Netgear Wireless Digital Music Player £49.99! [CLOSED]

redfox

it's definately 802.11b. Check out the pdf of the spec sheet and it quotes the speed as 11Mbps, also uses WEP encryption which 11g doesn't.

honestDave_2

yeah it's definitely 802.11b.

I think some 11g routers will make all connected IPs fall back to 11b if there is any 11b on the network.

best check the specs of your particular router.

bigbadgoggs

For what it is, this is a fantastic wee bit of kit. It looks great and once it is connected to your wireless network, it plays your music beautifully - sound quality is very good. BUT and it is an important but, it can sometimes be difficult to get it to connect to your wireless network!

On occasions I have spent 5 or 10 mins trying to get it to connect. To be fair I always got there in the end but it was extremely frustrating!

If you can get it for £50 it's probably not a bad deal but anymore than that and I would leave it.

pin

WEP encryption? Isn't WPA supposed to be the stronger form of encryption or have I got it round the wrong way?

redfox

pin wrote:

WEP encryption? Isn't WPA supposed to be the stronger form of encryption or have I got it round the wrong way?

Yes, WPA is better than WEP. But I was illustrating that this item must be 11b as it only has WEP. 11g has the better WPA encryption.

Another good reason to buy one with 11g and not 11b

aScottishBloke

This product is now discontinued by netgear. The message is on one of their support forums on the netgear site. I don't have the link handy at the mo but will post later.

I hooked mine up 2 the free speaker set provided by nicknows.com (promotion lasr year) and has worked great ever since, so for distributing your mp3's around the house for 50 quid then its a good buy in my opinion.

cigar_2

I saw them in Staples, and also in in PC World today - same price £49.99

RACHIE77

I think I'm being a bit thick - what is this??

We have a PC with fab speakers on it and thousands of MP3's large hard drives etc etc...

We don't have a wireless network though so i'm hoping someone could explain to me if this would be a good thing to buy as a xmas present to a computer mad, music loving boyf!??

Niggy_2

RACHIE77 wrote:

I think I'm being a bit thick - what is this??

We have a PC with fab speakers on it and thousands of MP3's large hard drives etc etc...

We don't have a wireless network though so i'm hoping someone could explain to me if this would be a good thing to buy as a xmas present to a computer mad, music loving boyf!??

Definately a good present for a music mad techie but you need some kind of sound system to connect it to plus you'll need a wireless network to run it (usually a wireless router that connects to your telephone line and a wireless network card or usb adapter that fits to your PC). I imagine that there possibly is a way to connect this with wires either by ethernet or usb but that kinda defeats the object of a wireless media server.

Don't know if anyone is intersted but you can get one of these http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=52910&_LOC=UK for a couple of quid more which also handles video. This has not got wireless capability though so you would need a wireless game adapter which I think cost about £40. Makes it quite a bit more expensive but might be useful for someone.

chachi

the Netgear MP101 is indeed 11mb 802.11b only -- I suppose it is 'compatible' with 54mb 802.11g equipment, but then again a 300 baud modem is 'compatible' with a 56k modem

If you are only streaming audio / photos then 802.11b is sufficient for use

FWIW we have one of the Linksys WMA11b models in the kitchen, and even with signal strength below 30% it plays cleanly with no glitches, pauses, etc