Specification
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #71838 in Consumer Electronics
- Brand: Cisco
- Model: WRT54GC
- Original language:
English - Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
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
- Compact form factor fits in anywhere
- High security: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2 Personal), wireless MAC address filtering, powerful SPI firewall
- Compatible with Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, or XP
Product Description
Compact all-in-one Internet-sharing Router, 4-port Switch, and 54Mbps Wireless-G Access Point. Almost 5 times faster than 802.11b, but can also interoperate with any 802.11b device (at 11Mbps).The Linksys Compact Wireless-G Broadband Router is really three devices in one small box. 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 a printer, digital music, picture and document files, and multi-player or on-line games.To protect your data and privacy, the Wireless-G Broadband Router can encode all wireless 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. And the tiny form factor fits any home or desktop.With the Linksys Compact 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!
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
86 of 94 people found the following review helpful.
By Navarro L. Parker
I was thinking of purchasing an Airport Express module, but purchased this instead. It has a lower price, similar size, and a built-in 4-port switch which won me over. It was easy to configure using Safari and it's built-in setup wizard (no software needs to be installed). I got a strong signal on my Powerbook (4 bars on the Airport signal).It offers WEP, WPA, and WPA2 security. Plus you can define specific times of day the WiFi is active as well as specific computers which can access your network (handy when you are at work and want to make sure no one is piggybacking your WiFi signal). I also connected my PS2 and Vonage VoIP module and everything works flawlessly. I'm a typical Mac user who is used to easy setup and good looking equipment and I'm pleasantly surprised at this Linysys product!
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
By Calvinbob
After I finally got the thing working after 6 hours of tech support with Linksys, 3 hours with my ISP, and 2 hours with Microsoft, I am please with the product's performance. I'll tell you now don't waste your time with all the tech supports. Here are a few "words to the wise" on getting this thing to work, mainly because from the other reviews of this product, there seems to be a lot of unhappy people. But after a few tricks, I was able to get everything running from square one in about 20mins.A CUSTOMER CREATED INSTALLATION GUIDE1. Use the wizard and all to get the router set up for the home network (don't be lazy and use your wireless card to setup the router, use a LAN cable and you can save yourself the heartache later if you mess up the firmware update.)2. Go to the Linksys website and download and install the latest firmware.3. go to Linksys website and click to Support > Technical support > Easy connect > Router's initial setup. This will run a program called "Netset." Follow the instructions - If you want an encrypted wireless network, NOW through Netset is the easiest time to do it. Follow all the instructions.4. With Netset, you will have the option of creating a network disk. Don't try and set up each computer separately; you'll always mess something up doing it manually, get a USD drive, or floppy and make a network disk, this will help make sure every computer is on the same workgroup and there will be no communication problems (for example all your computers can connect to the internet, but they can't "see" each other on the network for file sharing or printing).5. with the firmware updated, network configured, all options set, and computers configured. Turn all the computers, router and Cable/DSL modem off, wait 20 sec. and then turn modem on, then router, then computers. And your network should be working flawlessly. If not, redo steps 3-5, and double check to make sure all the drivers for your wireless network adapters on all the computers are up to date. Also sometimes after a day or so, something fishy will start acting up on the network. Just run "NetSet" one more time and you should have all the bugs worked out. This happened to me once but I haven't had to reconfigure anything since.NOTE TO BUYER: If you want to extend your range with the external antenna don't waste your money on an official Linksys "better then generic" antenna, go to RadioShack or Amazon and buy the $19 antenna for wireless-G routers, it connects perfectly to your WRT54GC. As far as the distance without the antenna, it is quite remarkable for an internal; I got good range even without the external.There have been a few people complain about a router that is "dead" the next day. Ah, the wonderful world of mass production. It is true that every now and then you get a dud, that's life now with the fast paced world of technology. Just send it back and get a new one, there is nothing wrong with the correctly built router.All in all I have no complaints after the hair-pulling installation.
47 of 56 people found the following review helpful.
By Robert Salita
I simply can't think of anything notable to say. The WRT54GC looks and works as advertised. I had no problem installing. There is nothing noteworthy about its performance. Haven't found any bugs. Internal antenna seems to have same wireless range as my full-size SMC Barricade router which has an external antenna. Power adapter is external, smallish and does 110-240v.I recommend it for road warriors who need a wireless router with a builtin 4 port hub. Linksys will soon release a travel router with an internal power adapter and 1 LAN port. Apple has the similar Apple Express router which has a builtin USB print server port but zero LAN ports. It's great for wireless only purposes. I have the Apple, I can highly recommend it too.I hope Linksys releases source code as they have done with the rest of their WRT54 product line. That way the geniuses can hack more features into it. (...)Update: 22 August 2005 - There are no hacker projects that enhance this unit. Source code has never been released. I continue to be satisfied with this unit but would prefer an open source router. Be sure to check out the Linksys WTR54GS which is a wireless router with one ethernet port and no wall wart. Perfect for travelers with VoIP boxes.
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