The Linksys Wireless-G Cable Gateway is the all-in-one solution for Internet connectivity in your home. The Cable Modem function gives you a blazing fast connection to the Internet, far faster than a dial-up, and without tying up your phone line. Connect your computer to the Wireless-G Cable Gateway via USB, or take advantage of the built-in 4-port 10/100 Ethernet Switch to jump start your home network. You can share files, printers, hard drive space and other resources, or play head-to-head PC games. Connect four PCs directly, or daisy-chain out to more hubs and switches to create as big a network as you need. The built-in Wireless-G Access Point allows up to 32 wireless devices to connect to your network at a blazing 54Mbps, without running cables through the house. Its also compatible with Wireless-B devices, at 11Mbps.

Product Type - Gateway

Warranty - 3 Years Limited

Share the Internet -- connect one PC to the integrated Router via USB and four more via Ethernet using the built-in 10/100 Switch

¿ Wireless Access Lists and WPA to enhance wireless security

Wireless Access Lists and WPA to enhance wireless security

Share the Internet - connect one PC to the integrated Router via USB and four more via Ethernet using the built-in 10/100 Switch

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The biggest improvement I think I see is the configuration part of the unit which you access via browser. More control over security and settings! As a person who knows how to capture hack attempts made on my network or suspicious activity made against it (most seem to try to access by ftp'ing onto my linux server), this one helps further protect your home LAN by making your network 'undetectable' by means of pinging that must hackers use to find exposed networks and ports. People with kids would probably like the part where you can block access to certain websites and even keywords. It can even disconnect certain computers from the network at hours you specify.

The only gripe I had was with amazon.com itself. The pricing is among the highest ($171.95 at time of writing) and I submitted a form that showed a competitor beating their price but after a week, they have not still budged on their pricing. I bought this from buy.com for $139.49 and the shipping, like amazon.com, was free.

19 of 20 found the following review helpful:

Not up to the taskOct 15, 2006
By Michelle Richards
Don't buy this product if you do anything other than surf the net. It can't handle anything complicated. For example, telnet/SSH and accessing an IMAP mail server. Such connections freeze up if they are left idle for

more than a minute or so.

I found this out after much finger pointing between Comcast and Linksys and countless hours on the phone with inept customer service agents. Linksys finally admitted that the product is indeed defective in this regard and that there is no known solution.

18 of 19 found the following review helpful:

Dropped wireless connections.May 02, 2006
By MarkT
[original review May 2006]
If you are lucky, you will get a good unit that will work fine with your cable provider. If you are unlucky like me you will spend hours trying to get multiple units to work.

The first unit arrived from Amazon with parts rattling around inside - needless to say, it did not work.

The second unit dropped all wireless connections about 2-3 times per day. A reboot of the modem was required to bring things back up.

Linksys tech support replaced the unit, so I am on my third one. It does the same thing as the second.

There are no firmware upgrades available. Linksys says to get them from my ISP (Comcast). Comcast says to get them from Linksys.

There are many other people on the web experiencing the same symptoms I am.

[review updated July 2006]
Amazon took back the gateway and gave me most of my money back - I must say I am impressed with Amazon's service. I now rent a wireless gateway from Comcast - it is only $5/month and works perfectly. I think this is a much better way to go than buying the hardware given all the frustrations I had.

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