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Linksys by Cisco WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router | 
 enlarge | Brand: Linksys
Category: CE
Buy New: £44.92
New (17) from £44.92
Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 1432
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 9.7 x 2.8
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of the product.
MPN: WRT54GL-UK
Model: WRT54GL-UK
UPC: 745883568154
EAN: 5051749363920
ASIN: B000ETX928
Release Date: March 2, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Solid as a rock but setup is a bit clunky October 18, 2008
Gandalf (Europe)
I've had a WRT 54GL for 12 months and it has run flawlessly.
My only complaint is the fiddly setting up of MAC address filtering (that limits access to specific PCs). This requires you find out and type in the 12 character MAC address for each PC. Using the MAC address stuck to the bottom of my machine didn't work - turns out my machine has two MAC addresses.
The solution is to pull up the command prompt window and type "getmac" (without quotes). That will give you several MAC addresses and you can feed all these to the Linksys and it will be happy since one of these will be the one it wants.
Netgear, in my experience a less reliable router, has a better interface for MAC filtering. It shows you the MAC addresses of all the PCs currently visible to it, and you just click the ones you want to allow to access.
Still, reliability trumps ease of use when it comes to routers, so Linksys wins.
 No Problems September 29, 2008
Johnny Diamond (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Linksys WRT54GL-UK, Wireless Access Point Router w/ 4-Port Switch, Black/Blue
Had it up and running in 20 minutes on Virgin Cable. Set up was easy to follow, and I did not encounter any difficulty.
I've been using it constantly over the past few months without any issues.
Connected to it are the following:
4 desktop PCs (2 are wireless - 2 using Ethernet cable) 2 Laptops (wireless) 1 Xbox (Ethernet cable), I PS3 (wireless) and 1 wireless internet radio. I know it's a lot, but I have a family the size of The Waltons!!.
I am on Virgin's 10Mb broadband. The average speed I get on the ethernet wired PCs is 9.5Mb and on the wireless Laptops I get 6.5Mb which is great.
Over all a great piece of gear, that does what it's supposed to do.
Superb wirless router for the home August 14, 2008
James (UK)
Since installing over 4 months ago I've not had any problems with this router at home. It provides uninterrupted wireless and enables me to use the laptop anywhere in the house. A good bit of kit!
Use the helpline - its what its there for!! July 10, 2008
OWBC (leicester)
Having just bought 2 new computers for the household we bought this wireless router having done quite a bit of research. It looked as if it was going to be easy to set up. It didn't work first time so we tried probably about six or seven times, looking at online help etc trying to get it to work. Eventually, at close to midnight, we decided to call the helpline, who talked us through setting up the router with our original pc and then once that was set up they made sure that both our new laptop and pc were working wirelessly too. All in about 20 minutes! So if it doesn't work first time - ASK FOR HELP!
Flawless thus far :) March 3, 2008
Sho (London, UK)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I have had this router for quite a few months now and it has given me no grief at all
I have my main pc connected to this with a network cable and 2 additional computers (1 desktop and 1 laptop)which I have connected via wi-fi.
The downstairs pc will very occasionally lose connection but the signal does have to pass through 3 very thick walls so I cant really complain. Ironically, when I use my laptop in the same room as the downstairs desktop I never lose connection. The wi-fi adapter for the downstairs pc is the onboard wifi that came with the motherboard so there is every possibility that that is to blame
The setup was painless and I had my connection running in minutes
Like somebody mentioned earlier, if you connect to your provider via dhcp (my provider is virgin and they use this system) then there isnt any settings to really enter into the router other than selecting dhcp
I have an xbox 360 connected to this router via the wireless adapter and to date, the connection has never been dropped
I have succesfully used port forwarding to enable certain ports which was one of my requirements
I used to be on Pipex and yes, you would need to buy a seperate modem to use in conjunction with this router if you used that isp. I too made this mistake when I bought this router. For me it was not really an issue as I was having virgin installed the following week. I think people should really do their homework before they buy a router though, or if they dont, they shouldn't rate the product 1 star as a result of them being short sighted
After my experience with linksys I wont even look at netgear or belkin
To sum up,
If you have a modem with an rj45 connection and are looking for a router
If you wish to network several pc's with minimal fuss
If you want to use p2p programs
If you want wireless console online gaming
This router will give you what you need
Top marks for an excellent product
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