Routers with QoS (gaming routers): any good?

I'm about to set a ton DVD ISO torrents to start downloading, but I want to play Counter-Strike:Source as well. With the Linksys WRT54GC router I have wired to my computer, I usually end up with a really bad ping when I download stuff.

I've read a few reviews on a D-Link and Linksys router, but I can't really get reliable feedback from them. Would switching to a 'gaming' router let me download and play online games at the same time?

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No, because no matter what hardware you use, you can't change how much bandwidth you have available to you.

Learn how to use bandwidth limiting via software. That, or do your gaming online with nothing else running, like everyone else does.

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I've had some issues with my linksys Wireless G router. Apparently there are problems with it and bit torrent and tracking old connections.

You may want to look into this article here if you don't have the v5 of the GS with the newest firmware: http://www.utorrent.com/faq.php#Spec..._GL_GS_routers

Personally, I'm interested in replacing my linksys router but I don't know of a decent one to get that won't hurt my wallet too badly. I've heard netgears have overheating problems. I used to have a 3com and had bad luck with it and I don't like the company much. That pretty much leaves me with D-Link and companies I don't know very well. I'd like to hear some opinions though.

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It really all depends. If you're already making use of all the available bandwith for your downloads, then switching to one of them "gaming routers" probably won't do much. But if you ARE limiting your torrents already, then depending on what actual algorithm is used to limit your torrents, it might be possible to get better performances. If whatever client you use limits bandwith by sending or receiving the maximum amount of bits it can in a burst every second, instead of spreading data transfers over the whole second or whatever period it uses, then it's likely that your online gaming could be improved by a better load limiting algorithm, which your router could provide. On the other hand, if your client is already trying to make sure it does not send or receive data in bursts, a gaming router would do shit for you; the only solution would be to limit the bandwith allocated to torrents even further.

Of course, this assumes you can figure out just how your torrent client handles load restrictions. Don't count on it.

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I'm going with the best: WRT54GL. L is for Linux. Seriously the best QoS router period.

Also, closing this because no one knows what QoS is, except for Kalekkan .

I was speaking idiomatically.