| Linksys WTR54GS Wireless G Travel Router with Speedbooster |
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Model: WTR54GS
Brand: Linksys
Manufacturer: Linksys
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 58
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
Form factor: External
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
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Shares a wired or wireless Internet connection with SpeedBooster, Wireless-G and -B devices, and an Ethernet wired PC
Create temporary, personal, wireless access in your hotel room or a coffee shop hotspot -- pushbutton easy
Travel-friendly design with built-in power supply and antenna
High security: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), wireless MAC address filtering, powerful SPI firewall
Compatible with Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, or XP |
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| Description: |
| It's amazing how small and portable but powerful and full-featured a router could be. The Wireless-G Travel Router WTR54GS features one WAN (internet) port and one LAN port on the wired side, Wireless-G (802.11g) with Speedbooster on the other, a retractable power plug made for easier carrying and an internal antenna. |
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| User Reviews (58 total): |
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Excellent for the traveler, June 21, 2008
By user (GA USA)
This router is terrific. I read reviews on many travel routers and this one lives up to the hype. After it is configured, it is just "plug it in and it works" (configuration isn't too hard, but only needs to be done once). I've used it several places and it is great. Good signal through several walls (using it right now at my in-laws house, making their cable wireless for my stay).
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Best gadget I never knew I needed, April 21, 2008
By user (Baton Rouge, La. USA)
This was an impulse buy for me. My logic at the time of purchase was that I could pre-configure it as a grab and run WAP and throw it up wherever and whenever a quick and dirty hot spot was needed in our four floor public building. The fact that it had limited range was more a plus than a liability. After all, it was designed for a limited area such as a hotel or a conference room.
I was surprised with the configuration and security options which matched those of the general purpose WRT54G and secondly, at least my unit has fantastic coverage. When placed on the second floor I get about 200' coverage in every direction and ample bandwidth using up to 10 notebooks.
I'm amazed at the number of speakers who appear for seminars, lectures and training sessions assuming the availability of wireless Internet. Most initially try to connect with their cellular solutions but quickly abandon them in favor of the WAP. In that regard this little travel router has been a God send.
I have had it about a year now and it has been quite reliable.
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Worked great for 1 year, March 27, 2008
By user (Brewster, NY)
Worked great for 1 year, I thought I could use this at home all the tme beasue of my space limitation. It lasted 1 year and burned out. If you just use it for tarveling you will be fine.
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Nice size ran hot, January 27, 2008
By user (Arnold, Md)
Good size for traveling, did run hot and had problems with WEP. Once running it was great to pay for one connection and have 2 laptops on line in two different hotel rooms (nearby).
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Great Gadget, January 13, 2008
By user (Ft Lauderdale, FL)
Great for hotels with weak or no wireless. Also for going to a friend's house with no wireless. Getting your car serviced and the complimentary work stations are taken? Just pop your travel router in and you're up!
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A little workhorse, January 7, 2008
By user (New York)
This is an excellent travel router, extremely reasonably priced (at least when I bought it), with a great form factor, and at least one unique capability.
This device is no bigger than the Apple Airport Extreme travel router, but it's much cheaper. What makes it special is that it can bridge wireless networks. The source can not be encrypted. But, most hotels that charge for wireless access don't encrypt the stream, they just force you to pay on a sign-up screen. This device allows multiple laptops in your room to share the one paid-for wireless stream.
Highly recommended.
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Linksys Review, December 30, 2007
By user
This product is very neat! I like the fact that it was new in the box as described. Also it has very nice features.
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Perfect travel router, December 23, 2007
By user (Noumea, New Caledonia)
Excellent design, setup is the same as the other Linksys routers. We have been using Linksys products for over 5 years (routers, wi-fi cards, range expanders, etc) on 3 different continents without problems of interferences, compatibility or quality, which is not the case of the Netgear products we have tried. The travel router is small, light, well designed, it is compatible with 110 and 220 volts, it supports the usual wi-fi security (WEP, WPA, etc), the range is more than enough for a large hotel suite, and it can be used as an additional range expander when at home. Excellent product.
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Very disappointing, December 3, 2007
By user (Shenandoah, TX United States)
Why?
I purchased this for the same reason as many others. I needed a light and compact device to travel with. I also needed to always have a wireless connection even if a hotel only offers wired service.
Before my trip, I tested this in the office. It was a pain to set up but I got it working. In the office it worked with properly with both wired and wireless configurations. It is important to note that it can only share a totally open wireless connection. This works fine but is likely to be useless in the real-world.
When I tried to set it up at the hotel it would not reliably acquire a DHCP address. When directly connected, my laptop worked just fine 100% of the time. No amount of playing with the settings would change this. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it wouldn't. Perhaps this had to do with the RADIUS system the hotel uses but I don't really care. I tried the hints above and troubleshooting from the Linksys site.
