[MLB-WIRELESS] Fwd: asus wl-500gp over asus wl-600

[Rohan Malhotra]

ok then, so for the sake of avoiding confusion, say all connectivity was
wired, would i then be able to prioritise voip packets over say http and
gaming packets?

On 10/7/07, Steven Haigh <netwiz at crc.id.au> wrote:
>
> >From what I understand, you're looking to apply QoS on the wireless side
> of
> things. QoS is a funny thing... It won't really do much in a wifi
> environment. On the radio side of things, you can't stop people sending
> you
> data. As the radio side is a shared medium, any QoS applied to it will not
> give the same results as on the wired side.
>
> When you get many people on an access point, because it is a shared
> medium,
> you will find that the performance will drop off exponentially until it's
> pretty much unusable. Such is the way with shared mediums - think hubs,
> cable nodes etc.
>
> If you're using things such as VoIP, which really does require guaranteed
> bandwidth, I would look at using wires - as wireless really won't suit
> your
> needs in your particular environment.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au
> [mailto: melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Rohan Malhotra
> Sent: Sunday, 7 October 2007 7:25 PM
> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] asus wl-500gp over asus wl-600
>
> hey there peeps,
>
> im trying to decide which hackable router is best for my situation.
>
> i basically need a router thats rock solid. a router with a good radio, a
> router that can handle hundreds of connections from multiple users,
> intense
> multi-user traffic, voip prioritisation and QoS for multiple users.
>
> since u cant buy the wl-500gp anymore (it seems to have been superseded by
> the wl-600) i was wondering whether anybody's had any experience with the
> 600 (according the openwrt site, it says it isn't fully supported as yet)?
>
> now i know quite a number of you guys have wl-500gp's , what have been
> your
> experiences with these so far in terms of my requirements. are any of you
> guys using these for internet sharing and hc p2p downloading (torrents,
> emule, ares). do any of you use them for voip?
>
> im presuming these models have both bigpond cable clients and pppoe/pppoa
> login clients?
>
> in terms of QoS, have you tried gaming/making phone calls and p2p at the
> same time!!? what about the wireless sensitivity/range is it gooooood?
>
> i must stress that it must be stable especially under duress!!!!!
>
> thx guys
>
>
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