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Linksys WTR54GS Wireless G Travel Router with Speedbooster | 
 enlarge | Brand: Linksys
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  59 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 3 x 2 x 5
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: WTR54GS
Model: WTR54GS
UPC: 745883564354
EAN: 0745883564354
ASIN: B000A1AQOO
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| Features:
| • | Shares a wired or wireless Internet connection with SpeedBooster, Wireless-G and -B devices, and an Ethernet wired PC | | • | Create temporary, personal, wireless access in your hotel room or a coffee shop hotspot -- pushbutton easy | | • | Travel-friendly design with built-in power supply and antenna | | • | High security: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), wireless MAC address filtering, powerful SPI firewall | | • | Compatible with Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, or XP |
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Product Description
It's amazing how small and portable but powerful and full-featured a router could be. The Wireless-G Travel Router WTR54GS features one WAN (internet) port and one LAN port on the wired side, Wireless-G (802.11g) with Speedbooster on the other, a retractable power plug made for easier carrying and an internal antenna.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 54 more reviews...
 Great product that burns up after a year or so. December 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a very nice product overall. I agree with most of the positive reviews thus far. The unit overheats. I am on my second one. It is now overheating even in wintertime in an unheated apartment in western Japan. It will work for about 5 minutes then lock up when the temperature inside the unit gets too high. This is not a defect in this unit. The last unit had a similar problem but overheated in summertime and melted down. This unit melted down its wireless transceiver about 3 months ago but I could still use the ethernet ports for the last few months. Now those also appear to be failing. I can only say that this appears to be bad design for cooling. It really is ONLY a travel router. I was using it 24x7 for Internet access while overseas this time and also with the last unit 2 years ago. Don't buy this unit for constant operation. It can't take the continued use. It will overheat and fail.
 Excellent for the traveler June 21, 2008
This router is terrific. I read reviews on many travel routers and this one lives up to the hype. After it is configured, it is just "plug it in and it works" (configuration isn't too hard, but only needs to be done once). I've used it several places and it is great. Good signal through several walls (using it right now at my in-laws house, making their cable wireless for my stay).
 Best gadget I never knew I needed April 21, 2008
This was an impulse buy for me. My logic at the time of purchase was that I could pre-configure it as a grab and run WAP and throw it up wherever and whenever a quick and dirty hot spot was needed in our four floor public building. The fact that it had limited range was more a plus than a liability. After all, it was designed for a limited area such as a hotel or a conference room. br /br /I was surprised with the configuration and security options which matched those of the general purpose WRT54G and secondly, at least my unit has fantastic coverage. When placed on the second floor I get about 200' coverage in every direction and ample bandwidth using up to 10 notebooks. br /br /I'm amazed at the number of speakers who appear for seminars, lectures and training sessions assuming the availability of wireless Internet. Most initially try to connect with their cellular solutions but quickly abandon them in favor of the WAP. In that regard this little travel router has been a God send. br /br /I have had it about a year now and it has been quite reliable.
 Worked great for 1 year March 27, 2008
Worked great for 1 year, I thought I could use this at home all the tme beasue of my space limitation. It lasted 1 year and burned out. If you just use it for tarveling you will be fine.
Nice size ran hot January 27, 2008
Good size for traveling, did run hot and had problems with WEP. Once running it was great to pay for one connection and have 2 laptops on line in two different hotel rooms (nearby).
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