Cisco-Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless-G Broadband Router
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Customer Review: If you want a simple & affordable router, buy this one
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my replacement router as my previous router Wrt56GL was toasted due to thunderstorm. I was looking for a simple and no complex setting one. I didn't want to spend time on fine-tuning on sophiscated functions as long as it does simple wired/wireless routing job. It took me less than 5 minutes to set up this router as I'm already familar with other linksys interface. Just wired connection, then go to http://192.168.1.1/ to configure the first page. Honestly, Linksys interface is better than Netgear WGR614 one.
I was concerned as some of folks complained that it's slow and short-range but I've used it for a few weeks and no problem yet.
Anyone complaining about short wireless range should check their seetings and environment. For example, radio channel and enviroment surrounded metal stuff dramatically affect the range.
In terms of the wireless range, it seems more than enough for my need. I can browse the safari in my IPod touch at least 30 meters away from my house! My house is a single storey so I can't comment if it'd work well in 2-3 storey houses, but it should be fine as long as it's well placed.
It's well spent given the price/performance. If mum/dad like me who's just wants a cheap & nice-looking router, buy this one.
Customer Review: Great router though the range isn't as good as it could be
Summary: 5 Stars
The router works great. I had previously been using a Netgear WGR614 router (which was still 54mbs and wireless g enabled). The Netgear router kept dropping the connection and seemed like it was overheating.
I purchased the Linksys router and like it for the following reasons:
1. Looks much more sleek
2. The Internet seems faster and more responsive
3. My Vista machine gains back its connection much more quickly when coming out of sleep or hibernation
4. No more dropped connections
5. Option for https configuration
6. Has WPA2
7. Tried out the connection and the WPA2 works with the Wii, and the G1 Android phone. Ooma worked fine through the wired plugin.
Things that could use some improvement:
1. I don't like it when you have to install software for peripherals and accessories. I installed the software, and will uninstall it because I can get to the advanced settings directly through the router interface.
2. I checked the signal strength in different parts of the house before I disconnected my old router and then after connecting the Linksys router. Where I received Very Good with the old router, the Linksys router only gives Fair to Good connection strength.
Customer Review: So Far So Good
Summary: 5 Stars
So far, so good. I bought this as a market standard router for our apartment after Time Warner failed to bring a router as requested. I considered the rangemax and ultrarange as options, but decided that our 1200 sq foot apartment was probably fine with this one. We all have relatively new computers, two of which run on Vista, so the 802.11g was compatible with all of them. I chose Linksys based on customer reviews and overall ratings. Netgear seemed to have the lowest rating overall but D-Link seems on par so it may work just as well.
I did a bunch of research beforehand which helped a bit (I had no idea as to 802.11b versus g, etc.), and also found instructions on installing a wireless network from [...] which were actually great to have on hand since the Linksys user guide is on a CD. Overall, setting it up was pretty easy, the only issue was that my roommate had disabled her wireless! Once we figured that out, everything was connected. I had to power down the modem and the router and restart the computers once they were connected to make sure everything worked but now everything is set. I'm 30 feet and 4 walls away from the router and my internet is faster than it ever was with Time Warner. It was worth the time and less money.
Customer Review: Just What The (affordable) Doctor Ordered
Summary: 5 Stars
In the age of everyone wishing they had dual band wireless-N this is a really good inexpensive solution for now. I very much agree with another reviewer that you should take the time to geek out and use the dd-wrt firmware (and update it) on this because it simply works better and is more configurable. You can even adjust the power output of the router (the default is too high; for ashtray style routers from linksys drop it down to 35-50 to reduce noise and extend router life). There was another minor tweak for the number of maximum IP ports that you may have to change slightly if you use P2P software but I set mine at 1024 max ports with an 1800 TCP timeout (120 udp). I VPN for work and works fine with multiple devices running wireless G. If you're a little bit of a nerd it's pretty easy to put the new firmware on there; this is a really good cheap router you can make better quite easily saving you $. Even through a couple walls and a decent distance away I get an avg full bar 48mbps and run an avg 1.5MB/sec download which is using enough of my connection with other clients in mind and suits me fine. GREAT value and very good performance. Using build 13064 works great and runs reports, even does CRON jobs, lol.Customer Review: Solid router with great performance
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this router to replace my 3 year old Netgear WGR614v5. The old router was fine, but when I upgrade to 15 Mbps service, it was bottlenecking the connection at ~3.5 Mbps. A firmware update did not help, nor did tweaking my settings. Enter the WRT54G2. This thing was flying from the get-go. It produces a strong Wifi signal and has all the features, controls and options that I want. It flawlessly supports VPN that I use for telecommuting. I haven't tried networking the Xbox 360 to it yet (which will be wireless), but I'm looking forward to seeing if it shows as an "Open NAT". That was something the Netgear router needed some help on. It eventually acheived "open NAT" status, but required several setting change iterations to get it right. On the ol' Netgear, settings changes required ~15 seconds of inactivity, while all of the network connections died (wired and wireless) and were re-estabilished, a bit of a pain. The new Linksys router performs setting changes very quickly with no need for wireless devices to re-find the router afterword (unless you make wireless security changes, of course). I also like the new router's package, compared to the old Linksys WRT54 (the big, blue brick).