Which router?
Which router?
I've been using my WR54G router for quite a few years and I'm due for an upgrade. I had purchased a newer router back in spring 2011 and it gave me a bunch of NAT issues so I went back to my old one. It wasn't such a big deal for me as the only device in my house the used N wireless was my xbox so I didn't have the need to buy a router with this channel. Now I have a Nexus 7 tablet, and the wife and I will be getting new cell phones next month so it's time to update.
Any reccomndations? I've done some research and the Cisco Linksys E4200 Wireless N Router seems to be the router of choice.
Everything in my house is on wireless. Xbox, laptop, 2 smart phones, and a tablet. I will be getting anothter tablet soon and sometimes I use my work laptop and share the connection with my VOIP phone. It's not a large house and my current router covers the house with no issues now.
Thanks in advance.
I think that's the one I bought. Two channel wireless right? 300 and 450?
Mine operates quite well, and my boys xbox is wireless in his room and he plays Black Ops with it and noticed a huge improvement over the 300 wireless. It's fine with the phones too btw.
Which router is that?
My main concern is having a router that I can open my NAT up on. The last one I bought I couldn't, and it caused issues for me to play on XBL.
The E4200
Oh ok, I missed the part saying "I think that's the one I bought."
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411144,00.asp
I haven't needed a gaming router in a minute. The last one I bought was a Gamerlounge. I did pick up a Intelenet router a while back but I was not too impressed with it. I really miss the Gamerlounge one. If you are playing on a PC, try to locate a router that you can set up to prioritise gaming bandwidth.
My router is a DLink DGL-4500, it's a pretty decent router but a litte on the old side these days. At one time I considered it among the best home routers for gaming you could buy though and it still fits my needs, been no reason to find something different. Though one feature some newer routers have is the ability to setup a bandwidth capped guest SSID so when you have company over, you can connect them to that and impose limitations and such that the main network wouldn't have.
Anyways, the DGL-4500 is still a solid router, probably fairly inexpensive now too.
If i had to replace mine though i'd probably be looking at the DIR-655