- BrosTrend AC1200 WiFi to Ethernet Adapter, 1200Mbps Dual Band Universal Wireless Bridge for Printer, Smart TV, Blu-Ray Player, PlayStation, Xbox, etc, WPS Easy Setup, Connect a Wired Device to Wi-Fi

For reasons I still don't know, USB WiFi adapters on my desktop computer stopped working. I tried two of them and they would work poorly for a while and stop. It made the computer almost unusable. This adapter brings in the internet through the Ethernet port instead of using USB. It was easy to setup and has been working great. It is nice to have my computer back.

I use the adapter to connect an Ethernet only device to my Wi-Fi network. Setup was very easy and pretty straight forward although it does help if you know a little bit about computers and networks. Once set up the connection is stable and does not require additional attention. Range, power and speed are adequate for my needs. The distance from the Wi-Fi router to the adapter is about 70 ft across two rooms operating at a 2.4 GHz band.

My pool automation communications adapter failed outside at the panel, and the replacement from Pentair was around $1000. Instead of going that route, I used this with an RS-232 adapter from inside the house and mounted it in my panel so I could connect directly to WiFi. Honestly, I wasn’t sure how it would go, but it worked perfectly on the first try. No issues at all, and it saved me a ton of money compared to replacing the factory unit. One thing to keep in mind—this does need power (standard 2-prong plug), and if you’re doing something similar to what I did, you’ll need to wire it into your panel. Not difficult if you’re comfortable with that kind of work, but definitely something to be aware of. Overall, great solution if you’re trying to avoid an expensive replacement.

I got a free repurposed computer that I set up in the spare bedroom. Since my router is in the living room this WiFi to ethernet adapter looked like a good solution for connecting that computer to my internet network. Despite the extremely easy set-up, my initial impression of this product wasn't good because while it did work I was getting slow internet speeds despite the WiFi signal being very strong. The fix was easy but didn't occur to me until after I wasted time with extensive troubleshooting even though it was actually the first or second thing that I should have tried. That's on me obviously but first set-up. I only needed to plug this into an outlet near my router, press the WPS switch on the router, then press the WPS switch on this adapter. In less than 30 seconds the indicator light showed that the adapter was connected to my network. Once connected I unplugged the adapter and moved it into the room where I needed to use it. In less than a minute the indicator showed that it was again connected to my network and I hooked the adapter up to my computer with an ethernet cable. I had internet. Unfortunately, the internet I had was slow. I tried streaming an Amazon Prime movie and it froze several times until Amazon switched to streaming in standard definition. To troubleshoot I tested the signal strength at the outlet where this WiFi to ethernet adapter was plugged in using an Android utility on my phone and the WiFi signal was very strong. I then experimented with connecting this to an extension cord instead of directly to the wall outlet and moving the adapter higher up to different shelves on either side of the computer desk but that made no difference because the problem wasn't with WiFi signal strength. I changed settings inside my router to prioritize the ethernet WiFi adapter. I temporarily moved the computer into the living room and connected it directly to my router to verify that the ethernet card wasn't bad. I finally decided the problem had to be the adapter so I gave this product a less-than-glowing review. Then a few days later I realized I'd missed one of the most obvious troubleshooting steps which was to power cycle my modem and router and low and behold the internet speed I was getting went from not being fast enough to stream anything in HD to fast enough to stream 8K video--the speed I was roughly the same as on my primary computer connected directly to the router via ethernet cable. The speed with this adapter has been stable and consistent in the three days since I did the power cycle so what had been a disappointing product suddenly gave me better internet speed than I ever expected before making the purchase. Unless something goes south in the near future (in which case I will update my review again) this appears to be an excellent option if you need WiFi internet on an ethernet-only device. Set-up is fast and easy via WPS (the manufacturer sent me an alternate non-WPS installation method but since power-cycling fixed my issue I didn't end up trying it). I can't say if this actually gets 1200Mbps because my internet service isn't that fast but I am getting roughly the same speed as on my devices directly connected to my modem via ethernet. If you do experience disappointing internet speeds after setting this up then try what I forgot to do and power-cycle your modem and router which is a simple process that takes just a few minutes.

I gave it five stars because it does exactly what it claims and what I needed it to do—it allowed me to hook up an older printer that only had insecure WPS for WiFi to a modern WiFi 6 network without WPS. I do wish there was a way to turn off the range extender feature completely, but for those complaining about this device being a range extender, let me explain why it kind of has to be. If they removed the range extender function from it, there would be no way for you to configure the device from a phone unless they also added Bluetooth. It has to transmit either over WiFi or Bluetooth, or you would not be able to log in to the device from a phone. A few of us still have Ethernet capable laptops, but most people do not, so they need a wireless connectivity option. Bluetooth would solve it but would add cost. I did hide the networks and after hiding them, technically it is still broadcasting but any interference seems to be minimal because none of my nearby WiFi devices saw any loss in connectivity. I suppose your mileage may very. Now, what I used it for. We have an old Canon Pro-100 series printer. Old but still functions well, so we did not want to replace it. It's in a room with a brand new WiFi access point in the ceiling, but no Ethernet jacks. With our old Netgear WiFi equipment, this printer was available as a network printer on the 2.4 GHz band configured via WPS. When that netgear equipment started to fail, I switched to a TP-Link Omada system. TP-Link Omada does not offer WPS WiFi configuration because quite frankly, it's insecure and should never have been part of WiFi in the first place. The printer does have a 10/100 Ethernet jack. With this device, I was able to configure it to connect to the new 5GHz WiFi access point and run a Cat6 patch cable from this device to the printer. Everything on our home network that needs to use it was able to discover it via Bonjour protocol and can print using it. Thus, this device saved us from needing to buy a new color printer just because we updated our WiFi network. And the setup was extremely easy. The only possibly confusing part was hiding the range extender SSIDs which we do not need. So for that, I give it 5 stars.

