ADSL Modem - worth buying a router for bandwith management?

Hello,

I have just bought a TP-LINK TD-W8951ND(ADSL modem). I am really a newbie when it comes to wireless confirguration, so some help would be great!

From my readings, I have come the conclusion that this modem is bad for bandwith management like for example, sister netflix having a huge impact over my online latency.

Therefore, would buying a gaming router to manage WiFi be recommendable?

If so, any recomendation on which to buy? I really need something that can divide my bandwith (5mbps) in half or have a good QOS/throttling capabilities. Also if this "gaming" router could be used as a repeater, that would be great.


Thanks in advance!

 

I don't think it makes sense to buy a separate router at this point. If you wanted to build such a setup you should have bought an ADSL modem-only solution and a router on top of that.
You still can bridge your modem/router and attach a router to this setup but you would be over-paying for that slightly.

I would try to set up QoS and see how it performs.

If that doesn't cut it the best solution is a router that supports Gargoyle firmware (i.e. TP-Link TL-WR1043ND). This allows you to set up quotas for users- i.e. you can use the Internet at full speed on certain days, or everyday but at certain hours or at full speed until a daily/monthly quota is met and then throttled.

Gargoyle has a very powerful yet easy to set-up bandwidth control utility.

In future don't buy combo devices. Third party firmwares (DD-WRT, OpernWRT, Tomato, Gargoyle etc.) do not work and will not work on devices with ADSL SoC.
Therefore you can't install any firmware other than a factory one on your device and you would have to buy a separate router just to install it and use features you need.

 

Alright, so I think I will buy that TP-Link TL-WR1043ND to connect it to my current modem/router. Will I experience any decrease of wifi when connecting through that router(while not using gargoyle)?


Also, could I use this router be used as a repeater yet still use gargoyle?

 

No- not really. Each firmware has its strengths and weaknesses but stock TP-Link firmware is good to the point that I wouldn't recommend switching from it to a 3rd party one unless you need specific features that are not available in stock firmware.

 

Thanks Downloads. But as for using it as a repeater for the second floor, can I use it with gargoyle aswell?

 

You can use a router with Gargoyle as a repeater but I don't understand how it's supposed to be set up.
You would have a wireless router attached to a bridged modem and that router would also work as an access point.
Then you would need another Wi-Fi router to work as a repeater.

 

I'll try to explain how my setup would be. Tell me if it is correct.
My dsl line is in the first floor therefore my modem/router is connected from there. Since we all use our computers in the second floor, a repeater to extend the signal should be placed in the second floor. I would try to cable the dsl line so that I could use the modem there, but my parents don't want to.

In case I can't use it as a repeater with gargoyle functionality what about this setup:

ADSL modem ->wire connection-> TP-Link TL-WR1043ND. From there I use a repeater I have spared for the second floor and connect it to the TP-Link TL-WR1043ND(first floor) .

So, while TP-Link TL-WR1043ND has gargoyle, will the spared repeater in the second floor work with gargoyle bandwith management?

 

Repeater doesn't have any impact on bandwidth management on the router so it would be fine.

It could be possible to use your old modem in a bridge mode and TP-Link TL-WR1043ND as a router and set your new modem/router on the second floor as a repeater only.

 

Hey really thanks for your help! I will seek for a Technic guy to set me up this plan. Hope it works so everyone gets a more fair bandwith.