Cisco-Linksys Wireless-G Cable Gateway (WCG200)

If you are like me, IP is still a bit of an unknown, so when tech folks start tossing around acronyms like "DOCSIS", I have to scram to Google to figure it all out. I have had several Linksys products in the past, and all of them have performed well. This one is no exception, and in fact it has fixed an obscure problem I was having.The problem was Vonage. I am an avid Vonage user and have been for several years. Call us crazy, but we like to vary the scenery, so we periodically bounce between homes in Georgia, Florida and the UK. Vonage is ideal, because I can take my 2 US lines and my UK line with me on 2 little plug-in boxes, the VoIP adapters. Problem was that I was having some issues with my US locations that were quite unusual. Most of you will never run into them, but there was some strange configuration between my Vonage lines, Comcast and my router that wasn't working quite up to par.Vonage, in their unimatable way, sent me to about 300 different technicians before someone suggested that I check the DOCSIS on my modem. Sure enough, my previous router was at 1.1, and they thought that upgrading to 2.0 would fix the problem. Who would have thought?In a nutshell, it did! Since installing these gateways, I have had no, nada, problems with my Vonage. And everything else seems to be working fine as well. (Of course I'm running DSL in the UK, so who knows what I have to do there?)The bottom line is that this seems to be a fine product. It fixed my problem with the added benefit of taking an extra box out of the picture. I know, single point of failure, and all that, but really - how often have you lost a gateway? And if you do, just come back to Amazon and order another one!David BrownThe Savvy Traveler & ITapestry LLC

Connectivity is great until the wireless feature is activated. When it's turned on, the connection will get bumped about every 2-3 hours consistantly. Contacted the ISP to see if there was an updated firmware, none were available. The ISP and Linksys Support were unable to locate a remedy for this issue. Apparently instability with the wireless feature turned on is a common issue with this model.

i have been using the wcg200 v2 for just under 2 1/2 years now. i find it easy to configure, stable, and a great value. i didn't want to mess with seperate router, modem, and switch power packs and the stack of boxes and this unit consolidated all of them.i have comcast cable and have only had to power cycle the unit a few times each year, not much at all say maybe 3-4 times and it was as easy as removing the power cable going into the unit, waiting a few seconds and plugging it back in. i suspect the need for power cycling of the unit was due not to the stability of this unit but rather changes and downtime on comcast's side.i have two minor issues with the wcg200. first, the wcg200 uses firmware that is not flashable (you can't upgrade it) and linksys provides no firmware updates for the unit. second, this is a really minor one but would have been nice to have this feature working, it is the System Up Time field under the status section on the main web page for the wcg200. The problem is that after 8 hours of uptime the unit resets the uptime to zero hours and begins counting again up to the 8 hour mark before reseting the counter again. This means it is impossible to track how many days or months the unit has been up for.note also that any dropped connections are not always the result of the wcg200 unit but rather the wifi nic in the client systems. for example, for a long time i thought the wcg200 was causing my pc to loose wireless connectivity to the wcg200 and would power cycle the unit to fix the problem. however, over time i discovered it wasn't the wcg200 but rather the wifi network card i use. i use the linksys WUSB54G wifi adapter / NIC and it is responsible for frequently dropping the connection to the wcg200. i am now looking to replace the WUSB54G adapter with a Hawking HWU8DD adapter to solve this problem. so for anyone saying the wcg200 is no good, then check into the wireless adapter you are using with your pc as well as the reliability of your ISP before trashing the wcg200.*** UPDATE 10/24/2008 - I have noticed that my disconnects with wcg200 gateway is always wireless disconnects while the wired connections to other PC always remains accessible and functioning. The problem I have identified is isolated to the wireless aspect of this gateway. Furthermore, the disconnects appear to be directly related to the number of open TCP connections established and large amounts of download/upload data over the wireless connection.*** UPDATE 11/2010 - This gateway is still functioning (albeit with a gateway reboot every day or every couple of days). I have grown tired of my wireless connection dropping out while using this gateway and having to restart the gateway each time this happens. The wireless connectivity on this router stops functioning and is directly related to the amount of traffic processed. Don't expect to be able to watch YouTube videos with this gateway as after several hours of YouTube video downloading it will usually require another restart to restablish wireless connectivity. I had finally had enough and broke down to invest in replacement equipment. I switched over to the Linksys CM100 cable modem and Linksys WRT54GL and installed third party firmware on the router. My wireless connection from PC to router is now extremely stable and I haven't had any disconnects or require any reboots since installing it about 2 weeks ago.