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CapwnD	Jun 26 2009, 03:30 PM
Cobra Saboteur Posts: 2,336 Group: Admins Member #3 Joined: Dec 8, 2007 Xbox Live Gamertag CapwnD	What router are you looking at? Since you like to flash things and mod things, you may want to look at getting a Linksys so you can put DD WRT on it. The popular choice is the WRT54GL. It goes for about $60 US dollars. Once you flash it with DD WRT, you'll have lots of neat stuff that you can't get on a router under $300 or so. You just have to be careful with some of the options, like extending your wireless broadcast. You could overheat the router. There's tutorials and forums for that stuff, people do things like pop the case off and put fans on it if they do that kind of thing. But there's other practical and simple things you can do, like set up QoS. QoS would allocate bandwith to your gaming computers or consoles, while limiting the computers that are downloading and web browsing. This isn't a bad thing for the computers, they hardly know the difference because you're ususally not maxing out your bandwidth when you download or stream video anyways. So what it does is provides a constant and smooth gaming experience no matter what anybody else is doing on the computers. And you can do a ton of other neat things, like set up another router with DD WRT and you can wirelesslly connect them together (a nice alternative to buying a wireless adapter for the 360). And you can do other neat but useless things, like set up hotzones for other people to connect to your network (but keeping your private network seperate). Apparently you can even make money that way with some advertising thing. Whatever router you get, I wouldn't look for the cheapest router. Go for one with good reviews. Or get a decent linksys and flash it with DD WRT.
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