Crazy Gadget Guy tries to crash the D-Link DIR615 router.
I figured I’d go all out for this next one. I’d continue to do all the above plus hook up two more computers and do Windows updates and even more rigorous testing to try to get this router to crash. I waited for my sister and my mom to begin using their computers.
- I was in luck! My sister came back from a trip to Italy and was sending and Facebooking all her pics like crazy.
- My mom was checking email and streaming videos from news websites, while also surfing general websites.
- On my Airforced laptop I started downloading more HD clips in full 1080p from Apple HD and movietrailers.com. Just because I know you care, I was downloading Hitchcock, Flash of Genius, Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus in full 1080p HD using qtlite-an awesome freeware app with media player classic.
- On my SuperServer, I was playing Unreal Tournament 2004 online and transferring file backups from the guest computers I was working on.
- On both their machines, I was running Windows Service Pack 3 update on both of them and transferring files to the SuperServer.
- Last, in a futile attempt to get this router to crash and reset, I loaded my iTouch again for some media downloading.
The router didn’t even flinch and the gameplay was smooth as butter for UT2004 on max settings.
I did some research and it seems the wireless bandwidth on the DIR615 is around 300mbps, which helps explain why the router was rock solid during all this activity.
Miley Cyrus couldn’t get ME down
I did notice my iTouch antenna bars go down a bit during certain times (such as when I put it to the test with the HD clips and Ares on the other computers). I’ve come to the conclusion that this router has really, really and I mean really good QOS. It really knows when and how to distribute bandwidth.
I believe this is the Holy Grail for this generation of routers. My friend’s “gamer” Linksys, which costs almost $300 (the one with the funky decals on it with the flat antenna in the middle) couldn’t do all that without crashing.
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