Should I get a Linksys WRT54G to play DS games wirelessly and browse the Internet?

[Scorpion1386]

Should I use a Linksys WRT54G to browse the internet as well as play DS and Wii games? I'm moving in a few weeks and I have dial-up. I hear that there are problems with it from this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G#Known_issues

[Lkr]

you have to have cable for it to work im pretty sure. i have a GS, no problems. most problems for it just need to be updated firmware

[Sepharite]

Same. Got the exact one. Just need to update, like Lkr said and it's a decent but working router.

[Lkr]

and if you have any DS issues, just turn the basic config down to 1-2 mbps in the advanced advanced options

[Scorpion1386]

Originally Posted by Lkr

you have to have cable for it to work im pretty sure. i have a GS, no problems. most problems for it just need to be updated firmware

I can't have DSL for it? And what's a GS and firmware? Sorry but I'm utterly confused...

[Yoshi]

Yeah I've got it and its pretty good.

[Lkr]

Originally Posted by Scorpion1386

I can't have DSL for it? And what's a GS and firmware? Sorry but I'm utterly confused...

iunno, DSL runs through the phone line(pretty sure) and isn't as fast, so just get cable :P. GS is a different router, and firmware is an update you download to the router to fix bugs. sort of like a patch in a sense.

[ShadowMarth]

Dongle works very well, if you don't really need a full router.

[Pilot_51]

I think DSL would work, assuming it uses an Ethernet cable between the modem and PC or network as a cable modem does. I have a WRT54G v1, which had some problems with wireless strength but seems to be fine now, it doesn't seem that firmware had anything to do with it. I also have a D-Link DI-624, which reboots randomly, so between these two I recommend the Linksys. My setup is using both the D-Link and the Linksys, using a crossover cable with the Linksys acting as the primary router (connected to the modem), the D-Link is primarily used for wireless PC's while the Linksys is used for the wired network and DS.

[Scorpion1386]

I can't get cable, DSL is what they're providing.

Is the Linksys WRT54G really around $150? That's what I read somewhere and I'm not sure.