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Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless-G Broadband Router | 
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| Brand: Linksys
Category: CE
Buy New: See price in cart
New (27) Used (1) from $58.46
Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 48
Media: Electronics
Modem: N/A
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 9.6 x 2.7
nv:Device Type: Wireless Router
Form Factor: Desktop
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11g
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11b
Wireless Data Transfer Rates: 54 Mbps
Wireless Transmit Power: 18 dBm
Security Protocols: WPA
Security Protocols: 128-bit WEP
Security Protocols: 64-bit WEP
Security Protocols: WPA2
Networking Standards: IEEE 802.3 Ethernet 10Base-T
Networking Standards: IEEE 802.3u Ethernet 100Base-TX
Routing / Firewall Protoccols: TCP/IP
Routing / Firewall Protoccols: DHCP
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: WRT54G2
Model: WRT54G2
UPC: 745883584062
EAN: 0745883584062
ASIN: B0014J07R2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | All-in-one Internet-sharing router, 4-port switch, and Wireless-G (802.11g) access point | | • | Shares a single Internet connection and other resources with Ethernet wired and Wireless-G and -B devices | | • | Push button setup feature makes wireless configuration secure and simple | | • | High security: Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), wireless MAC address filtering, powerful SPI firewall |
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Product Description
Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless G Router The Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router is really three devices in one box. 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. Finally, the Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection. Once your computers are connected to the Router and the Internet, they can communicate with each other too, sharing resources and files. All your computers can print on a shared printer connected anywhere in the house. And your computers can share all kinds of files -- music, digital pictures, and documents. Keep all your digital music on one computer, and listen to it anywhere in the house. Organize all of your family's digital pictures in one place, to simplify finding the ones you want, and easing backup to CD-R. Utilize extra free space on one computer when another's hard drive starts to fill up. The new Wi-Fi Protected Setup feature makes it easy to configure your wireless devices. Just push the button on the router and on your other Wi-Fi Protected Setup-enabled wireless device to automatically create a WPA2 connection that protects your data and priva
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 Probably not the best out there, but it will suit almost everyone perfectly! May 16, 2008
This is great! I'm not too "computer savvy," and this was just the right wireless router to get me started with my own home network. I'm sure there are many more wireless routers that can perform better than this one, but they're so much more expensive, and I guarantee this will suit your needs perfectly!
All I had to do was put the CD in my computer, then some text instructions and an animation showed me exactly what to do. There are about 4 steps, (not including naming your network and such.) This is a well-priced, general wireless router, and is just amazing! I used this to connect to my game systems also - (A Wii and Nintendo DS) And they connected perfectly! No worries at all. And, I get a perfect "3-bar" range everywhere in my house! The router is on the middle floor of my house, and I can get perfect connections in the basement, upstairs, wherever!
I highly recommend this router to any first time users of a wireless network, and anyone else looking for a reliable wireless network. Many other routers are 2x more expensive than this router, and don't do that much different. I hope this is the router for you!
-Sleek design -> No external antenna
-VERY simple set-up, even to a first time user
-Great range, no "dead spots"
Enjoy! ^_^
Solid router with great performance May 15, 2008
I purchased this router to replace my 3 year old Netgear WGR614v5. The old router was fine, but when I upgrade to 15 Mbps service, it was bottlenecking the connection at ~3.5 Mbps. A firmware update did not help, nor did tweaking my settings. Enter the WRT54G2. This thing was flying from the get-go. It produces a strong Wifi signal and has all the features, controls and options that I want. It flawlessly supports VPN that I use for telecommuting. I haven't tried networking the Xbox 360 to it yet (which will be wireless), but I'm looking forward to seeing if it shows as an "Open NAT". That was something the Netgear router needed some help on. It eventually acheived "open NAT" status, but required several setting change iterations to get it right. On the ol' Netgear, settings changes required ~15 seconds of inactivity, while all of the network connections died (wired and wireless) and were re-estabilished, a bit of a pain. The new Linksys router performs setting changes very quickly with no need for wireless devices to re-find the router afterword (unless you make wireless security changes, of course). I also like the new router's package, compared to the old Linksys WRT54 (the big, blue brick).
Linksys WRT54G2 Router May 15, 2008
Got this router to replace an old 802.11B that was beginning to fail. Easy to set up, was working in minutes. Connected three PC's via the wired ports, had little or no problems connecting a laptop, and two gaming systems (Wii, and PS3) wirelessly. Good router for the price.
Does what it's supposed to. May 15, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I had an original WRT54G that I bricked screwing around with the firmware. I needed another router right away, so I picked the WRT54G2 up at my local BB for $50. I was going to spend a lot more for an "N" router, but figured it wasn't worth it for my modest DSL/home network. I had the WRT54G2 up and running within 10 minutes. No problems. No drama. I was concerned about the internal antenna, but I still get a full signal even in my basement. It seems to work very well, and looks much better in my office than the original WRT54G.
Neat Setup, great deal May 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Linksys WRT54G2 is extremely easy to set up. You just put in CD in your computer, and it sets everything up for you. If you are daring, you could go into router's setup via web interface. It is much more complex, however quite easy to configure. It updates the configuration almost immediately when you save the changes to configuration files.
I contacted tech support via live chat, and they were extremely helpful and quick to the point. I had videophone Sorenson VP200 which did not like this router. I wish I could throw out this videophone and get it replaced with something else so I could keep this router. However it is not my "property", and I tried to get it to cooperate with the router, hence contacting tech support who were very helpful (took less than few minutes total). However it appears to be simply firmware issue where the videophone simply decides what it likes or hate something. Sadly, I had to return it. So, if you are using Sorenson Videophone, it is not agreeable with this router.
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