Can a Router Limit P2P Speeds?

[succuba]

its not a port forwarding problem, i establised that in my first post

mmm... just checked your first post and there was no mention of port forwarding there.

Has your router got a hardware firewall and NAT. Just a suggestion but if you download Azureus and try that as a torrent client it has a NAT/firewall test under tools, running this will instantly tell you if you have a good clean connection or not, worth a try

good luck with this &

let me know how you get on

regards

succuba

 

[succuba]

I have problems with my router and bittorent. After a few days DNS starts failing. Apparently its to do with if you're really hammering bittorrent there are more simultaneous connections open than the router can deal with.

Maybe your router is maxing out.

I don't know if anywhere actually lists figures for routers max connections. It's not a usual quoted spec.

Slightly of topic but to give a possible answer to MichaelR -

If you are using WinXP SP2 then max connections plays a big part here. Mr Gates thought that he would do us a big favour and help protect us from Mr Nasty by bringing out a fix that would only allow the user to have 10 TCP connections opened at any one time, this in theory is fine but for ourselves who use multiple connections for torrents etc, just bottlenecks the downloads.

The good news that there is a patch to correct the TCPIP.SYS file to allow as many connections as we think fit, The patch is readily available and is easy to do. Just to reiterate the 10TCP problem only pertains to WinXP SP2

hope this helps

regards

succuba

 

[Dav0s]

done azureus.....it only passes the firewall test if i have upnp on...and even then it is majorly slow.

as much as i wd love to sit here trying to hope it is a software problem, as i said in my first post i have tried everything software related 10 times over...it isnt a problem with ports, software or firewalls.

i will try the firmware suggested above asap and then see how i get on.

 

[nathan]

not read the whole thread, but did someone tell you that bit torrent is slow anyway

 

[Eguy]

not read the whole thread, but did someone tell you that bit torrent is slow anyway

that is not true, depends on the tracker

 

[gazdude]

I used to use an old Conexant router which would slow things down terribly and crash if Bittorrent made too many connections.

My current router Belkin 4 port wireless jobby is working okay but overheats a bit

 

[CandN]

I switched over to Usenet to give my router an easier life. I now use BT sparingly for stuff I can't get elsewhere.

 

[succuba]

Just a thought Dav0s, your router has a demilitarised zone, push your computer through that to the internet. That in effect will cut out all your router settings including the firewall, as you stated in another post you are still protected via the XP firewall.

Worth a try in the elimination game.

regards

succuba

 

[nathan]

that is not true, depends on the tracker

doesnt depend on the tracker, it depends on how many people are uploading with a good upload speed.

I wouldn't rely on that, due to the fact that 9 out of 10 people shut bit torrent down as soon as their download has finished.

nath

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[Trippledence]

You may need to change the port your client uses to conect to the tracker, as many ISP's pick on the most common bitttorrent ports.

http://azureus.aelitis.com/wiki/index.php/Port_is_blacklisted

The Azureus user guide is very good, and the clients nice too, if not a little Ram hungry compared to uTorrent. Bitcommet, 0.60 can be a bad choice of clint as many private trackers block it.

 

[Yohji]

The newst version of Azureus is very good compared to older ones, the ram issue isn't really that much of a problem that I have noticed with a GB.

 

[Dav0s]

tried that tripple, like i said i think i can rule out configuration