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    Linksys WRT54GL Wi-Fi Wireless-G Broadband Router

    • Very easy setup, and super fast signal.
    • Strong, consistent signal throughout the house.
    • I can get a strong signal not only from anywhere in the house, but anywhere in the yard and for quite a distance down the street.
    • This is not a huge improvement but will help in areas with marginal signal strength that are prone to signal drop outs
    • and then the signal degrades and the internet is not functional.
    • Simple setup, steady wireless signal, and a sleek take on the classic WRT look
    • This router is positioned upstairs in my townhouse and still gives me a great 5ghz signal for streaming on my TV downstairs, without an extender
    • The Cable Modem from Arris has maintained perfect internet signal for the last week, while this router has needed to be power cycled more than 20 times in the same period
    • Strong signal and seems to be much faster.
    • Reliable with great signal and easy functions for the average person that's not tech savvy.
    • For me, this will take care of my home network needs for a long time; until a more powerful signal comes through my back window anyway.
    • I actually have now a stronger signal and I saved myself a lot of $$$
    • Wifi reaches through several walls which weakens the signal to the lower range
    • I could get good signal all the way in my yard with my last router
    • We get a strong signal.
    • Have been using for more than a week but start getting problems receiving signals and have to reboot the router multiple times to get it to work
    • Great signal strength keeps me connected outside my house on my property
    • Extraordinary range & signal strength - even in an older house with unshielded wiring.
    • It's post-war era, lath & plaster, but the signal is disrupted and drops off down the hallway to the bedrooms.
    • Good signal strength and fast connection
    • I needed this because my Roku kept losing the signal
    • So far it has been a very strong and reliable wifi signal propagating from this router.
    • Easily configured, nice features, has a solid signal, range, and speed.
    • Strong signal and easy setup
    • Hope it can improve the signal in my apartment.
    • If it loses signal from the modem or it loses power, be prepared to spend an hour getting both channels to work
    • Simple set up, excellent signal
    • This router does have an excellent wireless signal
    • I lose signal every few minutes.
    • The supposedly great signal strength just wasn't there.
    • I get a strong signal and it is fast
    • Great strong signal throughout my 2 story home, its all in the setup, and if you dont know how to use the router settings, you may not get the best out of it.
    • The signals are strong and they've kept the setup easy
    • But general work fine and good signal.
    • I will look into seeing how I can boost the 5 ghz signal a bit, since it doesn't have much range
    • Even my range to receive a solid wifi signal has increased.
    • My hope was that I could receive a better signal in my little workshop not 20 feet outside my backdoor
    • With the WRT AC3200 that issue is long gone, I now get a solid 2 bar signal in areas where I typically got no reception before.
    • This upgrade allows a strong signal everywhere through multiple interior/exterior walls.
    • I have never used the linksys software but the router itself seems good with a strong signal
    • At a distance of about 35 ft the AC1900 is able to provide a strong signal, through a couple of walls, for my laptop and phone which is great
    • had very very poor wifi signal at my house with my old router.. scooped up this monster and it’s worked beautifully since.. very happy with the product!!
    • Excellent at reducing latency, prioritizing devices in regards to bandwidth, detecting network intrusion, and broadcasting a wireless signal so strong I can get my wi-fi down the street
    • Bought this as an upgrade to my older linksys router because of the touted speed, multiple connections with great signal and increased range.
    • Great router, stable signal for long distance
    • Was easy to set up, strong signal everywhere in the house and even the back yard
    • It is constantly losing signal
    • Long range with good signal
    • Our internet provider is showing a strong signal, no power interruptions, yet the Wi Fi goes
    • I also bought a second one that I configured as a repeater to improve the signal throughout certain areas in my house.
    • Pros:- Great signal strength on the 5ghz
    • Could not get enough signal to connect a device from two rooms away.
    • Strong signal everywhere in my house
    • I was tired of getting 20MB/s and weak signal strength throughout my house, so I stepped up and bought this bad boy.
    • Excellent signals to all parts of the house with better than 15 devices
    • This router has solid signal and very very good throughout
    • and I got a stable WIFI signal and the streaming of
    • I bought this router to improve my wifi signal and to finally get into the AC band of wifi support, I was upgrading from the Linksys WRT54G router.
    • Great signal in my garage on the second floor, all over my house and yard and a fare amount of my neighborhood
    • I am using this router in a concrete block home, so the powerful 2.4 signal is appreciated everyday
    • I wanted a router that had a better signal strength, and one that allowed me to configure custom settings.
    • Well, my old linksys EA6900 was just as fast, shared the signal just as well and had the same range.
    • Super router, covers my whole house with a strong signal
    • I live in military dorms with very thick walls, so unfortunately it can't make it down the hall to my buddy's room, but it makes it out my window to the parking lot about 150ft away to give me a perfect signal at my car
    • At first I thought something was wrong with my phone and laptop, just downstairs I couldn't get a decent signal, WiFi kept dropping out
    • Good signal penetration and speed
    • We get strong signals in almost all areas of our home.
    • It hasn’t quit sending out a signal like my last router liked to do 4-5 times per day
    • My signal is always strong
    • It handles the data well and has great range, strong signal throughout the house
    • I coupled it with an Arris modem and got rid of the monthly rental from Comcast that was not so dependable and had poor signal
    • provides strong signal throughout the entire house.
