Gaming Routers

Gaming Routers

By Anne Ahira

Game systems have evolved over the last 20 years until they are almost unrecognizable to their parent systems.

Remember the old Atari games that had square people and the most fun you could have was Pong or Yars Revenge?

Today’s gamers have the luxury of high-end graphics and online play. You never have to be bored because there is always someone awake in the world to play.

You can connect to the internet in two ways via an Ethernet connection to your computer or by using gaming; routers, which are, provide a wireless internet network.

Wireless gaming routers are becoming more popular as game systems and computers are spread out over the home.

With a router, you can have several computers and game boxes connected at the same time without creating a jungle of wires running all over the house. One very popular model is the D-Link wireless gaming routers.

Features

• Up to 108 Mbps
• 802.11g wireless connectivity
• 4 Ethernet ports
• Customizable settings
• High performance CPU

Although these are billed as gaming routers the truth is they have many applications.

Pros

These gaming routers intelligently prioritizes? network traffic for better performance of band-with sensitive applications like VOIP or multimedia programs. In other words, you will have fewer problems with dropped calls or disconnected game systems.

You also get the benefit of a high performance CPU; this allows multitasking between apps without loss of game connectivity and supports thousands of concurrent connections. Bottom line better peer-to-peer and multiplayer activity.

When you are dealing with computer networking, anyone can tell you it often gets very frustrating. One device or the other will not be recognized or you will have limited connectivity issues. With gaming routers like this one, you simply plug everything in and go!

Cons

Though it is easy enough to hook up some advanced users may encounter technical difficulties.

For instance playing a computer game like World of War Craft is not a problem, however if you want to host the game you will run into some problems. This of course is does not fall within the realm of average user problems.

As game routers or even routers in general go the D-Link is a bit more expensive. You can purchase routers from Netgear or Lynksys are cheaper but as many consumers have found they are more prone to dropping calls on VOIP and game system disconnects.

Overall

D-Link is one of the best game routers on the market. It should actually be sold as a primary wireless router rather than focusing on the gamer end of it. Many people will find this to be a great wireless router for their home computer network.

Here's Gaming Routers Selections:

D-Link DGL-4500 Xtreme N Selectable Dual Band Draf...	Customer Review: Set up was absolutely horrible. I put the installation disk in my computer and fallowed the instructions to the T. Somehow my computer couldnt find the router. After an hour of messing around with it I called customer support. I was connected wit... Read More	$208.99 (110)
D-Link DGL-4100 4-Port GamerLounge Broadband Giga...	Customer Review: Hooking up the router to my PC and XBOX was easy and so far I haven't had any problems.... Read More	(77)
Netgear Rangemax WNDR3700 Dual Band Wireless-N Gig...	Customer Review: This router I bought as an upgrade to the WNDR3300. It is more compatible with windows 7. New firmware is detected and easily installs. This router did wonder for the speed of my WIFI I phone 4 and laptop. It is extremely feature rich yet installs i... Read More	(281)
Netgear Wireless Router for Video and Gaming WNDR3...	Customer Review: Click Here for More Info	$217.00
Cisco-Linksys Dual-Band Wireless-N Gaming and Vide...	Customer Review: I wanted to change out my G-based bridge (also a Linksys) with an N-based solution. Slim pickings. That said, however, I very pleased with the performance of this Cicso-Linksys bridge. This bridge, unlink my G-based model, has only a single ethernet ... Read More	(216)