Clueless about routers

[Boyboy]

Hi guys..

 

I heard linksys router no good, from several of my friends. anyway, i'm using a WRT54g, old model.

 

is it true that a better or more expensive router will have a more stable connection? my main issues are with torrenting. when i torrent, i can;t surf the net, even if the torrent is still working. i have configured port forwarding and all that already.

 

i don't need the range, and i believe my 8mbps connection is the bottleneck, not the router which claims 54 or 100mbps. even if i share with 5 pax, i shd still be having more bandwidth at the router than at the internet connection, mathematically.

 

can any kind soul please spoonfeed me? in simple terms..

[Furrynadz]

its about cpu and memory

 

china car = zero airbag

korean car = 1 airbag

jap car = 2 or 4 airbag (despec top end jap car), lucky u get 6

conti car = 6 airbag even for base spec

 

u want to 100% surf, torrent..everything at one go, invest in a cisco router, u can pickup 877 series for about 400$

they have processing power and memory more than 10x those normal off shelf units

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series

 

 

Edited August 22, 2009 by Furrynadz

[Ender]

Strange as it seems, don't use maximum upload bandwidth for for torrent. Set to about 80% of your max upload bandwidth. Upload saturated also can affect your download.

[Boyboy]

wah.. i not so hardcore. if i could max out a 100mpbs connection then i'd need one of those.

 

interesting. i thought a router was a dumb thing. looks like i'm the one .

 

another thing is, the range of routers decreases with age right? or issit my wireless receiver on the laptop? my old compaq reception was better when new but now abit chui. both router and computer quite old liao

[Furrynadz]

nope, very minor decrease (if condition is good)

if range/performance drops, router dying (or its firmware too old to handle too many connections)

 

i have a linksys b router which running nearly 8 years now, range still the same

 

 

u should use 50% upload speed for torrents and limit to 256 connections maximum, most soho routers default at 512

 

i can torrent nearly 20 files at a go and surf/stream with zero loss/latency

 

i using cisco 2811 with 8mb singnet