LINKSYS WRT54G3G-ST WRTR Linksys Wireless-G Router for Sprint Mobile Broadband WRT54G3G Wireless router + 4-port switch

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• ASIN: B000IZWYXI
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,054 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 16, 2006

Product Description

Linksys WRT54G3G-ST, Wireless-G Router for Sprint Mobile Broadband.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not very impressed, February 7, 2007

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Kenny - See all my reviews

This review is from: LINKSYS WRT54G3G-ST WRTR Linksys Wireless-G Router for Sprint Mobile Broadband WRT54G3G Wireless router + 4-port switch (Electronics)

Make sure you do some reasearch before purchasing this router. I purchased the WRT54G3G-ST from CDW Warehouse. I have a Gateway M320 Laptop with a Sierra 580 Aircard from Sprint. I followed the instructions step by step to the letter. In the middle of installing, the Linksys installation program stopped at step five, and stayed that way for 20 minutes. I had to terminte the program and start over. Once I got the router configured, all of my wireless computers could connect to the router. That was not an issue. The problem I had was the blue light to the Air Card would continue to flash, attempting to connect to the Sprint service. Something that would take seconds without the router, was taking minutes... or would not connect at all. Sometimes it would connect, sometimes it would not. I called the support at Linksys, and reached some folks who wanted to help, but were so thickly accented and hard to hear, I could not communicate easily. I tried three different people. Instead, I called the support over at Sprint. They told me that they could not support my issue, because the Sprint Card was not inserted into the laptop. If the card is inserted into the router, I would have to call Linksys... even though this router has a Sprint sticker on the outside of it. FInally, I called CDW Warehouse, and after speaking with a support person, he told me that the Sierra AC 580 was not compatible with the WRT54G3G-ST router. He told me that Sprint and Linksys say that it is, yes, but that he had many support issues just like mine with the 580 card. After a few more hours of testing, a few more resets, I gave it up. I had to send it back.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Basic functions work fine, but advanced set-up fails., March 30, 2007

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K. Christensen (Provo, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LINKSYS WRT54G3G-ST WRTR Linksys Wireless-G Router for Sprint Mobile Broadband WRT54G3G Wireless router + 4-port switch (Electronics)

I have been using this router for about a week and I have my network connected and working fine, but many of the set-up features (Access Restrictions & Connection Logging for example) do not work. I have been on the phone for hours with tech support, only to finally be told that, "Oh, this is a known issue." This router is not so new that they haven't had time to work out the bugs. It's just sloppy business in my opinion.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WORKS GREAT BUT NOT THE WIRELESS G, February 26, 2007

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Joel M. Turney "JOEL" (SA, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LINKSYS WRT54G3G-ST WRTR Linksys Wireless-G Router for Sprint Mobile Broadband WRT54G3G Wireless router + 4-port switch (Electronics)

I DONT HAVE CABLE OR DSL WHERE I LIVE SO I USE A SPRINT MOBILE BROADBAND CARD. I BOUGHT THIS TO SHARE MY INTERNET THROUGH OUT MY HOME AND IT WORKS GREAT FOR WIRED ONLY DEVICES. THE WIRELESS G KEEPS GOING IN AND OUT EVEN WHEN YOU'RE WITHIN 5' FROM IT OR ANYWHERE ELSE. I USE THE S720 CARD AND IT SEEMS JUST AS FAST AS DSL OR BETTER.