Sorry, do a google search for "tomato firmware". It's custom firmware that gives some cheap routers the ability to do as much tweaking (settings, etc.) as the expensive ones. It's sorta like the DD-WRT firmware but has less specialized options BUT much better "quality of sevice". For example I set torrents and emule so they use about 80% available bandwidth until other traffic like HTTP or VOIP is observed, then throttles peer-to-peer traffic to <2%. DD-WRT has QOS, but it doesn't work as well.
lopaka ________________________________ From: Steve Tomporowski <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, October 3, 2011 3:01:30 PM Subject: Re: [H] Best Router Lopaka, Any references to 'tomato' (not the fruit) and QOS? Heard this before, don't have a clue, yet. Thanks...Steve On 10/3/2011 6:43 PM, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: > I do some torrent and emule occasionally and the only one that handles the QOS > right has been a WHR-HP-G54 running tomato firmware. It worked a lot better >than > the classic WRT54G/GL/GS with tomato, and also a lot better than the cisco >E2000 > running tomato. I bought and tested a bunch or tomato capable routers including > the newer gigabit speed ones, and theWHR-HP-G54 handled the QOS and traffic a > lot better than any of the others. > > > I love tomato firmware because of the real time pie graph you can view to see >if > your QOS settings are working right. Change a setting and watch the graph. If > something works or doesn't work, you can see it immediately. > > lopaka > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "Naushad, Zulfiqar"<[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, October 3, 2011 4:45:14 AM > Subject: Re: [H] Best Router > > I also had the WNDR3700 but it gave me incessant issues. I'm a heavy > torrenter and the router would hang daily. > > I've had good luck with this router: > > http://www.amazon.com/RT-N56U-Wireless-N-Hardware-Internal-Graphical/dp/ > B0049YQVHE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317642261&sr=8-1 > > Best Regards, > > Zulfiqar Naushad > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony > Q. Martin > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 2:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [H] Best Router > > While I'm not unhappy with my netgear WNDR3700, I'm wondering if the > WNDR4500 is the one to have now to get the best 2.4/5GHz coverage and > for the supposedly faster DLNA via the 2 USB 3.0 ports. > > Is this a worthy upgrade from the WNDR3700? Note that since I stream my > media over a 1Gbit network, I don't need this for streaming. But > backing up various machines over the network would be worthwhile. Also, > having a better signal downstairs on the other end of the house > (relative to the router location) would be plus for tablets, phones, and > laptops. >
