This is a follow-up to a post about the DWL-810 I made a couple months ago. It was at buy.com for about $65 which is a great deal. Some people missed-out on it and asked if I would look for other deals on similar devices that could allow wireless syncing of their empegs.

I came across the Wavit11 by Mitsumi today. It's actually an access point that has a bridging mode in it. Unlike similar APs with a bride mode from Linksys and the like, this one is reported to work with all brands of networking gear. Best part about it is that it's only $39.99 at overstock.com.

This time, I am going to put my money where my mouth is and order one. I will report back if it works with syncing the empeg through wireless. Of course, this should be usable on any device with an ethernet port so the possible uses are endless.

Here's info on getting an additional 10% off.

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PS- A windows utility may be the only way to (initially) configure this thing.

Mmm.. that one is really tempting! Esp. for use with the $5 routers we all bought earlier this year!

There's even a $28 802.11b cardbus card on that site.

Pity I cannot shop there without running a Microsoft OS though.

Cheers

Odd. Worked fine from my PowerBook, and I wasn't running IE. I know what the Safari icon looks like

You're not in Canada..

No, but I suppose I could be in a few hours if it mattered.

Yes, it matters. Their non-USA shipping scheme requires an IE-specific plug-in.

-ml

Thanks Rob! I picked up a couple earlier today.... hopefully they'll work with the rio receivers....

Ew. So find a friendly 'merkin to get you some. I could, if you want. (Or did you resort to Windows already?)

What I really want to get with this is a tool to switch it from AP to client bridge on the fly. When my car's outside my house it should be a client bridge (for rare occasions when I have an empeg in it outside my house, maybe it's not worth it) and otherwise it should be an AP.

I just hope it actually works as advertised after a bunch of people seem to be buying it on my say so.

If not, hey, as long as I can do something with it I'll find a use.

That's true. Even if it only reliably works as an AP, $39 is still a good deal.

Rob: Just received the two wavit11's today and they are awesome! Just wish I had bought a couple more.... they work great with both the empeg and the rio receiver. Have you tried using one to bridge to an existing 802.11b access point? They work great together (one in "infrastructure mode" and the other set as the access point) but I can't get a connection from the wavit11 to my existing 802.11b accesspoint and was wondering if you or anyone else has been successful.
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I just got an email that mine shipped today so I cannot comment yet. It blows that you're having an issue connecting it to another brand AP.

Well...nevermind. It was obvious when I woke up this morning. This thing works perfect with my existing access point, empeg and rio receiver.

Thanks, again.

Why do you tell me these things, when I've just shelled out a fortune for the Linksys kit!
Guys like you could have always got me my new suit for half the price!

Sounds like a good deal but probably not worth buying it as customs and tax will add quite a lot to it.
I was looking through the Mitsumi site and found the PC Mascot...

HA! That is a bit crazy....not sure I'd want to listen to the parrot all day telling me about viagra, florida girls gone wild, bipolar disorder, mortgage loans and the other junk I get on a daily basis.

Mine came today. The box said "Road Closed". I guess they tried to deliver it yesterday while the borough was repaving the side street.

Anyhow, it seems to be the same piece of hardware also sold as the "Netstar-11". The config tool seems to be talking to the Wavit on port 15135 (udp). I don't know anything else, yet.

Thanks Rob for the link. I just placed my order for a couple.

$22 Shipping to my address near Toronto (for standard mail). I don't think we're missing much of a deal here. Should be able to buy one locally for the same or less than $40 US - just need to find them or similar product. Overstock.com won't be the only place clearing out such devices.

Bruno

I also got a couple of these and am trying to get this working with my rio reciever. I can't seem to get a connection with my existing wireless router. What did you do to get it to work?

Thanks,

Well I don't have it here at the office but going from memory (which sometimes proves to be very flawed) I connected the unit directly to my computer, cofigured to infrastructure mode, changed the SSID to the SSID of my access point, turned on encryption and entered the ecryption code. Once I got it working with the computer I simply plugged it into the receiver.

Where I went wrong was in the area of SSID. When using two of the wavit11's together they seem to use the serial number of the unit instead of the ssid so when I switched to try and use the thing with my existing access point I did not enter the SSID and only entered the wep encryption.

Let me know if this is too confusing... if it is I'll give the exact steps when I get home tonight.

I have done the same as you for the most part. I have connected it to my PC. Set it to infrastructure mode, put in the correct SSID. I don't get anything. I even turned off encryption to see if that helps, but nothing.

My router is a D-Link. I'm wondering if that creates issues?

I'm at the office as well so I'm not able to play with it at the moment.

Did you try setting one wavit11 as an access point and the other up in infrastructure mode just to see if they work with each other at least?

I have no issues with my Sony Access Point with WEP 128 and my linksys cable/dsl router. It's very convenient to have around since I can plug it into the laptop, reciever or empeg if I happen to need a quick network connection.

No, I haven't tried that. Maybe tonight I'll give that a shot although that kind of defeats getting just two.

it doesnt defeat it. its just making sure theyre working properly. it took me awhile to get mine set up, but now that i finally got it i never have to touch it.

of defeats getting just two.

Agreed it would defeat the purpose but at least you'll know whether they work or not.

Edit: Damn...too slow...

lol
*gotcha*

Anyone know another source for these Wavit11 units? My neighboor and I want to merge our networks togther, and wireless is going to be the easiest route. I already have an access point, all he needs is one of these units to join my AP.