| Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Router |
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Model: WRT54G
Brand: Linksys
Manufacturer: Linksys
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 1702
Platforms: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 3.5, Windows NT 4, Windows NT 5, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000 Server, Windows
Operating system: Windows XP Professional Edition
Form factor: External
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
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All-in-one Internet-sharing router, 4-port switch, and Wireless-G (802.11g) access point
Wireless data rates up to 54 Mbps--5 times faster than 802.11b
Shares a single Internet connection and other resources with Ethernet wired and Wireless-G clients
Interoperates with 802.11b clients at 11 Mbps
Advanced wireless security with 128-bit WEP encryption, MAC, or IP address filtering |
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| Description: |
| LINKSYS WRT54G - Wireless-G is the emerging 54 Mbps wireless networking standard that's almost five times faster than the widely deployed Wireless-B ( 802.11b ) products found in homes, businesses and public wireless hotspots around the country. The best part is, since they share the same 2.4GHz radio band, Wireless-G devices talk to existing 11 Mbps Wireless-B equipment. Operates as a DHCP Server NAT technology to protect against Internet intruders Supports VPN pass-through Easy configuration with web browser based configuration utility |
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| User Reviews (1702 total): |
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Doesn't work as advertised, August 16, 2008
By KaGe (nashville, TN)
I bought this about a year ago to upgrade from my netgear 802.11B router. I wanted the higher throughput (54mbps) and liked that it did WPA. My old router only did WEP64. I really liked my netgear router because it had good range and once i had it setup, it was rock solid. I almost never had to restart it because it had dropped my connection. With the WRT54G, however, I have to frequently power cycle it to have my laptop sync up to it.
Also, with my WinXP machine there was an issue coming out of hibernation. Each time I had to "repair" the adapter. I never had to do this with my netgear router and the same Win XP laptop. I can imagine that it might be a WinXP driver issue, but I've had similar experiences with a newer Vista Laptop and in Linux as well (on both the older and newer laptops), so i highly doubt that it is a laptop hardware / driver issue.
There is also an issue when i use VPN to connect to my office machine. I don't know what interaction with the router might be, but after I disconnect from the VPN, i lose wireless network connection. It doesn't matter what windows clean ups i perform (flushing dns, disabling wireless adapter and including restarting the machine) If i simply power-cycle the router, i am able to connect to it.
So overall, i have a fairly low opinion of this product. I think I'll stick with netgear in the future.
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Designed Obsolescence!!!!, August 10, 2008
By G. Daily
Until today, my WRT54G has performed well, although I do recall initial configuration woes. Anyway, 6 months after the warranty .... pau. I go to use it after it had the night off and nothing. I couldn't understand a lick of the so-called English the guy in India tried so hard to speak and his bottom line was that it was a very old model (3.5 years) and he couldn't help me without my paying $29.95 to extend the warranty. Right. Linksys has lost me. I find it highly suspicious that it would just decide to die in its sleep.
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Adequate for the most part, August 6, 2008
By 137AES (Oklahoma City, OK)
I have owned this router for about a year and it usually works. I do have problems with it not allowing me on the internet at times. The only way I can fix it is to perform a hard re-boot by pressing in the reset button for 10 seconds. When I do this I have to re-enter in all my security info.
I don't have problems other than that. It does have the capability to block out certain web sites.
Overall, this isn't a bad unit, though I am in the market for another because of the frustration I am having with locking out the internet.
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Works great, but Needs better Manual, August 4, 2008
By Foodie Dude (Seattle, WA USA)
Once set up, this has worked flawlessly. I have used several brands of routers in the past but all wired configs. This one is my first wireless. Once I figured out my set up, which I had to ask a friend with the same model, it worked/works flawlessly. They need a better manual. The set up wizard was OK but didn't address my particular situation. I would still recommend to anyone, however, despite my set up issues.
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Linksys WRT54G review, August 4, 2008
By Christopher Seemungal
1. Hassle free and easy to install
2. Was able to configure and use in 2 minutes after hookup.
3. Reception has been quite good given the fact that I live in a pre-fab house whose walls are made of concrete and rebar.
