Router quesarion, turtle slow internet, need advice?

Question

I have an older smc router and I noticed the internet is slow and my ping times are horrible. I recently bought a netgear to get the wireless working for Nintendo wii and I noticed my ping times went way down and the internet was super fast. Unfortunately I had to return it because it wouldn’t work with wii, anyhow I got a linksys and now its back to the slow speeds. Is it just coincidence or should I go with netgear?

and i cant type, i meant router question not quesarion

Answer 1

I use a Linksys and I game online, if you're a gamer then you'll want to add your IP address to the DMZ in the router. This puts your computer in the wide open zone as I like to put it so make sure you enable the firewall in xp.

To put your IP in the DMZ first open a command prompt:
Go to the run menu, start key then run, and type in cmd then press enter. That will open a command prompt for you, then type ipconfig and press enter. This will give you your IP address, something like 192.168.1.1.

Write down this IP you will need it for entering into the DMZ. Now open IE and enter your routers default gateway to log into the router, should be something like 192.168.1.1, it will be in the router paperwork. You'll be presented with a login screen, simply enter admin for the username and leave the password field blank.

Once in the router look for setup, then look for DMZ and click on that. Now enter your IP you wrote down into the DMZ field and click apply. You will get the best performance for gaming by doing this! If you have trouble just IM me and I'll walk you through it. HTH

As far as manufacturers go, they are all about the same, I like Linksys because they are made by CISCO the best!

Answer 2

Usually the brand of a router will not make a difference. They are pretty generic. I suspect that the older router operates at only 10mps, while newer routers operate at 100mbps. That may be the difference. It is also possible that you network card is set to only work at 10 not 100. Check the properties for the card (not knowing the brand I can not walk you to exactly where the setting would be).