ZyXEL NMP-1100W

Product does what it is SPECed to do. Connects using various security settings, works great under vista x64 and 32. Easy to work with. Good software design. Provides an organized sensical design.

Performance and Buffer. Not sure why the company decided to go with 48khz sampling rate with uncompressed transmission without maintaining a decent buffer. I have tested it using WPA and WPA2, TKIP and AES, but not WEP. Maybe WEP or OPEN, the buffer...

Works with Vista & XP without any issues. Strong WiFi unit. Audio settings a very nice touch. Easy to setup and configure.

The ""use system speakers"" setting when it is disabled doesn't seem to work. I have to manually redirect my system's audio to go out to the wireless music box. It should automatically do this when it is connected but it doesn't. Hopefully this will be...

When it works, it's convenient. Offers DTS playability, which sounds nice with a good HT setup.

BUFFER, BUFFER, BUFFER! Constantly low buffer makes my music cut in and out consistently. I can't listen to music anymore due to such poor performance. When the buffer is 100%, it works great. But most of the time, the buffer swings all over the place,...

Looks good on paper. Nice design.

Instruction manual very confusing, even for a power user like me. It didn't work at all - my LAN couldn't find it, and it couldn't find my LAN.

The device can act as both an Access Point for wifi or as a network media player. The web-based setup screen works well and the system was up and running in about 4 minutes. The system has an advanced DSP that can provide sound field effects and adjust...

Although there is a simple setup routine via ethernet cable connection to a computer, the system requires the user to know a little bit about the wifi network addresses and how security is enabled (WPA, etc and the key). May require extra effort from a...

Once you understand the sequence of starting the software, this works great. You MUST start the ZyXEL software before starting any application that plays audio. Otherwise you will be very annoyed at no results and inclined to give it one star at best....

ZyXEL should do a better job in their documentation and installation process of explaining how to get this product to grab the audio stream.