Re: [PLUG] BitTorrant and routers

["Will Dyson" <will.dyson@gmail.com>]

On 2/9/07, Doug Crompton <doug@crompton.com> wrote:
> I suspect more then a few are using Torrant SW on this list. While I have
> primarily used it in winXp this is more a router question. I am using
> Linksys BEFRS41's here and I am having lockups issues when running
> Torrent. Goggling for this, it seems that this is a common issue with this
> and other Linksys models and there does not seem to be a satisfactory fix.
> I suspect that they cannot handle the number of open connections in a
> NAT'ed environment.
>
>
> The consensus is to go to Dlink routers. Anyone have any comments on this?

I had that router for a while, and it behaved exactly as you describe.
I also think that the rate at which connections are made and dropped
with BT is part of the issue. I suspect that it was not removing old
connections from the NAT table quickly enough, and would end up
overflowing the table at some point.

The solution is certainly to ditch that old router.

I would, however, break with this consensus in favor of Dlink routers.
I don't have anything specifically against Dlink (although I've had
enough problems with Netgear to avoid them at all costs).

Instead, my recommendation is for any router that is capable of
running 3rd party firmware (such as openwrt). The vendor-supplied
firmware on these units is pretty good and (for those with a little
hacker-fu) the 3rd party firmware really lets the hardware shine.

If you don't need pre-802.11-N capability, the Buffalo WHR-G54S simply
cannot be beat at around $40 retail.

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Will Dyson
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