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5.9

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9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Good product, fantastic online help"
Bought this recently. Experienced some problems setting up, which I understand is common for most... (read more)

by adrian72 (see profile), April 30, 2005

65 out of 65 users found this opinion helpful

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Easy to install, very good speed."
I recently purchased my first wireless router, the Linksys WRT54GS and 2 WMP54GS PCI adapters... (read more)

by pbscn (see profile), May 7, 2005

155 out of 160 users found this opinion helpful

10
out of 10
Perfect

"Best Home Wireless Router!"
I've tried numerous routers in my time and this particular Linksys is the best home router I've... (read more)

by mcs37 (see profile), March 10, 2005

130 out of 135 users found this opinion helpful
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1
out of 10
Abysmal

"Get ready for a headache"
I'm in the process of getting my 2nd replacement in as many months. Works better as a wired hub... (read more)

by lil_wheat (see profile), March 21, 2005

50 out of 60 users found this opinion helpful
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3
out of 10
Poor

"Great if you don't set up security"
When I first set up the router, it was great in that I was able to access the internet from... (read more)

by jxp01a (see profile), July 13, 2005

40 out of 45 users found this opinion helpful
5 comments posted to this opinion

1
out of 10
Abysmal

"Very unreliable product - do not buy"
I bought the Linksys WRT54GS recently and have been very disappointed with it. THe unit did not... (read more)

by Brendan Boulter (see profile), May 25, 2006

25 out of 25 users found this opinion helpful

1
out of 10
Abysmal

"Be very careful of the VERSION 5 units!!!!!"
Be very careful of buying a VERSION 5 unit. My unit locks up many times a day requiring a re-boot... (read more)

by JLKC (see profile), December 4, 2005

25 out of 25 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Wireless Truly Made Simple"
After the less-than-one-day failure of our D-Link 624 wireless router and further research into... (read more)

by AnneSW (see profile), May 16, 2005

25 out of 30 users found this opinion helpful

10
out of 10
Perfect

"CNET underates how Good this Machine is!"
Over the past few weeks...I upgraded from an old Netgear MR314, b router, which for three years... (read more)

by bobmitch (see profile), March 4, 2005

20 out of 20 users found this opinion helpful

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"No problems for me"
I bought this Speedbooster router to upgrade my D-Link DI-614+ which had a hard time maintaining... (read more)

by inzune (see profile), January 22, 2006

15 out of 15 users found this opinion helpful

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Reviewed by: Xiao Ming Wu

Reviewed: 6/9/04
Release date: 3/1/04
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