What is a good gaming router?

What is a good gaming router?

• my router is the WRT310N and we pay for apparently "high speed internet" although it could just be hooey. Anyways, my internet speed is sucky when playing on xbox live or steam. I am looking for a GOOD-GREAT router for gaming. One that will give me high speed downloads and high speed uploads. Money is no object, however a suggested area of which i wish to spend is around the $200 or more. Any suggestions?

• Answer:

  Here are some experiences some users have about the router.. "I use a Linksys WRT54G v3.1 router, I game almost every day with a ping to my usual server always in the 20-30 range, never lagged out, etc... But the problem with most Linksys routers is that the stock firmware isn't very good. I use OpenWrt, but unless you're familiar with Linux, you'll want to try a different firmware, I would recommend DD-WRT." "As for me, I'm no router expert, but I've been using a Linksys 802.11b router running at 11.0 mbps, and it works great. However, most 802.11b stuff isn't even sold in stores nowadays, since we have 802.11g and soon to be 802.11n. I've recently (like, 11 hours ago) replaced it with a Belkin 802.11g router at 54.0 mbps. Just go to Google and type in "router reviews" or something along those lines, it's definitely wise to go into a product purchase with an informed decision." See... http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/59442/ Good luck!