game lag and old router

agentbad · Nov 17, 2005

i get a lot of lag and diconnects with my current linksys v2 router. its only my pc and my roommates slow as dell on the network. if he runs bitorrent while im trying to game it drops packets like no tom. i notice the lag more in dod:source because the choke gets high and in bf2 when i get disconnected. there a way to fix this without buying a 100 dollar gaming router?

Benvanz · Nov 17, 2005

wireless or wired?

agentbad · Nov 17, 2005

wired BEFSR41 v2 old as dirt.

Fr3@k3r · Nov 17, 2005

upgrade will deminish almost all your problems

agentbad · Nov 17, 2005

LINKSYS WRT54G or D-Link DGL-4300? with the hacked firmwares can't the linksys do everthing the dgl-4300 can and more? however, the newer linksys wrt54G's aren't linux based so its up in the air if i get the right version. version 4 is the one im looking for right?

jajmon · Nov 17, 2005

No matter what you get,,,if the roomate is doing torrents while you are trying to game, it's gonna be bad for you. A Smoothwall with a QOS mod will help somewhat. Work it out - a schedule

SinsFeelNatural · Nov 17, 2005

I would have your buddy only download torrents when you are at work or sleeping. When I am downloading something on a torrent client, my whole network slows to a crawl. You can also have him limit is upload and download speeds in his client settings. That would be the buddy like thing to do.

agentbad · Nov 18, 2005

he's already limited to 10kbps upload and i still get studdering and disconnects all the time. i suppose ill drop by best buy and see if i can find the right version. ive read that gaming router can handle up to 1500 bt connections and it's a gigbit router. starting to seem a little more tempting that the linksys.

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