Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54G - wireless router

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...day I started using other Linksys products as well and found most of them very user friendly. Linksys is a well known name in the market for making ADSL/broadband routers. They even make other products for VOIP like PAP2 etc and currently manufacturing most of the product from china. Package and Out Look! The box color is black and blue with router image in the middle of the box, the size of the box is small as 12 inches in width. When I open the ...
...one CAT5 network cable, 2 tinny black wireless antennas and the router it self. The router is blue from the front with small lights for ports status and the back portion of the router is black. After connecting both the antennas to the router is was just looking like a small crab. Purpose The main Purpose of this device is to share single internet connection into multiple computers on local network and wireless network. You can you it as network ... Read review

Advantages: New faster wi-fi standard. Easy to set-up
Disadvantages: None specific to Linksys, but wi-fi HAS to less secure than a wired LAN

...networking kit, also supplied by Linksys took care of all the shared access to the Telewest broadband internet service and any file and printer sharing that I may have set up between my PC, thus the main hub of this kit used to go under the lengthy title of ‘combined broadband router/switch/wireless access point’. WHY I UPGRADED – AS IF I NEEDED A REASON! The only reason that I’m writing about a new one, is, not because the old system broke, but ...
...nothing. The old Linksys kit, which I wrote about over a year ago only provided for the earlier wi-fi encryption standard called WEP (Wired-Equivalent Privacy), which it now seems can be hacked if you give the hacker long enough before switching your PC off. Quite apart from that, the old kit cost around £120 including provision for the ‘distant’ PC, whereas this lot cost around £80, and my brother has ‘offered’ to take the old kit off my hands for ... Read review

Advantages: Less Wires Hanging around plus broadband everywhere
Disadvantages: found it hard to set up at first

...PC World and got the Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router and USB Adaptor both for £39.99 as a package deal, individually it would have been around £70.00 so well impressed there. A bit of technical stuff:- It states a 35% FASTER download speed (I can back this up and say this is true) The speed is listed as 125mbps Gateway Router(DSL) NAT & SP Firewalls Windows XP compatiable only There is also a 24hour phone support line from Linksys. This ...
...On getting home I opened the first box the Router and followed the instructions which were to insert the CD and follow the on screen instructions. Great until I got to the page asking me for my gateway id, my dsn numbers, my ip address and so on, found myself on the phone to NTL Broadband support (my telephone/broadband provider) for assistance. Managed to retrieve all the relevant numbers and tried to proceed, but it was not having any of it. After ... Read review

Advantages: When it works it works
Disadvantages: Unreliable, slow, low range, ugly as a killer whale's backside

...that he might have undergone, Linksys goes 'I know! I wont change at all! I will just add the word Wireless-G 54Mbps on my chest and paint it green!' And so the rest is history... Well not really. Because I am one of those twats that purchased a Linksys Wireless-G router. When I first got it out of it's shiny new box, I thought, "Yes! The high speed wireless solution shall dawn upon my home and I will become... free!" It was easy to setup, just ...
...cover, plug it into the mains with network cable connecting the broadband modem to it... and presto! Wireless-G router all setup! "It looks ugly, but if it performs well then I shall forgive it for it's short comings", I said to myself. The router itself has 2 attenna coming out it's back with 4 x RJ45 cable netowrk connectors for computers that still use the cable alternative. 1 x RJ45 socket was for the modem to connect to it, very standard setup ... Read review

Advantages: Wire-free Network, Backward Compatible, Price
Disadvantages: Not quite Plug & Play!

...the home market. The Linksys Broadband Router is ideal for anyone who wants to share their broadband connection to multiple computers in the home, without the hassle of hanging network cables out of windows or pulling all the floorboards up! Straight out the box the unit is aesthetically pleasing and contains everything to get you started. A word of warning however, the product contains a quick start guide which shows you the bare minimum to get ...
...their internet connection throughout their house, without the hassle of running network cable everywhere, please bear in mind however that for every computer that is not already wireless enabled you will need to purchase a wireless card (for optimum speed and performance with this router they recommend a Linksys card) ... Read review