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Cisco-Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router
 
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Cisco-Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router

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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,198 customer reviews)

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Technical Details

  • 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
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Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 10 x 3 inches ; 13.1 ounces
  • Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • ASIN: B000BTL0OA
  • Item model number: WRT54GL
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,198 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: April 11, 2006

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router is really three devices in one box. First, 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.


The Linksys-Cisco WRT54GL offers great performance and ease of use -- plus Linux compatibility. See it in detail: front and rear.
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 resources and files. All your computers can print on a shared printer connected anywhere in the house. And your computers can share all kinds of files -- music, digital pictures, and documents. Keep all your digital music on one computer, and listen to it anywhere in the house. Organize all of your family's digital pictures in one place, to simplify finding the ones you want, and easing backup to CD-R. Utilize extra free space on one computer when another's hard drive starts to fill up.

The new push button setup feature makes it easy to configure your wireless devices. Just push the button on the router and on your other SecureEasySetup-enabled wireless device to automatically create an encryption-secured wireless connection. TKIP and AES protects your data and privacy with up to 128-bit industrial-strength 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, supports VPN pass-through, and can be configured to filter internal users' access to the Internet. Advanced configuration is a snap with the web browser-based interface.

With the Linksys 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 flexibility, speed, security and simplicity!

Product Description

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.


Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
467 of 484 people found the following review helpful
Solid and Reliable May 12, 2007
Amazon Verified Purchase
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 for several months now, and have not had any dropped connections (my older Netgear router dropped connections fairly frequently and did not support the newer WPA encryption scheme) and have consistent throughput. The router has been running constantly for these past few months.

For the real tech-heads, this router has customized Linux firmware available from third parties. I haven't tried this firmware, since the base Linksys firmware more than meets my needs.

Finally, good security practices are to: Change the administrator password, disable Universal Plug and Play, disable Remote administrative access, use a unique name for the access point, and if the network is only for a small number of personal devices (i.e. a laptop you own), enable MAC address filtering. A MAC address uniquely identifies a network card, so this only allows certain computers to access the network.
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73 of 73 people found the following review helpful
So far very stable June 23, 2006
By phoenix
Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this router about 3 weeks ago to upgrade my Linksys BEFW11S4 802.11b router. The main thing I was looking for is the stability. So far, this router has been perfect, it hasn't dropped the connection yet. It also appears this router has much better range than my previous router. The product comes with a CD which has the installation guide on it. As usual, it's not well written.

Update:
It has been more than 3 months since I set up this router and I haven't had any problem. - 8/16/06

Update:
This router has been in operation for 7 months and hasn't had any problem at all. Not even a single reboot. - 1/16/07
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300 of 326 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
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 earlier versions, nor is it in any condition to have the open source community help Linksys fix the problems. If you want The Little Blue Box That Could, you now have to buy the WRT54GL.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Very good product
I don't know a lot about routers but I can't realize any differences in downloading and streaming using the cable (without router) or using this wireless router, then I think the... Read more
Published 21 hours ago by Cristian
Great Router
Bought this to put DD-WRT on. New firmware installation went smooth. Have been using it as a range extender with excellent results.
Published 3 days ago by kben
Too Complicated
Just starting to use this as I have a Mac and didn't see until I received the installation CD that you can't download the program to a Mac. Read more
Published 3 days ago by JustWannaSurf
Works well but needs set up for a Mac
Customer service was very helpful to get it set up for a Mac, but I wish Cisco had set it up to automatically work. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Piyush
Set it and forget it, or upgrade it for more features!
I have the WRT54Gv4 which is what the WR54GL is a carbon copy of, almost hardware for hardware. The v4 has lasted me for SEVEN YEARS without any problems. Read more
Published 8 days ago by M. Park
So far so good - although, you have to figure out ON YOUR OWN how to...
So far, so good... if you are a MAC user, I found a link online to use to help initial set up as there are NO DIRECTIONS for MAC users included with this wireless router. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Amy M. Cook
Wireless router
Works very well. Not sure why it says to run CD first that was confusing It would have worked fine without running it I ended up skipping whatever it was trying to do and then... Read more
Published 19 days ago by WRN
Stopped working 1 month after the warranty ended.
This router worked well for the first 8 months, then all of a sudden the saved settings started to disappear at random intervals. Read more
Published 20 days ago by D. Sokolov
Easy to Use
I am nearly techno-illerate, but found this router easy to set up and it has been working great, meets our needs perfectly.
Published 20 days ago by Tennessee Katey
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A good Broadband Router for the money. Easy set up and very dependable. A real value.
Published 21 days ago by Minnesota Ice
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