Serjustin19 wrote: »As seen here. http://netgear.com/npg/xr500/?cid=us-nighthawk-srch&utm_source=search&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=q118-us-nighthawk-search&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2fmascH92AIVSk1-Ch0PIwNsEAAYASAAEgIGu_D_BwE
Pretty Pricey, some stores $350+ I'm getting it next month. I want to dungeons and trials. It's just eventhough I'm mostly on EU. NA I have problems as well, funny since my home country is United States. Many times I wrote support, many times they wrote me back. But we both at Stalemate. I'm just lucky I could do PvP in Cyrodiil (really hard in CP, but hard in Shor as well) Impossible to do Imperial City. Trust me I tried so many times, especially with dungeons/Trials, even maelstrom. I'm a healer and always have loved healer. But having a terrible Healer, not keeping his/her Comrades alive.
Due to my trouble Internet to ZOS servers (both NA and EU) it looks very outmost bad. But I'm just glad ZOS told me in my last support. That my 15Mbps Download and 2Mbps Upload (used to be 5. Until my ISP provider, downgraded every resendintal in my neighborhood to 2upload. To save money, but business plans have 5 to 10 Mbps upload. I tried to get business, I'm not allowed to. 13 acre farm not considered business)
My ping for EU is
and my Ping to NA is
So as everyone can see, my ping is good for EU, but why do I have high ping for NA? I'm from United States and at times, I do play NA. It's just same issues on EU. At times, but very rarely I play lag and freeze free. Despite my ping, but very rare. Hence got me thinking, I wonder if my ISP provider gave me a very bad Static IP address ($10) or someone got my IP address. Or if my ISP provider uses really bad route. But I'm leaning more towards, I can't really trust my static IP.
Hence I'm thinking of using a vpn to play ESO. This router can use VPN, just unsure which ones. But I really like I can see everything in my router and I'm unsure about the server thing in router. Sounds very interesting to. So I was wondering if anyone uses this new router from Netgear and how do they like it. Especially for gaming for ESO? Many thanks in advance.
VexingArcanist wrote: »An in-home router isn't gonna help your out-home connection speeds. Since this is a wifi router your first step to improving your in-home connectivity is to go wired.
That’s interesting. You’re basically taking a 100ms higher ping so that you can play EU on off-peak hours instead of PC NA during peak hours.
OP a router like that will only help if there is a lot of traffic on your network. Do you have roommates / family that you share a connection with?
Thing to understand about Routers is, once you reach a certain level of hardware, your going to have the same performance as it is limited by your ISP. Unless you have lots of people you allow to latch onto your router, then a better router can handle that better. Otherwise, your just spending money on performance you don't need and can't use. Better routers can have better Wifi performance, but if your gaming, your not using your Wifi for that anyway. If you are using your Wifi, then go wired for gaming.
To help choose a router, see this
https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/tools/charts/router/view
Serjustin19 wrote: »Hi all I've decided to get the router anyways. Eventhough I'm really glad for the comments I received and very thankful. However I recived my router and really love it. It might seem awaste to some, no offense. But my ping did go down to 175ms, most of the time for EU server. But that's without using the new features in the router.
I however was right, about my isp being vulnerable. I unsure if I'm allowed to change my static IP from my ISP provider or keep using it. But I was spot on about me being DDOS attacked, even though my passwords strong. I dont think DDOS attackers need router password? Highlighted in orange. I haven't turned on DDOS nor haven't tried gaming VPN. How can I stop the DDOS Attacks?
I now understand why my speeds get really low. Quit 5 minutes ago the DDOS attack, so I got my Speeds back again. Its just a pain, I could've done dungeons without freezing. I understand lag, ill still get. At least my pind did went down by self. Not much but still really good. But the DDOS attacks kinda really bothers me
Serjustin19 wrote: »Hi all I've decided to get the router anyways. Eventhough I'm really glad for the comments I received and very thankful. However I recived my router and really love it. It might seem awaste to some, no offense. But my ping did go down to 175ms, most of the time for EU server. But that's without using the new features in the router.
I however was right, about my isp being vulnerable. I unsure if I'm allowed to change my static IP from my ISP provider or keep using it. But I was spot on about me being DDOS attacked, even though my passwords strong. I dont think DDOS attackers need router password? Highlighted in orange. I haven't turned on DDOS nor haven't tried gaming VPN. How can I stop the DDOS Attacks?
