E3200 - This router doesn't work with gaming systems without headaches!

Question

I bought this router and can't get XBOX, Wii, DSI XL or PS3 to work right. Been on tech support and phone support for 13 hours toay and they say to send it back, Firmware updates, port opening, firewall changing and 5 techs with no real problem solving and they all had me do something different. It may work on XBOX LIve for a little bit but try to download or do updates and kicks it out. Had a Lynksys WRT300N for 4 years with no problems until the other day when the XBOX had gaming issues then was talked into buying E3200 from tech support as my WRT300N was shutting down. Signal strength is less than my older router with it dropping 20% while watching it drop in seconds. What a joke and time to move on to maybe a Netgear this time. It is a shame to drop quality but they sure did. It does however work great on my 2 laptops, iPhone and Vizio wireless tv but no good for gaming and don't waste your time!! Wish my old WRT300N was still working as had no problems with any gaming consoles working on it. Tech support was pretty useless when they are halfway around the world and most don't know what they are talking about!! Very disappointed with Lynksys Cisco!!

Answer 1

There might be some settings required in the router so that it gets the proper solution. If you are facing the concern of getting lag, dropped connections then you can try the following steps:
A] With the help of Cisco Connect Software (if at all you have installed the router with the help of this software)
1] Open the software and go to the option which says "Router Settings"
2] Then click on the option which says "Advanced Settings" which will take you to the router's configuration page.
3] Lower the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) from 1500 to 1400 or less (usually found on your router's main/ basic setup page)
4] Then go to the Wireless tab, keep network mode as mixed,
For Channel Settings of 2.4 GHz you can make Channel Width to 20 MHz only and Channel to 6, 9, 11..
For Channel Settings of 5 GHz you can make Channel Width to 20 MHz only and Channel to 40 or 161...
B] If you haven't installed Cisco Connect then you can log on to the router's user interface using it's default IP address in the browser which is 192.168.1.1 and type in 'admin' as the password leaving the username field blank. This will take you to the router's web interface and then follow steps as mentioned above to make the changes.
You should also make sure you upgrade the drivers for the WLAN card on your laptop computers.
Second, for best results, wireless-N routers should be paired with wireless-N adapters in the same way that wireless-G routers should be paired with wireless-G adapters.
Should there be a mix of wireless-G and wireless-N adapters connecting to the network, it would be best to set the wireless network mode to Mixed. This will allow wireless-G devices to have a stable connection to the network and will allow the wireless-N device to still connect to the network but will be performing based on the wireless-G speed.