Cisco-Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless-G Broadband Router by Linksys
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Digital camera reviews of Cisco-Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless-G Broadband Router
Digital camera Review: Absolutely horrible
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this product from the local store to replace an old Linksys router that broke. It has been a month of trying to make this garbage work with all the computers and laptops at home and I am still having all kinds of problems. It works fine with the desktop computer that it is connected to but it just does not work any way with any of the laptops. I tried calling Linksys and the tech pretty much said that bsaed on the information I gave him it does not seem likely that it will work with both laptops, maybe with one of them at a time. I asked him to walk me through the steps of verifying the set up and he wouldn't do it unless I paid him $10 and let him log into my machine remotely which I could not do as it had sensitive work information. He HUNG UP!!! I called a local IT person who came to my house and was also unsuccessful in setting it up to work with both laptops. Bottom line, save yourself the trouble and buy something that is actually compatible with more than one computer, that is unless you are only setting up one connection.Digital camera Review: Absolutely horrid, kept loosing IP connections
Summary: 1 Stars
After our Dynex brand router died, which was barely a year old, we found ourselves shopping for a new router - again. First we bought this Linksys router. We recently purchased a Linksys cable modem (CM100) and thought if that worked well (which it did!), so would this router. Big mistake. Although this router looks good and has a lower price, it is 100% unreliable. It has no external antennas and constantly lost the IP connections. We even had trouble setting it up, which never has happened. The most telling thing was my laptop kept defaulting to my neighbors wireless versus mine! Our neighbor's signal was stronger than this piece of garbage.
I found it amazing something brand new, by a good brand, was this horrible. We were going back and forth resetting, troubleshooting, enough was enough. Back it went and we bought a reliable router: D-Link DIR-628 with 2 external antennas. We now enjoy 6x the speed of the Linksys router sold here. Sure it costs thirty dollars more, but reliability is priceless!
The D-Link DIR-628 pairs nicely with the CM100 Linksys cable modem, and both work nicely in Windows 7 and Linux Mandriva.
Believe me and other people, don't waste your valuable time, SKIP THIS ONE.
Digital camera Review: All around pretty good router
Summary: 5 Stars
Picked up this wireless router after doing a fair bit of research, and I've come away happy. I won't lie, there's definitely a lot of features I don't really use, such as wireless printing, and I'm pretty sure it lets you share files and applications between multiple pc's, but for what I use it for, it's worked great.
Very easy to setup, and easy to use, and it can handle a lot of different functions if you're going to be using it in an office setup or something. I mainly used it for online gaming, wireless connection for internet tv, and wifi for a laptop and it performed excellently for all those functions. It has strong security if you use all the tools it has, it's very reliable, and transmits a strong wireless signal. I even tested it's signal strength outside with the laptop once just to mess around, and I would have been trekking in the woods before I lost the signal (I do live somewhat in the country, so don't get too excited lol). It's size and shape also seemed pretty convenient, it can fit just about anywhere, and overheating is not an issue. 5 stars.
Note: I wouldn't recommend using the reset button on the back to cycle the power, if you do this it resets the factory defaults for your router settings, so if you like customizing its features you'll have to do it all over again. If it does lose signal or network address, just unplug the power and plug it back in after cycling modem power.
Digital camera Review: All you need!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the first router I have ever owned. I was nervous about setting it up. Fortunately, it was so easy to do! Even a beginner like me was able to set up & get online without a problem. I have been using it now for 9 months & have not encountered a single problem. It works well with adaptors from other brands also. Bonus is the appearance. No ugly brick boxes with antennas sticking up. This blends in easily & has a nice classy appearance to it. Wouldn't hesitate to buy again!Digital camera Review: Almost 10 days... so far great!
Summary: 4 Stars
Bought this almost 10 days back. Installation took about 20 mins/ So far good performance. Nice speed. had to close the wireless connection on one of my latop couple of times as the internet was not getting connected. Once i restared the wireless, ev erything is back to normal . Other laptop - it s doing great
Overall this is a good product!