{"video_id":"gaqKVh6NxU4","title":"Linksys WES610N Wireless N Entertainment Bridge Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2012-05-07T14:53:29Z","duration_s":359,"segments":[{"start_s":7.52,"end_s":14.92,"text":"welcome to my unboxing of the lynxis wes610n","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":11.88,"end_s":17.08,"text":"this is a four port dualband and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":14.92,"end_s":22.4,"text":"entertainment Bridge so what is an entertainment Bridge well I would say","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":20.08,"end_s":28.88,"text":"that it is a bridge that whenever you walk over it there is entertainment to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":24.64,"end_s":32.68,"text":"be found such as the Golden Gate Bridge","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":28.88,"end_s":34.239,"text":"with a circus next to it that is what 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entertainment","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":339.6,"end_s":344.639,"text":"Bridge CD which I actually do recommend using because it does make your life a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":342.639,"end_s":350.319,"text":"little bit easier thank you for checking out my unboxing of the I see I can never","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":347.319,"end_s":353.12,"text":"remember this wes610n","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":350.319,"end_s":356.44,"text":"from linkis by Cisco don't forget to subscribe to lest Tech tips for more","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":354.479,"end_s":359.44,"text":"unboxings reviews and other computer videos","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"welcome to my unboxing of the lynxis wes610n this is a four port dualband and entertainment Bridge so what is an entertainment Bridge well I would say that it is a bridge that whenever you walk over it there is entertainment to be found such as the Golden Gate Bridge with a circus next to it that is what I would consider to be an entertainment Bridge NOP this is a different kind of entertainment bridge this is a wireless bridge which is to say that it Bridges your wireless network to a wired Network and it is for entertainment in that it is fast so it is fully ready for HD and 3D content uh Slick's giv me a hard time about the reflections coming off this box so why don't we just get the Box open get the product on the table and then I will tell you about how it is fast separately if it pleases His Highness okay actually it's you guys who are complaining about all the focusing issues and yes we're aware of them um no we can't really do anything about the camera for the time being but there you have it let's get this thing opened up and I'm actually pretty excited about this one because this is the kind of thing that is actually useful it's not networking for the sake of networking it is networking for the sake of making my life a a little bit easier and better so fully HD and 3D ready it is 300 megabit per second it is dual band so that is 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz offers Superior range has fast Ethernet ports which I believe means 10 100 Ethernet ports which are pretty much as slow as it gets but as fast as you will need and push button setup so how does this work basically what you do is you set up the wireless entertainment bridge by using WPS or by configuring it using the utility here this is actually one case where I would say yeah it kind of helps to have the uh the setup guide because you just plug this in then it walks you through everything and it's really really easy we've actually done it already with the range extender and then what you do is you reposition the bridge sort of further away or wherever you want to put it and you're good to go speaking of where you would want to put it what is this four so on the back you are going to find four Ethernet ports as well as power in what are those four Ethernet ports for why is it called an entertainment bridge I still haven't told you this so it is an entertainment Bridge because it is intended to be put near Your Entertainment so a lot of people have home theaters these days that is to say a TV with stuff connected to it so a TV with stuff connected to it often has Network stuff connected to it so things that you would connect to your TV that have networking these days so Blu-ray players um Xboxes WIS PS3s I don't know those little Network media player things like a patriot box office something like that maybe you got some network storage that you happen to have nearby maybe you've got uh what else I even smart TVs now they need Ethernet as well so Ethernet you need all these Ethernet connections what are you going to do are you going to run from your switch which is you know probably in your basement or probably in your attic or somewhere out of the way from your switch are you actually going to run four to five to six to who knows how many Ethernet cables down to your media center will you're not so one option is to run a single cable and use a switch to split it out into all the different devices and another option if you live in a house like mine where I happen to have a brick wall backing my entertainment center which means I can't run anything down the wall I have no crawl space so I can't run anything through the floor I don't want unsightly wires running around so I am stuck with either power line or Wireless so if power line doesn't work in your house for whatever reason then you go with wireless if Wireless doesn't work for whatever reason you go with power line at least you have those two options so this guy allows me to take my wireless network which already exists in my house it communicates with my router that way and then it acts as a four-port switch so I can plug it into my Xbox my TV my Blu-ray player and maybe I have one auxiliary Jack in order to get networking to all of those devices at the same time now none of these are going to be sort of you know sucking all the bandwidth at the same time most of these devices are just going to be about you know running an update or you know changing the firmware or whatever else the case may be but the entertainment Bridge due to being 300 megabit per second dual band does have the bandwidth to take at least one of those devices and run 1080phd content to it as long as you're within a reasonable range so I think that pretty much covers everything as far as usage scenarios goes on this one let me just see if I've missed anything oh check this out multiple antennas for expanded coverage and reliability dual band we already covered that quality of service traffic prior prioritization deliver Smooth video gaming performance that's kind of cool okay Advanced security WPA2 security to help keep your network protected Wireless uh 802.11n for top performance Y and backwards compatibility with ABG and let's see what else we got oh yeah here so I guess I didn't really have to spell all that out for you guys because look an Xbox a Blu-ray player and something else and a TV wireless end router Wireless this is the bridge this is the entertainment in terms of other things that are included we have an Ethernet cable of which you'll need probably at least one hopefully cuz if you're just putting this bridge like next to your TV and you don't actually plug an Ethernet cable into it you're kind of missing the point and then we also have a power adapter and finally we have a lyus dual Bend and entertainment Bridge CD which I actually do recommend using because it does make your life a little bit easier thank you for checking out my unboxing of the I see I can never remember this wes610n from linkis by Cisco don't forget to subscribe to lest Tech tips for more unboxings reviews and other computer videos"}