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Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Model number: WRT54G2 | SKU: 8741365

This broadband router supports 802.11g wireless networking, VPN functionality and advanced security features that make it a powerful hub for multiple networking needs.

Average Customer Rating:

3.9 out of 5 (252 Reviews)

189 of 252 (75%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.

Customer Reviews for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Review 41 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

5.0 5

A little warning for SBC Yahoo DSL user's 11/26/2009
By ORLYE1ektr0n from Covina, CA

Value for Price

4.0 5

Ease of Use

5.0 5

Performance

5.0 5

Ease of Installation

1.0 5

What's great about it: great speed
What's not so great: what a hassle to hook up took me two days

"Ok so after i read the great reviews of this router i went to go buy it immediately.

It came with a installation cd that should be helpful to most, but in my situation i was basically forced to figure out how to set it up through the internet.

So i have SBC yahoo DSL and as most who have this service I have the siemens 4100 modem, the problem with this is that this modem acts as a modem/router, meaning that it stores all the information on the modem, IP adresses and all that good stuff.

well that creates a problem which the Linksys and modem conflict with each other, in result youll be online for only a minute at best before you get kicked off.

What you got to do is go on the modem(usually 198.162.0.1 and then access the settings of the modem, under advanced or under PPP you have to go and switch the settings, there will be three options you have to select the second one(sorry im doing it off the top my head) and the last option will be Briged mode and the first option is the default settings of that modem, anyway choose the second one.

lastly go to the router and set the settings from DHCP(that is a good option for cable users) but not DSL. Your option has to be PPoE or whatever its called, regardless you have to enter your username and password in the blank fields below that will show up.

Hope this helps, if you purchase this and have yahoo DSL most likely you will have trouble getting it set up. Just switch the settings to have the modem like i said to the second option(this should result in your "INTERNET" light being up) and switch from DHCP to PPoE. and you should be along your way."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 42 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

1.0 5

Worst wireless router EVER!!! 11/21/2009
By ckilpatr20 from Upland, Ca

Value for Price

1.0 5

Ease of Use

4.0 5

Performance

2.0 5

Ease of Installation

4.0 5

What's great about it: Very easy to install but the software they give you with it is only good for seven days, then they try and get $30
What's not so great: Was malfunctioning out of the box and horrible customer service

"I bought this wireless router to install at my mom's house to use when I am up there on vacation. I was planning on using my macbook, iphone and ps3 on it. I installed the software it came with and was suprised with how easy it was...until the router randomly stopped working an hour into having it. I called customer service and spoke with some lady from India whom I could not understand. She tried to get me to spend $9 to let them access my computer and see what was wrong with it. Despite me telling her no she persisted for the next five minutes telling me "but sir it is only $9". Finally after being on the phone with her, her superviser, and her supervisers's superviser, they concluded that it was the actual router that was bad and told me to just go exchange it back where I bought it. I took their advice however I bought a Belkin N150 for $5 less. To my suprise, from the second I plugged it in, everything worked like it was supposed to. Thank you Belkin for making a quality product!"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No

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Review 43 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

1.0 5

Worst Linksys Router Evee 11/14/2009
By The2000yearoldman from Dallas,TX

Value for Price

1.0 5

Ease of Use

5.0 5

Performance

1.0 5

Ease of Installation

5.0 5

What's great about it: Setup and installation are very easy
What's not so great: It doesn't work

"I've had this router to 1 week, I'm taking it back today. Within 2 days of installation the wireless portion of router dropped out. Unplugged it overnight, then tried to get it to restart and it won't even connect wired now. Piece of garbage. The only good thing I can say are reflected in the ratings, setup and ease of use are excellent if the stupid thing would actually work."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No

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Review 44 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

3.0 5

Warning on installation 11/13/2009
By QEG from Honolulu, HI

Value for Price

3.0 5

Ease of Use

2.0 5

Performance

3.0 5

Ease of Installation

1.0 5

What's great about it: looks
What's not so great: very poor installation instructions!

