I have a Netgear WGR614 router (firmware v9).
Refreshing the server list in RO2 makes the router choke. If I quickly click the "Favorites" tab so that only a few servers are refreshed, sometimes I'll be OK... but getting replies from a bunch of servers at once kills my internet. This also happens for the server browser in steam games like TF2, but they seem to be able to handle far more server replies before choking the router.
Sometimes I lose internet connectivity completely, and at other times only the server list stops responding and I can still browse the web, ping google.com, etc.
Can anyone either:
1. Recommend some tools I can use to see exactly what's choking? I'm not sure if my router is blocking traffic on one port, or only blocking one protocol, or what. Hell, maybe my ISP (comcast cable) is throttling traffic because refreshing a bunch of server IPs at once looks malicious to them, but I have no idea.
or
2. Recommend a good, high-end router that can handle this and never craps out when refreshing server lists in any game, ever. I've gone through SEVERAL ****ty consumer-level routers and they've all had this problem. I'd like to make sure that the next router I buy doesn't do this. =[ Please note whether you've been able to confirm that it won't crash when spamming "refresh" on the server list in RO2 as well as any other games you play.
Refreshing the server list in RO2 makes the router choke. If I quickly click the "Favorites" tab so that only a few servers are refreshed, sometimes I'll be OK... but getting replies from a bunch of servers at once kills my internet. This also happens for the server browser in steam games like TF2, but they seem to be able to handle far more server replies before choking the router.
Sometimes I lose internet connectivity completely, and at other times only the server list stops responding and I can still browse the web, ping google.com, etc.
Can anyone either:
1. Recommend some tools I can use to see exactly what's choking? I'm not sure if my router is blocking traffic on one port, or only blocking one protocol, or what. Hell, maybe my ISP (comcast cable) is throttling traffic because refreshing a bunch of server IPs at once looks malicious to them, but I have no idea.
or
2. Recommend a good, high-end router that can handle this and never craps out when refreshing server lists in any game, ever. I've gone through SEVERAL ****ty consumer-level routers and they've all had this problem. I'd like to make sure that the next router I buy doesn't do this. =[ Please note whether you've been able to confirm that it won't crash when spamming "refresh" on the server list in RO2 as well as any other games you play.