Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Broadband Router reviewed : Introduction

07:00 - Monday 6 June 2005 by THG Reporting Team
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: linksys, wrt54g, wireless

Introduction

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Linksys Instant Wireless-G Broadband Router

Linksys Instant Wireless-G Broadband Router
Summary Broadcom based 802.11g Router
Update 2/1/2004 Wireless bridging support for WAP54G added in Version 2.02.2 firmware.
Pros • No WEP enabled performance degradation
• Removable antennas
• Inbound and Outbound traffic logging
Cons • Mixed mode operation kills draft-11g client throughput

Linksys' WRT54G Wireless-G Broadband Router seems to be more popular than its WAP54G Access Point sibling, or maybe it's just the marketing push that Linksys is putting behind it. At any rate I received it a few weeks ago and used it extensively for the draft-11g performance testing that I did for the 802.11g NeedToKnow, and figured it was time to give it a review of its own.

Although both it and the previously reviewed WAP54G run on essentially the same Broadcom platform, the WRT54G came with newer firmware that yielded significant performance differences.


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