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Summary: I like it
Review: This WAP54G has performed as advertised and given me great speed and reliability throughout my house. My only problems are in the details. With the firmware upgrade it performs like it's supposed to even with the security settings. My problems:1. The logging function is worthless. I wanna know MAC and much more detail for all connections and attempted connections. Don't even try Linksys tech support - they don't know: how often the unit attempts to update the log on the selected IP, how it does this, or why. The details are critical when configuring a firewall on the receiving machine. Nobody's got them. 2. There is virtually no way of knowing when and if anybody is actually connected wirelessly. Even the WLAN indicator lights don't work. In the user guide, WLAN link lights up when you've got a successful connection, and WLAN act lights up when packets are sent. In reality: WLAN link lights up solid and WLAN act blinks constantly - no matter what's going on wirelessly. The super-duper e-mail tech support says to "click disable wireless" on the setup page to turn off the light. This is not only a silly solution, but I don't even have a "disable wireless" button to employ the ridiculous solution. This thing could be great. I really hope firmware upgrades eventually fix these little (but crucial) issues. If it does it'll go 5 stars for me. Linksys has gotta get some experts on the other end of the tech support lines as well.
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Summary: WAP54G - misrepresented
Review: Beware of Linksys and the WAP54G. They advertise that the WAP54G supports WPA security, but it only supports WPA in certain modes. Also, my experience is that Linksys technical support is substandard. I urge caution. There are other, better vendors out there.
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Summary: Many WAP54G s are defective
Review: I bought a WAP54G and found it keeps on dying every day or so. Even after a firmware upgrade I still have nothing but problems. The wireless link always works, but the _wired_ connection to the rest of the network hangs quite often. A total factory reset seems to solve this problem. The Linksys on-line chat support (from www.linksys.com) is quite useless. The staff doesn't seem to know their products well, nor do they seem to know anything about network architectures. ie. expecting to see a fixed IP device show up in a DHCP server table. Here's a quote I got from the support staff about their WAP54G:
"That means that the accesspoint is hung. It either a proble with the firmware or it may be getting high throughputs from whatever device it's connected to, causing it to hang." Buyer beware!
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Summary: Excellent WAP
Review: I purchased this WAP to add wireless capability to my existing wired network at home. It worked correctly right out of the box with minimum configuration. During installation I changed the following values: 1.) Changed the default IP address to coorespond with my addressing scheme. 2.) Changed the gateway address to point to my existing wired router. 3.) Changed the default SSID and disabled SSID broadcast. 4.) Enabled MAC address filtering and added the MAC addresses of all five devices on my wired and wireless network. This device has worked flawlessly and I am getting very acceptable data rates with no lost or dropped packets. Overall, I am very satisfied with this WAP and I would recommend highly for someone looking for an inexpensive way of adding 802.11g capability to an existing wired network.
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Summary: Wooks Good - Bad Instructions
Review: I feel the state of consumer level wireless is one step above gadget level - after a lot of screwing around, it works but I would still prefer to be able to run cable and have a wired connection. That said - I decided to play around with wireless mostly out of curiosity, and since I already had a router and firewall, I decided to just get a WAP instead. I've used Cisco's own WAP's at work, and since they own Linksys now, I decided to give this model a try. Quick review is it works fine for me running my newly wireless home network consisting of 2 computers, a stand-alone 80hr Tivo, and two Xboxes, and a Linksys Wireless Network Camera. It wasn't as simple as taking it out of the box and getting it up and running, mostly thanks to the lousy documentation included with - basically a quick-start guide and a PDF file both of which didn't explain much of anything. But after downloading the latest firmware from the Linksys website, and doing a lot of online research, I did get everything up and running acceptably. Don't forget to turn on one of the methods of encryption - I noticed a lot of my neighbors unknowingly running totally open.
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Summary: Good range and OK speed - one caveat
Review: I recently spent 4 hours troubleshooting a new installation of this WAP which I purchased to increase signal strength and range. (It was a WAP54G). After much troubleshooting where the Xbox network adaptor (MN-740) would drop the network connection as soon as I attached the XBOX itself to the network adaptor, I realized that the reason this was happening was the MAC address filtering. In order to have the network adaptor actually join itself to the network, you need to add BOTH the MAC for the adaptor itself AND the MAC for the XBOX into the MAC address filtering ALLOW table for the Linksys access point. I believe that this may solve other issues that people are having with attaching multiple devices to through wireless to these WAPs. I was very surprised that this information was not documented. It should be stated in the user's manual that if you are using MAC filtering, that you need to add all MAC addresses of all units that are bridged into the WAP into the ALLOW table of the MAC filter. Right now I'm working fine with MAC filtering enabled and 128bit WEP turned ON as well. FYI - with these Linksys units throughput goes from 54mbps to 18 when 128bit WEP is turned ON. Must be due to the cheap CPUs in these units. The speed drop when WEP is enabled plus the lack of MAC filter documentation keeps this from being a five star review.
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Summary: Excellent WAP -- 802.11g Linksys Rocks!
Review: I plugged this WAP54G into my existing home network, slapped the Linksys PCMCIA card into my laptop, and I was up and running in unsecure mode immediately. I then had no problem enabling MAC address filter, 128-bit WEP, and the SSID Change for security. It was a piece of cake. I flashed the firmware to the latest version and have had no issues. I consistently link up at 36 Mbps to 54 Mbps.
The thing screams. I can't tell the difference between file transfers across my 100 Mbit home network and file transfers across this wireless network. The speed and range are fantastic.
I read the other reviews and I am surprised that this is the same product being reviewed. I have been in the I/T industry for almost 10 years and I researched wireless security for a year before buying -- and this product is fantastic.
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Summary: Like all Linksys products..
Review: No, I am not a Linksys employee and yes I have lost money in Cisco stock. But like all Linksys products the setup works like its supposed to and the units work flawlessly. I downrated this unit because of the difficulty of using it as a bridge. The box insinuated that you could bridge with it. When I tried to make it bridge it didn't work and tech support told me that bridging is not supported. I did find a work-around. E-mail me if you want the secret. Otherwise this is an excellent as usual product from Linksys at a great price.
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Summary: It makes it happen
Review: I recently moved to a new office building with a prewired T-1. Connecting the existing network together was not difficult and the wireless range is astounding. There is nothing like having coffee at Starbucks and using the office network connection and not adding to starbucks bottom line for anything other than overpriced coffee.
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Summary: Works Flawlessly
Review: I set up the access point and and installed the notebook card on my laptop in less than 30 minutes. The speeds are as good as my wired desktop machine. Be sure to carefully read the instructions thoroughly before installing. It will save you time. If you have trouble connecting at first, be sure to review the ip address settings on the access point. My only glitch was not putting in the correct default gateway on the access point. Once I corrected that, I was connected. If you already are using a router, go with the access point.
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