Linksys Model: WRT54G Review

In so many products and services, things are expected to go smoothly.  Some necessities are taken for granted and not thought about, until they cease to work.  At the top of the list of things like that is the wireless router.  People expect to hop online to check email, go to their favorite websites, or watch a video clip with ease and speed.  Linksys' Wireless G WRT54G is a device that allows for just that.  It's a budget router, small and simple and not top of the line.  It is reliable, though, and that's really what everyone wants in a router.

The WRT54G has an ethernet input to connect this router to the modem.  It has four seperate ethernet output ports for the devices you'd rather keep connected with a cord, not wirelessly.  The router comes with a setup disk that isn't too hard to install and setup if you've installed peripherals or devices before.  For those that get confused by technology and just use the internet to check your email, you might want to get your nephew in college to set it up.

My WRT54G is really the hub of my house.  I have 2 PC's, a Mac laptop, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii all online.  I take comfort in the fact that if I'm uploading a video to youtube, I can also be playing video games on Xbox with friends in another state, all without noticable lag.  The connection has dropped games online only a handful of times, and that was usually due to the modem malfunctioning, not this router.

I'd definately recommend this router due to its multitasking ability without the lag.  It doesn't cause problems, and really, what more can you ask of a router?