Randy Marsh 2019 年 2 月 21 日 下午 5:01
Best WiFi Routers for Gaming?
I’m interested, if they make any difference?
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Snow 2019 年 2 月 21 日 下午 5:20 
Nah, not really. Your regular every day cheap ass router is likely to be enough unless it's getting a lot of interference caused by other Wi-Fi around, then u just go 5GHz or at least the less flooded channel. Other than than and stupid firmware which can be changed to something like DD-WRT - u're unlikely to see any difference in routers gaming-wise as the amount of data transferred are pretty small and extra 1-2ms won't make a difference assuming u're likely to get around at least 40-50 ms delay in most online games anyway.
At least that's what my personal experience is, so need more opinions.
Kaihekoa 2019 年 2 月 21 日 下午 5:26 
No such thing as a gaming wireless router. Everything Snow says is true, but if you're serious about gaming, you should look into an ethernet connection instead of wireless anyway. If you can't run a line to your PC, then you can get a powerline ethernet adapter.
Talby 2019 年 2 月 21 日 下午 6:15 
If you need a router to do traffic shaping or QOS, you are pretty much just making up for lack of bandwidth. If you have a good connection then any gig router can do the job well enough, wifi is a completely different story. Good read here:

Review: Ubiquiti UniFi made me realize how terrible consumer Wi-Fi gear is[arstechnica.com]

I stumbled on this when I was searching for a solid wifi solution in my very-crowded townhome community (there are literally 400 APs visible in the wifi analyzer app), and after trying about 6 different routers with various prices and wifi speeds none could give me the full stable 5ghz I wanted in my house. Only the UAP-AC-LR did that, and it does it very well. Gaming is no problem over wifi and only 1ms penalty. Rock solid. Using the FIOS quantum router with the built-in wifi disabled of course and the UAP about 5' from the direct center of the house (toward the backyard, where I get 1/2 5ghz bars).
Joker 2019 年 2 月 21 日 下午 6:24 
My Netgear Nighthawk X4S has been doing just fine with providing me my full connection speed (400 mbps) over 5 GHz.
Razorfish 2019 年 2 月 21 日 下午 8:25 
Best WIFI router for gaming=0
Get it on a fixed cable, no two WIFI installations are the same....
Equipment results are highly variable.
最后由 Razorfish 编辑于; 2019 年 2 月 21 日 下午 8:35
Supafly 2019 年 2 月 22 日 上午 12:52 
Wifi < Powerline Adapters < Wired

As others have said wired is the best way to connect for online gaming. If running a long Ethernet cable is not an option consider using a pair of Powerline adapters. You basically plug one into the wall nearest you modem/router and connect them using a small ethernet cable. Then you do the same near your computer. Your network traffic will then use your homes electrical cable to transmit/receive data.
Exorsister 2019 年 2 月 22 日 上午 1:14 
引用自 𝑪𝒚𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍
I’m interested, if they make any difference?

Not rly, just marketing..

Just think about it "Gaming Router"
mikel3113 2019 年 2 月 22 日 上午 11:23 
引用自 Suicidal Monkey
Wifi < Powerline Adapters < Wired

As others have said wired is the best way to connect for online gaming. If running a long Ethernet cable is not an option consider using a pair of Powerline adapters. You basically plug one into the wall nearest you modem/router and connect them using a small ethernet cable. Then you do the same near your computer. Your network traffic will then use your homes electrical cable to transmit/receive data.

Without other variables you are correct, but not in all cases, like mine and maybe his. My cable (75mbps download) comes into the living room. My PC is down the hallway into the first room which is an office about 45ft away. The attic ends before the living room in my 1979 built house and the wall is 14 ft high. It's a hard job that I don't have the tools for to run a wire up through that wall, into the attic, down the hall, then drop down through another ceiling and wall to my PC and would be expensive to get done. I bought a Powerline adapter and a good pair at that, then found out that in 1979 when my house was built they had much more interference in the lines, so this results in very inconsistent speeds for me and reduced speeds too quite a bit.

My point is for my real world personal results when I went through this was a 5G router was best> 2.4G band on same router> powerline > hardwire was unrealistic and even when tested stung across the floor, my 5g wireless had less latency but the speeds were the same as hardwired

I have a Netgear Nighthawk as well like someone above said and I agree it is a good one.
Azza ☠ 2019 年 2 月 22 日 上午 11:54 
Get an CAT5e or CAT6 ethernet cable and game wired. Even if a mile across the house, under the carpet.

If you really want wireless - you really want to get a very high-end router with AC WiFi. Else you will be left with a headache of lag, high ping, and dropouts.