4. Would recommend to anyone.
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This product works perfectly !!, August 3, 2008
By Ed Hue
This router worked without a hitch the as soon as I connected it which didn't take long!
It has continued to work perfectly in the background ever since.
What more can I ask for.
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Works Great after I figured it out, August 3, 2008
By Jeremy Rathje (Ozark Mountains, AR)
This product works great after I read through the reviews and figured out how to fix my connectivity problem. When I first plugged in this router it would not connect to the internet. The problem was that my dsl provider assigned IP addresses started with 192.168.1.xxx and the router does too, and this results in no connectivity. To change this, I had to enter the router manually through firefox by entering its IP, 192.168.1.1 and change the default IP to 192.168.2.1. I saved the change and it works! It's been on constantly now for over a month, and I've had no dropped signal, and no resets needed. Although it didn't immediately just work, unlike all the Apple products I've spoiled myself with, I like this router.
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Linksys WRT54G, August 2, 2008
By Ott (Hayesville, NC)
Item works as described and the EasyLink software works well except that it won't printout the full encryption key.
On the minus side, it generates an unbelievable amount of RF hash making reception on AM broadcast impossible within 50' or so of the unit.
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Linksys Wireless Router, July 31, 2008
By Snofriacus
Good piece of equipment. I had already been using a Linksys router for the past 5 years, and it had served me well. So when I needed to switch to a wireless router, I just looked for a wireless version of the same thing.
There was one glitch in the setup, but this wasn't the fault of the router. It was a conflict with the new DSL modem which I began using at the same time. The default IP address for the new router was 192.168.1.1, just as it had been for the previous Linksys router. If I remember correctly, my previous DSL modem had had an IP address of 192.168.10.0, but the new DSL modem was just the same as the router. This setup didn't work, and with some poking around on the internet I learned that these two IP addresses can't be the same. I couldn't figure out how to tweak the modem, so the solution was to change the IP address of the Linksys router from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.1. It's worked fine ever since this adjustment.
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No smarts, no money, no problem!, July 30, 2008
By R. Moore (Sacramento, Kentucky United States)
It takes absolutely no computer knowledge to set up...
It costs less than a tank of gas...
Considering this and all the rave reviews I've read about it, it was the ONLY choice for me...
And it has definitely lived up to all the hype!!!
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Very good router., July 30, 2008
By Mark (Miami, Florida)
This wireless router works well on my computer, but installation is a little bit tricky.
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Garbage, July 29, 2008
By Adelheid Fischer (New York)
I lost the wireless connection about 3 times a day with this and had to do constant resets. Very frustrating. I ended up putting it out on the street and getting an Airport Extreme. (Which is outrageously overpriced, but hasn't given me any problems).
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An absolute NIGHTMARE!, July 28, 2008
By Kallie P (OC, CA)
I am absolutely baffled that this product has so many positive reviews. I purchased this router about 2 years ago for my first apartment and since my mom has the same one, I assumed all the issues I was having were coming from the Motorola Surfboard modem. A friend came by after 2 months of my resetting and rebooting both and finally did some magic that made it more stable. I moved and had no use for it after that but kept it.
Now, I've got my own house and had my cable/DSL set up Saturday about 2. By 2:30, I had the setup wizard frozen and was on the phone with India/Sri Lanka/ Philippines/Bangladesh or some other far off foreign country speaking with tech support. It was a challenge to follow the girl's directions since her accent was so thick I couldn't make out half of them! After she suggested I 'kindly' update my firmware, my set up wizard crashed and I couldn't access half of the router's website anymore! After 45 minutes of phone talk I finally just said it was working fine and it did for about 15 minutes. Then I had to run set up wizard again since when I tried to reset the router, it killed the WPA encryption I had set up and I had to rename the router and recreate the security. Not that bad... until you have to do it every quarter of an hour. LITERALLY!
