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* I now have two of these, both had outdated firmware out of the box so make sure to update to the latest firmware.
* The more I work with these the more impressed I am. There is a hidden configuration page, menu.asp, that provides access to a ton more configuration options. You can set a device password, change the IP address, change the operating modes, and tons of other options. I now have two of these on my network getting DHCP addresses for themselves, still performing their normal bridging, and locked down with passwords to keep even those on the network from fiddling with'em. Though, if you have physical access to them you can just reset them to default config by holding the RS button for 20 or so seconds. Checkout the menu.asp page on the device and you may be surprised at just how flexible these little gems can be.
* Updated from 3 - 5 stars for this, though it's unfortunate I had to stumble upon the menu.asp configuration page myself, should have been in the documentation and available from within the main interface.
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I found there was a firmware update available to fix a security problem so I installed that and, though it's not mentioned, it fixed the IPv6 bridging as well. The lingering issues are:
* Even after the firmware/security update for another issue, there is (so far as I can tell) still no way to set a password on the device itself.
* The fact that it is hard-coded to 192.168.1.252/24 raises some questions about having two GWU627's within the same broadcast domain. I believe they would still bridge packets properly for the devices connected to them, but an attempt to access the GWU627's by IP would result in a confict since both devices will ARP with their own MAC as the owner of 192.168.1.252. Though a bit twisted, this could provide some basic security since it would likely make the devices harder but not impossible (adding a temporary static ARP entry for whichever one you want to connect to for example) to access and reconfigure without the conflicting GWU627's first being network-isolated from each other.
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Installation was a snap. I bought it so I could put our VOIP phone in a more convenient location and, for this, it works very well and I have no complaints.
However, in the process of setting it up I noticed that it does not fully supportIPv6. I have both IPv4 and IPv6 on my home network and, when this is connected to my laptop's ethernet port, my laptop receives the IPv6 router advertisements from my IPv6 router, but the GWU627 won't actually pass IPv6 packets when I try to ping or otherwise connect using IPv6 to anything on the "other side" of the GWU627. When pinging IPv6 for example, a protocol analyzer shows the ICMPv6 packet being sent from the laptop's NIC but an analyzer on the other side of the device never shows the packet received -- it simply disappears inside the GWU627 and never comes out the other side.
This might seem a geeky and nit-picky complaint, but with IPv6 becoming an increasing and permanent reality on major mainstream sites (Facebook, Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.) "by June 6 2012" I was disappointed that the GWU627 is apparently not going to readily participate in the IPv6 age.
Also, the fact that the GWU627 is hard-coded to 192.168.1.252/24 makes having two of them within the same broadcast domain a little problematic.
Finally, there is no password required to reconfigure the device so anyone on your network can reconfigure it. For me this is a minor issue because it's just my home network and I only allow trusted users anyway. For use in a business or public environment this could be a big problem.
For my IPv4 needs it works very well and I plan to keep it, and I can probably even finagle a way to bypass this limitation by using a layer 2 tunnel through it, but that adds complexity that shouldn't be necessary.
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Yes the item arrived on time. I am using it for my rather large Xerox 6280DN that my wife won't let me bring into the house. The product description and the package does not offer the option for printers. A network connection is a network connection. Set it up in the garage, followed the setup instructions (you need a laptop with an ethernet port) and it worked right away. I am able to control it from my main desktop. I then went to Xerox, found and used the most recent Global PCL drivers. Once connected and printing, I then changed the IP address to manual via my Chrome Browser.I am using Windows 7 Professional but I am sure that the same would go for Windows 8.1 and 10; if you follow the directions.
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Easy to install. Make sure you get lhe latest firmware! and use the menu.asp page for advanced configuration!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 29, 2012
I thought these things would become disposable... Instead I am already finding them to be indispensible
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Documentation is crap. Doesn't actually do what it's supposed to. Advise against purchase.
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