LiquidArrogance
New Around Here
Hello all. Came across these forums while researching routers -- looks like an awesome community!
I'm currently paying for my cable company's third tier "fastest" service but I have a feeling my router is bottle necking me. Cable company provided me a Cisco 2100 I have it connected to a WRT54G v6 running DD-WRT.
I don't really care about wireless in my home. My entire house is probably the size of your living room (so throughput is not an issue for me) and I only really use the wireless to occasionally check email or download an app to my iphone -- so speed is not an issue. My ps3 and desktop are both hardwired to the router but I'm having issues.
Current problems: Heavy P2P traffic cripples the router and I need to reset. I know my ISP isn't capping me or anything because the P2P traffic continues just fine, it just won't let me get on the internet or anything unless I reset the router.
Also, streaming high resolution video (via Java Ps3 media server) to my ps3 from the desktop works fine, but if I try to fast forward or rewind these videos I often get a "network error has occurred" message and have to restart the server.
I got to thinking that a new router with way more RAM and a better processor would solve these issues. I was looking between the Asus RT-N16 and the Netgear WNDR3700. They're kind of pricey, though (starving college student here
).
So then I realize a lot of what I'm paying for with these routers is wireless performance which I don't care about. I see some highly rated wired-only routers out there for as cheap as $20.
So here's my questions: What are some recommendations for wired routers that will perform for what I need them to. I would like at least 64mb of ram and a decent processor (unless I'm over thinking this and don't know what I'm talking about -- please advise!)
And lastly, will I be able to hook my current wireless router up to the new wired one to still maintain my wireless set up in the house?
Thanks all!!
I'm currently paying for my cable company's third tier "fastest" service but I have a feeling my router is bottle necking me. Cable company provided me a Cisco 2100 I have it connected to a WRT54G v6 running DD-WRT.
I don't really care about wireless in my home. My entire house is probably the size of your living room (so throughput is not an issue for me) and I only really use the wireless to occasionally check email or download an app to my iphone -- so speed is not an issue. My ps3 and desktop are both hardwired to the router but I'm having issues.
Current problems: Heavy P2P traffic cripples the router and I need to reset. I know my ISP isn't capping me or anything because the P2P traffic continues just fine, it just won't let me get on the internet or anything unless I reset the router.
Also, streaming high resolution video (via Java Ps3 media server) to my ps3 from the desktop works fine, but if I try to fast forward or rewind these videos I often get a "network error has occurred" message and have to restart the server.
I got to thinking that a new router with way more RAM and a better processor would solve these issues. I was looking between the Asus RT-N16 and the Netgear WNDR3700. They're kind of pricey, though (starving college student here
).So then I realize a lot of what I'm paying for with these routers is wireless performance which I don't care about. I see some highly rated wired-only routers out there for as cheap as $20.
So here's my questions: What are some recommendations for wired routers that will perform for what I need them to. I would like at least 64mb of ram and a decent processor (unless I'm over thinking this and don't know what I'm talking about -- please advise!)
And lastly, will I be able to hook my current wireless router up to the new wired one to still maintain my wireless set up in the house?
Thanks all!!
