Cisco-Linksys WTR54GS Wireless G Travel Router with Speedbooster
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Customer Review: Great little router
Summary: 4 Stars
This router has worked great for what I purchased it for - making wired connections in my hotel room into wireless ones. The range is more than enough for my needs, and I've never dropped a connection. I would recommend this device to anybody who travels and wants the added flexibility of knowing that there will be wireless in their hotel room or conference room, especially if multiple people will need to use the same internet connection.
Another feature of this unit is that it acts as a range extender for an existing wireless network. It can connect to a wireless network for the WAN and also put out a wireless LAN, making it great for home use. The only drawback to this entire unit, though, is that the wireless network being connected to on the WAN has to be open - no encryption. If you've got WEP or WPA on your home network (and you should), then this unit won't extend your range, since it must be an open network to extend it. You can still connect to this unit using the encryption method of your choice though - this doesn't affect the LAN side.
That said, this unit is great, especially given it's size and integrated power adapter - it just hangs from the plug and takes up little space. If they could fix the wireless WAN encryption thing, I'd give it 5 stars in a heartbeat!
Customer Review: Well designed product except setup is not perfect.
Summary: 4 Stars
I thought this is a very well designed router except for one flaw that I encountered. I really like the fact that there is no power adapter and the fact that plug retracts (so you don't have to worry about damaging other items in your bag). My one complaint has to do with the setup of this router. When setting up the router I put the plug from the modem into the wrong port and I was able to get on the internet with one pc but not share the connection. I called linksys tech support and they were unable to diagnose the problem. I then had to return the unit and the problem happened again when I setup the new router. At this point, I realized what the problem was and was able to correct the issue. Just seems that the setup software should have detected that I plugged the modem cord into the wrong port and told me such when I ran it. Would have saved me a 2 hour tech support call and them sending me a new unit.Customer Review: Adequate and convenient - could be better
Summary: 4 Stars
The linksys WTR54GS wifi travel router comes with 5' of flat 100Mbps cable, a 2x4x5 black carry case and required software*. The hardware is light (almost flimsy) but has worked for a few weeks with no glitches. Range and signal about equivalent to my standard home router (I admit - I didn't push the range). Performance is satisfactory. The device has a retractable 100-240V U.S. plug and 1 Ethernet-out port; convenient, but needs some space around the power outlet to fit in.
*Note: the Easy Setup software would not run on my laptop and I was obliged to set up manually "Not Recommended" via instructions from the user manual .pdf file thankfully included on the CD. Indeed- not recommended for novices. Had to reset the device twice before getting it right.
Ultimately, the WTR54GS provides most of the features of a full-sized wireless router in a compact package.
Customer Review: Linksys Travel Router
Summary: 4 Stars
Recently took my laptop and this travel router on vacation. I had occasion to use it as a wireless router with my laptop in wireless mode. There were also occasions where the lodging had wireless and then I used the router as a AP. In both cases, performance was what I expected.
My only complaint is that with the power supply built into the router, it ran quite warm if used for an extended period. However, there were no problems.
Customer Review: Very good ! still room for improvements...
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a very nice product, the only drawback is that it can't log on a wireless protected network, despite that it's an excellent product.
Right now it is replacing a D-link DI-624 router that keeps rebooting as soon as my laptop access the wi-fi, after switching for this little fellow not even one reboot...
Be careful it tends to get hot...
Cheers,
London