We all live in a WiFi World

[Hooch Tan]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/802.11n-wireless-router-access-point,2605.html' target='_blank'>http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews...point,2605.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"By 2006, we had multiple antennas and MIMO technology (spatial multiplexing and the sending of discrete data sub-streams along different paths within a single radio link) along with an upgrade to the fetal 11n spec, and sustained throughput jumped to anywhere from the 40s to the 80s in Mb/s. Performance was all over the board and patch updates seemed to be raining from the sky for a while, but everyone eventually realized that we were never going to get even remotely close to that promised 300 Mb/s 11n spec."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1271786217.usr20447.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></p><p>Routers are probably the most critical part of a home network, yet most people I know of think they are all the same.&nbsp; As far as Internet routing capabilities, that is probably close to true.&nbsp; Consumer level routers do have upper limits on how fast they can handle NAT, but most broadband options do not come close to those limits.&nbsp; However, routers also play the critical role in providing WiFi access, and depending on the setup, it can make a world of difference.&nbsp; I am a wired man; I will take an ugly blue cable running along the hallway over WiFi any day, but there is a time and a place for everything, and what router you use for your untethered goodness can make a world of difference, especially if you want to even attempt to stream content wirelessly.</p>

[Jason Dunn]

I just wish I could find a router that, when I'm running Mozy and saturating all my upstream bandwidth, it wouldn't slow down my downstream bandwidth and overall latency. Never seen a router that could handle that properly. :mad:

[Hooch Tan]

I just wish I could find a router that, when I'm running Mozy and saturating all my upstream bandwidth, it wouldn't slow down my downstream bandwidth and overall latency. Never seen a router that could handle that properly. :mad:

I would suggest considering a router that offers QoS settings, but I'm betting that you're running Mozy on the same computer. From what I've seen of standard manufacturer firmwares, their QoS works on a fairly basic level. If you're willing to go with something like DD-WRT or Tomato, they do offer more advanced QoS. For example, with my DSL connection, I use Tomato, and I can specify that if it is going to a certain destination, it gets a lower priority than other traffic. Filtered by IP and port too. Your latency will still be affected, but you should be able to reclaim more of your downstream.

[Jason Dunn]

I would suggest considering a router that offers QoS settings, but I'm betting that you're running Mozy on the same computer.

Yeah, my router has QOS settings, but the only real way I could see doing this would be to ratchet down the packet priority based on Mac address, but since I run Mozy on one PC, upload video on another, and do email on yet another...it would be hard to handle. Maybe I should try boosting the priority of my main workstation so it's always more responsive. Seems like I shouldn't have to do all this though... :rolleyes: