Would buying a better router, strengthen my Xbox Live Connection?

Question

When I was buying routers, my dad made get a cheap one instead of the one I wanted. The one I have is Belkin, and it was much cheaper than a linksys one, I wanted to get a linksys one. I know that Linskys is better than the one I have. All the time when I am playing I lag a whole bunch, because my sister plays on the computer connected to the router.

Answer 1

the answer is NO if you are connected to router by the wire.

If you are going to use the wireless for the Xbox to connect to the router, then you have to make sure the signal strength is strong enough. In this case Linksys might be a better choice as it has a better transmit and receiver antenna.

the lagging of the game might be cause by 2 of you playing game at the same time. If your broadband speed is only 512KB then definitely you need to upgrade to a higher broadband speed.

Answer 2

It wont matter. If you have a computer and your xbox both fighting for bandwidth, you will lag everytime. Its probably not the router, its your internet connection speed. Even with a faster connection, the computer will still bog you down if playing at the same time.