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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 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.
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. 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. The Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a 3G/UMTS or GPRS Internet connection (requires Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/UMTS data card, available separately). You can also use a standard Ethernet attached Internet connection, like a cable or DSL modem, if available.Once your computers are connected to the Router and the Internet, they can communicate with each other too, sharing document files, a printer, storage space, and other resources.To protect your data and privacy, the Wireless-G Router for 3G/UMTS Broadband can encode all wireless LAN transmissions with WEP or industrial-strength WPA Personal 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, and supports VPN pass-through. Configuration is a snap with the web browser-based configuration utility. With the Wireless-G Router for 3G/UMTS Broadband, you can create a secure wireless network with Internet connectivity, anywhere that 3G/UMTS or GPRS service is available.
A review by omerali81 on Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54G - wireless router October 12th, 2007
Author's product rating:
Speed
Fast
Reliability
Good
Ease of Installation
Good - quick to install
Ease of use
Easy
Value For Money
Good
Advantages:
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Disadvantages:
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Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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I got to know about this wireless WRT54G router from a friend, I saw him using at his home for months with out any hassle, so I bought one for me from my nearest computer shop. After that 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 box it has a black adopter just like laptop adapters, 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 gateway or 4 port network switch.
Hardware detail
Wireless technology helps you to connect your wireless laptops and computers on local network in just few clicks. It has four 100Mbps Ethernet ports for LAN and one 100Mbps Ethernet port for WAN. You can connect your local network computers on LAN ports to share any services like file sharing, network gaming (with out using WAN you can use this as 4 ports Network switch). You can share your single broad band connection to multiple users through your WAN port; by easily connecting your broadband RJ45 cable to the WAN port.
Software details
The first time I logged into my router i noticed that the default Firmware Version is v7.00.1 and the whole software is divided in 7 modules which are as following:
Setup In internet section you can setup your WAN connection type & WAN IP and in Network setup you can specify your own local network IP range and DHCP settings. The other options they have for advanced users are advanced routing, DDNS & MAC address clone. The users who are not much aware of the basic settings, they can have a look at http://register.wireless.utoronto.ca/?page=linksys
Wireless In Basic wireless section you can setup your wireless network Mode, Channel and SSID broadcast. For advance users the other options it has are Wireless Security, Wireless MAC Filter & Advanced Wireless Settings. User who wants to setup a basic wireless network on this router can follow the instructions at http://www.tekstenuitleg.net/en/articles/wireless_network_security_guide/4
Security You can block Anonymous Internet Requests, Filter Multicast, Filter Internet NAT Redirection and Filter IDENT (Port 113) form firewall section under the security tab. If you are using VPN then you have you enable all the 3 option given in VPN section under the security tab.
Access Restrictions In this Tab you can apply restrictions on computers using this router and can define up to 10 access policies. You can block any services, ports, websites, keywords and you can even restrict internet usage on computers on time conditions.
Applications & Gaming In this Tab you can set up port forwarding, Port Triggering, DMZ, QoS. I luv to give more details on these options but it will become a setup guide rather then a review.
Administration In this tab you can change your password, and modify the remote administration port and web access. This area basically helps you managing routers diagnostics, firmware, logs and management.
Status This tab only tells the current status of your router, wireless network and local network.
Price and where to buy?
You can buy it from any computer shop near by your house or use can get it from www.ebay.com . It will cost you around 50$ to 100$ depending on where you getting it from,
My experience:
I have used this router with 50 clients and it never gave me any problems except that I have to reboot it thrice a week or else the speed and performance goes done and some time stop working, so reboot is a must for this product. Some of the features never worked for me, like web filtering, blocking services and websites. I heard this thing can be fixed if we use other firmware available online for this product. The wireless work fine at home but always gave me issues at office like not getting proper signals on my laptops etc.
Advantages
Easy to install, small in size, user friendly, cheap in price and easily available everywhere.
Disadvantages
Especially all the products by link sys mostly need a reboot after few hours so its not good for network which needs to be switched on 24/7.. Filter option never work properly and doesn't work good with high network traffic. Be care full with your requirements when buying this product.
Recommendation
It is good for home users and SME (Small Medium Enterprise) business. People with huge network should make sure with their requirements
Hardware details
1 100Mbps Ethernet port for Wan 4 100Mbps Ethernet ports for Lan Built wireless
Manufacturer warranty Service & Support: 3 years warranty
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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...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) ...
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Advantages: Powerful Cheap router Disadvantages: Connection drops are a known issue amongst some users
[ Introduction ]
"The Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router is really three devices in one box."
As adverticed the router indeed is 3 in 1, it acts as a wireless access point (Wireless G and B) which can be encoded with 128bit WEP and also supports WPA. It acts as a wired router with 4 switched 10/100 auto sensing ethernet ports providing users with both the option for quality wireless and quality wired networking in their home. Finaly it also allows ... ...or Cable amongst the network without the need for a computer to be switched on.
[Features]
- Wireless data rates up to 54Mbps (11Mbs when using Wireless-B)
- Wi-Fi Protected Access™ (WPA)
- Wireless MAC adress filtering enabling you to only allow certain wireless devices to connect to your network making it more secure
- SPI Firewall (Stateful Packet Inspection) protects your network against the most known internet attacks.
- Access restrictions ...
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Advantages: it works soo well Disadvantages: its kinda ugly (does that matter if it works?)
...its great there isnt anything that i can think of that isnt good about it, its quick to set up and very very easy and its just so incredibly wonderfully great. i was using talk talk internet, that was awful. truly awful it didnt work three quarters of the time but then i got this and oh god its just wonderful. truly wonderful its fast, it works when you need it to work, and well as i said its great.
seriously if your gonna use broadbandwireless network or whatever use this, it is so seriously good, its got great signal and loads things so quickly, its un like any other internet serivice i have had before i love love love it, try it! you will too <3...
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Advantages: speedbooster, easy to use Disadvantages: sometimes hangs occur when traffic is full
...Not fun if it does not share the experience of using this LinksysWireless-GBroadbandRouterWRT54GL. why I choose the LinksysWireless-GBroadbandRouterWRT54GL?
course requirement will ease access to the internet using wifi. but before I will give a description of this linksysWRT54GL.
LinksysWRT54GL has in allowing ease. With Speedbooster we can easily configure the router with a guide who was brought in Bundle products. with the document image can be easily followed.
In terms of security, LinksysWireless-GBroadbandRouterWRT54GL equipped with two types of firewall. The first SPF (Stateful Packet Inspection), which the firewall is to ensure the package is one part of a legitimate connection. and the second is a NAT firewall, the firewall where this computer can hide behind the router . As for the fun of linksysWRT54GL is...
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Wireless-G is the 54Mbps wireless networking standard that's almost five times faster than the widely deployed Wireless-B (802.11b) products found in homes, businesses, and public wireless hotspots around the country - but since they share the same 2.4GHz radio band, Wireless-G devices can also interoperate with existing 11Mbps Wireless-B equipment. Since both standards are built in, you can protect your investment in existing 802.11b infrastructure, and migrate to the screaming fast Wireless-G standard as your needs grow. The Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router is really three devices in one box. First, there's the Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect Wireless-G or Wireless-B devices to the network. There's also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices. Connect four PCs directly, or daisy-chain out to 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. To protect your data and privacy, the Wireless-G Broadband Router can encrypt all wireless transmissions. The Router can serve as a DHCP Server, has NAT technology to protect against Internet intruders, supports VPN pass-through, and can be configured to filter internal users' access to the Internet. Configuration is a snap with the web browser-based configuration utility. 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 the flexibility, speed, and security you need!
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