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MovedGoalPosts · 23-01-2011, 12:06

It is not necessarily how many devices are connected, but what those devices are trying to do. I've had a network for LAN parties with computer gamers, where we've had some 15 computers and a couple of wireless things all connected and that has run for nearly 48 hours without a router crash, yet who knows how much data was moved between computers (we are talking of 100s of Gigs as hard drives were leeched), and the internet was hammered too.

What tends to kill a router is when a single device is multitasking over the internet, or the incoming attempts are overloading it. Torrents (P2P) are a prime example of this where to seek the torrent loads of co0nnections are made to other computers to say can you give me something, most are rejected and more are sought yet the router's memory gets overloaded as it can't track all of these at once.

Even though you might not want to do it, routers that can have third party firmware such as DD-WRT may be more robust. They tend to be more adaptable.

Personally I've always been a fan of the linksys series routers.

23-01-2011, 12:06	#2
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 61 Posts: 15,868	Re: Advice needed - whats the best router for multiple devices ? (Home) It is not necessarily how many devices are connected, but what those devices are trying to do. I've had a network for LAN parties with computer gamers, where we've had some 15 computers and a couple of wireless things all connected and that has run for nearly 48 hours without a router crash, yet who knows how much data was moved between computers (we are talking of 100s of Gigs as hard drives were leeched), and the internet was hammered too. What tends to kill a router is when a single device is multitasking over the internet, or the incoming attempts are overloading it. Torrents (P2P) are a prime example of this where to seek the torrent loads of co0nnections are made to other computers to say can you give me something, most are rejected and more are sought yet the router's memory gets overloaded as it can't track all of these at once. Even though you might not want to do it, routers that can have third party firmware such as DD-WRT may be more robust. They tend to be more adaptable. Personally I've always been a fan of the linksys series routers.