    • Not only was the install much easier but the signal was much better as well
    • Signal is good and strong in rooms at the far end of my house, even on the other side of a brick fireplace
    • Strong reliable signal, fast WiFi, with no issues
    • and I have a strong wi fi signal all over my home !!!
    • It is open Source which means it supports Linux as well as the other Os's I use this to consolidate my many devices irregardless of what they are and does so securely and it handles them without any problems or lag at all , it has a very strong signal and is very easy to setup whether in Windows or Linux (which is supported very well i dual boot and use Linux preferred
    • Easy to set up and works good the signal will reach quite the distance, like from one end of the house to the driveway
    • Great strong signal
    • Easy to setup, great signal quality, and a big improvement over our prior router
    • yet I was seeing routers from three houses down the block with better signal strength than I was getting
    • My home is two stories, but quite open and we had strong WiFi signal throughout the house from the Trendnet
    • I detected up to 17 wifi sources in the neighborhood, all with pretty good signal strength
    • The router delivers consistent signal and speed throughout our home
    • the 2.4G is the biggest problem, it always loses signal, which means all our "smart home" equipment is useless
    • I have only owned this item for a few weeks, but I can tell the real difference with the quality of this router, it covers my 4000 square feet's of my home with a very strong signal, another plus is that it was so easy to
    • After suffering through disconnections and poor signal with our old router we looked up the best router for our budget!
    • Powerful signal - I now get almost full download speed of 150 mps wireless throughout my house
    • I bought this to replace another router which was a total piece of junk (brand name of the other router rhymes with "wetrear"...lolEasy to set up, fantastic range and signal, no issues
    • I have a good signal at any point of my home
    • Super easy to setup and the signal is strong with this one
    • So this little router grabs the signal just fine, works in repeater mode and provides signal to about half the house at a steady 8 Mbps.
    • Great wifi signal, super fast
    • Good router with strong wifi signal
    • (linksys RE7000) to ensure seamless signal throughout the house but the coverage is still sucky.
    • Signal is strong with no interruption in connectivity.
    • The signal is strong, even in congested areas like condominiums, where multiple wireless routers are broadcasting their signals
    • This unit was a bit overkill for my needs and home, but it was important for me to ensure that I had a great router that I could put in the basement of a 2-story home and still have excellent signal without dead spots.
    • I live in a 2-story house (3,700 square feet) and have a room on the opposite side of where I placed the router and still have an extremely strong signal.
    • I have a 1,400 square foot house and this give me great signal everywhere in and around my house.
    • We love it and are experiencing a stronger better signal.
    • Strong signal, easy install, Great App to manage!
    • Works well, has a much stronger signal than my old router which is why I bought it.
    • I've been able to get a strong, fast signal all throughout my house (upstairs, downstairs, the garage and most of the front and back yards)
    • My router is in a closet of an old 1900's farm house that has the old plaster walls, however I still get great signal from the router wirelessly
    • Not a wide range, but also my home has several brick walls so in the kitchen the signal is somehow poor
    • Strong signal.
    • I get a good signal at more than 200ft away from the router
    • The signal is so strong that I no longer need a repeater to cover my 4 BR apt
    • I bought this to replace another router which was a total piece of junk (brand name of the other router rhymes with "wetrear"...lolEasy to set up, fantastic range and signal, no issues
    • The 5GHz signal is strong and reliable, with the device dropping to the 2GHz signal and continue connection without interruption
    • Very strong signal and coverage
    • I am satisfied with this product and would recommend it to anyone looking to improve their WiFi signal.
    • I read it off to the lady, she repeats it back to me, incorrectly, at which time I correct her and repeat the correct S/N back to her and at that time the line is disconnected.
    • A “poor man’s bridge” will have to be used
    • I have some other miscellaneous devices, smart TV’s, blu ray players, etc
    • Amazing I was able to install DDWRT open source firmware within 15 minutes of opening the box
    • but i personally unsuccessful and 5 linksys agents were also
    • the 2.4G is the biggest problem, it always loses signal, which means all our "smart home" equipment is useless
    • Support 5G and 2.4G networks
    • We used to use the tiny little Linksys WRT 54g routers for years - they never died
    • Linksys user forum:"My workaround is enable 2.4G and disable 5G then reboot, while 2.4G is working enable 5G again
    • This made some previously unreachable (for 5G Hz) areas of the house usable for Wi-Fi and is a great gain in signal strength
    • I left g available
    • Linksys user forum:"My workaround is enable 2.4G and disable 5G then reboot, while 2.4G is working enable 5G again
    • Furthermore, I added a EA8300 to form a mesh with dedicated 5G backhaul and seamless roaming at home with full signal.(Mostly around 240Mbps with my AC mobile phone using 5G channel
    • 2.4G still works and wired lan still works.
    • Linksys support says you need to disable 802.11g and only use n on a specific channel and channel width.
    • It just works and the 5G really fast
    • I really wanted a router which had good 5G ( as almost all of my devices are 5G ) and most of all good file copy speeds for shared storage ( No money for a dedicated NAS at the moment)
    • I like that it is easy to hook up and use.no issues at all so far everything works as it should.
    • Of course, I've also tried moving the router, but am limited as to placement.
    • I was really hoping this router, as ugly as it is, would win me over with performance.
    • This is unacceptable to me as I do not have that kind of money to have held during this process as well as to me even per