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Linksys EA6500 AC Router Review Part Three: Installing the AC Bridge

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The wireless AC bridge should now be connected to your router. Mine made it; see the WUMC710 listed at the bottom left, circled?

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Very nice!  I connected a DirecTV receiver, an Apple TV and a PS3 to the WUMC710.  All received IP addresses from the EA6500 and all can see the internet.  Success!

Results

I was looking to migrate several media streaming devices to ethernet over AC wireless to free up several ports for NAS use without sacrificing media streaming capabilities. To that end, I migrated the PS3 from wireless G to this AC solution, and converted the Apple TV and the DirecTV receiver from ethernet to this solution. The DirecTV receiver and the Apple TV acted like nothing changed, received IP addresses from the router, and performed just like they had on wired ethernet. The PS3 struggled to stream 1080i media center recordings when configured for wireless access. Using the Linksys AC bridge solution, these Media Center recordings streamed perfectly, with no issues, just like the performance that I saw using a wired ethernet solution. If you are looking to improve media streaming performance and don’t have the luxury of running CAT6 ethernet, look into the Linksys AC170 Smart Wi-Fi Router and the Linksys AC1300 Wireless-AC Universal Media Connector. This setup worked like a champ, servicing 1080i content just as well as ethernet.

Jim McCarthy
Jim McCarthy
My tech interests include WHS, media streaming, and gaming, among others!

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