"Right out of the box the instructions say to run CD first do not connect the cables. So I run CD first and on the first step the CD software says it can't find ethernet error 311(which I have). Which is very upsetting because the software disables the ethernet port so it must know it's there. There are no alternate instructions from there. So I call tech support get charge $9.99 they just skip the cd and tell me to connect cables (which worked fine) and finished the setup. All which I could have done myself but myself if any instructions were given to connect it. The problem with the CD was never fix and gave some story about software conflicts. Essential I feel there instruction are created to get extra $9.99 tech support fee. If you want to avoid this if your CD instructions don't work just connect the cables then go through a normal setting as you would with any router. I wish I could do a class action lawsuit."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No

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Review 45 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

4.0 5

Great for Gaming. (PS3) 11/08/2009
By carfrance from Lauderhil, FL

Value for Price

4.0 5

Ease of Use

5.0 5

Performance

5.0 5

Ease of Installation

3.0 5

What's great about it: Works well with PS3 gaming system
What's not so great: 1st set up is not a user friendly

"It's a good product that works well with my ps3, laptop and computer all at same time. None of them lag nor was there any dropped signals. The price is not bad considering when you want something affordable which works well for playing online gaming; you don't want to lag or loose signal when playing co-op games. However, the set up a little tricky. I just could not get the wireless signal to be secure after trying for half an hour to set it up but eventual i got it working after my 15yr old son tinker with it. :)"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 46 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

3.0 5

Great inexpensive router but... 11/08/2009
By FigNewtonColorado from Centennial, Co

Value for Price

4.0 5

Ease of Use

3.0 5

Performance

4.0 5

Ease of Installation

2.0 5

What's great about it: Device works well.
What's not so great: The Network Magic software.

"The device itself worked as expected. It has decent range and a good signal is acquired all throughout the house. The nominal setup installs a product called Network Magic which looks rather slick. I really liked the graphical interface...until the 7-day trial ended. After the trial ends file and printer sharing is disabled. To re-enable this "feature" costs 30 bucks. That's crazy considering the operating system provides this service for free. I uninstalled the software using "add/remove programs" in XP. Now everything works just fine. You can still manage the router directly using a browser so the "magic" software is just a burden and a rip-off."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No

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Review 47 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

3.0 5

Wireless Beware 11/05/2009
By Blehza from Bronx, New York

Value for Price

2.0 5

Ease of Use

5.0 5

Performance

2.0 5

Ease of Installation

5.0 5

What's great about it: Sets up fast, decent price
What's not so great: Wireless horrible

"This router is great if you have your computers connected directly or your wireless product in nearby. The signal for the router if you get too far away is horrible and constantly gets lost. I threw this router away and bought the older model blue one and for wireless it is way better. NOT a good wireless router unless your close."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No

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Review 48 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

3.0 5

Problems with Software 11/01/2009
By jake7497 from Racine, WI

Value for Price

3.0 5

Ease of Use

3.0 5

Performance

3.0 5

Ease of Installation

2.0 5

What's great about it: Good Price
What's not so great: Network Magic Software

"Although Linksys is a good brand of wireless routers, as recommended from different people, the Network Magic program is no good. I had problems from the start installing this router. Once installed, I was having problems with my PC. Slow connection speed (currently have Roadrunner),
and eventually slow performance of PC. I had to reboot my PC several times. Finally went and talked to the Geek Squad at Best Buy, they me told that possibly the software was to blame. They said I really didn't need the software to run my router. I uninstalled the software, and was finally able to connect to the internet with no problems. If you buy this router, avoid installing the software, if you do, do it just to get your SSID and Key Code set up, than uninstall the Network Magic program. You will save all kinds of headaches."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 49 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

3.0 5

linksys router by cisco 10/28/2009
By Anonymous from the heights illinois

Value for Price

4.0 5

Ease of Use

4.0 5

Performance

4.0 5

Ease of Installation

1.0 5

What's great about it: Works Well
What's not so great: Password Protecton set up is to difficult

"This product works well and looks good to. good for someone who does not care about a security code protection. however for the others the process is way too difficult. also i got no PIN sticker on my router so it was impossible to do without going to the website, then it is way to complicated. over all it has done well. i really don't need to be password protected because i live by old people that's it."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 50 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

