D-Link router gives priority to games

Stuart Corner
Wednesday, 28 September 2005 18:35

Business IT - Technology

D-Link has announced what it claims is the first wireless router that gives gaming traffic preferential access to bandwidth over all other Internet applications, email and FTP transfers.

The product, GamerLounge uses D-Link's GameFuel priority technology billed as a "new intelligent packet processing engine integrated directly on the router which enables superior multitasking to each device on the network to perform heavy data transfers without compromising the gaming traffic." It recognises PC, Xbox and PlayStation2 games.

Priority is assigned through a web-based user interface which allows individual ports or port ranges to be configured to prioritise game traffic by selecting the game title from a menu.

D-Link claims it is also the first router to "brandish four 1000Mbps gigabit ethernet ports with up to 108Mbps 802.11g wireless connectivity..." It is available with a RRP of $349.95 inc GST.