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03-25-00, 08:13 PM
OK Linksys Cable/DSL Router owners...give it up for us!
I've been reading here, timhiggins.com, etc. and get a lot of mixed signals on this router and its capabilities.
I'm getting ready to order something this weekend after 3 weeks of researching and would like any info you can share.
I'm primarily concerned with games and communication apps, since simply 'browsing' using a NAT router seems to be pretty simple and work very well.
If you have a sec, please reply to any of the following that you may have tried...thanx!
1.) Does it work at the advertised speed, or are there some probs?
2.) How does it do with JOINING internet games with its 'application sensing' abilities? Or, have you found that you need to usually put your one puter in the DMZ? Or, have you had to set up port forwarding?
3.) Same as #2, but with HOSTING internet games?
4.) If you use port forwarding to get a given game or app to work, can only one puter on the lan play/use that app at a time?
5.) Can more than one user on your lan join the same game at the same server? Which games seem to work, or which seem to not work?
6.) Have you run into game servers that won't let you join from more than one puter on yer lan at a time? Which ones?
7.) How about Roger Wilco, Dialpad, Netmeeting, ICQ? I've heard 'works' and 'doesn't work'. Which seem to work and do you need to use DMZ or port forwarding...or does it work fine with its 'application sensing' feature?
8.) With ICQ, can multiple users both be 'online' and receive a file transfer? If so, any special setup?
Please share your experiences. I know that there are many variables and limitations depending on the game, app, or server.
Obviously, the 'perfect' sharing solution would not limit any computer on the lan from doing anything it could do with a direct connection at all times--even if other puters on the lan were doing the exact same thing.
How close is the Linksys to meeting this goal?
Thanx in advance.
I've been reading here, timhiggins.com, etc. and get a lot of mixed signals on this router and its capabilities.
I'm getting ready to order something this weekend after 3 weeks of researching and would like any info you can share.
I'm primarily concerned with games and communication apps, since simply 'browsing' using a NAT router seems to be pretty simple and work very well.
If you have a sec, please reply to any of the following that you may have tried...thanx!
1.) Does it work at the advertised speed, or are there some probs?
2.) How does it do with JOINING internet games with its 'application sensing' abilities? Or, have you found that you need to usually put your one puter in the DMZ? Or, have you had to set up port forwarding?
3.) Same as #2, but with HOSTING internet games?
4.) If you use port forwarding to get a given game or app to work, can only one puter on the lan play/use that app at a time?
5.) Can more than one user on your lan join the same game at the same server? Which games seem to work, or which seem to not work?
6.) Have you run into game servers that won't let you join from more than one puter on yer lan at a time? Which ones?
7.) How about Roger Wilco, Dialpad, Netmeeting, ICQ? I've heard 'works' and 'doesn't work'. Which seem to work and do you need to use DMZ or port forwarding...or does it work fine with its 'application sensing' feature?
8.) With ICQ, can multiple users both be 'online' and receive a file transfer? If so, any special setup?
Please share your experiences. I know that there are many variables and limitations depending on the game, app, or server.
Obviously, the 'perfect' sharing solution would not limit any computer on the lan from doing anything it could do with a direct connection at all times--even if other puters on the lan were doing the exact same thing.
How close is the Linksys to meeting this goal?
Thanx in advance.