Cheap Buffalo AirStation 54Mbps Wireless Broadband Router ( WBR-G54 ) (Electronics) Price

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Customer Reviews of Buffalo AirStation 54Mbps Wireless Broadband Router ( WBR-G54 )

So far, it has not been reliable
I bought the WBR-G54 in a kit, along with a WLA-G54C repeater, so I could expand the range of my network. I have had problems with both. They kept loosing the Network and had to be reset all the time. The WBR-G54 is now dead, and I am sending it back to Buffalo for exchange. Buffalo told me that there might be delays in getting a replacement. <
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>I had a Netgear wireless router that worked fine (it did die in the first year and had to be replaced). It reached most of my house, except a back bedroom that was an extension to the house. The signal had trouble penetrating what was the old outside wall. I tried using stronger antennas, but that did not help. I bought this Buffalo kit, featuring the router, and the repeater so I could get a signal back to the far bedroom. <
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>I had problems with initially getting the WBR-G54 router working. But after playing with it for about 2 hours, and restarting my computer, it began to work. Within the first 2 hours, the wireless connection stopped working. I unplugged it and plugged it back in and it started working again. Over the next 2 months, it would lose the network every few days and had to be reset. After two months, the wireless card inside died. I got a diagnostic signal that it was bad. I called in the Buffalo tech line, and they told me to take it apart and make sure the wireless card was properly seated. If it still didn't work, I had to call back in the morning to get an RMA to return the unit. Be sure to keep your receipt, because they won't accept the unit back without it. <
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>The WLA-G54C repeated did not come up at all when I first installed it. I called tech support and was walked through how to get it to work. Ever since, it has also been dropping the network every few days. <
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>I will wait to see if the new WBR-G54 unit I get back will improve the reliability of this system. Otherwise, I guess I will be calling back tech support to see what to do next.

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Quite a piece of crap
I have had problems with this thing since purchasing it - it frequently drops off of my wireless network for no apparent reason, intermittantly becomes unavailable on the ethernet LAN, and at times cannot be seen by any of my wireless laptops even when they are sitting several feet away from the unit. After speaking with Buffalo tech support several times, upgrading the firmware, resetting factory defaults and resetting all of my network settings the last tech support representative explained to me that I must simply have a defective unit and that there was nothing he or the company could do about it. This would normally be believable except that this is the third Buffalo wireless product that I have purchased and the third that has been "defective" (the other two were a wireless LAN card and a wireless print server). I have come to the conclusion that Buffalo simply makes shoddy wireless products and as a result I will simply no longer be buying anything made by them again. My advice to you the consumer is to save yourself the trouble and money and to do the same. Linksys, here I come!

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fast speed, signal range so-so
Setting up the router wasn't as easy as the instructions said. There was alot of missing information, but when i called tech support, they walked me through it and i was connected immediately. For comcast users tech support will give you a specific code to enter during your advanced set-up. Second, the router signal worked great when i was using my laptop on the same floor the router was located, but when i took my computer upstairs (1 floor) the signal was on and off, and sometimes would accept my password. For the most part it stays connected, but when i called tech support they said i needed to buy a multi-directional antenna to get a better signal. Not being a techie, i'm not sure which one to buy, and according to the buffalo website, they only have 2 that are available, one that is directional and increases your signal 200%, while the other one that i need to buy only increases the range by 20-25%. There are other antennas out there and i'm not sure what's compatible with my router. Not sure what to do now- any tips are appreciated!