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[DVS27t]

So I am just trying to get my settings such so that I can get a more consistent connection when gaming (like most everyone).  I play on both xbox360 and ps3 so I have various ports forwarded.  I have also watched my internet session logs to see which ports my consoles access and forward them so that they stay open (it seems that not all are listed on the various sites that recommend port forwarding, though they might not be important).

Firmware : 1.15
Hardware: A1
ISP: Cox Cable 25 meg down/ 2.5 up
Modem: Motorola SB6121






Not sure if I should post other screens.  I also followed the gamefuel reco's and disabled and enabled everything that it said to do. 

[DVS27t]

Also, I am wondering how I can get my wireless to speed up a bit... I typically get speedtest numbers like this one over wireless:



However, when wired I get these results (though my upload is usually faster)...



I am wondering how I can speed up my download to be more similar to my wired. This is a problem that I have always had.

Pingtest added

[XS]

Dang man, that is a lot of ports forwarded.  I have my router set up to the sticky with good results.  Did you notice a difference when you added all those ports to the rules?

Is your Xbox connected to your PC? I think the gaming rule lists, (not game fuel rules list) is used for the PC.  Lets see what Furry says, i am sure he will reply shortly with some good advice.

[DVS27t]

Dang man, that is a lot of ports forwarded.  I have my router set up to the sticky with good results.  Did you notice a difference when you added all those ports to the rules?

Is your Xbox connected to your PC? I think the gaming rule lists, (not game fuel rules list) is used for the PC.  Lets see what Furry says, i am sure he will reply shortly with some good advice.

I updated a few settings before posting this via the sticky, however the ports I had forwarded before did not change.  Because of this it is hard to tell if they made a notable difference over the basic ports listed in the sticky  I just played a few games on 360 and the hit detection on black ops was amazing. Still too early to draw a definite conclusion but the initial tweaks I have made are VERY good.  As I noted before, I logged all of the ports that my consoles would interact with and forwarded them.

[FurryNutz]

Wow, thats alot of port input. I presume that if it works for you then your probably good to go man.

I don't have a PS so I would ask those that do for there input here.

If you only have one device per platform, then ya using gaming over game fuel or in concert with is kewl.

For XBL, you only need to use ports 53 and 3074. Port 80 and 88 and the other are not needed. However I am curious about the other ports that I've never needs before. Use the specific remote IP address ranges specified in the updated section of the sticky. 65.52.0.0 and 65.55.255.255, these are the ranges for any MS and XBL.

There are only a few specific ports needed for PS and I think Hard Harry can help you narrow them down.

Initially using global ports and IP addresses was ok however as Hard Harry mentioned to me, might be better to narrow down the specific ports and IPs to use in stead. Same goes for PS. I'm going to work with Harry to update the PS sticky soon.

Speed testing is not accurate and not recommended as wireless has many variables and interferences that cause actual speeds to be not accurate. The only accurate test for speed testing is over wired. Just use the wireless modes most needed, generally G and N now days. A and B modes are older, slower and not used much any more.

[Kamikazi2142]

i used to have a PS3, many of you will remember back about 2 years ago i was heavy with the PS3, the best performance increase for the PSN is to DMZ it, and not even worry about the Port Forwarding, but if you have multiple PS3's then you'll have to set up some other form of networking, i only had one, DMZ'd it, and i would get around 30Mbps down on the PS3, being as the PS3 only has 802.11G you might wanna turn off your 5Ghz connection frequency and set your router to G only, this should increase your speed.

Furthermore, i have noticed a significant decrease in connection speeds with 5Ghz on this router almost as if the 5Ghz is greatly affected by range and obstacles.  i never tinkered with 5Ghz before the 1.2x patches, but, i do know that the radio signal strength was unintentionally affected by this FW, almost as if someone sneezed while writing the FW and lowered the default maximum strength.

Also, set your SSID to invisible, and enable MAC address filtering, and then disable all WIRELESS PROTECTION, the invisible SSID will help deter people from connecting to your SSID and the MAC address filter will prevent anyone from gaining access to your internet, this will provide a faster wifi for the PS3 without an encryption key handshake interval every some-odd seconds, the wifi encryption slows the wireless connection speeds, WEP is the fastest security for G, but doesn't work for N that well... or at all.

WPA/WPA2 are the highest encryptions i can think of, and directly related is their decrease in wifi speed.  N300 would be decreased to N240 or so, i don't use any encryptions, i just use the MAC filter and invisible SSID... recently though i think i disabled the invisible SSID, but i need not worry, the DGL-4500 won't get locked up or anything by X amount of ppls trying to connect, since i have a separate router handling my wifi as an AP to the DGL-4500.

try...
802.11G
2.4Ghz
MAC Address Filtering (Turn MAC Filtering ON and ALLOW computers listed to access the network)

be sure that the first computer you add to the list is YOUR current computer, so you can continue working on your router without having to reset your router back to default from a novice mistake by adding the wrong computer to the ALLOW list.

disable Wireless Protection, as it would be really redundant after MAC Filtering has been enabled.
Set the Wireless like this...

DMZ your PS3...

Enable MAC Filtering and allow only your known computers...