Hard and Confused
[H]ard|Gawd
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I need to replace my shitty WRT54G2 as it sucks ass for wireless gaming when 4 or more PC's are on the network wirelessly as we keep getting disconnections left and right.
I've found 2 good routers on our forums here and both are used, I'm looking at a 3 year old WRT54GS that rarely saw wireless use and the guy ran DD-WRT but lowered the xmit power to the min needed for his 1 PC to be on the net, there were 3 - 5 PC's wired thru this router though I'm not as worried about wired load.
The other is a 1 year old WRT54GL that did have a slighltly heavier wireless load on it but is pre-flashed as well, this guy used his PC, iphone and X360 via wireless and about 3 PC's wired.
They are both going to run me about $40 shipped so which one would you guys pick?
Oh, the router will be used in a 100% wireless network with 2 desktops and 1 laptop. The 2 desktops are on the internet non stop from 2:30 - 3pm onwards to arround 9:30 PM during the week and are usually playing online games and downloading non stop. The laptop usually only gets on for email and almost daily 1 - 2 hr lan/net gaming sesions which also include the other 2 PC's. Every other week we have 4 - 6 PC's connected wirelessly for lan gaming sessions which usually span 2 - 3 days and last from 3 - 8 hrs per bout so this is when traffic will be the highest and also the reason I need a new router.
I've found 2 good routers on our forums here and both are used, I'm looking at a 3 year old WRT54GS that rarely saw wireless use and the guy ran DD-WRT but lowered the xmit power to the min needed for his 1 PC to be on the net, there were 3 - 5 PC's wired thru this router though I'm not as worried about wired load.
The other is a 1 year old WRT54GL that did have a slighltly heavier wireless load on it but is pre-flashed as well, this guy used his PC, iphone and X360 via wireless and about 3 PC's wired.
They are both going to run me about $40 shipped so which one would you guys pick?
Oh, the router will be used in a 100% wireless network with 2 desktops and 1 laptop. The 2 desktops are on the internet non stop from 2:30 - 3pm onwards to arround 9:30 PM during the week and are usually playing online games and downloading non stop. The laptop usually only gets on for email and almost daily 1 - 2 hr lan/net gaming sesions which also include the other 2 PC's. Every other week we have 4 - 6 PC's connected wirelessly for lan gaming sessions which usually span 2 - 3 days and last from 3 - 8 hrs per bout so this is when traffic will be the highest and also the reason I need a new router.