Customer Reviews
third 
2007-10-24
Excellent transmitter, good security, user friendly. Any problems have been with cable provider. regards Jim
its all about using the right firmware.. 2007-08-02
I first bought this router for 10$ brand new, and quickly found out why! After a few weeks of hell with this thing, i realized that its all about Firmware Version: 1.50.13
If you get the firmware version, you cant go wrong. I DO hafto power-cycle it like every 3 weeks or so(which could be unacceptable to some folks.) This is not a major problem for me, afterall.. it was only 10$.
I have been using this for about 2 years now and i've never attempted to update the firmware since 1.50.13 was installed.
Everyone else is crazy! This router rocks! 
2007-06-10
I've used this product for over a year now and it's been the most reliable router I've ever owned. I suspect that most everyone who's having a problem with it has hooked it up themselves, with no prior experience doing so, and has not configured it properly. Take the time to contact Linksys to set it up correctly, and you'll have a worry-free wireless network for years to come (see caveat below).
The only reason I'm giving it four stars is because it is not compatible with my new laptop, which is running Vista Home Premium. If you're running XP, do not hesitate to get this router.
Simple and Quick 2007-04-25
Simple Quick and Easy to use.. Half the time I forget it's there. A nice piece of equipment you will forget you own because you'll never need to look at it or touch it.
I even went with the default config just to make it that much easier.. I just opened the box and added electricity.. DONE.
Did something go wrong with later versions of this model? 2007-03-03
I've had a v4 of this router for several years. It's actually been quite solid. I've gone months without having to ever reset it, and I was using both wireless and wired connections.
Most of the more recent reviews are negative. I'm wondering if the last generation of this product was manufactured differently? Over the last few months I HAVE had to reset this router once ever few weeks or so, because it stops handing out DHCP addresses wirelessly sometimes. I haven't been too concerned, as I have a Buffalo WHR-G54S on the way and it's gotten rock-solid reviews. Nonetheless, this Linksys was a great router for me for years.
A word of advice: AVOID FIRMWARE VERSION 1.52.02 (which I believe is the most recent). From everything I have read, this causes the freeze-up issues when streaming video! I recently upgraded to 1.50.14, which is as high as I will go, and we'll see how that works until my new Buffalo shows up.
Excellent Product 2008-05-19
I don't consider myself a techie in the least bit but this router was a snap to set up and use. I have had it for over a year. I had to replace the power adapter but that is probably because of a surge I replaced it and the router is still going. I would recommend this to anyone great value great price.
Linksys 2008-05-14
The linksys in excellent shape and came very quickly in the mail! Its still working beautifully and we've had it for almost 2 years now! Thanks.
Ideal for home! 2008-02-29
In the last three years i bought three units and until today are working properly in my house and the house of two friends. Easy installation and configuration. After three years i dont have problems with this router.
Only one recommendation: try always that your router works with the newest version. You can download free at Linksys web site.
Served Me Well for More Than 5 Years 2008-01-03
I bought this router over 5 years ago when it first came out, and it served my needs just fine the whole time. I live in a 3000 square foot single story L-shaped home. The router was positioned at the vertex of the L and was barely able to cover the furthest rooms in the house. I finally decided to replace it this year with a higher performance model (D-Link DIR-655) supporting the new wireless standards (802.11g and 802.11n). The Linksys router worked fine for supporting my wireless needs for web browsing and it even did a pretty good job wirelessly streaming music around the house. It was a little slow with streaming photos though and definitely wasn't fast enough to stream DVD quality video reliably. When we needed to perform large (hundreds of megabytes) file transfers between computers, we usually ended up plugging in an ethernet cable, because the wireless file transfers were too slow. In general, for an 80211b router, this router did a fine job, lasted a long time, and was easy to setup. I can't comment about the Linksys support, because I never needed any support. I'm deducting 1 star however, simply because in this day and age, nobody should be buying a Wireless-B router anymore. I suggest that you invest a few more bucks (if that much) to get at least a Wireless-G router with the same features. If you have devices that support Wireless-N and you can afford a hundred bucks for a router, then I suggest the D-Link DIR-655.
power to week 
2007-11-24
This is a great unit with some extra money spent to upgrade it. This unit needs better range it has rptnc connectors and 1 to 2 dbi power and rang killers on it. Try to order 2 5 dbi or 8 dbi anntena to get a all around better unit. great value for 25.00 to 30 .00 then add the 30.00 to fix it out preformes the 54g as far as range and lets get honest in a office yor still cang get more than 5 meg downloads spread that out over 5 comps and theirs no gain with a 54g system the modem limits you to what ever speed you pay for at he line. Enjoy
