Linksys Compact Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54GC

Nice unit but won't work

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 24, 2005 | 1 out of 1 found this Linksys Compact Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54GC review helpful

Pros: Sleek looking unit.

Cons: Can't access Yahoo Mail.

This is a great looking wireless router and as a longtime Linksys fan, thought it would be the perfect upgrade from my Linksys B router. Unfortunately I was wrong. This router did not work with Yahoo Mail from 3 seperate PC's.
I spent over 4+ hours on the phone with 1st & 2nd level support and uploaded endless firmware upgrades ... but we couldn't get this unit to work correctly. Before this endevour I never even knew what an MTU was but sure do now. They even shipped me a replacement unit (which I had to pay for return shipping) and the same problem.
How did I solve my problem? I went out and bought a $29 (after rebate) Netgear G router. It worked right out of the box and I can now ready my yahoo mail. Sorry Linksys.

Forget it!

By Jim  Sep 21, 2005 | 1 out of 1 found this Linksys Compact Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54GC review helpful

Pros: Nice price and very compact

Cons: The WRT54GC won't self install with the CD

If you have 2 hours to waste and want to make a couple of phone calls to India, this is the product for you. During installtion with CD provided, it will not automatically read your IP, Gateway and other non-understandable numbers that a non-expert doesn';t understand in the first place. I wound up taking it back to the store and paying $10 more for the WRT54G (non-compact) in hopes it would load up OK. It didn't!!!!! Same thing,...it wanted me to put in numbers manually.
Forget it!!!!!!!!!

By Philip  Aug 8, 2005