Cisco-Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router

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The Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router is really three devices in one box. First, theres 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. Theres 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 resources and files. All your computers can print on a shared printer connected anywhere in the house.

• Linux-based Internet-sharing Router with built-in 4-port Switch and Wireless-G Access Point
• Shares a single Internet connection and other resources with Ethernet wired and Wireless-G and -B devices
• Includes four Fast Ethernet ports for your wired computers and devices
• Wireless signals are protected by industrial-strength WPA2 encryption, and your network is protected from most known Internet attacks by a powerful SPI firewall

Cisco-Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router Reviews

Cisco-Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router Reviews

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410 of 426 people found the following review helpful: Solid and Reliable, May 12, 2007 By  C. Petit (Northeastern US) - See all my reviews    Amazon Verified Purchase( What's this?) This review is from: Cisco-Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router (Personal Computers) This wireless router, besides supporting Linux firmware, is a tested and true wireless router with 802.11 b and g support. It supports WPA, WPA2 and the older WEP encryption schemes. In addition, it has a built-in firewall, MAC address filtering, and supports access policies (such as "don't allow FTP connections to this computer on Sundays"). When I installed this wireless router, setup was very straightforward (I did not use the Setup Wizard because it didn't work for me). I changed the IP address range (because the DSL modem uses the 192.168.1 address space), set the administrator password, chose a name for the Wireless network, enabled WPA2 encryption and picked a passphrase. After that, I connected my laptop to the router right away, and received an excellent signal and throughput of 100 KB/sec (for comparison, my DSL connection maintains a throughput of 300 KB/sec when I connect straight to the DSL modem). I've been using the router... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink   Comments (13) 286 of 310 people found the following review helpful: Meet the new box, same as the old box, December 2, 2005 By  C. Hansen - See all my reviews    This review is from: Cisco-Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router (Personal Computers) I've bought close to a dozen of the earlier versions of these routers (WRT54G v2-v4) over the past few years as well as recommended them to my friends, and the ability to update and upgrade the flash memory with modified open source software is the reason why these routers deserve a wonderful reputation. The modified software versions, such as HyperWRT and OpenWRT, Sveasoft, etc. have over the years provided capabilities that Linksys themselves didn't put in the box on their own, such as having routers that link up over the wireless connection, or routers that can work well in P2P applications with hundreds of active connections. Some of these features made it back into Linksys's official codebase over the years, helping to make this a Truly Great Product. Linksys has chosen to eviscerate the memory of the latest version (v5) of the WRT54G to make it cheaper. This latest version doesn't have Linux inside and as others have reported isn't nearly as stable as... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink   Comments (8) 318 of 349 people found the following review helpful: This is really the *original* WRT54G, December 1, 2005 By  gadgeek (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews This review is from: Cisco-Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router (Personal Computers) This new "L" model has the same Flash and RAM capacities as the older WRT54G models that ran Linux, and thus will support freely and commercially available third-party Linux-based firmware upgrades (voiding the warranty, of course). Some background and history can be found here: LinkSys courts Linux hackers with WRT54G"L" http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS4729641740.html LinkSys also offers a WRT54GS "speedboaster" model that uses channel bonding with I believe both A and G signals, to realize faster throughput in some use cases. Some older WRT54GS models were available with 8MB of Flash and 32MB of RAM, while current models have 4/16, and thus will also support fancy firmware upgrades, such as those from http://www.dd-wrt.com/, http://www.sveasoft.com/, http://sputnik.com, and so on. These firmwares offer things like optimization for VoWiFi (voice-over-wifi), integration with Radius authentication, bridging, etc, etc, etc... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink   Comments (7)

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