Vonets VAP11S-5G Mini WiFi Bridge Ethernet/Mini Repeater/WiFi Router/Industrial Signal Booster 5GHz with 2 RJ45 Ports/Antennas and USB/DC Powered for DVR Monitoring PLC Medical Device

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.

This did exactly what I needed, I had no problems setting it up as an IT professional but I could see this being overwhelming for someone thats not familiar with the terminology. The wizard/GUI is very limited and has only essential features. Additionally, I bought the 5Ghz version and it appears that it ONLY works on 5Ghz and is not compatible with 2.4Ghz networks. It does take about 10 minutes or so to fully boot and establish a connection, i'm using this to monitor solar panels so its not a big deal for me.