Linksys Network Optimizer for Gaming and VoIP

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Binding: Electronics Brand: Linksys EAN: 0745883572243 Feature: Product Type - Networking Accessory Is Autographed: 0 Is Memorabilia: 0 Label: Linksys Manufacturer: Linksys Model: OGV200 Modem Description: None Publisher: Linksys Studio: Linksys
Features Product Type - Networking Accessory Warranty - 1 year Buttons -- One Reset button Cabling -- Type RJ-45
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Editorial Reviews: The Network Optimizer for Gaming and VoIP from Linksys streamlines your home network for next-generation Internet applications. By applying various Quality of Service (QoS) techniques to your network traffic, the Network Optimizer makes sure time-sensitive applications like online gaming and VoIP calls run smoothly.The Network Optimizer sits between your home router and broadband cable or DSL modem, and monitors the data going through. It automatically determines what data is time-sensitive and what isn't, and prioritizes delivery of that data to its destination, ensuring the best-possible performance for the various types of data that go through your network.Traffic prioritization helps make sure that your online games don't lag when someone else on the network is surfing the web or sending email. Voice over IP phone calls sound cleaner. Outgoing streamed video from your Internet Video Camera runs smoother.And the best part is that the Network Optimizer takes care of prioritizing the data automatically, with no user setup of QoS policies required. After a simple installation it gets right to work, enhancing your network's performance and helping you get the most out of your high-speed Internet connection.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Made no difference Comment: I have Vonage VoIP service. Call quality is acceptable most of the times. Call quality is bad when I am downloading and uploading torrents. Thought this device may help by managing the available bandwidth well. Followed the instructions, got it installed and was expecting improvements during torrent activity. Made no difference. Call quality remained as bad as it was during torrent downloads and uploads. Tried tweaking few parameters at the console. Did not help. Overall, no improvements by using this device. Going to return it. Planning try Hawking broad band booster and see if that help. Customer Rating: Summary: Works as advertised Comment: The Linksys OGV200 has saved my Vonage. My side of the call has always been perfect. Often and only after Comcast took over from Adelphia, the downstream side of Vonage calls broke up so much that the people I called could not understand the conversation and it became necessary to disconnect and use a cellphone. After accidentally running across the OGV200, I made the purchase with little hope that it would solve my Vonage/Comcast problem. Was I ever wrong. To my knowledge, since I installed this little device, Vonage has been perfect to the point it's almost unbelievable. Worth note is that this problem did not exist with Adelphia, only Comcast. My Comcast service has been fine, but Comcast obviously changed some things when they took over Adelphia that did not agree with Vonage. Customer Rating: Summary: Awesome Essential Item Comment: This little item improved the quality of the calls immediatly. No more dropped calls. We telephone family around the Globe with our Voip Telephone. This works seamlessly. Of course you cannot get out of the natural law of physics. Your bandwidth is your bandwidth. You cannot get a gallon out of a pint! But what you get is a very orderly and smooth operation of your data flow through your internet pipe. I recommend this to ANY person with a family and a Voip Vanage Telephone. Customer Rating: Summary: The OGV2000 really works. Comment: Before the OGV2000 was installed in my network, my VOIP calls teetered between "fairly acceptable" and "somewhat garbled". After the OGV2000 was running in my network, the quality of my VOIP calls really improved. When I made my first call with it, the party I called thought I was just next door. The background rumbling noise that usually accompanied my past calls was greatly attenuated and the voices of both parties came in strong and clear. Installation couldn't be simpler --- the OGV2000 is plug-and-play. Truth be told, I bought the OGV2000 based only on what the manufacturer said it would do in the advertisement. I'm glad I bought it. Buy the OGV2000. It works well for VOIP! By the way, I'm installing another one in my brother's home because he complains that in his VOIP calls he hears his called party clearly but his called party says that his voice comes in so choppy that his sentences are completely unintelligible. I'll give you feedback in another review. Customer Rating: Summary: Works as advertised Comment: This thing does exactly what it says it will do. Connect it between your modem and router and it gives priority to your outbound VOIP packets. To be satisfied with this product you have to understand what it can and can't do. All it does is give priority to RTP packets (those send by gamming and VOIP applications) during periods of heavy upload activity (e.g. using P2P applications). It can't do anything about inbound traffic as these are typically caused by bottlenecks on the internet. Don't buy this thinking it will improve call quality or lag on MMPOG (World of Warcraft, etc.) across the board. It won't. This thing works beautifully for me and has for well over a year. More Reviews