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I know this is for the people without any knowledge of their home networks, but for anyone that is willing to learn even a little bit you could use DD-WRT or Tomato on most modern routers.
I know this is for the people without any knowledge of their home networks, but for anyone that is willing to learn even a little bit you could use DD-WRT or Tomato on most modern routers.
I know this is for the people without any knowledge of their home networks, but for anyone that is willing to learn even a little bit you could use DD-WRT or Tomato on most modern routers.
Yep people are already using this router to cheat in online call of duty tournaments. They'll block an opposing player to force forfeits or make them play a man down. Its also used to delay match starts.
Its sad that games like COD and destiny cannot just match on PING and nobody would feel the need to do this.
Do they have a firmware emulator?
I honestly think that the more people that use this the worse the matchmaking and connections get for everyone else.
Ever since Driftor made the first video on the router my connection has been steadily getting worse and worse. Now I can't find a single game where I have consistent 3 or higher bars. This geo-filtering is screwing it up for everyone who doesn't want to or can't shell out $200 for an overpriced router.
Low spec hardware with no 5GHz wireless support.
What game?
You ain't kidding, I looked up the tech specs and the hardware is equivalent to most $100 routers.
Advanced Warfare. I can see how geo-filtering can screw up matchmaking. They have an algorithm (even if it isn't the greatest) and this manual geo-filtering screws with it.
It's an okay router for those with zero networking experience.
Was ready to mock it from the title but hey if it does what you say it does I can see it being useful.
Still though, the root cause of your problems are matchmaking, it's silly that you have to buy some expensive router to try and bandaid it.
Dedicated servers + ping cap (autokick when over the max ping) is the nobrainer easy proper solution that has been standard in gaming for like 20 years.
Your problem is one that should not exist to begin with.
This is the truth. EA and Microsoft use dedicated servers (some games) why can't Acti with its record breaking chart topping super ambitious ten year spanning social FPS. It's a a little bit ridiculous.
Still, I'm seriously considering buying this. Gonna learnn more about it,
I've taken Cisco CCNA and CCNP courses and have networking experience.It's an okay router for those with zero networking experience.
Does it only fix lag by eliminating crappy matchmaking, or does it have souped up hardware that minimizes any latency on your lan-end as well?
Openwrt is great you don't need a router like this to make use of it. Openwrt is even better when you SSH and install various mods that let you really configure stuff.
Here's how to make gaming super easy for most gaffers here.
Disable all UDP offloading on your machine.
Disable receive side scaling, only really helps tcp and causes buffer bloat for udp if it ever uses it.
Disable Offloading on the router, causes buffer bloat.
If this router uses openwrt, make sure luci-sqm is installed. Make sure sqm is applied to all needed interfaces.
Lag will always exists as long as their are bad router, bad isps and badly configured machines.
Does it only fix lag by eliminating crappy matchmaking, or does it have souped up hardware that minimizes any latency on your lan-end as well?
Dedicated servers aren't a universally better option (see Halo MCC).
Also it's just a guess but I think that Acti prioritizes the shortest possible search times vastly more than reducing lag by geo limiting MM.
Oh so I already have a wifi network in my house that I like and I want to keep. And I have my own cable modem.
Can I still use the Netduma to filter my PvP MM searches in Destiny? Where would I set it up in between my modem and my wifi network?
You're missing the point of what this router does. Did you read the OP? It's the geo-filter. Your instructions don't deal with distance.
I get that point but there are still other ways to deal with lag depending on the source including making your own packages similar to that in one of the things I mentioned.
Its one aspect of an otherwise great router. The tech isn't unique anything that can be done in linux and is offered through the very firmware openwrt uses. A geo filter isn't all that useful in certain genres. Nor is a geofilter getting rid of lag except to filter a host out which is my point. This doesn't change in certain games you will get matched and have to play people regardless. Nice when useable
You can't deal with distance or misconfigured machines it's selling you a lie except to filter them out which you can learn to do without alll the router hype.
My instructions don't deal with distance nor do I make the claim.
Indeed. Your instructions are great for people that play MMOs and other games that use dedicated servers that won't get a benefit from using a geo-filter.
Running special software. Of course it is lolSo this is a rebranded 40$ router sold for 200$ with a fancy UI?
http://routerboard.com/RB260GS
Suggested price $39.95
Running special software. Of course it is lol