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New wireless ADSL router?
Posted: February 4th, 2006, 12:21
by spoodie
My router is begging to be released so it can make it's way to the router graveyard, it needs frequent beatings to keep it working. So I need a replacement, any suggestions?
My current one is a Linksys WAG54G and reviews I looked at recently made me LOL, seems as though I've been lucky it's worked this long.
Re: New wireless ADSL router?
Posted: February 4th, 2006, 12:25
by Jinxx
Posted: February 4th, 2006, 12:44
by spoodie
Ok, any other suggestions that don't involve screaming in terror?
Posted: February 4th, 2006, 13:55
by Stoat
As likely as it is that this will cause screaming again, I recently got the WAG354G. It's worked very well in the few weeks I've had it so far. Before that I had a 3com (rebranded- same as a Belkin, apparently) OfficeConnect. It lasted a year and could be a little flakey sometimes.
edit: Just read some reviews for the WAG354G. All I can say is that I've had no connection droppages and it was piss easy to set up. The range is fine for my house, but if you want to extend it there's a plug for an aerial.
Posted: February 4th, 2006, 13:59
by Lee
I've had a
BT Voyager 2100 for over a year now and its still going strong, havent had any problems with it. I connect to it with a wire but my brother connects through wireless and he still gets good pings on games.
Posted: February 4th, 2006, 18:07
by FatherJack
My WRT54GC has been fine, although I don't actually use the wireless function. It has recently been slashed in price by about a half.
The old Netgear MR314 was still working but an XBox server "upgrade" to make some other routers work caused it to "fall off" the compatibility list.
Edit: By fine, I mean it has never failed in the 4 or so months I've had it. It's on 24/7 has never dropped a connection and when I'm not playing a game it's downloading documents pretty much full-time.
Posted: February 4th, 2006, 18:23
by spoodie
Well I couldn't stand it any longer and went and got a WAG354G from PC World. It took just 5 minutes to get connected and it's so much better now. Thanks for the recommendation Stoat.
Posted: February 4th, 2006, 20:11
by deject
make sure you enable QoS for maximum gaming goodness!
Posted: February 4th, 2006, 20:46
by spoodie
deject wrote:make sure you enable QoS for maximum gaming goodness!
I was going to ask about this. Can it cause any problems? Guessing at how I should configure it I've set http to high priority and left most the others as low, FTP medium, as I don't use the other standard protocols. There's space for 3 custom ports, suggestions?
Also what about enabling QoS on my OS? I'm not using it yet.
Posted: February 4th, 2006, 22:12
by FatherJack
I've got 3724/6112/6881-6999 for Azureus/WoW downloader and 12975 for Hamachi.
Posted: February 5th, 2006, 10:43
by spoodie
QoS is bad. It was causing problems so it's off for now until I read up about it and understand what I'm doing.
Posted: February 5th, 2006, 13:21
by Lateralus
Is QoS the same as fowarding ports on the applications and gaming bit of the setup? Which ports should one foward for CS:S?
Posted: February 5th, 2006, 15:47
by deject
QoS prioritizes data packets going out by their impotance, so important things like the BF2 data gets through with less lag, while your porn download is running at the same time.
Posted: February 5th, 2006, 16:32
by Lateralus
deject wrote:impotance
So your floppy is at the top of the list then?
Posted: February 5th, 2006, 16:33
by deject
pfffffffffffft! Freud would be proud...
Posted: February 5th, 2006, 16:42
by Lateralus
deject wrote:pfffffffffffft! Freud would be proud...
He'd want to know about the dreams we all have about your mother
Posted: February 5th, 2006, 16:53
by Stoat
Lateralus wrote:deject wrote:pfffffffffffft! Freud would be proud...
He'd want to know about the dreams we all have about your mother
Zo. Tell me about zis "Verd". How does it related to your mozer?
Posted: February 7th, 2006, 12:34
by Lateralus
Ok, just upgraded my router's firmware (it kept dropping the signal) and theres now a QoS option. How does one find out which ports a game uses, specifically CS:S?
Posted: February 7th, 2006, 14:06
by Hehulk
Stoat wrote:Lateralus wrote:deject wrote:pfffffffffffft! Freud would be proud...
He'd want to know about the dreams we all have about your mother
Zo. Tell me about zis "Verd". How does it related to your mozer?
What the feck what I dream have to do with my mother? I'd be serously worried if they did have something even closly related (and no, oddly enough, I don't dream about eve. much.)
Posted: February 7th, 2006, 18:13
by Roman Totale
Hehulk wrote:Stoat wrote:Lateralus wrote:deject wrote:pfffffffffffft! Freud would be proud...
He'd want to know about the dreams we all have about your mother
Zo. Tell me about zis "Verd". How does it related to your mozer?
What the feck what I dream have to do with my mother? I'd be serously worried if they did have something even closly related (and no, oddly enough, I don't dream about eve. much.)
Chopping your father's bits off?
