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Linksys WRT54G 802.11g Wireless Router

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Linksys WRT54G 802.11g Wireless Router $33 at Buy.com
 
Discuss (19) : History : Tell : Posted 7:04 AM PST 11/12/08 by Ben
Linksys WRT54G 802.11g Wireless RouterBuy.com has the basic but solid Linksys WRT54G 802.11g Wireless Router (refurbished) for $33 with free shipping. This is a tried and true router for those who don't want to fuss with X2 X3 MIMO N hype.
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#1   tofutrader - Posted 7:22 am PST 11/12/08 (87 Posts)
Got one for years now. Still solid like a rock.
#2   quagga - Posted 7:26 am PST 11/12/08 (138 Posts)
I would definitely recommend this model if you don't need 802.11n.
#3   sethook - Posted 7:33 am PST 11/12/08 (1165 Posts)
Just keeps on ticking....
#4   tarad10 - Posted 7:37 am PST 11/12/08 (97 Posts)
This is a good router, but the newer versions don't support third party firmwares as well (at all?) as the previous versions. I have a v4 running the tomato firmware, and I have had it for a couple years now.
#5   benster - Posted 7:47 am PST 11/12/08 (28 Posts)
died on me after a year of on-and-off working! I would not recommend this.
#6   me2 - Posted 7:49 am PST 11/12/08 (508 Posts)
I've used these, with the standard firmware, solid, simple, good for home or small office.
#7   tommyb - Posted 8:00 am PST 11/12/08 (268 Posts)
#4, the tomato firmware is awesome! i've been running mine for about a year now and i love it!

there are very few people who need 802.11n at home!
#8   inferno - Posted 8:00 am PST 11/12/08 (854 Posts)
Have one with hyperwrt...been running for over 3 years without any hitch!

And I guess from the above comments the current standard firmware is good!?
#9   gpeek - Posted 8:32 am PST 11/12/08 (474 Posts)
If you don't move files between computers, you don't have a NAS or networked printer, you don't stream media to your game console or TV, and you just use your network for accessing the internet, then #7 is right, 802.11g has all the speed you will need. Even FIOS is slower than 802.11g.
#10   durkzilla - Posted 8:48 am PST 11/12/08 (605 Posts)
Can you use this as an access point only? I have a (crappy) Actiontek router from Verizon but the WiFi on it blows.
#11   USMC20090105 - Posted 8:53 am PST 11/12/08 (303 Posts)
Have one of these since 2003 and it's still working
#12   amat - Posted 9:14 am PST 11/12/08 (224 Posts)
Why get an "G" for $33 when you can get an Airlink "N" for $20 from Fry's?
#13   sah612 - Posted 10:14 am PST 11/12/08 (48 Posts)
Mine's worked great for the past 2.5 years, which is more than I can say for my previous wireless router (I don't remember the brand) that died after 3 months.
#14   frozenrubber - Posted 10:18 am PST 11/12/08 (33 Posts)
Get the GL version, not the G. They have cheapened the components of the G. The GL version is equivalent to the WRT54Gs of the past.
#15   cd - Posted 10:25 am PST 11/12/08 (488 Posts)
I was thinking the same and would rather get a mimo router that supports the N protocol. Typically, mimo and N protocol have better range and bandwidth.
#16   supaher0 - Posted 1:29 pm PST 11/12/08 (21 Posts)
not worth $33 because of n these days. but back in wireless g times it was one of the best. especially after flashed with dd-wrt or tomato.
#17   vr4 - Posted 3:45 pm PST 11/12/08 (61 Posts)
Buy it.

DDWRT - is all that needs to be said.

This thing is a monster!
#18   Poman - Posted 11:09 am PST 11/13/08 (123 Posts)
does this one have removable antennae?
#19   rollacorolla - Posted 4:28 pm PST 11/13/08 (193 Posts)
I've had mine with DD-WRT for years. I only need to power cycle it less than once a month. Everyone else I know with other routers need to power cycle theirs a couple times a week.
(Granted mine is the much older version with more memory equivalent to today's "GL" version)
 
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