Cool, thanks
On 10/3/2011 7:44 PM, Robert Martin Jr. wrote:
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
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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
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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
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From: [email protected]
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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.