It should have...

"Tri-Band" - Sends out multiple wifi signals of 2.4GHz and 5GHz, you can then game faster on the 5GHz signal if close by, while other devices spread over the 2.4GHz.

"Dynamic QoS" - Delivers bandwidth prioritization by application & device. Uses multi-CPU processing and duel/tri channel so the multiple devices can stream together without affect realtime online gaming or streaming.

"Beamforming" - This I would say is a must have for online gaming upon wifi. Focuses WiFi signals for stronger towards the device(s) rather than just spreading it out in a weak circle. Much less likely to have deadzones or dropouts.

Consider if you need a "Mesh Wifi" - this is multiple wifi devices, spread across your house which will repeat the signal to strengthen and spread it more over distance. Netgear ORBI, for example, does this.

Ideally, if router only, consider:

ASUS ROG RT-AX11000 10 Gigabit Wi-Fi Gaming Router

(or)

ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AC5300, AC5300, Tri-Band, 8x Gigabit Ports, Gaming Router

(or)

ASUS RT-AC5300 MU-MIMO, Gigabit Wi-Fi Gaming Router, Tri-Band & Quad-Stream AC5300

If modem router is needed, consider:

D-Link COBRA DSL-5300 ADSL2+/VDSL2 Wi-Fi Modem Router, MU-MIMO, Tri-Band AC5300, 5 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports, 2 x USB Ports, Smart Beam Forming, Smart Connect, QoS

(or)

Netgear D8500 Nighthawk X8 (similar specs, but active wifi, which may or may not work well for you)

If mesh, consider something like:

Netgear SRK60 ORBI Pro AC3000 Tri-Band Wifi System (add more into the mesh, if a huge house - either multiple stories and/or a long house)

---

Attempt to place the wifi router in the middle of the house at the highest point possible and/or closest to your gaming pc.
最后由 Azza ☠ 编辑于; 2019 年 2 月 22 日 上午 11:55
vadim 2019 年 2 月 22 日 下午 1:09 
引用自 Azza ☠
We"Tri-Band" - Sends out multiple wifi signals of 2.4GHz and 5GHz, you can then game faster on the 5GHz signal if close by, while other devices spread over the 2.4GHz.

"Dynamic QoS" - Delivers bandwidth prioritization by application & device. Uses multi-CPU processing and duel/tri channel so the multiple devices can stream together without affect realtime online gaming or streaming.

"Beamforming" - This I would say is a must have for online gaming upon wifi. Focuses WiFi signals for stronger towards the device(s) rather than just spreading it out in a weak circle. Much less likely to have deadzones or dropouts.

Consider if you need a "Mesh Wifi" - this is multiple wifi devices, spread across your house which will repeat the signal to strengthen and spread it more over distance. Netgear ORBI, for example, does this.

Ideally, if router only, consider:

ASUS ROG RT-AX11000 10 Gigabit Wi-Fi Gaming Router

(or)

ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AC5300, AC5300, Tri-Band, 8x Gigabit Ports, Gaming Router

(or)

ASUS RT-AC5300 MU-MIMO, Gigabit Wi-Fi Gaming Router, Tri-Band & Quad-Stream AC5300

If modem router is needed, consider:

D-Link COBRA DSL-5300 ADSL2+/VDSL2 Wi-Fi Modem Router, MU-MIMO, Tri-Band AC5300, 5 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports, 2 x USB Ports, Smart Beam Forming, Smart Connect, QoS

(or)

Netgear D8500 Nighthawk X8 (similar specs, but active wifi, which may or may not work well for you)

If mesh, consider something like:

Netgear SRK60 ORBI Pro AC3000 Tri-Band Wifi System (add more into the mesh, if a huge house - either multiple stories and/or a long house)

---

Attempt to place the wifi router in the middle of the house at the highest point possible and/or closest to your gaming pc.
All mentioned technologies are completely useless. Lets look at SOHO router Cisco 1000 series (there are many different models). It has neither triband, no beamforming, no mesh. And at normal conditions, no normal user ever needs QoS (what the hack QoS has with "multi-CPU processing" and "dual/tri channel"? And WTF all these terms mean, anyway?!) BTW, Cisco also [nearly] never uses term "dynamic QoS" (it supports different kind of policies, however).
Cathulhu 2019 年 2 月 22 日 下午 1:23 
Beamforming is actually a rather nice thing to improve signal strength and quality.
Still, for someone whose job it is to sell Wifi equipment (among other things), just get a cable based connection. Seriously. You can go up to 100m in a cable without any issues before the need of a repeater arises. That's a lot of cable.
Talby 2019 年 2 月 22 日 下午 1:24 
引用自 Azza ☠
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If you really want wireless - you really want to get a very high-end router with AC WiFi. Else you will be left with a headache of lag, high ping, and dropouts.
Well part of my previous rant (or at least the point of it) was as an alternative to a high priced router just use your existing router and get a dedicated AP that has all the benefits without the high cost.
Azza ☠ 2019 年 2 月 23 日 下午 1:46 
引用自 vadim
引用自 Azza ☠
We"Tri-Band" - Sends out multiple wifi signals of 2.4GHz and 5GHz, you can then game faster on the 5GHz signal if close by, while other devices spread over the 2.4GHz.

