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Problem downloading torrents
Javen
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So lately whenever I try to download anything from utorrent, it kills my internet after ten minutes or so. Not just slowing it down, but totally disconnecting it. AIM shuts down, Gadgets stop responding, the works. I don't think it's my router as much as it is my modem since if I just unplug the modem and plug it right back in everything works fine again, though if I try to keep downloading torrents the same thing happens. To my knowledge all of the ports are forwarded correctly, and it only seems to happen in the case of torrents. I don't think it's just utorrent either, since the same thing happened when I went to download the most recent WoW patch. Any help or troubleshooting would be appreciated.
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Of course, they'd never admit to it....
I have Comcast, and have already done a fair bit of research on bandwidth limitations.
They apparently exist, but they won't tell customers what they are. It's not on my bill, or my account page, I tried calling customer service and they told me they didn't know, and while they gave me a number for the "Network Abuse Department" the only option I have is to leave a message and have a rep call me back.
*edit torrents use a lot of connections which kill cheap routers.
You can usually adjust the settings to prevent this, though. Mainly reducing the max number of connections as well as reducing timeout times (particularly on UDP connections, for BT).
Best bet is to try reducing your max connections in uTorrent (or whatever you're using) first, as well as disabling DHT. DHT will bring a cheap router to its knees quicker than shit.
I'd bypass the router to verify its a router issue before changing settings.
Yeah, I'd agree with this.
Me too. One of the first things I do when having internet issues is to bypass the router. 90% of the time the router seems to be the culprit.
Ironically enough, taking internet calls for Comcast, I can agree with this.
I switched to Azureus and haven't had a problem since.
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this seems to have worked for the time being
Only bandaging the problem instead of getting it resolved. You should follow the other information in this thread to track down and resolve the issue.
There seems to be no cure to this point, or none I was able to get working. uTorrent would simply stop my net from working. I was able to test for packet loss with 0% packets lost and my connection was still "there" but IE7, Chrome or Firefox were unable to establish a connection. This was whether I had an active torrent running or not. I could simply have the program open with no uploads or downloads and still encounter the issue.
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=utorrent+slows+internet&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f
Yes, and the problem persisted.
it sounds to me like you're killing either your modem or router. One or both of them can not handle the connections and says "fuck this shit, I'm going to go lie down"
If you've had that modem for a long time then it is probably the problem.
It's a new modem as it's a new connection (May).
The other two computers on my network are able to browse/download without issue. One is a desktop that connected via CAT5 and one is a wifi connected Laptop.
Over here, they call it an acceptable usage policy.
I'd check it out.
I find that my connection drops exactly like you say yours does when I try to DC++ or open peer to peer connections in mIRC. I also know that my cat5 cable is fairly borked (I have to bend it certain ways before it will recognize the fact that it's plugged in) I guess what I'm trying to say is that maybe our cat5 cables are the problem. have you tried using a different cable?
unfortunately my cat5 cable is ~100ft long and wired through the house, so I can't really just swap the cable out to test. . .