Q&A: Want to hook up 2 wireless routers 1 dedicated to gaming or slingbox?
Question by sprinkfitter: Want to hook up 2 wireless routers 1 dedicated to gaming or slingbox?
I want one wireless router on its own ssid to handle only xbox or slingbox, another wireless router with another ssid to handle all 4 laptops. The one linksys g router I have now doesn't work good enough to use a laptop and another laptop/slingbox, slows it down too much distorts both slingbox and slows xbox too. Want to buy the Belkin N1 router. Need help with the best configuration for my situation. I have yahoo dsl, and thought maybe I should buy another dsl modem, and have a router hooked up to each one. I really need the slingbox and xbox to be less restricted. So any suggestions would be really appreciated!
Best answer:
Answer by darconogan
I would first look at moving from DSL to cable (Sometimes twice as fast). You can hook up two routers, but realize that your wireless connection is much faster than your Internet connection so moving from say a G router to an N router WILL NOT speed up your Internet connection. It will only speed up transfer speeds on your intranet. I would make sure that you have the required port configurations set in your router. Visit the gaming site (EA for example) to find out which ports need to have unrestricted access for your games to smooth out. Same thing for the Slingbox, if you allow unrestricted access to these ports your firewall, especially if it is a stateful packet inspection firewall, does not have to slow down traffic to ensure that it is valid.
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