I have an Arris Telephony Modem, Model: TM722G, DOCSIS 3.0.
Current Router: Belkin F5D8236, bought in 2008-2009.
I'm looking for a router that does port forwarding good most of all. I play a certain game (Modern Warfare 2) that uses port 28960 for match hosting. And for some reason, I cannot get it to work at all even when port forwarding, using DMZ, etc. I always get matched up with people half across the world, so I really want to open my NAT for this game, and I think the current router I have is the issue that keeps my NAT at "strict" even after port forwarding, UPNP, DMZ. When I tried just using my modem, the NAT was "open". This is my top priority as silly as it may sound.
I'm on 100 Mbps Internet with Comcast, but I usually get around 90-95% of that on a wired computer. And I get about 30-50% of that on wireless devices. So on the way of getting a router that can port forward better, I would go ahead and like to maximize my internet modem.
Lastly, I would like one that is good with interference. I live in an apartment complex, so there is a lot of wireless routers devices around that maybe cause some interference for my current router and internet. The wireless devices on my network are no more than 20-70 feet away from my current router in a one story apartment, so range shouldn't be a problem.
All our devices are compatible with Wireless N. My laptop’s network adapter only goes as high as 65Mbps. And my 360 has a wireless N adapter, but I’m not sure how high it can go. The rest of the wireless devices are phones.
Are there any recommendations? Do you think I have to buy a special router for this, or any kind of router at a store like Target or Wal-Mart?
I was thinking about trying another Belkin router like this one:
http://amzn.com/B005CUVPMK
Current Router: Belkin F5D8236, bought in 2008-2009.
I'm looking for a router that does port forwarding good most of all. I play a certain game (Modern Warfare 2) that uses port 28960 for match hosting. And for some reason, I cannot get it to work at all even when port forwarding, using DMZ, etc. I always get matched up with people half across the world, so I really want to open my NAT for this game, and I think the current router I have is the issue that keeps my NAT at "strict" even after port forwarding, UPNP, DMZ. When I tried just using my modem, the NAT was "open". This is my top priority as silly as it may sound.
I'm on 100 Mbps Internet with Comcast, but I usually get around 90-95% of that on a wired computer. And I get about 30-50% of that on wireless devices. So on the way of getting a router that can port forward better, I would go ahead and like to maximize my internet modem.
Lastly, I would like one that is good with interference. I live in an apartment complex, so there is a lot of wireless routers devices around that maybe cause some interference for my current router and internet. The wireless devices on my network are no more than 20-70 feet away from my current router in a one story apartment, so range shouldn't be a problem.
All our devices are compatible with Wireless N. My laptop’s network adapter only goes as high as 65Mbps. And my 360 has a wireless N adapter, but I’m not sure how high it can go. The rest of the wireless devices are phones.
Are there any recommendations? Do you think I have to buy a special router for this, or any kind of router at a store like Target or Wal-Mart?
I was thinking about trying another Belkin router like this one:
http://amzn.com/B005CUVPMK