I now understand why my speeds get really low. Quit 5 minutes ago the DDOS attack, so I got my Speeds back again. Its just a pain, I could've done dungeons without freezing. I understand lag, ill still get. At least my pind did went down by self. Not much but still really good. But the DDOS attacks kinda really bothers me
It is more common to see SYN/ACK scans being blocked in a home router's log than it is to not see them. Just because it is labeled as a DoS attack does not mean you are actually being the victim of a denial of service attack; it is just your router doing it's job and preventing port scans on your network.
That fancy, high dollar Netgear router is not going to perform any better than your average $60-$80 Netgear router... it is just going to have more configurable features, Gigabit ethernet, and faster LAN/WLAN speeds. Keep in mind, your throughput does not equally equate to your latency. You can have great throughput, and terrible latency and vice versa. You average around 15 Mbps download speed; this is MORE than enough throughput for gaming, and if you are getting 2 Mbps upload that your ISP advertises, this again is plenty for gaming as long as no bandwidth intensive services are running on your network causing bandwidth starvation.
Are you playing over your WiFi connection as well? If so, it's very possible that you have wireless interference on the 2.4 GHz band in your area. 2.4 GHz is a very crowded frequency; and only 3 channels don't overlap -1, 6, 11. In rural areas, which it sounds like you are since you mentioned farm land, it is VERY common for silos, grain elevators, etc. to house commercial wireless equipment (due to their height providing good line of sight for land based wireless links). Commercial grade backhauls, access points, etc. can transmit many miles. I would try a wired connection to your router if at all possible. If not, you can get an android app like WiFi Analyzer to see just how crowded both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands are around your area, best channels to configure your router to, etc. It wont see everything (only devices broadcasting) but it may help if you must use WiFi. If you are experiencing wireless interference (which more often than not causes very intermittent issues), then this can cause tons of latency issues because your dropped packets are actually being re-transmitted, which you could also try to determine by examining a packet capture from the PC you are playing on.
First thing first, have you changed the Router Password from Stock? Most Netgears come with a unique password, but it might be best to change it to something else, that you will remember.
Second, your not getting hit all that often really, more like 10 seconds apart. This is a "door knocker" attack more so that a denial of service attack. DOS's are hundreds of times a second. Here are some things you can do to lock down ICMP and essentially make your router non responsive to these attempts.
http://documentation.netgear.com/fvs336g/enu/202-10257-01/FVS336G_RM-06-09.html
The WAN part is what you want to focus on. I have these rules set on my Cisco Firewall and my logs are pretty much empty.
I noticed that I do not have Port 80 and Port 433 Triggered, just the 3 initial ranges supplied on the Port page in the Support Section.
About the whole Dynamic vs Static thing. The way DHCP leases are set up, your going to have the same IP for months or years if it's dynamic anyway, so a static does not really matter.
Also, have you locked down your router Wifi so it needs a password to access it? You can still be nice to your friends and family and give them the password. But , here is a neat trick. You can set up a DMZ for your friends and rate limit how much speed that zone gets saving you some bandwidth. I would go wired, see below, and turn off the Wifi to test if you have a bandwidth hog latched onto your Router.
Finally, no matter how good your Wireless Router is, you have to connect to it with an Ethernet Cable for gaming. WiFi has too many variables for consistent gaming performance.
Your router looks locked down by default. Also, the "attacks" are about 5 attempts from an IP, then nothing from that IP again. So, it looks like your firewall is doing it's job
That DNS leak thing is really for VPN connections where the DNS requests are sent over the unencrypted path. If your not running a VPN, this does not apply to you. In other words, I got a leak detection too, but I am not running a VPN. I think those are websites that are trying to trick you into getting a VPN
They may not let you change the name on the Router, but as long as you have a non stock password, your OK. I do see a bunch of failed login attempts from your LAN? Was that you? Or someone you know?
Cell Phone apps want all kinds of access, no matter who you get or what you use.
Have you ever tested your internet speeds with nothing attached to your ISP router, but say a laptop that is used to test the speeds? Have you called in a trouble ticket to your ISP for the speed issue? Are you on a cable modem or DSL or some wireless since your rural?