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This is a great little switch. Just plug it in and away you go. Nice, simple and does exactly what it says on the tin. I now have two of these within my network happily hooked up to a PS3, XBox360, Wii, PC, Mac and Netgear router. No problems at all.

I turned to this product after years of messing about with unreliable wireless links. Don't be fooled by the low price. This box does the business.
I have a 20 metre cable from my BT router/modem running to this unit which is then cabled to an iMac, a PC, a NAS and the ethernet-ported printer.
Everything works flawlessly. The BT Voyager router also feeds wifi to a Macbook, a Tosh laptop, a PS3, a Palm and an iPhone. Printing from the laptops is via wifi and ethernet link.
It took me longer to unpack than to set up the unit.
I believe myself to be savvy in electronics and computers, but this device needs no setup skills.

Nice piece of kit. I bought this to compliment my Netgear 100mb wireless router. I can now transfer files between machines 10 times faster.
Make sure you have a least Cat 5e cabling though.

Plug and play, couldn't be easier and looks good too. I have it wired to my Airport Extreme router works a treat. Will be buying another one for the bedroom to wire my home server and my network bluray player. Better than wireless.

Simple to set up and use. Good performance including use for HD multimedia. Excellent value.