Ole Juul
Veteran Member
We all use "modern" routers, even for our vintage equipment, so I thought I'd ask a few questions to see what kind of experience others have with them.
I've got some Linksys WRT64G (and L) routers which work just fine. I've got Tomato running on them. Yes, I know Tomato is slower than the stock firmware but I need what it does, and if that's a problem then I need a faster router. I'm thinking of trying a Netgear WNR3500L since it has lots of memory and can take a more sophisticated version of Tomato (as well as dd-wrt), and has a much faster processor. (thinking about this one)
The reason I'm thinking about a faster processor, is that sometimes when there are several things going through the router at once, there is a short lag when I make an additional request. This is particularly noticeable when there is internet radio playing and it stops for a second. I know that browsing normally grabs priority for a second or two so as to be more snappy. Of course I could also adjust the QOS, but here's the question:
Is the "overload" due to my router being saturated, or is it my 1.5Mbps internet connection?
PS: I'm also interested in comments about the WNR3500L.
I've got some Linksys WRT64G (and L) routers which work just fine. I've got Tomato running on them. Yes, I know Tomato is slower than the stock firmware but I need what it does, and if that's a problem then I need a faster router. I'm thinking of trying a Netgear WNR3500L since it has lots of memory and can take a more sophisticated version of Tomato (as well as dd-wrt), and has a much faster processor. (thinking about this one)
The reason I'm thinking about a faster processor, is that sometimes when there are several things going through the router at once, there is a short lag when I make an additional request. This is particularly noticeable when there is internet radio playing and it stops for a second. I know that browsing normally grabs priority for a second or two so as to be more snappy. Of course I could also adjust the QOS, but here's the question:
Is the "overload" due to my router being saturated, or is it my 1.5Mbps internet connection?
PS: I'm also interested in comments about the WNR3500L.