Linksys WRT54G2 Review
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December 19th, 2008
Summary
The Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router is really three devices in one box. First, there's the Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect both screaming fast Wireless-G (802.11g at 54Mbps) and Wireless-B (802.11b at 11Mbps) devices to the network. There's also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together. Connect four PCs directly, or attach more hubs and switches to create as big a network as you need. Finally, the Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection.
Once your computers are connected to the Router and the Internet, they can communicate with each other too, sharing resources and files. All your computers can print on a shared printer connected anywhere in the house. And your computers can share all kinds of files -- music, digital pictures, and documents. Keep all your digital music on one computer, and listen to it anywhere in the house. Organize all of your family's digital pictures in one place, to simplify finding the ones you want, and easing backup to CD-R. Utilize extra free space on one computer when another's hard drive starts to fill up.
The new Wi-Fi Protected Setup feature makes it easy to configure your wireless devices. Just push the button on the router and on your other Wi-Fi Protected Setup-enabled wireless device to automatically create a WPA2 connection that protects your data and privacy with up to 256-bit industrial-strength encryption. The Router can serve as a DHCP Server, has a powerful SPI firewall to protect your PCs against intruders and most known Internet attacks, supports VPN pass-through, and can be configured to filter internal users' access to the Internet. Advanced configuration is a snap with the web browser-based interface.
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!
Specs
Wireless: Yes
Frequency Band: 2.4 GHz
Encryption Algorithm: WPA2, WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise, AES, 128-bit WEP, 256-bit WEP, TKIP, WPA
Networking Standards: IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, Wi-Fi Protected Setup, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
Networking Features: VPN passthrough, Firewall protection, Firmware upgradable, NAT support, Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) support, Quality of Service (QoS), Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), IPSec passthrough, DHCP server, Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), Dynamic DNS server, MAC address filtering
Transport Protocol: TCP/IP, PPTP, UDP/IP, L2TP, DHCP, DNS, IPSec, PPPoE
Integrated Switch: 4-port switch
Switching Protocol: Ethernet
Status Indicators: Port status, Link activity, Power
Form Factor: External
General Product Info
Weight: 9.9 oz.