FreeBSD Based Gaming Router

Posted by timothy on Sunday July 31, 2005 @02:03PM from the special-purposes dept.

Zaphoid writes "Lan Game Reviews has posted an article on how to use an old computer and FreeBSD distro m0n0wall to create a gaming router. Gaming routers allow users to use their full bandwidth for downloads and other high bandwidth apps, and low latency applications at the same time. By keeping packet queues on the router side, rather than the modem side. Users are able to achive great pings in online games, while fully using their download bandwidth. This is a great alternitive to expensive gaming routers on the market today."

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Gaming routers look pretty small, quiet and cheap by putko · 2005-07-31 14:14 · Score: 5, Interesting

Such routers seem to be under $100.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=gaming+router& btnG=Search+Froogle

I don't see how a loud, hot old PC is necessarily better. And if you want an embedded system, those are normally quite pricey.

I'm not convinced that using an old PC is the best way to go here. Hacking a WRT* might seem more reasonable -- but a lot trickier.

I really don't like having lots of big boxes around, humming. But then I don't like games either.

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