Router processor speed/memory efficacy

[fitzm]

I am getting ready to purchase a new router which is prolly long overdue from my old, but trusty, Netgear 624 series. I don't particularly care about Nth speeds (excuse pun) just yet and I am a bit leery about how much more effective the extra processing/memory will be with the newer routers.

We have the typical 2 or 3 computers downloading torrents periodically, playing WOW and console gaming-COD (Black Ops sux, btw), surfing, etc. We also have a Surfboard SB6120 which helps pull down 15-20 Mb/s without current router attached but that gets throttled down to 5-10 Mb/s when the old Netgear is attached.

Will a new router help keep speeds closer to non-router attached speeds and is the "gaming" D-Link routers worth it so I don't have to flash one myself to control ports using DD-WRT or similar software?

The 4100 seems to still have great reviews but I don't want to get something that will not help my current setup.

 

[JackMDS]

If you were pleased with the 624 it means that any Router that you buy today will be OK.

FWIW.

These are all DD-WRT flash capable to add flexibility and extra features ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DD-WRT ). You do not need to flash if you do not want to. But it is better to have the potential.

This will be the least expensive, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-026-_-Product

The best Router in the 802.11g class with the best range, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833162134

Middle price N, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-038-_-Product

Higher price N, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833122326

 

[VirtualLarry]

Get a new router, definately. Don't get a G router, get an N router. They have newer, more powerful chipsets, faster CPUs, more RAM (generally speaking).

DD-WRT is nice, if you think you would ever need client bridge mode, WDS mode, or setting up a hotspot. Otherwise DD-WRT doesn't do much else that factory firmware doesn't. (It might be more stable that factory firmware, depending on what build.)

 

[notposting]

I'm waiting to see the effect of "downgrading" to my WRT54GL running Tomato when I beat it down with some VPN action. Have been running either BrazilFW or pfsense on a P3 for years.

 

[fitzm]

Gracias amigos.