Netgear HE102 802.11a Wireless Access Point

by Netgear

Product Details

Product Manual [505kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000649CH
• Item model number: HE102NA
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 21, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

NETGEAR's HE102 802.11a Wireless Access Point provides users untethered access to the network and Internet whether in their conference room, home, classroom or cafeteria. With the NETGEAR HE102 and other NETGEAR 802.11a products, you can create a network from the ground up or extend your wired network to accommodate new locations and users. With blazing speeds of 54 Mbps, or up to 72 Mbps in turbo mode, you can deploy high-bandwidth applications never before possible. Send and receive large files, including high-quality audio and video, anywhere in your business or classroom. Share presentations and collaborate on graphics-intensive projects without being tied to your desk. You'll immediately experience reliable, IEEE 802.11a LAN connectivity that's protected with industry-standard 64/128/152-bit WEP encryption.

HIGH-SPEED
Delivers blazing speeds of 54 Mbps or up to 72 Mbps in turbo mode, and quickly creates or extends your LAN without the time or expense of Ethernet cabling. FAR-REACHING
Extends your Ethernet LAN by allowing secure, mobile access to network resources. Simply connect one or more NETGEAR HE102 Access Points to your existing network or broadband connection, then add a NETGEAR HA501 Wireless PC Card Adapter to each notebook PC. With high-speed wireless connectivity, moble users can be more productive, wherever their work happens to be.

COMPETENT
Eight non-overlapping transmission channels in the 5 GHz band (5.15 to 5.35 GHz) provide access for up to 64 users per access point. This means an organization can provide greater bandwidth at a lower cost than the previous generation of Wireless LANs.

PROTECTIVE
Prevents unauthorized access to your data transmissions with secure, industry-standard 60/128/152-bit WEP encryption technology. A lower level of data encryption or no data encryption is available to simplify your network setup or to improve data transfer rate.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy install, fast speeds, great product, great experience, July 10, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Netgear HE102 802.11a Wireless Access Point (Personal Computers)

I did a lot of research before purchasing a solution for my home wireless network. I read a lot of horror stories about people having a hard time setting things up, connections dropping, etc., so I was a little spooked about spending a lot of money for something that might be a pain. Boy was I in for a surprise.

I picked this NetGear product because I have had good experiences with their products in the past, and hadn't really heard anything particularly bad about this product. When it arrived, I was VERY impressed. I simply plugged it in, connected it to my Ethernet hub, put my new network card into my laptop (I bought the NetGear HA501 at the same time), and viola! It just worked! No complicated setting to configure, nothing to change on my laptop, my network, nothing. And its range is outstanding.

Also, for those of you trying to decide between 802.11a and 802.11b, choose 802.11a. While you might see just a little perceived increase in speed, the reliability of your connection is so much better. With 802.11a you don't have to worry about microwaves, cell phones, cordless phones, and other devices interfering. With 802.11b there is so much interference that connections can (and do) drop or be very flaky.

Good luck!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Netgear product that meets expectations!, October 16, 2002

By 

Todd Baker (Kailua, HI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Netgear HE102 802.11a Wireless Access Point (Personal Computers)

The HE102 is a great product that meets all of the expectations of 802.11a technology. Contrary to some other reviews here, this product does indeed work through walls, and work well! I am currently writing this on my laptop (with a netgear adapter) about 60 feet, one floor, and about 3 walls away. The utility shows about 18 MBPS transmit and 24 MBPS receive. Contrast that with the prior 802.11b system I also use that works at around 2-3 MBPS. The difference is that interference from our cordless phones do not kick off the signal randomly. Set up about 3 weeks ago and not one disconnect.

Ensure that you set up the infrastructure properly. The WAP setup screen defaults the NETID name to blank. Most adapters default to, oddly enough, "default". If you are having problems getting more that about 10 feet away, double check this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works right out of the box, September 20, 2002

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Li Sun (Stow, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Netgear HE102 802.11a Wireless Access Point (Personal Computers)

Bought both the HA501 802.11a PC Card and HE102 802.11a wireless access point. Installed and ran out of the box. Driver installation is a snap. Setup is a snap with Windows/XP. No reboot necessary. Changing wireless network SSID and setting WEP encryption is easy as well. I ran in turbo mode 72Mbps inside my house and connect to the cable modem for internet access. Very fast and good range too.
Monitoring the stations connecting and changing TCP/IP config via the AP web interface is very easy too.