1.0 5

Dissapointed 10/19/2009
By jibbs from Stockton, Ca

Value for Price

1.0 5

Ease of Use

5.0 5

Performance

1.0 5

Ease of Installation

5.0 5

What's great about it: Installation was a snap, the black shiny exterior looks great, my HP HDX 16t laptop found the wireless router no problem
What's not so great: Little to no internet connection, router disconnects from cable modem constantly

"I have a comcast cable internet connection using a Scientific Atlanta 1200 modem which is connected to the router. First time installing the router it went smoothly and the internet worked i was satisfied. Hours later the connection speed tapered down to dial up speeds and then constantly disconnected from the modem. I performed the hard reset technique several times on both the router and my modem in different combinations but that did not solve the problem. I tried upgrading the firmware carefully following the instructions on the cisco/linksys website but it failed and it turned the router into a brick.. went back to best buy and exchanged it for another WRT54G2 router and reinstalled everything from scratch and received same results. I decided to get rid of this unreliable router and shop for another.
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No

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Review 51 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

1.0 5

Linksys wireless G Router.... SUCKS!!!!! 09/29/2009
By Ty from Spring, TEXAS

Value for Price

1.0 5

Ease of Use

1.0 5

Performance

2.0 5

Ease of Installation

1.0 5

What's great about it: Nothing
What's not so great: Customer Service, Instalation, Networking.... Ect.

"Well this was my first router.. What a bad choice!! Linksys has the worst customer service. All i want is to connect to XBOX LIVE. Sorta easy to install. Performance is ok for like three days."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No

0 of 5 people found this review helpful.

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Review 52 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

4.0 5

Good basic-use router for price 09/22/2009
By bhetting from Portland, OR

Value for Price

4.0 5

Ease of Use

3.0 5

Performance

5.0 5

Ease of Installation

2.0 5

What's great about it: Fairly easy to set up, good range, reliable
What's not so great: CD setup utility not Mac compatible, control panel can be confusing

"I bought a factory-refurbished version of this router for a slightly cheaper price, and so far I'm pretty happy with it. I'm using it just for a simple wireless network in my small college apartment. A setup CD is included, but Mac OS X users be warned: Linksys does not play well with Apple. The setup utility on the CD won't even run on a Mac. Thankfully, Linksys provides a free Mac setup utility on their website (go to the router's product page on their site, click on "More Information," select version 1.0). However, no mention of this is given anywhere on the box or any included papers. I had to Google around to find it, which was frustrating.

Once I found the setup utility however, everything went swimmingly. The utility is straightforward and doesn't take long on an average machine. Once I finished, everything worked fine and I'm very happy with my router! I haven't noticed any slowing of browsing speed or loss of network coverage. My only other gripe is that changing the settings in the control panel can sometimes be confusing, but not so much that it's difficult to use.

All in all, I'm very happy with this router! I'd say it's a good buy for anyone with only moderate tech skills looking to set up a simple home WiFi network."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 53 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

3.0 5

Works great ..But if you have a Problem? 09/21/2009
By jmrjr52 from Silver Springs Fl.

Value for Price

3.0 5

Ease of Use

3.0 5

Performance

3.0 5

Ease of Installation

3.0 5

What's great about it: I got it to work with no help from Linksys
What's not so great: there is no custermer support form Linksys had it one day and they sent me to a 3rd party that wanted to charge me $119.

"Well i dont blame best buy..But i think Linksys is does not give great support ..i had it one day and they wanted $119.00 to If i asked a question about it??? whats whit that?"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No

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Review 54 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

4.0 5

wireless router 09/13/2009
By bela from missino viejo

Value for Price

4.0 5

"I don’t know the product yet, I just start to use it, but they have the worth technical support I ever had.
If you are not willing to pay for the service, they are not helping at all.
According to our phone conversation everything was set up properly, but I didn’t have connection between the antenna and router. I spent 2 days to solve this problem by myself and it was in the router’s security setting."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No

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Review 55 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

4.0 5

good router for money 09/12/2009
By JMMoosey from Fort Wayne, IN

Value for Price

5.0 5

Ease of Use

5.0 5

Performance

5.0 5

Ease of Installation

4.0 5

What's great about it: good price
What's not so great: setup somewhat complicated

