Before buying this product I read a lot of your reviews - many of which warned potential buyers that NO WAY does this product work with Mac computers, is a bad product anyway, has no customer support, etc.. I found that all of this was just not true - for the most part. It is true that it is obviously not meant for Macs, not really. It works with Macs in that there is nothing preventing a Mac from working with it, but all the customer support and the CD that comes with the product (which has no Mac OS version) is pretty clearly NOT for Mac. That said, my Linksys Wireless-G is up and running just fine with my Mac. The guys who installed my high speed internet recommended this model, which they have recommended to all their customers. I have used it many times in the little town near here which has a downtown Wi-Fi project, and so I knew that there shouldn't be a problem.
My Mac picked up the wireless signal immediately, but getting my modem to communicate with this signal was another matter. Because the CD is for PCs only, I could not use it so I called my techie brother to come here with his PC laptop to configure it. I'd say that'd probably be the easiest solution for anyone with a Mac who wants to use it. Configure it through a PC, then make sure you can connect as well.
I was a little amused after reading electronics guy's review, where he says: "The fact is that configuring networking and especially secure wireless networking requires that the user know at least a little bit about what they are doing." My brother has been working with computers since the days when they were TRS-80s and he was 13 years old. He knows hardware, software, systems better than most people and it took him more than an hour to get my Mac to work with this. Of course he poo-poo'd the CD, along with the instructions the support guy sent (yes, you can get very good support without spending two hours on the phone to India - just EMAIL the request, I got a response in less than 24 hours, with follow-up a couple of days later). Anyway, so, he didn't use either of these resources, avoiding them in the way men usually avoid asking for driving directions.... He got his PC to function with this router fairly quickly. My Mac required some 'jiggling.' Eventually he had to take off the security because when it was on, I could not connect. Also, we had a difficult time getting the router to surrender the 'Linksys' name. But we did manage that finally.
Bottom line about all of this - It sure does work with Macs, and works fine. But, it is easier to configure it through a PC, and maybe that is what God, and Linksys, intended. There might be some residual problems, such as lack of ability to protect your network - but hell, I like my neighbors, let 'em hack in if they can. Finally - you will get good support and quickly if you send your request via email. Everyone knows telephone support - for anything, sucks. Your support might not be relevant for a Mac, but, again, this product wasn't intended for them though it does work just fine with them if you can get past the configuration hurdles.
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| Customer Rating | (1944) | (9543) | (67687) | (1241) | (21676) |
| Price | $37.89 | $118.99 | $53.99 | $39.99 | $24.99 |
| Sold By | Saleapalooza | Errant | Amazon.com | Mister B Enterprises | Amazon.com |
| Connectivity Technology | Wireless^Wired | Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi | Wired^Wireless | Wi-Fi |
| Data Transfer Rate | 54 Mb per second | 54 Mb per second | 1750 Mb per second | 54 Mb per second | 450 Mb per second |
| Frequency Bands Supported | 2.4 GHz | 2.4 GHz | Dual-Band | — | 2.4 GHz |
| Item Dimensions | 3.54 x 2.75 x 4.33 inches | 9.75 x 10 x 2.8 inches | 9.59 x 6.32 x 1.29 inches | 11 x 9.75 x 2.75 inches | 5.7 x 9.1 x 1.4 inches |
| Item Weight | 0.70 lbs | 1.65 lbs | 0.93 lbs | 0.61 lbs | 0.66 lbs |
| Total Ethernet Ports | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Wireless Communication Standard | 802.11g | 802.11b/g | 802.11b, 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11ac | 802.11b/g | 802.11bgn |
Customer reviews
Clearly not a new product as stated in description it is used. To install it will not let me load the password to set up. Furious right now. Came with worn box, open CD and dusty router sending back....
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