Vonets VBG1200 2.4GHz/5GHz Mini WiFi Bridge Ethernet/Wireless Repeater/Router/WiFi Signal Range Extender Industrial Powered by DC/USB with 1 RJ45 Male for DVR IP Camera

Initially I got this transmitter as a repeater for an outdoor camera. Wanted to run it with a portable powerbank and a 5W solar panel but I realized it is just a bit too power hungry for that usage. I got the little brother of that model for that and am currently using this one as a receiver for my tower gaming PC. Works as expected and was super easy to set up!

WiFi Bridge Mode. Requires configuration, which requires a system with wifi. The last step requires the user to reboot the device, and wait for completion. However, the devices drops the connection, so the reboot appears to be incomplete. Fortunately, that is not the case, and all is well.

Oh yes.You will need to supply a USB power cord.

 Ok, to be fair, I’m using this as a network bridge to connect a raspberry pi which controls my telescope via Ethernet to my Wi-Fi. I was using the rPi wireless but the antenna are pretty weak and even with strong signal at the telescope I was having some dropouts and slow image file transfers. This did make my connection more stable and cut file transfer speeds in half.
In astrophotography, darkness is essential. I’ve attached a video here from when I was getting setup for the night. As you can see, this device is a light pollution beast!! I mean seriously, I may put it on top of my tree this Christmas! What you are seeing here is with black tape covering everything I could. I could not cover the vents or ports and the amount of light leaking from this device is like a beacon for ships passing in the night! I asked in questions if these could be disabled in software and the seller replied “Put some black tape over it”. Well, there you go. 3 stars for a decent Wi-Fi bridge, 0 for helpful customer service.

Need to reset several times to be able to install it. The password is not 12345678 is admin

Setup instructions were terrible and once configured and on my network it goes offline frequently. I've wasted way too much time trying to get this to work... It's headed for the trash bin. Stay away from these....

The website to configure is unreachable. I am unable to connect as a bridge which is required for my baby monitor.

I bought this hoping to extend my ASIAir wifi range using 12v power. It does a decent job but not the range I was hoping for. The big negative was the bright flashing status lights I couldn’t find a way to disable. It looked like a mini Christmas tree on my scope. Hopefully hint hint Vonnets will add a option to disable status lights in light sensitive areas.