Kaldskryke
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I am a university student living at home. Our home network uses a WRT54GS or GL or something, using the default firmware, and it falls to pieces under any sort of torrent traffic. I'd flash it to DD-WRT, but my father won't allow it (he fears bricking the router). His house, his rules. However, he is not against upgrading to a new router as long as I pay for it.
I'm looking for torrent-handling and QoS. My PC is wired, and the rest of our PCs and devices are 802.11g, so the DGL-4300 would do it, but that offers no possiblity to upgrade to 802.11n devices in the future.
As I understand it, that leaves the DIR-655 and the DGL-4500 as popular choices. What advantages does GameFuel give over the 655's QoS? Will MIMO or 'dual-band' do anything to improve 802.11g connectivity? Is there still any reason to 'hold out' on wireless n?
I'm looking for torrent-handling and QoS. My PC is wired, and the rest of our PCs and devices are 802.11g, so the DGL-4300 would do it, but that offers no possiblity to upgrade to 802.11n devices in the future.
As I understand it, that leaves the DIR-655 and the DGL-4500 as popular choices. What advantages does GameFuel give over the 655's QoS? Will MIMO or 'dual-band' do anything to improve 802.11g connectivity? Is there still any reason to 'hold out' on wireless n?