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Linksys Compact Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54GC
Binding: Electronics
Manufacturer: Linksys
Features:
Average Rating: 3.5
Total Customer Reviews: 188
List Price: $59.99
Product Description
Compact all-in-one Internet-sharing Router, 4-port Switch, and 54Mbps Wireless-G Access Point. Almost 5 times faster than 802.11b, but can also interoperate with any 802.11b device (at 11Mbps).The Linksys Compact Wireless-G Broadband Router is really three devices in one small box. There's the Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect both screaming fast Wireless-G (802.11g at 54Mbps) and Wireless-B (802.11b at 11Mbps) devices to the network. There's also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together. Connect four PCs directly, or attach more hubs and switches to create as big a network as you need. Finally, the Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection.Once your computers are connected to the Router and the Internet, they can communicate with each other too, sharing a printer, digital music, picture and document files, and multi-player or on-line games.To protect your data and privacy, the Wireless-G Broadband Router can encode all wireless transmissions with WEP or industrial-strength WPA Personal encryption. The Router can serve as a DHCP Server, has a powerful SPI firewall to protect your PCs against intruders and most known Internet attacks, and supports VPN pass-through. Configuration is a snap with the web browser-based configuration utility. And the tiny form factor fits any home or desktop.With the Linksys Compact Wireless-G Broadband Router at the center of your home or office network, you can share a high-speed Internet connection, files, printers, and multi-player games with the flexibility, speed, and security you need!
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Users Product Reviews: |
Product Review Summary: Bricked After Firmware Upgrade This router worked pretty well until I tried to update the firmware to solve some connection problems I was having. Unfortunately, the update failed somewhere along the line (it appeared to be complete, but never came back to life) and now it's a brick. There are numerous posts on Linksys' forums and other places around the 'net from people having the exact same problem. I've tried all solutions posted to Linksys' knowledge base and those suggested in forums with no solution. Ultimately there is no solution and if you're beyond warranty, you're stuck. WARNING: Linksys tech support will NOT help you even though this is a known issue on their side. Avoid this device at all costs or at the very least don't update the firmware, EVER.
Product Review Summary: Not up to Linksys standards The market has moved on. However, I just threw two of these routers into the electronic recycling bin, so I'll use the occasion to warn anybody looking at picking up one online.
The name of this product implies that you get the reliability and performance of the WRT45 in an compact package. Not so. The box itself is attractive and fits neatly on a desk, but the wireless signal is weak and the response of the unit somewhat slow.
The first unit I bought began to fail intermittently after about a year. I bought another to replace it and it bricked immediately upon installing a firmware upgrade (which I was hoping might solve the performance problems with the earlier unit). There are numerous messages in the tech boards about the firmware upgrade problem, though nothing obvious on the vendor site. I set the thing aside, dreading the battle with tech support. Finally, I just threw both of them away.
Product Review Summary: It's been a workhorse, no problems I bought one of these over a year ago for $10 at a garage sale for my son to use with his Wii. It's been nothing but fantastic. I have never had any problems with it. It was easy enough to set up that my 10 year old son did it. We are able to connect a Notebook PC, 2 wired desktop PCs, a Wii, a Dell hand held, and a Nintendo DS to it all at the same time and it's fine. It's only drawback is that wireless-G isn't quite fast enough for online gaming with the Wii, so today I bought a WRT160N to upgrade to wireless-N. This one will be heading to the in-laws so that we'll have WiFi at their house too.
Product Review Summary: Average router Ive been having this year close to 3 yrs now.
Guess what its been replaced 3 times by linksys.
First time, just 6 months later for some reason it bricked, got a replace.
Second one ran for 2 yrs ok, with power reset every 2-3 months but
was fine. But when you apply a upgrade it bricked,
Third one is going strong now. No issues so far.
Only good thing about this is its cheap and does its job with little hassles.
Plenty of bad things to complain from a networking expert config point of view.
But not worth to mention for the low cost I got this for.
The two replacements I got was for free, so nothing to complain either
- ravi
Product Review Summary: Two broken I bought two of these. The first one bricked after a firmware update failed. Another one bricked after normal use about 2 months after the first one died.
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