Liquid Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 (edited) Enjoy the review! Review Home: Dan.liquidm3dia.com Linksys WRT54GX Inside the Box: -Router -Power Cable -Ethernet Cable - Setup CD w/ Norton Internet Security 60-Day Trial - Installation Guide About the Router: Model Number: WRT54GX Standards: IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b Channels: 11 Channels (US, Canada) 13 Channels ( Europe) Ports/Buttons Internet: One 10/100 RJ-45 Port LAN: Four 10/100 RJ-45 Switched Ports One Power Port One Reset Button Cabling Type UTP CAT 5 LEDs Power, DMZ, Wireless, Ethernet (1, 2, 3, 4), Internet RF Power Output 18 dBm for Wireless-B/17 dBm for Wireless-G UPnP able/cert Cert Security Features Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) Firewall Wireless Security TKIP, AES, 802.1x, WEP, Wireless MAC Filterin Set-Up: Setting up this router is what you would expect from any wireless router. It features plug-and-play right from the box. Setting up wireless security is also a snap. Just go to the administration panel (192.168.1.1) and enter a WEP or WPA key, which ever you prefer. Tests: Test Machine(s) Intel Pentium 4 2.40B GHz 512MB DDR RAM SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 36.7GB Raptor 10K RPM SATA 80GB Maxtor HDD Pioneer DVR-108 8x Lite-On DVD-ROM Logitech z-5500 Speakers Linksys WUSB54G Wireless Adaptor Toshiba Satellite Laptop 1.3GHz Celeron 256MB Ram Built in Wireless Adaptor Compaq Presario Athlon XP 2500+ 512MB Ram Linksys WUSB11 Wireless Adaptor Sony PSP Test 1: Range The range on the router is great. Anywhere in the house I had 100% Signal. No dead spots were found using the laptop. Using the PC was great. The speeds and signal was great, but the PC was right beside the router. The PSP had a big of a range problem. It worked great through out the house with no less than 80% signal strength. The Compaq which is two houses away from the router still had great range. I had full bars (100%) signal running at 11mbps. Note these ranges are with our SRX technology. SRX extends range up to 3x. Test 2: Speed Speeds with the laptop were steady. Windows stated it was 54Mbps; I transferred a 100mb file to another PC in less than a minute. On the Compaq the speed on the Compaq was a bit slower using the 11Mbps adaptor. Internet speeds were not affected at all. The PSP suffered no lag anywhere in the house. Conclusion: It is a great router, has a load a features. My only disappointment was that you are stuck with stock antennas. Overall I give it a 4.5/5 Great Product! Edited April 25, 2005 by Liquid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Help Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Nice review (Y) One question How far can you go before hitting close to nothing (strength of signal) with SRX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquid Posted April 25, 2005 Author Share Posted April 25, 2005 Nice review (Y)One question How far can you go before hitting close to nothing (strength of signal) with SRX? 585825506[/snapback] I unfortunatly do not have an SRX adaptor to test SRX. But I would assume very far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotchaforce Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 that thing looks pretty friggin sweet as well... Too bad i have no reason to upg to 108mbps, i never max out the 54mbps as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZZOOzzoo Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Thank you, I've been waiting for this review. Having read through various reviews, it looks like it's one of the best wireless routers available for now. My Linksys WRT54GS has been treating me very good, but I would love to upgrade mine to that one. Long live Linksys!!!! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 i get 100 percent too all around my home on my WRT54G and I didn't have to spend 200.00 for the router. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquid Posted April 25, 2005 Author Share Posted April 25, 2005 i get 100 percent too all around my home on my WRT54G and I didn't have to spend 200.00 for the router. :laugh: 585826028[/snapback] Too bad alot of people dont get 100% through the house. I was an example. Large houses don't get great range and there are alot of dead spots. With this router, they are eliminated. The WRT54G is also a great router, being hackable and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.MULLA Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 well i've decided to go for it and get the GX router. I'll get a adsl modem from linksysr and hook it up to the GX router- and maybe down the line get a gigbyte switch and hook that onto the GX router for ethernet connected pcs. from all the reviews i;ve read its definatly a very good router- expensive, but it does its job well. the only router that beats this is the Belkin pre-n, i was thinking of going for the belkin but thier IOS is total crap. linksys with modded firmware and good support is nice :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude7273 Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Why don't they make desktop adapters for this router? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekrosoft13 Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 well i've decided to go for it and get the GX router. I'll get a adsl modem from linksysr and hook it up to the GX router- and maybe down the line get a gigbyte switch and hook that onto the GX router for ethernet connected pcs.from all the reviews i;ve read its definatly a very good router- expensive, but it does its job well. the only router that beats this is the Belkin pre-n, i was thinking of going for the belkin but thier IOS is total crap. linksys with modded firmware and good support is nice :yes: 586016133[/snapback] belkin pre-n is basically the same both use MIMO technology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.MULLA Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 belkin pre-n is basically the sameboth use MIMO technology 586017530[/snapback] yes thats right- belkin released pre-n first, then neatgear and linksys. i've read very bad things about the netgear mimo kit- since its aerials are in built (and dont stick out like the linksys or belkin) it has very poor reception compared to the others and doesnt live up to the qouted distance for connection. i've had no problems with my current netgear router- been running fine since i got it 3years ago. :) hope linksys live upto the hype. :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemania Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 belkin pre-n is basically the sameboth use MIMO technology 586017530[/snapback] I was looking for a new wireless-router, some of the reviews i have read placed belkin above linksys in both range and throughput in their tests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.MULLA Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 ^the belkin pre-n seems to be very good peice of kit- it beats the distance range by a few mpbs when compaired to the linksys GX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P!P Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 I've been thinking of getting one of these myself (see sig for reason). This summer, one third party firmware comes out, I think it's fair to say this could be the best wireless router regardless of price. I can't wait for third-party FW to come out and boost the signal even more on it. I wonder how far it will go. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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