Can a Router Limit P2P Speeds?

[Dav0s]

So my crappy £20 router from ebuyer has been ok i suppose...but since using I have never been able to get really good speeds from torrents. I know it so easy to say that I havent configured correctly, and until recently I would agree with you, but I have done everything humanely possible 10 times over.

So, is it possible for a poor router to find it hard to manage so many incoming conenctions? or am i jus an ass who has configured it wrong.

ps. before you say it, you cna get legal things on torrents ya know

 

[FarFarAway]

Yeah I spose routers are like any other peice of hardware mate. You get what you pay for. My friend had some POS that gave him cap speeds and I got him to buy a nice Belkin one and this increased his speed

Having said that - what cable do you have going to the router? Is it Cat 5e/6? That can make a difference

 

[Dav0s]

its cat5e...but thats 100mb/s

and it aint that cos its only torrents

 

[Toxteth O'Grady]

Have you tried changing the MTU setting in your router?

Does your ISP use traffic shaping for P2P?



TOG

 

[Dav0s]

i dont know the answers to any of thse questions....but if it helps im in cable intrnet

 

[Toxteth O'Grady]

If you Google for "cable internet mtu tweaking" there's plenty of help.

Also worth checking the forum for your ISP here to see if it's a wider problem than just you and you should also find out if your ISP throttles P2P traffic.

HTH



TOG

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Its most likely to be the remote users connection rather than your's not allowing you to use full speed. If your router is origo/safecom, it should be able to run Billion firmware which is far better than the one that it comes with.

 

[Dav0s]

it is safecom.....so i can change firmware eh....

link?

 

[Phnom_Penh]

it is safecom.....so i can change firmware eh....

link?

Which model is it?

 

[Dav0s]

this one...

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=52897

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Don't think that one can, I have the same one and use it mainly as a print server, what firmware is your's running at the moment?

What speed cable do you have?

 

[Dav0s]

2mb cable...

version 01.00.00.11

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Hmmm,

Im using 02.00.00.04 here... also what p2p are you doing? torrent?

 

[Dav0s]

among other yes.

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Ok well firstly, heres a link for the latest firmware.

and secondly, the most recommended torrent is bitcomet, but other torrents that support upnp should work just as well, as long as you enable upnp on the router.

 

[Dav0s]

1. i use bitcomet

2. upnp on my router makes it d/c every noe and again, so i cant use it. however i have opened the port manually.

edit: really should be giing you reps mate, this is top advice btw appreciate it

 

[FarFarAway]

Yeah top advice already repped

 

[MichaelR]

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.

 

[succuba]

Dav0s

It may be a port forwarding problem, go here

http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm

there is three safecom routers there, this site will show you how to set up your router.

hope this helps

regards

succuba

 

[Dav0s]

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