| | Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Router |  | Brand: Linksys
Category: CE
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $40.00
You Save: $19.99 (33%)
New (27) Used (14) Refurbished (3) from $33.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  1713 reviews
Sales Rank: 136
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
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.10
CPU Type: PowerPC G4
Processors: 1
System Memory: 2000
Memory Type: SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 7.3 x 1.9
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: WRT54G
Model: WRT54G
UPC: 745883553853
EAN: 0745883553853
ASIN: B00007KDVI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: I bought by mistake and opened the box, but remains brand new and unused.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Oh my this router stinks! August 23, 2008
I ordered this router because of the high rating it received. I've had nothing but trouble with it. It was a miracle if I could get online first thing in the morning, & even if I could, it was only a matter of minutes before I got kicked offline, & I had to repeatedly plug & unplug (for 30 seconds each time) the router to get maybe another 5-10 minutes of online time.
I used their online chat tech support, & downloaded firmware, reset the router, & nothing worked. So they had me send back the router & they sent me a new one.
Same problems started immediately. I've had it.
I thought Linksys would be a really good router because of Cisco's reputation. I was wrong. I've bought a Belkin N-Router instead & am hoping it works better.
 Works well, but... August 23, 2008
This wireless router functions very well AFTER you get it set up. The self install format did not work with my broadband provider and required a rather lengthy phone call to customer support, who admitted that the CD installation process rarely succeeded! It would appear that Linksys needs to update its installation software as well as provide more documentation other than just a single page of instructions.
The only thing worse than this router was the customer support August 21, 2008
I was excited about this new router, thinking that with the two large antennas, it would give great range. Unfortunately I still have not been able to test the range. For starters, the power cord was dead on arrival. After searching for about a half an hour, I was finally able to find a phone number for support. After three different phone calls, and being transferred to numerous different people and long hold times, I gave up on getting a new power cord and scavenged one from an old router I had. Once I was able to power-up, I connected to the router via wires no problem,however, I was unable to get the wireless side to work. After two more calls to customer service and over 2 hours of trying to talk it through with them, I was told that my only option would be to pay $9.99 so tech support could log onto my computer to try and fix the problem. At that point I decided that it just wasn't worth it to keep throwing good time and money at this problem. In reality the only option I had left was to send the router back.
I realize that sometimes products are defective and I don't judge linksys negatively for what may have been an isolated incident. However, there is no way that the incredibly poor and useless customer support that I received was isolated.
Stay Away From This Paricular Linksys Wireless Router Model and... August 18, 2008
...get the acclaimed Linksys WRT 54 GL instead. It's a different and superior animal - a much more competent and reliable performer. They appear identical but they're not.
A housemate originally installed his WRT 54G and we routinely had dropped internet connections, usually at least once a day. Had to go into the room where it was kept and recycle it, a real nuisance....disconnect the power cord and wait for about 20 seconds before plugging it back in. When the housemate moved out, he left the router; didn't want it back.
I bought the model #WRT54GL after reading the mostly 5 and 4 star rated user reviews here at Amazon and have, so far, experienced smooth sailing...no dropped connections yet.
UPDATE: Unfortunately, the Linksys WRT54GL that I bought went bad after 2 week's use. Worked fine then experienced extremely slow internet connections and constant rebuffering(quitting) with iTunes streams. The WRT54GL is going back to Amazon. I'll be looking for a better quality, more reliable router. . No more Linksys products for me. What a bummer!
 Doesn't work as advertised August 16, 2008
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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