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Routers

discussed in 108 posts, 2000-2005 · overall tone mixed

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WinRoute software versus a hardware router for online racing 2002-11-04 · 33 posts
Alison Hine asked whether to keep using WinRoute on a gateway PC or buy a hardware router, after latency and sync problems hosting GPL races. Schumi gave a detailed defence of WinRoute, while most others, including Marc Collins, recommended cheap Linksys or Draytek routers with port forwarding. Linux router setups were also suggested.
Linksys router setup for online sim racing 2002-05-18 · 25 posts
Dave Henrie asked whether a new Linksys router needed configuration for online racing. Replies said it works out of the box with one public IP, though hosting requires port forwarding. Posters disagreed on whether two people in one home could race on Sierra at once without separate public IPs, with suggestions to change ports in core.ini and forward them.
Router causes NR2003 online disconnects 2004-03-22 · 26 posts
Robin kept being kicked from NR2003 online races with a 'receive throughput fell' error after switching to ADSL. Suggestions ranged from background processes to router idle settings, and Mark Davison pointed to wireless routers as a known cause. Robin's tests showed the drops happened on a regular schedule, and a firmware update from SMC eventually fixed the problem.
3DMark 2001 benchmarks and nostalgia for DOS memory 2001-11-16 · 75 posts
Answering a question about 3DMark 2001, posters said it is a synthetic DirectX 8 benchmark that is useful for testing tweaks but poor at predicting sim performance, and argued over whether it favours nVidia. Goy Larsen criticised nVidia's driver churn and ATI's beta-quality releases. The thread drifted into running games with firewalls on, nostalgic boasts about freeing conventional memory in DOS for F1GP and flight sims, and Monty Python skits.
Choosing a router for online N4 racing on a home LAN 2001-06-29 · 20 posts
A new cable internet user asked how to share the connection between two PCs while racing NASCAR Racing 4 online. Replies recommended Linksys routers, debated DMZ versus opening specific ports for security, and discussed whether two machines behind one IP can join the same server. Eric Busch noted that setting a different net_server_port in N4's core.ini allows this.
Could DHCP lease changes cause online disconnects 2002-10-19 · 20 posts
Dave Henrie asked whether DHCP address changes on his cable connection were causing disconnects during online F1 2002 and NASCAR Heat races. Replies explained lease timing and that his router, not the PC, held the ISP lease, and suggested checking the router's lease, using fixed local IPs or updating Linksys firmware. Most thought the problem lay on the WAN side.
Choosing a home broadband router 2002-06-14 · 26 posts
Mick asked which router to buy to share a cable connection between two PCs. Recommendations included Linksys, Sohoware, Netgear and a Linux-based Freesco box, with notes on printer sharing and an ABIT KG7 incompatibility with Netgear NICs.