| Linksys-Cisco WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router (Compatible with Linux) | 
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Category: CE
Publisher: Linksys
Studio: Linksys
Brand: Linksys
Label: Linksys
Language: English (Original Language)
Media: Electronics
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Special Features: 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
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 7.3 x 1.9
MPN: WRT54GL
Model: WRT54GL
UPC: 745883567959
EAN: 0745883567959
ASIN: B000BTL0OA
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| Features:
| • | Firewall - SPI | | • | VPN Support - Yes | | • | VPN Passthrough - Yes |
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Product Description
The Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router combines the functionalities of three devices into a single device, a wireless access point, a four-port full-duplex 10/100 Mbps switch and a router. The wireless access point lets you connect Wireless-G or Wireless-B devices to the network while the switch connects your wired-Ethernet devices together. The router function ties it all together by letting your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection. The push button setup feature makes it easy to configure your wireless devices. The router serves as a DHCP server, includes an SPI firewall to protect against Internet intruders and also supports VPN pass-through. The WRT54GL even features TKIP and AES to protect your data and privacy with up to 128-bit encryption. With the Linksys 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 flexibility, speed, security and simplicity. Status Indicators - Port status, link activity Compliant Standards - FCC IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3U, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g Data Link Protocol - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g Interfaces - 1x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45 ( WAN / DMZ ), 4 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45, 1 x network - Radio-Ethernet Dimensions - Height 4.8 cm x Depth 20 cm x Width 18.6 cm Weight - 0.5 kg
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 Does the job October 12, 2008
I had an Apple Airport Extreme for my Macbook that cost me $179. Why, I don't know. After a little more than year, just outside the warranty, of course (!), it mysteriously went AWOL on me. I was going to buy another one but, even though I like Apple computers, their peripherals are expensive. So, I sprung a mere $50 for this Linksys. Set-up was simple. Works beautifully. I couldn't figure out how to password-protect it on my Macbook, but I don't really care if someone steals my credit info because I have poor credit and they wouldn't get very far; one of the upsides of bad credit. Even still, I'm not going to dock it a star for that reason because it works great and at less than a 1/3 the price of the Extreme. And even though the Extreme is supposed to be insanely faster, I don't even notice the difference really.
Excellent platform for trying out custom firmwares. October 11, 2008
Although this devices looks similar to the WRT54G, the L indicates that this device is meant to run Linux. It has more RAM than the WRT54G and more importantly allows you to install either DD-WRT or Tomato firmware which enhance the capabilities of this router to something that costs 5 times as much!
Very nice router!
Better than all other wrt54g models October 10, 2008
Do not buy the linksys wrt54g (non L )each new version, linksys cuts back on the flash storage and amount of memory in order to prevent people from loading custom firmware
this has a side effect of making the router slow and unstable especially when using bit torrent because all connections require buffer space to be allocated to them, they also require cpu time, cut back on the cpu speed and memory, and you reduce the amount of connections the router can handle before becoming slow and unstable
(if you wondered why your wrt54g V8 lagged and cause the internet to become really slow even though your torrent download was only going at like 10KB/s , thats because of the changes linksys made to their router mainly reducing the memory and cpu speed, ps don't go on clock speed alone, open the router up and look ad the model number of the CPU and while you have it opened, get a wax based thermal pad and a chipset heatsink and place it on the cpu, then run a network benchmark like ixchariot which will max out the cpu load of the router. that will cause the thermal pad to bond properly and the chipset heatsink will allow the router to run cooler, which will allow for a higher overclock )
Linksys hates it when a version of DDWRT is made for their router
so they try to prevent this by cutting the memory and flash storage in half , each new version of the wrt54g (non L ) has less and less memory. the CPU is also of lower quality, even though on some of the models the clock speed will be the same, the model of cpu will be a slower model. since most custom firmware is more cpu intensive and use more memory
DDWRT is a more stable and faster firmware and has some of the best QOS features (A properly setup QOS will make it so you will never have lag due to a bandwidth hog as you will be able to prioritize ports and different computers)
Great Product, no issues. October 9, 2008
I have never had issues with linksys stuff. This is my 3rd or 4th router I have bought of theirs and I don't see a reason to ever buy a different brand.
Great Router October 7, 2008
Fast connection speeds, secure, and a breeze to set up. No complaints at all!
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