The Internet is yours, all around your home. Enjoy surfing, searching, communicating, and playing, wherever you want. The Wireless-G Home Router with SpeedBurst is great for sharing an Internet connection and connecting all of your computers to each other – without running wires.
The Freedom of Wireless
Wireless-G technology creates a fast wireless connection for several computers at once.
This easy-to-set-up wireless network lets you access your broadband
Internet connection to surf the Web and send email – or connect between
computers to share music, photos and other files, or print to your
printer. All without wires, from all around your home.
Device Connectivity
Keep your digital photos or music in one place; share them from any computer on your network. Four built-in 10/100 Ethernet ports
make it easy to connect additional wired computers, storage devices,
printers, and other wired devices to your network so you can access
them from your wireless-enabled computers.
Security Made Simple
Wireless security and firewall protection designed to help safeguard your home network and computers from most Internet attacks.
WRT54GH Detailed Features
Wireless-G Home Router with SpeedBurst
The Wireless-G Home Router with SpeedBurst is the heart of your home
network. Connect your computers, game consoles, and other
network-enabled devices together and to the Internet either directly
hard-wired or through high-speed wireless*. This easy-to-use device
has the features you need to set up a versatile, fast, and security
conscious network in your home.
- Internet-sharing router with built-in wireless access point and 4-port switch
- 4-port switch for directly wired devices
- Helps
protect your data and privacy with encrypted wireless transmissions and
a powerful SPI firewall to block most known Internet attacks
Get Connected
Wireless
The Wireless-G Home Router with SpeedBurst connects wirelessly using industry-standard 802.11g technology.
- Access the Internet, chat, and print ^^ without wires
- Also connects to Wireless-B devices
- Specially
designed internal antennas provide great range in an attractive, sleek
case that looks good in any room, on a shelf or wall-mounted
Wired
The Router also provides connections for 4 directly-wired network
devices. You'll get fast file transfers to network storage devices,
printers, and other wired network devices.
Safe and Sound
Wireless Security
To help protect your data and privacy, the Router can encrypt all
wireless transmissions with the latest industrial-strength 128-bit
encryption.
- Choose the wireless security of WEP, WPA, or WPA2
- Prevent or permit specific wireless devices from accessing the network by listing their MAC address
Internet Security
The Wireless-G Home Router with SpeedBurst has a powerful SPI firewall
to help protect you against intruders and most known Internet attacks.
The Router also features filters that let you deny specific types of
Internet requests, and block certain application types.
- NAT (Network Address Translation) helps prevent your local network and its devices from being "seen" from the Internet
- SPI Firewall blocks un-asked-for Internet traffic
- Port Forwarding and DMZ allow controlled access to your network resources from the Internet
Access Controls for Parents
Of growing concern for parents is the amount and type of Internet
access their families have. The Wireless-G Home Router with SpeedBurst
can help. Parents can create policies for each PC in the house, to
control access by time and day, specific website, keyword, protocols,
or applications.
- For each PC in the house:
- Specify Internet availability by time and day of the week
- Block specific websites by web address or categories keyword
- Block specific Internet protocols like FTP, POP3, IMAP, or SMTP
- Block specific applications, like online games, by communication ports used
User Friendly
Easy to Set Up
The included Cisco Setup Wizard software runs on both Windows and Mac,
and walks you step-by-step through the initial setup of the Router with
clear illustrations and jargon-free language.
Easy to Use
But with all this power and all these features, you might expect that
the Wireless-G Home Router with SpeedBurst requires a networking genius
to maintain and use. Fortunately, it comes with one, right in the box:
Network Magic Essentials (Windows only).
- Helps connect devices and sets up sharing for printers and files
- Monitors and helps troubleshoot your network
- Visualize your network with Network Map
- Parental Controls: Monitor and restrict Internet activity
The Heart of Your Network
With the Wireless-G Home Router with SpeedBurst at the center of
your home or office network, you can share a high-speed Internet
connection, files, and printers, both wired and wirelessly!
