First and foremost: please don't change settings in the router unless you understand exactly what the settings mean. Diong so will only cause more problems.


1. Do not disble the router's firewall- you'll be leaving your system(s) vulnerable to attacks from the outside world.


2. Do not change your connection type (connection protocol); set it back to the type for which it was originally configured.

PPPoE= Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PPPoA= Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM

PPPoE and PPPoA are the two common network transmission protocols used by DSL providers. Your router must be set to the protocol that your particular ISP uses; check with the ISP if you are unsure.


3. "High Speed Mode" (A.K.A. SpeedBooster) and "Frame Burst" are technologies that boost the max transfer rate of 802.11g wireless devices above the standard speed of 54Mbps. HSM claims a slightly higher speed increase over Frame Burst, but your mileage with either will definitely vary.


4. The Noise Margin (or Signal-to-Noise Ratio) is basically a measurement of the actual ADSL data signal strength vs the strength of other unwanted, interfering signals along the transmission line between your service provider's location and your home. The larger the Noise Margin number (measured in dB), the better the DSL signal quality.


5. For your game, what you need to do on the router is called "Port Forwarding". Your game communicates on certain network channels called "ports", and you need to tell the router to allow traffic between your PC and the Internet to flow through these ports.

For Swat 4, see this link for more info on port configuration.