"This router has relative good range. Didn't have money for a wireless-N router, so this was the best I got for the money. Originally bought a Netgear wireless-G router, and it wouldnt support 64-bit Windows Vista operating system, and this does. Setup was a bit complex, but I had gotten wonderful customer service from Cisco which was really helpful on setup. Pretty good transfer speed. Range is fairly good. Overall, no real complaints."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 56 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

5.0 5

Very Fast 08/29/2009
By khoi7020 from VA

Value for Price

4.0 5

Ease of Use

5.0 5

Performance

5.0 5

Ease of Installation

3.0 5

What's great about it: Fast
What's not so great: Installation

"Just bought this 2 days ago. My 4 years old NetGears starts to flicker. Of late, with NetGear, internet speed is decent but it kept frozen. At first, I blame the Internet Service Provider (ISP) :) old habit, I always blame the ISP first.

I think this price is a little high for an old tech Wireless-G. Installation of this Cisco Linksys router is unpleasantly slow and not reliable. I know computer, so this is quite annoying. But once it was up, it ran like a Champ. My computer with Wireless-G adapter (no fancy Wireless-N is needed) was one floor above the router but signal is strong and steady. Most importantly using Speedtest.net tool to test out the down load and up load bandwidth, both bandwidth were at high point and stay there. Old NetGear reaches 50-55% of download max, the Cisco Linksys reaches 80% range. Most importantly, no more frozen....

Fast and no frozen Internet connection is heaven. Too soon to tell if it is reliable, but I hope it will be. A buy recommendation."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 57 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

4.0 5

good router 08/23/2009
By bigfoot555 from south jersey

Value for Price

4.0 5

Ease of Use

5.0 5

Performance

4.0 5

Ease of Installation

5.0 5

What's great about it: ease of use
What's not so great: nothing i no of yet

"i have verison dsl have noproblem with wi or ps3 i shut it down when i am not useing it and i do not have a problem when i turn i back on. this is my first router and i was up and runing in 20 mins."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 58 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

5.0 5

Easy to set up and reliable 08/17/2009
By country123a from Evansville, IN

Value for Price

4.0 5

Ease of Use

5.0 5

Performance

5.0 5

Ease of Installation

5.0 5

What's great about it: Easy to set up and very reliable... you forget it's there after a while
What's not so great: nothing significant to mention

"I had a D-link router that gave me fits so I bought this Linksys model after reading reviews like this and speaking with folks that already had one. All the good things I heard turned out to be true. If you want a good reliable wireless router at a decent price. This will do the job for sure."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 59 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

2.0 5

almost as bad as they say 08/16/2009
By ajmo from Kansas

Value for Price

2.0 5

Ease of Use

1.0 5

Performance

1.0 5

Ease of Installation

5.0 5

What's great about it: easy set-up, works great when it does work
What's not so great: disconnects, slow speed, works for short periods of time, poor customer service

"I bought this router for my laptop and wii due to the router i originally wanted not being compatible. set up was easy and worked right out of the box... for an hour.
since then, it disconnected frequently (which was fixed with the firmware update) and once this issue was resolved, the router was slow and my dial-up card worked faster for downloads. when i contacted customer service they blamed my internet company even after i told them the modem worked when not connected to the router. after troubleshooting for 45 minutes, the issue was resolved... for an hour.
I have to frequently reset the modem and IP address and it is not worth the hassle."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No

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Review 60 for Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

Customer Rating

1.0 5

internet speed reduced considerably 08/12/2009
By mike20850 from Rockville, MD

Value for Price

2.0 5

Ease of Use

5.0 5

Performance

1.0 5

Ease of Installation

2.0 5

What's great about it: installation
What's not so great: internet speed reduced

"I only purchased the router so I could have a WIFI connection for my IPod.
Instillation was a dream and you are up and running fast. I noticed my internet speed was slow. And got progressively slower through the evening.
I checked for Windows updates, rebooted, did everything under the sun and it was still running slow and for some Internet sites I kept on getting error messages unable to connect to the internet.
So I unplugged the router and my Internet was up and running perfectly.
So this new little Linksys Wireless G Broadband Router is going to be returned back to the store. It’s a pity as the installation was a dream."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No

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