Easy setup, works as intended and last long.

I have no idea about the quality of the product. Apparently I misunderstood what the product could be used for. So I cannot speak about the product itself. However I can say the instructions were so full of technical terms and acronyms that I gave up . I tried the video thinking it might be easier to follow but if anything it was even worse. So I made the mistake of thinking the product would do what I wanted so that is my fault. In any case it is useless to me and I will probably end up throwing it away.

I have an older Onkyo TX-8050 receiver that was originally connected wirelessly though a USB adapter that Onkyo sold. Well, that adapter died recently and the replacement adapter are no longer manufactured and are now very expensive on the used market. The Onkyo has an ethernet port so when searching for a solution I ran across this adapter, for a reasonable price so I ordered it. When it arrived I plugged it in and tried the WPS auto connect approach. To my disappointment that didn't work, so I went through the manual connection process which was easy and well documented. After one try I was connected to my wireless router so I unplugged it, moved it to the outlet behind the receiver and plugged in an ethernet cable. Using DHCP my Onkyo connected up right away. I then used the Onkyo remote app on my cellphone to connect up to setup and control the Onkyo. My wireless control is back and as a bonus my USB port is now free to use for plugging in USB memory sticks with music on them. Now I didn't really need the wireless extender capabilities but I decided to try them out. Using my cell phone to connect I could see the AC1200 device put out two new access points. They are named the same as my original wireless router with EXT and 5GEXT added to the original name. One is a 2.4GHz access point and the other is a 5GHz access point. I connected up to the 2.4GHz access point and ran some speed test. It performed just as if my phone were connected directly my wireless router, with speed that matched. Then I tried connecting to the 5GHz signal. The speed tests showed a connection a couple of Mbs faster than the 2.5GHz connections. Both connections worked great. As expected the 5GHz signal strength is a little lower than the 2.4GHz signal. The higher the frequency used the more power it takes to get an equivalent strength signal. Higher frequencies are more susceptible to interference like walls and other physical obstacles. I should note that there are two walls between my wireless router and the extender device. Despite what was written in an earlier review, you can use both the wireless extender and ethernet access points as the same time. I suspect on an older model this might now have been the case because the instructions to mention a switch to switch between the capabilities but there was no such switch on my device. I really would have liked to give this a 4.5 star rating as the only reasons I marked it down a little was due to the WPS connect feature not working and I have the unit about 20 ft. from my wireless router and that seems to be about the limit with the wall I have to go through. Fortunately that's all I need so I am very happy so far. One last thing, after registering the device you will get a 30 month extended warranty for free. Hoping I won't have to use it though.

Comore el brosTrend ac1200 pde momento funciona bien aunque parece que tambien funciona como repetidor wifi , a mi no interesa y vere como se puede desactivar pero repite en 2.4 y 5 ghz por si a alguien le interesa

L'installation a été super simple. Je voulais relier mon ordinateur ethernet (sans wifi) à ma box dont la configuration de son emplacement par rapport à l'ordinateur ne permettait pas une liaison filaire. J'ai branché le convertisseur à côté de l'ordinateur, j'ai branché le câble ethernet entre les 2, j'ai allumé mon ordi, il m'a proposé après l'avoir démarrer une connexion réseau, j'ai validé, il m'a proposé de choisir ma box, de rentrer la clé, il m'a demandé de valider la connexion et c'était fini. Pas de soucis à signaler. Remarque : je n'ai pas pu utiliser le wps car ma box n'en dispose pas. L'installation a été possible et facile

It didn’t work as I expected could not connect the printer and their technical support wasn’t much help

Works perfect, and easy to set up

This BrosTrend wifi adapter worked like a charm ! I got this wifi adapter for two purposes. The first is to use it with my old MacBook Air from 2010 when I need a faster connection (large backups or file transfers). The second was because I wanted to rearrange my home office and my PC doesn't have built-in wifi. The PC is currently connected using an Ethernet cable but where I would be placing the PC would make it difficult to connect by Ethernet. I didn't want to get a long cable and have to run it along several walls. By connecting this simple and affordable wifi adapter, my problem is solved. I want to note that I read the instructions and was careful to load the correct (and up to date) drivers before inserting the USB wifi adapter. This processed worked very well both on my PC (running Windows) and my MacBook Air (running MacOS/OSX). I also made sure to disable the built-in wifi on my MacBook Air so that there wouldn't be any conflicts and issues. I did a quick internet speed test on the laptop with the built-in wifi and then again with the BrosTrend USB 802.11ac Wifi adapter. I was happy to see that using the BrosTrend doubled the speed that I got. Given the price, performance (doubling my internet connection speed) and ease of use, I am very happy with this adapter and feel that warrants a 5 star rating. Kudos to BrosTrend ! ---------------------------------- Note: I received this product for free or at a discounted rate in exchange for an unbiased, honest review as provided here. As a consumer advocate, I believe in providing quality and honest feedback and receiving a product at a discounted rate will never affect my opinions. Please feel free to ask me any questions; I will do my best to help.