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Improve Response Time by Using the Geo Filter
The main cause of lag in console games such as Call of Duty, Destiny, FIFA, and many others, is the distance
from you to the host or server of the game. The Geo Filter can limit the distance of these hosts or servers
by blocking all hosts or servers outside the range that you can specify. This allows for improved response
time and might lead to fairer games.
Configure and Use the Geo Filter
By default, no devices are added to the Geo Filter and the filter is not in effect. To start using the Geo Filter,
you must add a device, specify the country or state in which your device is located, and set the distance
radius for the filter.
To configure and use the Geo Filter:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the router network.
2.
Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3.
Enter the router admin user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in.
The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard displays.
4.
Select Geo-Filter.
5.
To add a device to the Geo Filter, do the following in the Devices pane:
a.
Click the ADD DEVICE button.
The Geo-Filter window opens and displays the detected devices.
b.
Select your device.
c.
Click NEXT.
d.
Select a service.
If your device is a console, console services display. If your device is not a console, nonconsole
services displays.
e.
Click DONE.
The device is added to the Devices pane.
If your device is a console, by default, the Filtering Mode radio button is selected for the device,
which means that the router blocks connections outside your distance radius to force your device
to use a host or server inside your radius. We recommend this setting for console games.
If your device is a not console, by default, the Spectating Mode radio button is selected for the
device, which means that the router does not block connections outside of your distance radius.
We recommend this setting for most computer games which do not require filtering.
6.
In the Geo-Filter Map pane, below the Geo-Filter Map menu icon, click the player icon and move the
icon to the map, more specifically, to the country or state in which your device is located.
You can use an approximate physical location. If the map view is too small, click the magnifying glass
icon, move it to the continent in which your gaming device is located, and click the icon again.
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