Thank you Linksys Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: As the others have stated before me the WRT54GL benefits from the ability to be flashed with third party firmware. I would not recommend this router to someone who plans to use just the standard firmware, if that’s your intent I would go with the WRT54G. However, that being said this router is an excellent buy for someone with networking experience ...
[Linksys WRT54GL WIRELESS G BROADBAND RTR LINUX VERSION review by Elwood can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | Elwood | | Review Date: | 01/04/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (71 of 71) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Thank you Linksys! Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
Pros: Open Source firmware,
Compatible with custom Linux firmware like OpenWRT,
Probably the cheapest Linux box you can buy
Cons: Slightly more expensive than the standard WRT54G Model,
Not as much storage as the WRT54GS (4MB vs 8MB)
Other Thoughts: Linksys came out with this special Linux model of the WRT54G (the "L" in the model na...
[Linksys WRT54GL WIRELESS G BROADBAND RTR LINUX VERSION review by Justice can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Justice | | Review Date: | 12/14/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (24 of 24) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Bittorrent - HOW TO Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Awesome router for the customers that I build PC's for. READ MY OTHER THOUGHTS.
Cons: Use the below settings if you use a torrent client.
Other Thoughts: The first thing I changed was the NAT table settings, increasing the table size from the default 512 to 4096, and dropping the NAT timeout from 3600 seconds to 9...
[Linksys WRT54GL WIRELESS G BROADBAND RTR LINUX VERSION review by TylerM can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | TylerM | | Review Date: | 05/30/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (21 of 21) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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It's finally here!! Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
Pros: The long awaited GL model has finally arrived.
It is the enthusiasts replacement for the now-cheapened WRT54G V5.
The GL is especially made for you to run 3rd party firmwares, such as hyperwrt from linksysinfo.org.
In fact, the "L" stands for Linux operating system. Don't worry--linux is underneath--easy to use graphics is what you see.
Linksys fanatics will recognize this as identic...
[Linksys WRT54GL WIRELESS G BROADBAND RTR LINUX VERSION review by Daniel can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Daniel | | Review Date: | 12/22/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (13 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Terrific router for OpenWRT firmware I've had this router for a year now. As every other reviewer, I've replaced the firmware with OpenWRT (first White Russian, now Kamikaze) - and had no problems whatsoever.
The reason I gave 4 stars (as opposed to 5) - Cisco should stop wasting effort on proprietary firmware development, and rather contribute to OpenWRT (or other similar open source firmware - I am just not aware of any). The way it's distributed now - with big black label "by changing the firmware you are voiding th...
[Linksys WRT54GL WIRELESS G BROADBAND RTR LINUX VERSION review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 04/16/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  | | |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Meet the new box, same as the old box I've bought close to a dozen of the earlier versions of these routers (WRT54G v2-v4) over the past few years as well as recommended them to my friends, and the ability to update and upgrade the flash memory with modified open source software is the reason why these routers deserve a wonderful reputation.
The modified software versions, such as HyperWRT and OpenWRT, Sveasoft, etc. have over the years provided capabilities that Linksys themselves didn't put in the box on their own, su...
[Linksys WRT54GL WIRELESS G BROADBAND RTR LINUX VERSION review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/02/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
98% (117 of 119) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Solid and Reliable This wireless router, besides supporting Linux firmware, is a tested and true wireless router with 802.11 b and g support. It supports WPA, WPA2 and the older WEP encryption schemes. In addition, it has a built-in firewall, MAC address filtering, and supports access policies (such as "don't allow FTP connections to this computer on Sundays").
When I installed this wireless router, setup was very straightforward (I did not use the Setup Wizard because it didn't work for me). I cha...
[Linksys WRT54GL WIRELESS G BROADBAND RTR LINUX VERSION review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/12/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
95% (23 of 24) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Fabulous router Went wireless in 2002 with a Linksys wireless "B" router/gateway/switch. With a Netgear USB-interface 802.11b wireless adapter that was adequate for my PC, but since purchasing an Apple iBook in January I've noticed that signal strength in my home has been inadequate in many areas.
Replaced the old router with this one last night, and I couldn't be more pleased. Signal strength problems now gone; great reception throughout the house. Web page loading speed is now greatly improved. ...
[Linksys WRT54GL WIRELESS G BROADBAND RTR LINUX VERSION review by Matthew A. Knecht can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Matthew A. Knecht | | Review Date: | 03/24/2006 | | User Location: | Wescosville, PA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
91% (11 of 12) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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go for WRT54GL, do not settle for less this router is ACTUALLY old version WRT54G
not only can use 3rd firmware, the hardware is a lot better and more stable
the wireless router connects to our wireless network was WRT54G V5, it's slow and unstable, and end up it died after 2-3 months of use
and I borrowed out my WRT54G (V3.1), this one is faster, stable as steel
if you want a really working WRT54G, go for WRT54GL, pay several more dollars to buy speed and reliability than sorry
[Linksys WRT54GL WIRELESS G BROADBAND RTR LINUX VERSION review by Tak M Tsui "mingkee" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Tak M Tsui "mingkee" | | Review Date: | 03/07/2006 | | User Location: | Brooklyn, NY United States | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
91% (11 of 12) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Jury's still out, but this could be the last "G" technology router able to handle peer to peer file sharing I just received mine and frankly haven't had time to set it up, but can offer four observations.
1. This is the last "G" technology router put out by Linksys with any significant onboard RAM [16MB or more]. The regular WRT54G routers on store shelves are all UNDER 8MB. Very significant even for simple website browsing.
2. There are at least four versions of the WRT54GL, the latest having 32MB of potential onboard RAM. The only one apparently available at Amazon is Version 1...
[Linksys WRT54GL WIRELESS G BROADBAND RTR LINUX VERSION review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 08/14/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
91% (11 of 12) Users Found This Review Helpful |