Linksys Compact Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54GC

I have a cable modem and my eldest has been nagging me to setup a networked connection in their bedroom so they could surf & study, surf and play music more like but I can't resist a new gadget. I could have used the "Internet Connection Sharing" feature in Windows but this would have meant getting a second ethernet adapter on my main machine in the study and leaving it switched on all the time. Instead I decided to get a dedicated Wireless gateway router. These boxes attach to a cable or DSL modem and the rest of the house network sits behind it, connected directly to the small internal hub (usually 4 ports) and via Wireless LAN. The gateway ...  Read the complete review

It's quite difficult to write an opinion on something as technical as a PC network router, as on one hand, you'll have some readers who don't yet know what a router is (stick around) and on the other hand, there'll be the reader who just wants to know what I think of this bit of kit before buying one themselves. So here is a quick and dirty description of what a router can do for you. Those in the know might like to skip about three paragraphs. WHAT USE IS A ROUTER AND TO WHOM? Like most things relating to computing, a router is just a box full of electronics, and if you're lucky, some pretty flashing lights to show it's working. As with modems, ...  Read the complete review

A recent problem with my WiFi router caused me to have to seek a replacement. With so many different models on the market each with supposedly superior claims to the previous it seemed like it was going to be a long and arduous search. To a point it did prove a bit off-putting so I decided that I would set criteria and reduce my choices that way. The first criteria I set was a price limit of £50 since the only thing really wireless is my son's Xbox, and although he does use it frequently for online gaming I felt that any greater outlay should be covered by a token gesture from him, this gesture was needless to say not forthcoming................so £50 it was. After ...  Read the complete review

I purchased this router a couple of years ago now when we first got broadband in our home. As our ISP provided us with an ethernet capable modem already, we needed this router mainly for all the computers in the house to be able to access the internet without depending on one computer being switched on all the time. Now, I don't know an amazing lot about computers and all this techie stuff, so i'm going to try and keep this review as simple as possible. In the box came the router itself, a power adaptor, CD for drivers and a cat5e ethernet cable. It was simply a case of connecting the ethernet cable which came with the modem to the router, connecting the ...  Read the complete review

WHAT DO YOU GET? You'll get 200Mhz processing power (integrated broadcom solution) which should be of a great use since this box can be programmed to do almost anything if you are familiar with linux and crosstool compiler. 4MB Flash memory can be used for a new upgrades/option since this box gets upgraded almost all the time with new security and functionality. LINUX BOX This device is actually a small linux box. You can telnet to it and process linux commands. Since it's GPL'ed you can also download a full source and compile it for yourself. You wil need a mips cross-compiler for linux. WHAT ABOUT VERSIONS? As far as i know there's ...  Read the complete review