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Linksys Wireless G Wireless Router
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: giaophan1

Updated:12-10-05

Duration of ownership:10 Months

Strengths: Easy to setup. Reliabe. Speed and range are very good. High security wireless. No interfence with other wireless devices.

Weaknesses: none

Overall Evaluation: Just put in a CD and follow its instruction to setup the router. The router gives excellent signal strength and fast speed for wireless. Just put it in higher ground for more range. It has WAP high security for wireless. Just remember to change the router's password and activate WAP (new firmware 4.70.6 makes it easier to do this). It doesn't interfence with other 2.4 GHz devices like phones. My wired LAN works great too. No wonder that Linksys still gets a major share in router market. I really like this product. It is very reliable. It is the high grade product that money can buy. I will buy from Linksys again.
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1 Star Review

Reviewed by: isam

Updated:12-10-05

Duration of ownership:1 Months

Strengths: Reasonably easy to setup and configure. Option to prevent management of the device via wireless link.

Weaknesses: Wireless signal keeps cutting out

Overall Evaluation: I've had my unit for a month now. Downloading of files over 5MB ran at 16Kbps! An upgrade to the latest firmware fixed this. Every 5 days or so I have to reboot the device because it completely looses its wireless signal. Linksys support advise changing the channel and positioning the unit well away from the phone and if that fails upgrading the firmware.I have the latest firmware and the unit is not near a phone, so my only hope is to try changing the channel.My friend has the non-speedboost version and says he has had no problems with the wireless signal dropping.I don't know how Linksys can continue to sell such a heap of junk. I certainly would not recommend this unit to anyone.
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1 Star Review

Reviewed by: madeira1

Updated:08-14-05

Duration of ownership:2 Days

Strengths: 24 hour support line.Tech support is very helful and patient.

Weaknesses: The router completely failed to get my Laptop in the intenet.

Overall Evaluation: Very poor product for wireless computing-It was OK when it remained wired but when I tried t use it a few feet away from the Linksys, i could only get the Home Page of the website.
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1 Star Review

Reviewed by: kevinm23

Updated:07-22-05

Duration of ownership:2 Months

Strengths: Easy to setup

Weaknesses: Horrible customer service, looses signal to much.

Overall Evaluation: I have been very happy with Linksys products until buying the router and supporting PCI cards with Speed booster. I have owned a few wireless routers and I have ever had problems loosing signals. I sent the first one back and I got the latest version back but it still drops it's signal when transferring or saving files over 2MB on the network. I will never buy another product from this company just because the customer service is completely incompetent and was unable to help me at all.
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: sgludovi

Updated:07-03-05

Duration of ownership:10 Days

Strengths: Speed boost really is noticable. Once the router is set up all my wireless devices connected up with ease.

Weaknesses: During the CD setup it asked you for IP information from your ISP and it would have been much better if they were more explicit as to the info needed. After a few tries I finally got the right subnet

Overall Evaluation: I've been using a 2WIRE home node for about three years and I always had problems loosing my internet connections through the wireless devices. This year we moved into a new house with a few spots that have a really weak signal. Although all of my Wireless adapters where all Linksys they still only worked off and on with the 2WIRE. I thought if I finally upgraded to a Linksys wireless router all would be fine. Boy was I right not only are all my wireless PCs and notebooks operating flawlessly using DHCP the signal strength has almost doubled. And those rooms that were so bad in the past that I couldn't even get a connection are now 50%+ connection strength. I couldn't be more pleased now that I've gone totally Linksys from end-to-end. I heard that the WRT54G had some performance problems and since I know I had some dead spots in my house I went with the WRT54GS (speedbooster) --- it was worth every penny.
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: oof_ow

Updated:05-15-05

Duration of ownership:1 Weeks

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Overall Evaluation: Point of comparison is a Linksys BEFSR41 v2 (The most popular wired Linksys router out there)Here's something interesting that other reviews may not have covered:The WRG54GS router's built-in software (when you type in 192.168.1.1 in your browser) has better visual appeal than older routers, has a better user interface, and loads faster too when you click a button.
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: philster

Updated:05-07-05

Duration of ownership:2 Months

Strengths: Good Distance ability and speed, WPA-PSK Encryption and others, Great Tutorial info

Weaknesses: No wall mounting bracket.

Overall Evaluation: I recently purchased the Linksys WRT54GS router and 2 WMP54GS PCI adapters cards for my 2 desktop pcs. In short, they work great. I get connection speeds from 54 - 125 MHz on both computers, one on the same floor, one upstairs. I use the router to connect to my DSL modem which came with my Earthlink DSL subscription. I knew almost nothing about the wireless security so I was a little hesitant to go wireless - not a problem at all. Linksys has a great tutorial on their website which explains the different types of encryption. Instead of the old WEP, I switched to WPA-PSK which is much more secure (my old wireless card, SMC 54Mhz would not support the new WPA standard). When you logon to your router (much like a website) it even has its own tutorial info if you need it. I got the system up and running right away. It did take me a couple hours of reading up on the encryption stuff to get up to speed on that though. Summary: It works great. I highly recommend.
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: wdrobby

Updated:04-15-05

Duration of ownership:3 Weeks

Strengths: Easy to use, Good security features.

Weaknesses: Range could be better

Overall Evaluation: This router is very easy to use, The range could be better. With a "speedbooster" card for your notebook ($80 at bestbuy) you can get better range and use the speedboosting. I highly remend this router for the price. This is my third Linksys product, I am very satisfied with the line.
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3 Star Review

Reviewed by: Diamond_Dave_

Updated:04-04-05

Duration of ownership:3 Weeks

Strengths: Good performance when running.

Weaknesses: 1st unit died within 14 hours of initial installation. RMA process is terrible since it requires the customer to pay for shipping, when the faulty equipmet is the manufacturer's fault.

Overall Evaluation: PLEASE do yourself a favor and only buy a product like this from a local store or a site that will guarantee shipping for RMA swap. These units are great when they are working, but they can easily fry; whether it be because of a power surge or even a heavy electrical storm. Do yourself a favor and do not skimp on surge protection on power AND rj45 ports.
Overall Rating
4 Star Review

Reviewed by: aluri

Updated:03-06-05

Duration of ownership:3 Months

Strengths: Good Signal Strength.

Weaknesses: Little bit expensive.

Overall Evaluation: Installing was very easy. Wireless range is excellent. Network speed is high. I use different cards including Cisco Aironet, Linksys and Netgear PC cards with this router. All cards works great with this router. I can get 95% of cable modem bandwidth on the note book computers even if I use 128 bit encryption on my router. I would recommend this to anyone.