Netgear hardware meets DumaOS. The importance of a fast, stable and secure connection within the home has placed renewed focus on the once-humble router. Today's latest solutions are designed to serve as the home's central hub, with dizzying speed claims, the ability to service multiple wireless clients simultaneously, Gigabit LAN, and centralised file sharing featuring as the most common value adds. The next item on the hit list appears to be gaming optimisation, with many of the key names in the industry presenting new gear designed to minimise lag and latency in favour of smoother gameplay.

Truth be told, the first gaming routers to appear on the scene were merely masquerading as a gamer's best friend, but recent additions have proven that network optimisation can enhance the in-game experience. One of the best examples to date is the WRT32X, a collaborative effort between Linksys and Killer that can detect and prioritise network traffic to ensure latency-sensitive data is given right of way.