Last week when I first tried setting up an Unreal Tournament server, I couldn't find any references for setting up the Linksys cable/DSL router to work properly with it. I think it may have been working, but I wasn't sure. (Logs showed people connecting with odd non-bot names, but I could never see the server in a list.)
I was able to find references online for setting up the Netgear RT314 router to work properly with an UT server though. Since I'd been wanting to get the Netgear for a while anyway, that just became more reason to do so (ignoring the thought that I might just be colocating the server at work one day anyway).
Anyway, I got the RT314 last week at a computer show and hadn't had a chance till today to set it up. I configured it by that wonderful serial port (which meant not having to disconnect my LAN while doing it; console rox), called Mediaone with the new MAC address (that pain blows) and it's working now. It took a total of about 20 minutes. Would have been faster if I'd not been doing it the geeky way and looking at all the settings and stuff and seeing the various ways of setting it up. I also upgraded the firmware while I was at it, which took all of 4 minutes.
I haven't done anything special with it yet, like setting up the UT filters, but right away I like it better for one reason: IRC works better. With the Linksys, every time I tried to connect to an IRC server, I had to wait for 30 seconds for the hostname lookup to timeout. With the Netgear, even though it still can't lookup my hostname (which is probably just due to Mediaone's DNS system and the dynamic IP's), it times out right away and just lets me right in.
Plus all of the extra filter settings and all the control that's available, I just much prefer that sort of thing. The Linksys is perfectly good, and it's cheaper, but for a geek the Netgear is better. I like being able to telnet into the router or console into it.
I was able to find references online for setting up the Netgear RT314 router to work properly with an UT server though. Since I'd been wanting to get the Netgear for a while anyway, that just became more reason to do so (ignoring the thought that I might just be colocating the server at work one day anyway).
Anyway, I got the RT314 last week at a computer show and hadn't had a chance till today to set it up. I configured it by that wonderful serial port (which meant not having to disconnect my LAN while doing it; console rox), called Mediaone with the new MAC address (that pain blows) and it's working now. It took a total of about 20 minutes. Would have been faster if I'd not been doing it the geeky way and looking at all the settings and stuff and seeing the various ways of setting it up. I also upgraded the firmware while I was at it, which took all of 4 minutes.
I haven't done anything special with it yet, like setting up the UT filters, but right away I like it better for one reason: IRC works better. With the Linksys, every time I tried to connect to an IRC server, I had to wait for 30 seconds for the hostname lookup to timeout. With the Netgear, even though it still can't lookup my hostname (which is probably just due to Mediaone's DNS system and the dynamic IP's), it times out right away and just lets me right in.
Plus all of the extra filter settings and all the control that's available, I just much prefer that sort of thing. The Linksys is perfectly good, and it's cheaper, but for a geek the Netgear is better. I like being able to telnet into the router or console into it.
) interface and filter rules are very different (difficult?) to understand compared to the nice Web interfaces of the Linksys and SMC, but the solid connection of the Netgear (51 days straight) compared to the Linksys 2 times per day lockup is enough for me to be a Netgear fan!!! 
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