Lucent ORiNOCO RG-1000 Residential Gateway

Pros: Reliable, Fast, Connects to hub
Cons: Cordless phones interfere with signal

I have a dedicated cable connection and wanted to share this throughout my house without running wires. The Lucent WaveLAN seemed like a good solution and not too expensive. Here are my reasons for buying this product:

1) Lucent...

Pros: Sleek design, wireless home Internet!
Cons: Linux drivers difficult, irritatingly sparse documentation

Yeah, that's what I said - "Klingon Knife of Networking." Anyway,
that's what it looks like propped on top of a speaker in a corner
of the living room. And that's what it felt like trying to get my
Linux boxes to talk to it. A...

Pros: Fast Wireless Network Access
Cons: Somewhat complicated setup

I heard about the RG1000 Wireless Gateway from one of my network manager friends and decided to buy one and test it out thinking my apartment would now be free of wires. (When I use my laptop, I have to carefully wander around my apartment stringing...

Pros: This product can be returned in most cases
Cons: Bad product, Bad documentation, Bad technical support, overall unusable - and this is their CONSUMER product

The RG-1000 is a $400 paperweight

I cannot recommend against this product enough.

I am returning my second RG-1000 in 3 days. Here's how it all began.

After reading the product pages on the Orinoco RG-1000 it...

Pros: Looks cool, once configured works as expected
Cons: Tricky configuration

I had the most awful headache when I was trying to configure the RG-1000 for one of my clients. The software (and firmware) that shipped with the system failed to allow you to specify a gatewat IP address! Since my client was using a static ethernet...

Pros: Can be made to work correctly
Cons: Requires an inordinate amount of time to get it right

I read 'richcox' and basically I agree with everything he said, except
by dint of pure stubborness, I was able to get everything working.
Once I got it working (10 minutes ago) it works as advertised. I now can work with my laptop anywhere in...

Pros: Once installed, works great
Cons: Installation can be tricky

I would recommend this product, but with a word of caution. Be careful during installation - and if you are unfamiliar with TCP/IP I wouldn't recommend it. Lucent does an excellent job of tripping up the user during the installation. First, their...

Pros: Easy setup, good documentation, great range and speed.
Cons: Includes a phone cable, but no ethernet cable.

Making a Choice

I had been researching wireless LAN solutions for some time, and one of the first home/small office solutions I came across was the Lucent Orinoco RG-1000. I found a few other similar products, such as those from D-Link,...

Pros: Fast, good range, and not bad price.
Cons: Hard to set up in some cases, tends to fall over.

I purchased this product because I wanted to enable my laptop and my girlfriend's iMac to access the Internet without all the mess and fuss of running CAT5 cable all over the place.

First of all, the RG1000 is a very attractive product, but a...

Pros: built-in 56K modem, Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11b) compliant, changeable frequency bands, ease of operation after setup
Cons: difficult to set up, expensive compared to wired systems, instruction 'manual' lacks critical details

Pros: Works great. Great support. Works with other 802.11 stuff.
Cons: Tricky setup - but not as bad as it sounds.

I read all of the opinions I could find before I bought the RG-1000. So I was prepared for some really tough stuff. I'm not Mr. Network, but I can get around. It wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting. But I did know not to push any of the recessed...

Pros: Excellent range, performance, and speed, together with security.
Cons: None.

I recently bought the Orinoco RG-1100 residential gateway. This is the same as the RG-1000 except it has no v. 90 modem, and supports 128 bit encryption. I've set it up as a "bridge" which connects to my 4 port cable/dsl router. No NAT or DHCP is enabled...

Pros: Good product, when it works
Cons: Sent for repair over a month ago -- no sign of a replacement

For background, I'm an experienced computer user (25 years of computer experience, 15 years of networking). I've worked with a wide range of networking products, so I'm familiar with how things like this should work.

Once set up and working,...

Pros: Easy setup, fast, troublefree
Cons: A little pricey

I purchased the RG-1000 from MicroWarehouse a few weeks ago and absolutely love it. It was easy to setup and has worked like a champ. I use it to network 3 laptops and to share a cable modem to the internet. I can now surf the net from my couch, bed,...

Pros: Setup ease, range, configuration, software, price, it not linksys
Cons: Should take USB input from cable modem

I wouldn't fall for the other people who keep bad-mouthing this wireless residential gateway. For the money, I was EXTREMELY pleased. I had it setup in under 5 minutes, then took another 5.239 minutes to download and update all the drivers, software, and...