Linksys OGV200 - Network Optimizer for VoIP & Gaming
Note: Now this sounds like a useful device, with more people having multiple people on one broadband connection and running more services like VoIP and PC / Console gaming machines (PS3, XBox 360 & Wii). I need to get my hands on one to test it myself. Price point isn't too bad either for the average some-what broke gamer.
"We use Vonage for the main Geek.com line and recently we were experiencing choppy audio during some conference calls. In some cases we couldn’t be heard while other times we couldn’t hear the caller. Figuring the drop out was due to my not prioritizing the VoIP traffic on the router, I was about to do some customizing when I decided to give the OGV200 Network Optimizer a go."
If you’re not familiar with the OGV200 Network Optimizer, it’s a little device that performs automatic prioritization of packets by using a variety of Quality of Service techniques.
Basically, it determines what’s higher priority and sends it through. In theory that means that being on a voice call should be higher priority than checking for e-mail. Setup was pretty straight forward since it’s just the Optimizer and then a power adapter and an ethernet cable.
The instructions walk you through putting it in place but you’re basically just placing it in between your home router and your cable modem. I did as instructed and then waited until I was on my next conference call to see if I noticed a difference.
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