Cable Gateway seems to be the bottleneck

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Ok, first of all, I am very illiterate with networking terms so bare with me.

I've posted a few threads asking some questions about CAT6 cables, reducing the wireless bandwidth for better internet gaming performance.. My Cable Gateway is a Linksys WCG 200. It has 4 hardwire ports and Wireless G access, 10/100.

Is there a better/faster Cable Gateway similar to my current one that I can buy?


Thanks,

networking newb

 

[imagoon]

No way to tell from what you asked.

What service? What speeds? Doing peer to peer? Docsis 2, 3? Why do you think it is 'slow'?

 

[JackMDS]

Looking at the a Linksys WCG 200 data sheet there is No reason to believe that another Gateway/Router would affect any Gaming.

There are world class Gamers with 3Mb/sec., or less Speed" on DSL and low cable bandwidth.

P.S. Lucky for you there is No high positive correlation between Gaming capacity and any significant indicator to successful life. - :shocked:

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I've played UT III for a while now and have gone through several cpus ranging from a 3Ghz wolfdale, a 4Ghz Yorkfield, to a stock i7 920 and all have had the same issues. My FPS are fine: dips in the 80's, avg 125 (capped) But the one thing that does make a difference is turning off my wireless part of my Gateway... and the difference is noticed in both UT III & COD:WAW and I'm also in tune with how the servers perform.... but at any rate, thank you all for your help.

 

[Shakeout]

Things that come to my mind.

Is you wireless secured?

If you scan wireless networks in your area do you see a lot and are they on the same channel as yours?

And something that was just wired i used to have happen. I had a WRT54g(faoctory bios) and a early model 2.4ghz portable phone. Any time the 2.4ghz phone was used it would lockup the WRT54g

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

It's just the other family members laptop and in the gateways web pg i have the 'Restrict wireless network access to the listed clients' set to her physical address.

Yes I have it set to the maximum encryption level.

Basic Data rate = min

Control TX rate = min

Beacon interval = 100ms

DTIM interval = 3ms

Fragmentation Threshold = 2346

RTS Threshold = 2347

 

[RadiclDreamer]

One of your family members is running P2P or is infected.