It is also important to note that the range is quite poor when compared to standard wireless routers. However, this should not be a problem for its intended use in a hotel room.
Luckily I had also brought along an older Netgear wireless router which worked just fine. I just plugged it in and it worked!
I would say stay away. Mine is going back today.
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Compact travel router but install took troubleshooting, November 25, 2007
By user
This wireless router is a very convenient size and configuration, but the setup wasn't transparent. I expected it to be "plug and play", but my notebook computer couldn't find the wireless network at first. It took several attempts and playing with the software configuration to make it work. The documentation and instructions should be expanded to incorporate more information or the CD should walk you through it when you run it. Functionally, however, this is a nice little router for travelers. Just try it at home before a trip so you won't be frustrated on the road.
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Very good for travel, November 17, 2007
By user (Managua, Nicaragua)
This router gives you the freedom of having a wireless network for your laptop at hotel rooms or a friend house, it's very usefull for travelling, very easy to use and setup.
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Waste of money!!!!!!!!, November 14, 2007
By user (FL USA)
You has to be in front of the WIRELESS ROUTER to get a good signal.
I travel a lot and I bought it use it when I'm inside of my room. I just walk like 4 to 5 feet to the bedroom and I only have one bar of signal...
I end up returning the Router and buying a Belkin Wireless G Router and work just fine. I even use it at home. Works great in the entire house.
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Awsome convenience, October 31, 2007
By user (Walnut, CA USA)
This little thing goes with you everywhere. Small enough to fit into your bag without your notice and yet it performs extremely well. Easy setup and no problem at all to use.
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A complete waste of money!!, October 2, 2007
By user (Pacific Northwest)
This is about the worst product I have ever purchased for use as a wireless router!! It worked once, poorly, and then not again. Spent countless hours on the phone with technical support, with no luck. The company DOES NOT stand behind the product. They just tried to wear me down with repeated "visit" to their technical support department because they did not want to replace the product!! I will certainly never buy Linksys again. There are better brands out there.
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Great for Traveling, October 1, 2007
By user (San Diego, CA USA)
I travel a lot for a living and this router has worked wonderfully. I have owned it since it first came out. I had a lot of problems getting it set up initially but once I got it, it has worked flawlessly since. I have been in a meeting room with only one Ethernet cable and plugged it into the router, gave the access code to three others and in minutes, we were all hooked up to the system.
It's great in the hotel room as well. I hook it up to the Ethernet cable and then have free roaming access with my computer throughout the room. I have never had any poor range issues. I also use a Slingbox at home with Slingplayer on my computer and listen to my home news while taking a shower in a distant hotel room. I think this is a great little router just made for traveling.
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Not a very good connection, September 17, 2007
By user (Washington DC)
I like the size. I like the retractable plug but the router signal strength is horrible. I am sitting less than six feet away from the router with clear line of site but the signal strength is only 38%. If I sit next to the router its only 55%. I would not recommend this router as the signal drops every 5 to 10 mins and the strength of signal is horrible.
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Good but not great, September 13, 2007
By user (Texas, USA)
There is nothing wrong with this product. It does what it is supposed to do, but I think it is a little too complicated to set up and therefore would not recommend it. Linksys could do better on their software set up program. First of all, you should be able to download it when you have an internet connection and they should not expect you to have a cd or they should store the software on a rom inside the device.
It should be easier.
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Adequate and convenient - could be better, September 6, 2007
By user
The linksys WTR54GS wifi travel router comes with 5' of flat 100Mbps cable, a 2x4x5 black carry case and required software*. The hardware is light (almost flimsy) but has worked for a few weeks with no glitches. Range and signal about equivalent to my standard home router (I admit - I didn't push the range). Performance is satisfactory. The device has a retractable 100-240V U.S. plug and 1 Ethernet-out port; convenient, but needs some space around the power outlet to fit in.
*Note: the Easy Setup software would not run on my laptop and I was obliged to set up manually "Not Recommended" via instructions from the user manual .pdf file thankfully included on the CD. Indeed- not recommended for novices. Had to reset the device twice before getting it right.
Ultimately, the WTR54GS provides most of the features of a full-sized wireless router in a compact package.
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Very good ! still room for improvements..., September 4, 2007
By user (Rio, Brazil)
This is a very nice product, the only drawback is that it can't log on a wireless protected network, despite that it's an excellent product.
Right now it is replacing a D-link DI-624 router that keeps rebooting as soon as my laptop access the wi-fi, after switching for this little fellow not even one reboot...
Be careful it tends to get hot...
Cheers,
London
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Linksys Travel Router, August 29, 2007
By user (Omaha, NE)
This is a wonderful piece of equipment. It works great. The instructions to program it were a little confusing, but once figured out it fired right up.
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