Advantages: works well as a stand alone device Disadvantages: setup instructions very basic
...search I decided on the Linksys WAG54G which combined a modem, a router, a 4 port network switch along with the wireless capabilities. I bought it off Amazon for £72 delivered and it turned up the very same day as our Broadband was switched on.
It is a smart blue and grey box with one antenna sticking out from the back, it has a power adapter, a length of cable to initially connect to a PC to set it up, a micro filter which is used to seperate the ... ...wanted to know about the Linksys 54g unit and how it performs.....
So here we go then.
Setup is very easy, in fact far easier than the scant paperwork which comes with the unit would suggest, I have the unit in an upstairs room connected to the phone line and coverage is available all round the house...and no, I didn't lug a PC from room to room to find out, I borrowed a friends laptop and walked around looking at the signal strength. I had full ...
jimmymack007 29.01.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Linksys Wireless-G ADSL Gateway WAG54G - wireless router
Advantages: Cheap, fairly reliable, good range of management features Disadvantages: Old and sometimes problematic, may be confusing to non-techy people
...stick to the basics.
Linksys is a Good Company, I would say. Well, mostly. If you want good networking products, go for them. If you want good customer service, I would be careful. This product is fairly old now, but then again so is the UK's telephone infrastructure so getting "the newest" won't necessarily do much more than this. Even with wireless speed boosters, you still have to remember that you won't be getting speeds on ADSL anything over ... ...criticism I have is with Linksys customer support. They are based outside of the UK and as a result, communication can be an issue. The staff don't really think for themselves and as such read through a customer support menu - so even when I told this guy I was pretty much qualified to tell him the problem (which was with the power connections inside and the ADSL modem), he still insisted on going through his checklist. This happened with two other ...
TrevelyanUK 31.07.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Linksys Wireless-G ADSL Gateway WAG54G - wireless router
Advantages: User friendly Disadvantages: Some anoying 'niggles'
...WEP (this is using all Linksys wireless equipment, such as the USB 11g adapter, so it’s not a compatibility issue). While this is more secure, it’s much harder to maintain, and so needs more ‘tweaking’ now and again. On the plus side the MAC address filtering is superb, and even offers the option of selecting allowed MACs from networked PCs.
The other slight annoying thing about this router is that if it gets an Internet request from a wired in ... ...can easily work around, the Linksys wireless 11g router is very good value, and is still easier to set up than most wireless networks.
On a side note, I would like to say that if you are confused about weather to get 11b or 11g, defiantly go for 11g, as this will work happily at 1mB/second for a large area where 11b simply fizzles out.
My advice is, if you need any advice, don’t phone up the Indian technical support, who are about as much use as ...
FearThePie 18.10.2004
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Advantages: Does everything asked of it Disadvantages: Change the security settings as soon as you get it up and running.
...features and price was the Linksys WAG54G.Therefore this review has turned out to be more of a comparison of the two than just on this one product and a lot of the information provided very similar to that in the previous review. I should also point out this review is fairly technical, given the chance of 2 reviews it would be nice to write another for the slightly less technically proficient but alas that is not an option. Now just in case you don't ... ...all of these facilities NetGear, Linksys and other manufacturers make other products such as a model that does not include the ADSL MODEM.
If you do already have a MODEM supplied by your ISP it still might be worth getting an all in one model - just less fiddly. From a business point of view we had to deploy Broadband access to around 100 remote users in different geographical locations. Because we ended up using a few different Broadband providers ...
Pookie_Rabbit 11.05.2005
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Advantages: Handles G And B Wireless devices Disadvantages: Poor Support When Problems occur which They will!!!
...keeps dropping. when i called linksys about the problems I was having i was put through to a teenager in America who knew nothing and I could hardly understand what he was saying, after a several calls i began to realize that i would have to solve this on my own, which i did, if you use this router it is very secure with options like wep or wpa encryption but be sure to turn off Mac address filtering because it regularly freezes the router. I was ...
crazyboi1 26.11.2005
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Advantages: It comes with Customer Support phone numbers as well as online help Disadvantages: None
...so we bought the Cisco Linksys router. It was SO easy to set up. We just hooked it right into our cable modem and then reset everything. It runs like a charm, and they even have both written instructions as well as online help. We called the 1-800 number and they talked us through the set up. It was SO easy. I HIGHLY recommend this product to anyone who needs additional lines for their computers! There have been absolutely NO problems with the router ...
81stinfbde 21.11.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Linksys Wireless-G ADSL Gateway WAG54G - wireless router
Advantages: Compact - Quiet - Secure - Easy Setup Disadvantages: Some issues with connectivity on earlier models
Linksys is a off-set company of Cisco networking. Cisco are probably one of the best networking hardware companies on the market today. Linked heavily with Microsoft.
Advantages of this adsl gateway are as follows....**Easy configuration**54 Mbits per second (802.11g)**Backwardly compatable to 802.11b**Muliple types of wireless encryption(WEP & WPA)**Supports wireless DMZ features**Port forwarding for online gaming or web applications** Built in ... ...a WLAN drop-out error, however linksys have noticed this and a firmware upgrade is available, or usually the shop wil replace. (Dependant on where you bought it from.)***
*****Value for Money****** very good - i orginally purchased this box for a family member, and it cost £120, however, now they are a lot cheaper and can generally pick them up for approx £60. The colour of the unit only comes in the blue/black that i have seen, however i quite ...
dan.michelle 15.11.2005
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