So this morning after spending another 45 minutes on the phone with the Philippines and having the new girl tell me that my CELL PHONE was the reason it wasn't working, and that I should really not have a cordless phone (including cell phones) in the same house as my router (Uhmmmmmmmmmmmmm... excuse me!!!!!!!!?????!!!!!), I decided that maybe it was time to try a new one.
I now have a Linksys WRT54G paperweight. And a new, wonderfully reliable (so far, no disconnects in 3 hours...) Belkin F5D8233-4 N Wireless Router Belkin F5D8233-4 N Wireless Router that took longer to drive 6 miles roundtrip to buy than to set up. If you are looking for a new router, PLEASE do not buy this Linksys. It seems to be hit or miss. And unless you are GREAT at computer programming and such, you WILL call tech support and tho, to their credit, they will try to help, it's the same useless information that gets you a quick fix. And when I say quick, I mean the fix will last for about 30 minutes TOPS.
Do yourself a favor and buy the Belkin. And no, I don't work for Belkin, and other than my iPod Nano armband, this is my first Belkin product. It will not be my last now.
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Performs as promised!, July 28, 2008
By A.J. Euckert (Dacono, CO)
Low price, proven manufacturer. This item saved a small public library. I received the item quicker than promised and had the router installed. Woks perfectly and allows bandwidth prioritization! Our library patrons are grateful!
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Easy to Use & Setup, July 25, 2008
By Jonathan Bacon
I had tried to setup a home wireless network with appropriate security a couple years ago and had all sorts of problems. I finally decided to "bite the bullet" and try again. The Linksys installation software is a breeze to use. It walked me through each step, and was set up within 30 minutes. It also has easy to follow instructions for connecting wireless devices (and limiting access to only those allowed devices). Worked like a charm, no problems, great experience!
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The WRT54G has been working flawlessly for over 5 years now!, July 20, 2008
By phyxer (Altus, OK)
I have had mine for over 5 years now and it has been flawless during that time. I recently purchased a "new-to-us" home that was built prior to the PC and Internet craze so there is no built in connectivity. My internet connection is in one room and my "computer room" is in another part of the house. So, to connect the two rooms together (wired network to the internet) I added the Linksys WET54G wireless bridge/access point to the network. It works great with my WRT54G. Now my wired network can surf the internet without running wires up and down and along the walls of the house! WOOO HOOO! Can't speak highly enough about this WRT54G router.....inexpensive and extremely flexible and reliable! Get one, you'll be glad you did!
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links router, July 20, 2008
By boy elroy (raceland , la usa)
the router works great after installed,but we had trouble getting it to connect to the internet. we had to call tech support to help resolve this problem. after being on hold for about 20 minutes, the problem still took us another 20 minutes or so,to resolve it. after all of that was resolved we really love being able to use more than one computer at the same time.
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very complicated product, July 19, 2008
By Ezra Friedman
I am personally not so familiar with computers but it should not be so difficult to hook up a wireless router and I had a lot of trouble with this. But once I got it together it worked great.
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With DD-WRT, amazing!, July 18, 2008
By A. Ashworth (San Francisco, CA USA)
I have purchased three of these, and after installing custom firmware (DD-WRT, not necessarily for the average end-user, although pretty simple for the power user), these boxes are amazing! I was able to set up two for work to provide wireless signals to non-wireless enabled computers without too much hassle, and for my personal use and one of my friends, they have yet to disappoint. When I used it without the custom firmware, it wasn't that impressive. I couldn't get it to work properly, it would crash fairly regularly upon attempted wireless connections. But now I have no problems at all.
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Works great, July 17, 2008
By Gina Marie (Los Angeles)
I knew nothing about wireless networking but wanted one because Net**** now streams 1,000's of their movies to a subscriber's television through a wireless networked system. Setup was very simple and I had no problems connecting the Roku and Wii to the router. However, I did notice it stopped my network traffic after long periods of time, but once I disabled my 3rd-party firewall and used the Windows XP firewall, that problem ceased immediately. I also updated the firmware to 8.0.5 as it came with 8.0.
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