other suggestions for helping this device work under load? As it seems it isnt noise, but amount of traffic at LAN speed when copying files, as I have had no issues with normal internet speed activities.

can you give a diagram of your network, and how you've got it set up? Please also put what IP addresses you're getting for every device as a part of the digram. It's hard to know how you're trying to get this to work without a better description of the network itself.

Sure can.WGR614 router <-> WNHDE111 AP <- WNHDE111 Bridge192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.3WGR614 is being used to host 802.11g connections (2 laptops and 1 desktop). The AP is connected via ethernet to the router. The Bridge is hosting 1 desktop and 1 Xbox 360. All the devices receive a DHCP address from the router in the 192.168.1.10x range. The subnet mask for all is /24.Need anything else?

Something strange I am noticing is on the AP when looking at the wireless status, it shows the IP of the bridge as one from my DHCP range (not the static address that has been assigned to it, and is used for management of the device). WGR614 router <-> WNHDE111 AP <- WNHDE111 Bridge192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.3ll the devices receive a DHCP address from the router in the 192.168.1.10x range.so what is IP of this AP are getting? 192.168.1.10x I assume.transfer from G to N wireless speed will bring you bottle neck and moving higher file size may seize the transfer.here is the throughput of wireless you will expect.. good articlehttp://vpncasestudy.com/download/usefuldoc/wifi_performance.pdf

jmizoguchi wrote:so what is IP of this AP are getting? 192.168.1.10x I assume.transfer from G to N wireless speed will bring you bottle neck and moving higher file size may seize the transfer.here is the throughput of wireless you will expect.. good articlehttp://vpncasestudy.com/download/usefuldoc/wifi_performance.pdfYes, 10.168.1.103. Not sure why when the LAN IP address is set to static 10.128.1.3Perhaps the transition from G to N is causing it lock up? Hmm....still it shouldnt do that.The bridge is also requiring a reset everyday...even if nothing is passing through it. It will work (like now), but tomorrow if I come back I cannot get to the internet even though the lights on the bridge OK. Reset it, and it works again.Just being a pain.

I contacted support via e-mail on this and that didnt get too far. I will be calling in soon to troubleshoot this.The bridge is now requiring a reset daily. It will work with web speed activity for the day, but within 24 hours it will disconnect from the AP and not reconnect without a hard restart of the bridge.

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indiekiduk
Aspirant
Feb 04, 2011
Hey, refurbished versions of the WNHDE111 are flooding on ebay now, for the bargain price of £30. Unfortunately I suffered the same disconnections as mentioned a few years ago. It came with the original firmware, tried the update, then tried the beta, all suffer from a crash and reboot after transferring 500MB. I've tried every possible fix mentioned but those didn't solve it, however I think that by turning off WMM in the "Advanced Wireless" section it stops the crash, but at the expense of loss of 50% throughput. So by turning it off I go from about 8MB/s copying from a wired PC to 4MB/s. Btw I'm set to N only, channel 136, transmission auto (its connected at max because is right next to it), channel width 20/40, security none.

If anyone else still has theirs perhaps they could try with WMM off too?
indiekiduk
Aspirant
Feb 04, 2011
Also, a Fragmentation Threshold of 2345 helps.
marsda
Aspirant
Feb 10, 2011
Hi, I'm selling two WNHDE111 devices on ebay atm -

link at
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NETGEAR-WNHDEB111-HD-Gaming5-GHz-Wireless-N-2x-WNHDE111-/280627649417?pt=AU_Networking&hash=item4156b61b89

I used two Netgear WNHDE111 devices as a temporary solution in getting internet access to our granny flat since the Ph lines and network cables had been severed!!! This got us back up and running again, however since the CAT5 cables have been relaid, we no longer require this Network Wireless Bridge solution. The can also be configured as normal Access Points also.

cheers
demoncamber
Aspirant
Feb 10, 2012
I still have a pair of these units, and they are still dropping out....

LOL

Netgear, I will never buy another product from you ever.
And I tell other people the like.

I have this kit and a router from you which *also* suffers from a defect which plenty of other users have reported. (WGT624)

Definitely shame on you.
Noctaire
Aspirant
Feb 11, 2012
Yeah...I threw mine in the trash. EXTREME disappointment with Netgear over these....
demoncamber
Aspirant
Feb 11, 2012
Agreed. I actually just tried all the firmwares, all the settings you can think of, trial and error, and nothing at all was able to get these to stay connected. It's a shame.

I wouldn't be so mad, if it weren't for my other netgear router WGT624, completely from another era, that actually had a class action suite because it hangs or drops out when using the wireless! (dslreports.com/forum/remark,12918191)

I seriously will never trust in Netgear again for anything.

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