| Cisco-Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router (Compatible with Linux) |  | Brand: Cisco
Category: CE
List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $59.99
as of 7/31/2010 19:10 EDT details
You Save: $20.00 (25%)
New (43) Used (7) from $50.49
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  795 reviews
Format: CD
Platform: Windows
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Linux
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 11 x 10 x 3
nv:Device Type: Wireless Router
Form Factor: Desktop
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11g
Wireless Data Transfer Rates: 54 Mbps
Wireless Indoor Range: 100 Meters
Wireless Outdoor Range: 300 Meters
Security Protocols: WPA
Security Protocols: 128-bit WEP
Security Protocols: 64-bit WEP
Security Protocols: WPA-PSK
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: 3 years warranty
MPN: WRT54GL
Model: WRT54GL
UPC: 745883567959
EAN: 0100000000670
ASIN: B000BTL0OA
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
| |
| Features:
| • | Linux-based Internet-sharing Router with built-in 4-port Switch and Wireless-G Access Point | | • | Shares a single Internet connection and other resources with Ethernet wired and Wireless-G and -B devices | | • | Includes four Fast Ethernet ports for your wired computers and devices | | • | Wireless signals are protected by industrial-strength WPA2 encryption, and your network is protected from most known Internet attacks by a powerful SPI firewall |
|
| Accessories:
|
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
MODEL- WRT54GL VENDOR- LINKSYS
FEATURES- Wireless-G Broadband Router
The Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router is really three devices in
one box. First, theres 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. Theres 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 familys 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 anothers hard drive
starts to fill up.
The new push button setup feature makes it easy to configure your
wireless devices. Just push the button on the router and on your
other SecureEasySetup-enabled wireless device to automatically
create an encryption-secured wireless connection. TKIP and AES
protects your data and privacy with up to 128-bit industrial-
strength encryption. The Router can serve as a DHCP Server, has a
powerful SPI fire
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 795
 Solid and Reliable May 12, 2007
C. Petit (Northeastern US)
224 out of 232 found this review helpful
This wireless router, besides supporting Linux firmware, is a tested and true wireless router with 802.11 b and g support. It supports WPA, WPA2 and the older WEP encryption schemes. In addition, it has a built-in firewall, MAC address filtering, and supports access policies (such as "don't allow FTP connections to this computer on Sundays").
When I installed this wireless router, setup was very straightforward (I did not use the Setup Wizard because it didn't work for me). I changed the IP address range (because the DSL modem uses the 192.168.1 address space), set the administrator password, chose a name for the Wireless network, enabled WPA2 encryption and picked a passphrase.
After that, I connected my laptop to the router right away, and received an excellent signal and throughput of 100 KB/sec (for comparison, my DSL connection maintains a throughput of 300 KB/sec when I connect straight to the DSL modem).
I've been using the router for several months now, and have not had any dropped connections (my older Netgear router dropped connections fairly frequently and did not support the newer WPA encryption scheme) and have consistent throughput. The router has been running constantly for these past few months.
For the real tech-heads, this router has customized Linux firmware available from third parties. I haven't tried this firmware, since the base Linksys firmware more than meets my needs.
Finally, good security practices are to: Change the administrator password, disable Universal Plug and Play, disable Remote administrative access, use a unique name for the access point, and if the network is only for a small number of personal devices (i.e. a laptop you own), enable MAC address filtering. A MAC address uniquely identifies a network card, so this only allows certain computers to access the network.
Meet the new box, same as the old box December 2, 2005
C. Hansen
246 out of 263 found this review helpful
I've bought close to a dozen of the earlier versions of these routers (WRT54G v2-v4) over the past few years as well as recommended them to my friends, and the ability to update and upgrade the flash memory with modified open source software is the reason why these routers deserve a wonderful reputation.
The modified software versions, such as HyperWRT and OpenWRT, Sveasoft, etc. have over the years provided capabilities that Linksys themselves didn't put in the box on their own, such as having routers that link up over the wireless connection, or routers that can work well in P2P applications with hundreds of active connections. Some of these features made it back into Linksys's official codebase over the years, helping to make this a Truly Great Product.
Linksys has chosen to eviscerate the memory of the latest version (v5) of the WRT54G to make it cheaper. This latest version doesn't have Linux inside and as others have reported isn't nearly as stable as earlier versions, nor is it in any condition to have the open source community help Linksys fix the problems. If you want The Little Blue Box That Could, you now have to buy the WRT54GL.
This is really the *original* WRT54G December 1, 2005
gadgeek (Winnemucca, NV)
286 out of 308 found this review helpful
This new "L" model has the same Flash and RAM capacities as the older WRT54G models that ran Linux, and thus will support freely and commercially available third-party Linux-based firmware upgrades (voiding the warranty, of course).
Some background and history can be found here:
LinkSys courts Linux hackers with WRT54G"L"
http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS4729641740.html
LinkSys also offers a WRT54GS "speedboaster" model that uses channel bonding with I believe both A and G signals, to realize faster throughput in some use cases. Some older WRT54GS models were available with 8MB of Flash and 32MB of RAM, while current models have 4/16, and thus will also support fancy firmware upgrades, such as those from http://www.dd-wrt.com/, http://www.sveasoft.com/, http://sputnik.com, and so on. These firmwares offer things like optimization for VoWiFi (voice-over-wifi), integration with Radius authentication, bridging, etc, etc, etc.
Techie knitty-gritty on all the various permutations, serial number sequences, and so forth can be found at James Depew's unofficial LinkSysInfo.org site.
So far very stable June 24, 2006
phoenix (Phoenix, AZ)
33 out of 33 found this review helpful
I bought this router about 3 weeks ago to upgrade my Linksys BEFW11S4 802.11b router. The main thing I was looking for is the stability. So far, this router has been perfect, it hasn't dropped the connection yet. It also appears this router has much better range than my previous router. The product comes with a CD which has the installation guide on it. As usual, it's not well written.
Update:
It has been more than 3 months since I set up this router and I haven't had any problem. - 8/16/06
Update:
This router has been in operation for 7 months and hasn't had any problem at all. Not even a single reboot. - 1/16/07
Purchased WRT54G, but went with WRT54GL instead. July 1, 2006
A. Saia
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
I purchased the WRT54G at our local bestbuy store and had nothing but trouble, family would complain of very slow speeds and occasionally the unit would need a reboot to get it working again. Very frustrated, I took it back and the person at the store told us to buy the WRT54GL same parts but different software inside? Plugged it into our network and have never had a problem since, why would linksys keep selling the WRT54G with this much trouble? Oh well 5 stars for the WRT54GL.
Showing reviews 1-5 of 795
|
|
|
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Mysoftwareoutlet | Dvdunleahsed | Vistashack | Mygamer | Wii Skins | Gameunit | |
![Microsoft Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade [Home Premium to Professional]](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B002JYU5WI.01._AA75_PU_PU-5_.jpg)
