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Hawking Technology HWREG1
5.4 out of 10

Hawking Technology HWREG1

Wireless-G Range Extender Extend the Range of your Wireless Netw Read more

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Overall 2
2.0

JUNK

Newegg
5 February 2011
  • Pros: Haven't found any.
  • Cons: worked for about 3 days . Tech is a joke. Waste of money.
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Overall 6
6.0

If you get past the #(^%$@ Setup

Snafuud, Newegg
4 February 2011
  • Pros: Good Range Extension (When Working), but an absolute nightmare to setup with any type of security in place. Three days of resets, reboots, and a host of new settings t...
  • Cons: Setup disk is useless. Software instructions are vague at best and require extensive network management expertise to properly configure. Support runs through the same ...
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Overall 2
2.0

Made everything worse

dobiejoe@tampabay.rr, Newegg
21 July 2010
  • Pros: I did boost the signal
  • Cons: But it cut the bandwith into about 25% and made everything run alot slower. I had to disconnect it just to get things working and loading again.
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Overall 10
10

Works Better Than Lynksys

Legalloud, Newegg
11 May 2010
  • Pros: Good speed over distance and through walls
  • Cons: A little hard to get set up, but very patient tech support.
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Overall 2
2.0

Consider Usage Before Buying

Big Jim, Newegg
19 January 2010
  • Pros: Was easy to configure and get operating.
  • Cons: I was very disapointed with the overall prefornance. This extender is only about 8 ft away in a straight line of sight from my gateway and has trouble maintaining a go...
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Overall 6
6.0

Works with help

Newegg
17 January 2010
  • Pros: After getting it set up, always works well. I have not had trouble with power outages as noted in a prior review, and I live in KY and seems like the power goes out ev...
  • Cons: Every time I update my computer or change my router, you have to reset to the current network, which is understandable. However, I have done this several times and eac...
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Overall 2
2.0

Did not work

Newegg
12 July 2009
  • Pros: Good design, good interface. I like the way the software works, or is supposed to. It was easy to follow.
  • Cons: We tried it on every possible setting and it didn't work.
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Overall 6
6.0

Challenging Setup but works

Painfully Gratified, Newegg
11 July 2009
  • Pros: Provides 5 bars of wireless internet in a part of my house that had none before installation.
  • Cons: Terrible setup when security is enabled.
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Overall 10
10

Great product

Newegg
9 July 2009
  • Pros: Easy to set up, Easy to connect to and works great.
  • Cons: none
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Overall 10
10

Worked Great!

Newegg
25 June 2009
  • Pros: Ran setup as per instructions. Plugged it in where I wanted it. It works flawlessly with plenty of range to meet my needs.
  • Cons: People gave it all sorts of bad reviews so I tried finding the firmware before installing it and the website isn't very useful for finding firmware. Did the install wi...
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