Linksys Wireless-G Ethernet Bridge WET54G

Another Piece of Trash

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Feb 9, 2007

Pros: None

Cons: Bad manual, bad reset button, bad signal.

I purchased this unit to wirelessly connect my DVR to my network. I've had it for about six months and have had to tweak it at least 40 times. This device drops connection at least 2 to 3 times a week. Some times it won't connect for days. I put my laptop in the same room and I get good reception, yet this device sometimes doesn't even pick it up the signal. I even went out and purchased the linksys high range antenna for the unit. What a waste of money as the reception did not change. Stay away from any Linksys wireless bridge, this is really disappointing, especially from a company that makes such great products.

Stay away from this product

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 3, 2006 | 1 out of 1 found this Linksys Wireless-G Ethernet Bridge WET54G review helpful

Pros: Easy to setup

Cons: Dies a quick death

I've been battling with this garbage for almost a month. It continually loses connection to my main router which is only 15 feet away. One day I went into the settings screen to change my network settings and it never rebooted correctly. Now the unit is dead. The reset button doesn't even work now. Taking this trash back to the store. If they won't take it back I'll smash it with a hammer right there in the store.

Bought What I thought would work

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Apr 23, 2005 | 3 out of 3 found this Linksys Wireless-G Ethernet Bridge WET54G review helpful

Pros: It does

Cons: No WAP yet

After reading the reviews and seeing the few people who wrote a review complaining about the Linksys device not working, I doubt it was the device. They are all created equal and sometimes there's one in a thousand that fail or fall through the cracks.

The reason you might want to bridge a wireless network is so you don't have to purchase a wireless adapter for every computer you have. I have many computers in 2 different locations, so $$$ wise, the bridge works in my advantage.

WRT54G (house - with wire and wireless)
WET54G (garage - hooked up to a switch)
RT31P2 Vonage VoIP plugged into the WRT54G.

"Where did that easy button go?"

Netgear has been pretty good to me too (RT311 and Ethernet adapters).

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Feb 11, 2005

bad

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jun 5, 2004 | 1 out of 2 found this Linksys Wireless-G Ethernet Bridge WET54G review helpful

Pros: none

Cons: just doesn't work - support is in india

would not talk to my wrt54g. tried 2 different units. no go. i have 2 other computers on my wireless net with linksys devices, a pc and a laptop. those devices (pci card and pcm card work great). the support person was nice, but i think i know more about the products than she did. she tried to help but i think she was following a 'menu'.

Poor, Poor, Poor

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 16, 2004 | 3 out of 5 found this Linksys Wireless-G Ethernet Bridge WET54G review helpful

Pros: None

Cons: Life span is very short

I have used with great satisfaction many Linksys products, and have also recommended them many times. This has all ended after purchasing this product. After 30 days of use the product died, so called Linksys and they replace it with a used unit. After two weeks of using the used replacement unit it also died. Again I had to pay to ship the unit back. They have had my returned unit for almost two weeks and when I call, now twice, they tell me it's going to ship that day.