WRT54G, new firmware or new router?

Master_Pain

Master_Pain

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I have a WRT54G v5 and was wondering if there is any firmware that will speed up things. Transferring files between computers seems to be a tad slow. Also, anything that I could do to help decrease my ping? Or should I just get a new router?

I primarily do gaming online and web browsing and transfer things from computer to computer.
 
The V5 is a very crippled router..hardware wise. Yes you can get a version of DD-WRT on it...quite a few steps involved compared to flashing a better model like a version 1-4 with DD-WRT, and not much performance gain...because as decent as DD-WRT is..it can only do so much with so little horsepower.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/26843/51/
 
So it seems the router is pretty crappy for multiple connections, super, so what router will be good for gaming and whatnot but not break the bank?
 
Master_Pain said:
So it seems the router is pretty crappy for multiple connections, super, so what router will be good for gaming and whatnot but not break the bank?
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Most new current generation routers...

Or..if you're a bit into fiddling with computer hardware...take a midrange or higher P3...256 or more megs of RAM, 2x NICs..and build yourself a linux based router. Such as IPCop, Endian, Smoothwall, m0n0wall, etc.
 
ok ya, not gonna build my own guys :p

would I notice a difference in how smoothly everything goes with a new netgear or linksys? Such as web pages loading smoother and a reduced ping in games?
 
Get a WRT54G v4 / GL (I have two!) :D

Compared to some of the cheap netgear/belkin/buffalo routers I've come across, yeah, its much better (with new firmware).

Try flashing your WRT54G first though, I don't think there's much difference except RAM and flash space between v5 and v4, and the memory usage on my WRT's stays pretty low (~25%) even with multiple P2P sessions running.
 
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