- Linksys WAG54G gateway - any opinions..?
- Posted by Ivor Jones on March 25th, 2005
I have been looking at this device to replace my existing separate
modem/router/switch combination and possibly adding a wireless point as
well.
Does anyone have any opinions on it..?
Ivor
- Posted by Boredathome on March 25th, 2005
Works fine for me - no complaints at all
- Posted by Ian on March 25th, 2005
Have a look at the following forum before you make your mind up!
http://www.linksysinfo.org/modules.p...viewforum&f=20
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- Posted by Paul Hutchings on March 25th, 2005
In article <3aj6s8F6bnf55U1@individual.net>,
"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
I have one. Generally I've been happy with it, however there have been a
*lot* of complaints about it dropping out and losing connections to LAN
machines etc. I had some of these problems with mine over a period of
time and after reading a thread where standing it on its side was
suggested (possible heat issue) it seems to be behaving itself.
Also the statistics/reporting facilities are minimal.
What I'm not sure of is what is available for similar money that would
be any better, seems most of these things have their own unique bugs and
problems.
cheers,
Paul
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- Posted by Ivor Jones on March 25th, 2005
Paul Hutchings wrote:
Thanks for the info. I looked at that forum link but it wanted to set too
many cookies for me so I didn't really get into it.
I don't really *need* a wireless point but it seems impossible these days
to find something without one..!
Ivor
- Posted by kraftee on March 25th, 2005
Boredathome wrote:
Mine rebooted every 90 minutes, so I booted it out....
- Posted by ABC on March 26th, 2005
"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
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Wireless doesn't work. Range is abot 5 feet. Goes from a signal giving 54mbs
to 1mbs in under 30 mins.
Go for a Netgear DG834
- Posted by Edward on March 26th, 2005
Ivor Jones wrote:
mine worked straight out of the box and no problems since. Its left
switched on 24/7.
- Posted by JS on March 26th, 2005
Had mine for about 6 months no real problems apart for Lan dropout as
already mentioned, trying the box on its' side. Wireless works fine all over
the house and even outside.
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- Posted by Road_Hog® on March 26th, 2005
"Edward" <edwardthornton@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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Same here, had it almost a year and it's on 24/7. Use it with a Linksys
wireless card on my laptop and the wife on hers downstairs. Picks up the
neighbours unsecured network as well (if I ever get fed up of paying for
broadband).
It locks up about once every two months, nothing that a quick push of the
reset button doesn't cure.
- Posted by Peter M on March 26th, 2005
On 26 Mar 2005 10:35, "Road_Hog®" <NoSpam@NoSpam.com> wrote:
what picks up their network ? The WAG54G or some card you use ?
If the former, I'd be interested to know how (someone I know has
chosen one of these units... seems it was the one on the shelf at
PC World... I'd have suggested Belkin by mail, but not my cash! :-)
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- Posted by Road_Hog® on March 26th, 2005
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Well, someone here with more technical knowledge will correct me if I'm
wrong.
But here is my Layman's understanding. I have a WAG54G as my router, this
acts as the base station. My wireless card WPC54G picks up the signal from
the base as does the wife's WPC54G. Now somebody else (one of my neighbours)
is using a router with wireless capability and my WPC54G is near enough to
pick the signal up, so I could log on to their network and use their
bandwidth (broadband) for free.
I believe I could also monitor what they were surfing and download/record
information. You need to set up an encryption key so that anybody else
cannoot access your router (base station).
To put it very simply any wireless router (not just WAG54G) is like a walkie
talkie, anyone else within range can listen unless you set up the
encryption. I would imagine if you stuck a laptop in a car with a wireless
card plugged in, you could drive down most streets and pick up a "free
connection".
- Posted by Stephen \(aka steford\) on March 26th, 2005
Ivor Jones wrote:
poor range.
Got a 3Com that's never been rebooted in 8 months.
