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Strzelecki · 02-03-2009, 22:39

A trace route won't give you an idea of how good the router is. By default some routers (Speedtouch and Zyxel to name 2) block ICMP packets (used by the Windows tracert utility. Linux Traceroute uses UDP packets) or give them low priority. These are used by the trace route utility and it is the reason why you sometimes see the first hop in traces that people provide being up to 10ms. It doesn't have to mean they have a bad connection, slow router or a bad network.

Zyxel routers are pretty good, they feature an AnyIp feature which allows you to connect any network device without having to reconfigure it's IP address (if it's static). They also have a pretty comprehensive Firewall which is easy to configure with incoming and outgoing ports.

Genreally the PS3 needs these prts open to work correctly:

TCP Ports: 80, 443, 5223, and 10070 - 10080
UDP Ports: 3478, 3479, 3658, 5000, 6000 - 7000 and 10070

uPnP us required for voice communication but some routers don't work very well with this. You can set TCP port 9293 open to make it work (you may like to try that with your Belkin.

02-03-2009, 22:39	#7
Strzelecki Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Essex Age: 42 Services: 80/20Mbps FTTC on Freeola Posts: 871	Re: Best Router for Online Gaming A trace route won't give you an idea of how good the router is. By default some routers (Speedtouch and Zyxel to name 2) block ICMP packets (used by the Windows tracert utility. Linux Traceroute uses UDP packets) or give them low priority. These are used by the trace route utility and it is the reason why you sometimes see the first hop in traces that people provide being up to 10ms. It doesn't have to mean they have a bad connection, slow router or a bad network. Zyxel routers are pretty good, they feature an AnyIp feature which allows you to connect any network device without having to reconfigure it's IP address (if it's static). They also have a pretty comprehensive Firewall which is easy to configure with incoming and outgoing ports. Genreally the PS3 needs these prts open to work correctly: TCP Ports: 80, 443, 5223, and 10070 - 10080 UDP Ports: 3478, 3479, 3658, 5000, 6000 - 7000 and 10070 uPnP us required for voice communication but some routers don't work very well with this. You can set TCP port 9293 open to make it work (you may like to try that with your Belkin.