2010-11-28, 10:12 PM
those kinds of routers can't really handle online gaming/streaming. They were never made for them.
Power cycling the router clears the memory, and changing firmware and clearing the NVRam might help a bad configuration, but if you're looking at long term sustainable connections, grab a new router. And don't get a Linksys. They were awesome back in the wrt54g days, but now they suck compared to better gaming/streaming routers.
I don't think your router has a lot of RAM. It has a 1 Mbyte flash memory, so open firmware won't really work on it.
What tends to happen with these old Linksys routers is that the memory quickly corrupts, and there isn't an autoreboot mehanism in the router.
For gaming/streaming, the minimum RAM a router should have is 32MB. If you torrent a lot, you basically choke your router's RAM, so when you try to game online as well, it won't be long before your router craps out. This also assumes the firmware can utilize all the RAM, but that's what open firmware is all about (well that and more options).
Long story short: old routers run out of memory quickly if you stream/game online. You will see the same drop out every time even if you change firmware and power cycle. Measure how long it takes for this to happen when you game online, and then measure how long it takes for your router to crap out by simply surfing web pages off the wireless network.
Power cycling the router clears the memory, and changing firmware and clearing the NVRam might help a bad configuration, but if you're looking at long term sustainable connections, grab a new router. And don't get a Linksys. They were awesome back in the wrt54g days, but now they suck compared to better gaming/streaming routers.
I don't think your router has a lot of RAM. It has a 1 Mbyte flash memory, so open firmware won't really work on it.
What tends to happen with these old Linksys routers is that the memory quickly corrupts, and there isn't an autoreboot mehanism in the router.
For gaming/streaming, the minimum RAM a router should have is 32MB. If you torrent a lot, you basically choke your router's RAM, so when you try to game online as well, it won't be long before your router craps out. This also assumes the firmware can utilize all the RAM, but that's what open firmware is all about (well that and more options).
Long story short: old routers run out of memory quickly if you stream/game online. You will see the same drop out every time even if you change firmware and power cycle. Measure how long it takes for this to happen when you game online, and then measure how long it takes for your router to crap out by simply surfing web pages off the wireless network.