I was using an old SMC Barricade SMC7004VWBR router before getting the Linksys WRT54G2 V1 router. What an improvement in speed and reliability! The old router would drop the wifi connection every week or so. Not so with this router. It never dropped wifi connection even once! (Although I do reboot the router every few weeks due to a force of habit).
My router has been running since September 2008 and so far everything is smooth with absolutely no complaints.
NOTE:
After updating the firmware from v1.0.01 to v1.0.02 (dated 01/07/2009, available in the Linksys' website), there was a *very* noticeable improvement in speed of website access. (For example, Amazon's webpage loads much quicker). However, based on benchmark tests I tried, there was no performance increase with overall download speed. (For example, FTP of a large file takes the same time as before).
This tells me that the new firmware fixes some performance issues related to routing/translating network addresses, although there is no mention of this in the firmware release notes.
If you decide to upgrade your firmware, remember to backup your settings (located in the router admin webpage under Admin->Config Management). After upgrading, reset the router to factory defaults (through the webpage or the reset button)and then restore your backed up settings.Get more detail about Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless-G Broadband Router.
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