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| Brand: Linksys
Category: CE
List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $49.99
You Save: $30.00 (38%)
New (25) Used (3) Refurbished (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  162 reviews
Sales Rank: 1226
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Network Interface: Ethernet
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 168 x 108 x 36
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: WGA54G
Model: WGA54G
UPC: 745883555826
EAN: 0745883555826
ASIN: B00009X6DT
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Works for PS3 February 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was initially hesitant to buy this Linksys gaming adapter due to all the negative feedbacks. I bought it for my son's PS3 and it was an easy setup. I input my existing wireless information and it was up and running. It's been in use since Xmas 2007 and it hasn't given me any problems at all.
Setup is Hard. But don't give up. January 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Obviously if you are reading some of these reviews you can tell that the setup can be very difficult sometimes. However if you work at it it is very possible to figure out how to use. Once set up it works very well.
 Not Ready For Prime Time January 26, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
After reading several reviews, I figured that the WGA54G was just hard to configure, and since I've written networking code before I thought that I could figure it out. I bought it to hook my DirecTV DVR (HR21-700) to my home network and since I already had a Linksys router, I thought that I'd stick with a known quantity.
I was trying to use this in an Infrastructure environment (not head-to-head) with a Linksys WRT54G with everything updated to the latest firmware revisions. Interestingly enough, the firmware on the WGA54G was one revision higher (1.16) than what Linksys had on their web page as the latest version! My wireless is WPA secured and is a 802.11g only network.
Setup via the web-based method was "nominal" given that I'm somewhat of a networking expert, but I wouldn't recommend it for anyone that is using any security or non-mixed (802.11g only) infrastructure. The device would not consistently "take" the setup parameters. Just to be sure, I used the PC setup program with the same results. Many parameters did not survive a power cycle.
I was able to see the device right after power up on the network but it soon disappeared and would not hook up consistently and definitely did not allow my DVR onto the network.
After about 4 hours of reading web postings and trying different setups and configurations, I bailed on this device and the next day got an Airport Express. Apple 802.11g AirPort Express Base Station with AirTunes It took literally 5 minutes to hook up the Express and have it bridge my DVR over to the network so it's definitely worth the extra $30.
Fast, easy to setup, and not just for games January 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Anyone with basic home networking experience can set this up and be running in under five minutes. Just throw away the setup disk, and use the web interface through the Ethernet port.
I am using it on my Tivo right now, so it's not just for games as the name would lead you to believe. This is basically a wireless bridge and can be use to connect any Ethernet device to a wireless network.
Poor Product + Poor Support = Awful Experience January 17, 2008
I bought this shortly after getting my Xbox. I read information from its manual, the Xbox manual, my router's manual as well as the websites for all of them before I purchased and received this. I bought this because I couldn't get my notebook to bridge the wireless connection for me. I made sure to follow the instructions very carefully plugging everything in in the correct order. I soon noticed that it made almost no sound when I plugged it in. It seemed to be DOA. So after an hour of trying to get it to work--unplugging everything, plugging it back in, resetting the adapter, plugging everything back in, unplugging everything, resetting the adapter, plugging everything back in ad nauseam--I finally decided to call Linksys customer support. I called and spoke to someone with a British accent who seemed to be following a short list of troubleshooting instructions. Well, I tried everything he suggested (connecting it directly to the router; to the PC) and it would not work or be recognized by anything. I returned it for a refund and bought one from another retailer. It had the exact same issue. None of my computers (or Xbox) could detect it. I don't think my house had anything like excess humidity that was preventing it from working. So finally I returned it and bought the Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter MN740 which worked perfectly.
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