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Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Router Router
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- Consider this review ,and take note of the very large number of 1 star ratings (Text from Amazon is reproduced below.)
- There are an unusually large number of negative reviews for this product.
Amazon review by Amazon user mikeg
I just wanted to add some information about this product that should be known by anyone considering purchasing this.
First of all, it is important to know that Linksys has changed the WRT54G from earlier versions of the same model. The latest version of this product model has less RAM and runs a different firmware (essentially an operating system) than previous versions of the same product. That's right; Linksys completely changed the product, but continued to use the same product model. Is that even legal? It shouldn't be in my opinion. :(
This newest version of the product (version 5 or "v5") is what I have, and it's been nothing but trouble. I bought it after reading dozens of glowing reviews... which turned out to be for the older versions of the same product model.
Linksys has now created a new product model which is identical to the older WRT54G versions (v4 and newer) which received all the 5 star reviews. This is now called the WRT54GL. It is identical to the WRT54G v4 and newer. Again, this should not be legal. They had a highly regarded product, then took that product model and applied it to an inferior product calling it the same, and then took the old product and gave it a new product model, and started charging more for it. I'm so disappointed in Linksys. Linksys is not the premium manufacture which I once thought they were.
In a nutshell, all the 5 star reviews you see here, are for the WRT54GL product model. Buy that instead. All the 1 star reviews, are for this product. Take a look at the older reviews for more evidence of this.
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I had version 5 of this router , it seemed to have a lot of issues. If your serial starts with CDFB then it is a v5 too. For me it frequently droped connections or locked up. It had erratic performance, occasionally being unable to load a normal website even though I had the device set up correctly.
I can understand the issue list of this device being almost empty because looking at other user reviews on other sites it is hard to pinpoint an exact factual problem. Many people do have a lot of issues with the router.
I believe it is a firmware problem.