Decent cheap router

Boozebeard · 7 Jun 2011 at 19:20

Getting some lag spikes in games so I want to enable some kind of QoS but my current netgear WPN824v2 doesn't have such options nor is it supported by ddwrt. The wireless signal is also pretty bad at the further reaches of our house, so an improvement in that department would be nice too.

Basically looking for something with decent wireless signal that will support dd wrt.

benftl · 7 Jun 2011 at 21:41

try searching

GaryH-21 · 7 Jun 2011 at 22:14

benftl said:
try searching

not very helpful...

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I use a D-Link DIR-615 Revision D4 which is a wireless N, and has DD-WRT on it. I also have a linksys but can't get the full version of ddwrt and it's only a 'G'.

The D-Link's pretty good though. Never had a signal problem, even after having it shut away in a cupboard, still keeps great signal and they can be picked up dead cheap!

23JMZ07 · 7 Jun 2011 at 22:25

DIR 615 for DDWRT support
DIR 655 For out of the box awesomeness

Boozebeard · 7 Jun 2011 at 22:42

What kind of features do the more expensive routers have over cheaper ones with dd-wrt installed? Are they actually worth while?

benftl · 7 Jun 2011 at 22:47

GaryH-21 said:
not very helpful...

There are loads of topics on this subject, a few of which I've replied to. Even searching for "cheap router" brings up this thread: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18259130 and it isn't hard to find others answering QoS questions etc.

Boozebeard · 9 Jun 2011 at 18:19

I'm looking at the 615, some of them are all black and some have a grey band but none of them specify what revision they are. What should I be looking for?

benftl · 9 Jun 2011 at 18:21

Where are you looking? You want rev D2 or D4.

Boozebeard · 9 Jun 2011 at 18:24

I was looking on that rain forest site