Gateway 802.11g Cable/DSL router with 4 port switch

by Gateway

Product Details

Product Manual [2.49mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000YWRI4
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,867 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 12, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Gateway Wireless-G Router is the focal point of any high-speed home network. One of the benefits of this wireless standard is that Wireless-G devices can also work with existing 11 Mbps Wireless-B equipment. Since both standards are built in, you can protect your invesent in existing Wireless-B infrastructure, and migrate to the fast, new Wireless-G standard as your needs grow. While Gateway's Wireless-G products are optimized while working within a fully integrated Gateway network, they have been designed to be compatible within any established Wireless-G or Wireless-B network.

Features

• Stateful packet firewall
• Parental controls
• DHCP server
• DNS caching
• 802.11g radio
• 64 & 128 Bit WEP and WPA
• Mac filtering,
• 4 port Ethernet 10/100 switch

Security
Even at speeds up to 54 Mbps, the router protects your data and privacy with the Wireless-G Broadband Router that encrypts all wireless transmissions. The Router also serves as a protection device against Internet intruders with its high-security 128-bit WEP and WPA encryption, as well as provides content filtering options for parental control of what is viewed on your home network.

Every Gateway wireless product includes easy-to-use software and instructions so your equipment is set up in a snap! Gateway Wireless networks are designed to work with the Gateway Media Center PCs, desktops, notebooks, Tablet PCs and the Connected DVD.

Product Description

The Gateway® Wireless-G Router is the focal point of any high-speed home network. One of the benefits of this wireless standard is that Wireless-G devices can also work with existing 11Mbps Wireless-B equipment. Since both standards are built in, you can protect your investment in existing Wireless-B infrastructure, and migrate to the fast, new Wireless-G standard as your needs grow. While Gateway’s Wireless-G products are optimized while working within a fully integrated Gateway network, they have been designed to be compatible within any established Wireless-G or Wireless-B network. Even at speeds up to 54mbps, the router protects your data and privacy with the Wireless-G Broadband Router that encrypts all wireless transmissions. The Router also serves as a protection device against Internet intruders with its high-security 128-bit WEP encryption, as well as provides content filtering options for parental control of what is viewed on your home network. Every Gateway wireless product includes easy-to-use software and instructions so your equipment is set up in a snap! Gateway Wireless networks are designed to work with the Gateway® Media Center PCs, desktops, notebooks, Tablet PCs and the Connected DVD.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I won't be purchasing a Gateway product again, August 5, 2005

By 

lebb (Tennessee, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gateway 802.11g Cable/DSL router with 4 port switch (Personal Computers)

For basic home networking, this router is fine as long as you don't need any support. I could never get VPN to work, and Gateway tech support admitted it was most likely a hardware problem, but refused to even tell me where to find firmware updates since the problem was not discovered until it was barely out of warranty (unless I paid $3/minute or $300/year for the privilege, although they assured me that they still didn't expect to be able to solve the problem even if I paid the steep price). Since this was one of many such experiences over the past few years, I replaced the router with another brand (a less expensive but more configurable model), and have had no problems at all.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gateway router, February 29, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Gateway 802.11g Cable/DSL router with 4 port switch (Personal Computers)

The Gateway router has great performance, with WPA security and 4 port switching this product competes head to head against linksys and other 802.11g routers.

Plus Gateway technical support is far superior over any other support organization

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You get what you pay for., March 12, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Gateway 802.11g Cable/DSL router with 4 port switch (Personal Computers)

I've heard horror stories about getting a wireless network configured in your house. Either I'm very lucky or this product is better than a lot of the cheap stuff out there.
Set-up was straight forward, quick and easy. I have never had to touch it since the initial setup. I understand that may have to do with the Broadcom chip set which is more dependable, but also more expensive than some others. (My cable modem, on the other hand, needs rebooting every couple days. But that's another story.)