"Dynamic QoS" - Delivers bandwidth prioritization by application & device. Uses multi-CPU processing and duel/tri channel so the multiple devices can stream together without affect realtime online gaming or streaming.

"Beamforming" - This I would say is a must have for online gaming upon wifi. Focuses WiFi signals for stronger towards the device(s) rather than just spreading it out in a weak circle. Much less likely to have deadzones or dropouts.

Consider if you need a "Mesh Wifi" - this is multiple wifi devices, spread across your house which will repeat the signal to strengthen and spread it more over distance. Netgear ORBI, for example, does this.

Ideally, if router only, consider:

ASUS ROG RT-AX11000 10 Gigabit Wi-Fi Gaming Router

(or)

ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AC5300, AC5300, Tri-Band, 8x Gigabit Ports, Gaming Router

(or)

ASUS RT-AC5300 MU-MIMO, Gigabit Wi-Fi Gaming Router, Tri-Band & Quad-Stream AC5300

If modem router is needed, consider:

D-Link COBRA DSL-5300 ADSL2+/VDSL2 Wi-Fi Modem Router, MU-MIMO, Tri-Band AC5300, 5 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports, 2 x USB Ports, Smart Beam Forming, Smart Connect, QoS

(or)

Netgear D8500 Nighthawk X8 (similar specs, but active wifi, which may or may not work well for you)

If mesh, consider something like:

Netgear SRK60 ORBI Pro AC3000 Tri-Band Wifi System (add more into the mesh, if a huge house - either multiple stories and/or a long house)

---

Attempt to place the wifi router in the middle of the house at the highest point possible and/or closest to your gaming pc.
All mentioned technologies are completely useless. Lets look at SOHO router Cisco 1000 series (there are many different models). It has neither triband, no beamforming, no mesh. And at normal conditions, no normal user ever needs QoS (what the hack QoS has with "multi-CPU processing" and "dual/tri channel"? And WTF all these terms mean, anyway?!) BTW, Cisco also [nearly] never uses term "dynamic QoS" (it supports different kind of policies, however).

I tried explaining the terms.

Plus I would NEVER personally wifi game without them.

To clarify:

A normal wifi signal goes outward in a circle falling downward. Therefore you NEED the wifi router in the middle at a high point.

Having something like Beamforming, stops that signal waste from going in just a circle, but rather directs it towards the device using it. The other device just needs to also support it on it's end. Ensure your gaming PC wifi card supports Beamforming, else it will just default to normal. Most smartphones and later devices will support it these days.

However, you might have multiple devices. Therefore you have tri-band signals. Therefore 3-6 devices could happily work together on one wifi router without blocking and waiting upon each other. The 5GHz signal could be always directly focused towards the gaming PC, while the others move around, perhaps following a smartphone, etc. This works best if the wifi router has a duel or quad-core processor to keep up and can perform multiple tasks at the same time.

However, if you have multiple devices, you also want to setup QoS (quality of service). That gives the wifi signals priority. So with that you can set your online gaming as #1 priority, then online streaming of movies as the #2, downloading as #3, going down to web-browsing as #4, emails as #5. You can make your main gaming PC as #1 priority too and other devices such as your smartphone lower priority. This prevents any bottle-necking or hogging. Consider if your little brother is watching Youtube and your in the middle of an online match. By default, that would lag you seriously out. With QoS, the game still gets #1 priority and the youtube will just have to buffer a bit more if low on bandwidth instead.
最后由 Azza ☠ 编辑于; 2019 年 2 月 23 日 下午 1:50
Cathulhu 2019 年 2 月 23 日 下午 2:39 
Actually, no. The device does not need to support beamforming itself to benefit from it. But it is better if both ends support it.
Azza ☠ 2019 年 2 月 23 日 下午 4:25 
引用自 Cathulhu
Actually, no. The device does not need to support beamforming itself to benefit from it. But it is better if both ends support it.

Ahh okay, well thanks for the correction.
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