Routers.

[Jesta]

Thats what i thought, so i cant forward the ports. Cause they both need them.

[Hitman]

You need a router that supports full UPnP, which Dlink gaming routers do.

[Jesta]

I found another possible option.

Someone said if i disable the routers firewall then everything will run fine.

But im sure that comes with a risk.

Ill try that untill i get the money to buy that dlink router.

[Hitman]

Originally Posted by Jesta

I found another possible option.

Someone said if i disable the routers firewall then everything will run fine.

But im sure that comes with a risk.

Ill try that untill i get the money to buy that dlink router.

I don't suggest that, but I understand you got to do what you got to do. Might look into a beefier firewall for your computers. What router are you using now?

[oldman_gamer]

Maybe this won't mean anything but,my son has a Linksys wireless-G hooked up to my pc and had to disable the firewall to make it all work the way he wanted it to, and I do have a good firewall installed and have never had no problems,thus far.

[Boy'nBlack]

Hitman has a point. Even an older 54GS from linksys is...fine. At least for a basic wired/wireless network. Even for a wired only network, it's basically giving you free basic wireless capability. I liked the firmware, but it's open to many open source options like Sveasoft's.

I used the D-link 4500, and have no need for it to switch radios. I'm all N here. So I went back down to the 655 and it's bit for bit the same router...N only though. You pop a G on there, it drops the entire network. And the firmware? Pages and pages of SIDK (s**t I don't know). Again, it was $120 a long while back, and I'd pay that for the Gigabit wired side about the same time, and again offers up free wireless N in that regard.

File transfer a lot or just casual? Want range and a LOT more throughput wireless with low overhead? I can hold a lot of folks wireless and in unison before I notice the drag, and the gigabit wired side goes to the living room and Home Server so it doesn't effect the constant network use...and is always setting there is something needs added on or if wireless becomes an issue.

As far as firewalls go, hardware is prefered and you can forget software all together. The cable modem should have one, the router has an awesome 2-way one, and the software one is just another tier that you no longer need. I can see the log in the D-link, and the zone alarm went to zero action, caused more issues than it's worth, and it's been long gone. Also check that Windows isn't re-enabling it's cute little firewall. You only want one really, and could have 4 running. Bad.

[Jesta]

My current router is a netgear WPN824v2

A el cheapo from about 2-4 years ago :D