I have that EXACT bridge and have nothing but success using it. However, I've found there's a trick to making it work right:
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<LI>Connect the bridge to the Stoker with your CAT5 cable
<LI>Power up the bridge .... and wait for it finish all it's hand-shaking with the DHCP server in your router. For me, the WLAN indicater light will flicker, go out, then come back on again in 5 or 10 seconds. Sometimes it goes from yellow to red and back to yellow - even during the cook and I've not seen an issue with communications.
<LI>Now, power up the Stoker and .... wait a minute, even beyond the time needed for the "Please Wait..." message on the LCD display to disappear
<LI>Now, go look and find the IP address
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The key to the whole thing is to wait. With reference to TCP/IP, neither the bridge nor the Stoker are speed demons. I have found that if I rush things I just end up having to start over.