Cisco-Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router by Linksys
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Digital camera reviews of Cisco-Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router
Digital camera Review: Apple Users Beware
Summary: 3 Stars
Now I am connected I am happy with the speed and performance. I called immediately
on delivery Re Apple compatibility. I was assured and pressed on. However, the CD
instructions were in DOS - not compatible. It took two hours on the phone with
Linksys Customer Service (in India?) to get manual configuration completed!! Only
when I assured them that I had Firefox were they able to get internet connection
completed. So MacBook users, take heed.
Digital camera Review: As good as they get
Summary: 5 Stars
I feel like a kid in a candy store when i get one of these routers because i can flash it with 3rd party firmware and gain extreme control of my wifi connection.Digital camera Review: Avoid this one
Summary: 1 Stars
This router failed shortly after I received it. It was difficult to set-up/configure and was very user unfriendly with a DSL internet connection. Linksys wouldn't honor the warranty. When I got ahold of tech support (somewhere overseas) they were uncooperative and eventually hung up on me. So, in summary, a defective product and terrible customer service.Digital camera Review: Avoid this outdated troble-making model.
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this router because of its good review and third party firmware(DD-WRT, Tomato, etc) support. However, the result turn out to be a big mistake. This router has very limited signal range and every time the microwave oven is on, the connection drops. The worst part is the router has very limited capability to handle internet traffic, after several hours of working, the router freeze, the speed become incrediblely slow, and then you have to manully reset the router, you can imagine what a huge trouble it is. I also try to flash DD-WRT and tomato, they do not slove any problem. After doing some research(from wiki), I found this model is actually a reissue of WRT54G v4, which is a many years ago product using a outdated Broadcom BCM5352EKPB Chipset. Fotunately my friend move in with me and he has a another router, ever since that, everything is fine.
My suggestion is if you want to buy a router, read carefully about these reviews, because 5 star reviews sometimes give you misleading information.(I finally found these one star reviews of this router are mainly in 2008, so I am not sure what happend in the 2008 model.)If you friend happend to buy a router recently and without problem, simply buy the same model at stores with good return policy is definitely the easist way since it will save you time and energy.
Digital camera Review: Awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
Purely awesome, hands down. Great signal, never breaks up, the default firmware is great the way it is, no need to use the third party firmware, but may in the future.