said by Siryak :

Ok I recently bought a new HP laptop that has an Intel BGN wireless network card. At my house I have a DIR-655 and for some reason I am getting completely random lag spikes or packet loss.(Bad enough that if I am playing a game it will drop m out of the game) It doesn't matter if I am using encryption or not. Then I can take it to my parents house on a very new Linksys N router(Not sure which one. It is one of the ones without an antenna) Anyway on this router I get no packet loss at all. Also I don't get packet loss with my other devices on the DIR-655. I am not really sure what could be causing this. Also it seems to become more stable on the DIR-655 when I operate it in g mode.(All of my other devices are g devices as well) The DIR is running I think the 1.12 version of firmware. Any ideas on what I can do to fix this?

Oh and one more thing. It is not really a big deal, but on my parents router and my colleges g router I am still getting spikes but only like 20-40ms spikes.

Edit: Forgot to add that on my parents Linksys N router the pings are not going any lower than 3ms for some reason. It is not a range issue because the router is only 1 room away.(This goes for the DIR-655 as well)

Edit: The Linksys N router is a WRT160N.

said by Siryak :

Ok I have been poking around and pretty much from what I read is the DIR-655 has atrocious software. I am guessing this is one of those pesky little bugs that it has with n devices and never showed up on my old g devices.

I have found that you can get a refurbished WRT160N for under $40 and I am considering just getting rid of this thing and getting one of those. Just to be sure though is there any other router that I might want to consider other than the WRT160N?

Edit: Ok the 160N may be a problem for me because gigabit ethernet is a must. I transfer to many files from my computer to my server for a 100mb ethernet. Any recommendations for a router with n and gigabit support?(Preferably one that is not too pricey)

Edit2: I just set the DIR-655 to G only mode and it ran over 1000 pings without a single dropped packet. It is definitely an N specific issue.

said by tipstir :

Yes that's why I wanted you to install iSSIDer and test it for yourself. Graphics and the meter running for 6 hours will show you how N really is. You really don't need a gig router you just buy gig switch and connect your systems to that and transfer the data. Since the internet doesn't have gig WAN yet.

said by tipstir :

Yes heat is an issue you don't want that type of router. You would need to buy on/off power timer to fix that issue. Where when you go to bed the router would be shutdown then when you get up the router would turn back on. This would be a daily event.

Belkin N+ doesn't over heat has gig switch ports with 832KB packet buffer. Next to that would be DIR-825 from DLINK. Frankly if you can hold on and wait for the Multi-stream N Wireless Routers to come out those are standard certified 802.11n routers. Not going to be cheap though.

said by Siryak :

Any idea how much those are going to be? I can handle G for a while if there is something better right around the corner. Personally I am a Linksys fan. The overheating issue is a major concern though. I still to this day have an old WRT54G v2 set up as an access point and it is still working like a champ. I wish there was a way to fix this D-Link router because it has been great other than this issue. So far I have not found any fixes for it and I have done several hours of googling.