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A local VPN service that tunnels all traffic to e.g. Network storage on your local network is always better and faster than using Dropbox, Google Drive, and similar services because your data stays at home where it belongs. You are only limited by processing power and memory here, so having several CPU cores and at least 512MB RAM is going to help.

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WiFi is short for Wireless Fidelity… “Semper WiFi” indeed!Ĭonsider these factors: Any DD-WRT router can run a smattering of services, but the most popular are network storage for backups and streaming, mini-clouds like OwnCloud, VPN for all users (with no need to configure each device on the network), even BitTorrent clients which download directly to a USB hard drive. Let’s carry it with us, and apply it to these top-of-the-line gaming Wi-Fi routers… Fragging is something the US marines do well. “Semper Fi” is the motto of the US marines. Simply access the router board by opening the case with a screwdriver, clip one lead going to the ‘Reset’ button, and harmony will appear on the event horizon. However, all routers have the option of you using a pair of side-cutters to clip one of the connections to that ‘Reset’ button… just so no child will ever be left behind, especially after 11 PM. Toddlers and teenage girls are tech-savvy enough to understand what this button does, and they will find a way to press it.

Some routers will have an option to software-disable the magical ‘Reset’ button, which would otherwise remove all your settings. Of course, you can also just shut down the connection at 11 PM. Have a look at ‘iwconfig’ and basic shell scripting to help the people you love focus perfectly, and at your discretion. 90% packet loss and intermittent disconnections from the WiFi will encourage the person responsible for doing the dishes that day to actually do them… with zero distractions. Introduce packet loss with iptables snippets you find on Google, and fun will be had by you. Log in via the WAN interface over SSH/remote web interface and drop the speed on the LAN interface to 1% of capacity. Want to disable/throttle your local network connection while you’re away, so your girlfriend/boyfriend/children can part ways with their Netflix binge and do a few useful things? Perfect QoS/traffic shaping is but one aspect of a DD-WRT router, however. All problems with lag disappeared along with the old firmware - my ping times have even improved beyond what I expected! Chores before Netflix & nicely encourage sleep See this for a detailed explanation of the settings available to you when using DD-WRT traffic shaping and QoS.

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On the NAT/QoS tab in the web interface, I set my gaming PC to Maximum priority and my media center to Premium priority. A few reboots later, and I had DD-WRT installed on my WiFi router. It’s done simply over the router’s web interface, on the page where you would usually upload updated firmware, or perform an automatic upgrade. So I grabbed the right version of DD-WRT by searching for my model here, found the DD-WRT firmware for my router here, and downloaded both factory-to-ddwrt.bin and ddwrt-linksys-wrt1200ac-webflash.bin.īoth had to be flashed to the router, and the order matters: first factory-to-ddwrt.bin and second ddwrt-linksys-wrt1200ac-webflash.bin. The positive was that my Linksys WRT1200AC is an excellent WiFi DD-WRT router, and it was not the hardware’s fault. Short reference: Flashing a DD-WRT Router is easy! My DD-WRT router didn’t run hot, it was not running in an environment saturated with wireless networks (a common cause of sluggish performance) and that wouldn’t have mattered anyway, as I always use a network cable to connect my gaming PC. It will report latency* and packet loss, as well as at which point in the network “path” the packet loss occurs. Slowing it all down, just the same, at lowest priority. Of course, the machines doing this did not have high priority.

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However, even after I had given my gaming PC and media center the highest priorities for low-latency* traffic, my ping times suffered badly if someone was doing a large download (such as Windows updating itself), or running many connections through my network (BitTorrent) simultaneously. The default firmware provided me with a snappy web interface, all the standard options for DHCP, routes, bandwidth control - all the usual knobs and levers. But you should always choose a model that is capable of driving 802.11ac* since 802.11n isn’t really up to par any longer.Ĭase in point: I have a Linksys WRT1200AC v1.

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