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Australia, Canberra
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Review on ๐Ÿ”’ Linksys WRT54GS2 Wireless LAN/Firewall Access Point & 4-Port Router with SpeedBooster - 54Mbps 802.11g by Dwayne Meurer

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Terrible waste of time on defective product

The specs on this model sounded great, at a good price and I realized when I drove by Cisco HQ most days these guys know what you do. .Sadly no, I must have spent 8 hours chatting with mindless Linksys "chat supportโ€ reps [I still don't know if it's a human or an intelligent natural language processor, that's another story.] , because over Ethernet or Wi-Fi, no connected device could stay connected for more than a couple of hours. Lots of googling and I suspected a well known issue with DHCP. Note: This device does not support static IP for registered MAC addresses. In any case. Despite the Linksys "support machine" telling me to adjust the MTU and Wi-Fi settings, I finally have the RMA approval without permission and in a country that only oiles the noisiest, squeaky wheel receive. I'm waiting for a replacement. will be updated. In the meantime - there would be buyers - at least stay away from the V1 model, I hope they don't send me another one.

Pros
  • Fingers crossed
Cons
  • Legacy model