sorting out my internet

for a few years my internet hasnt been runing quite right neither torrents or any p2p protocols are actualy able to download anything,

i have been told its an issue with the ip adress of the router and the data packets not knowing where to go but being rather ham fisted with a pc i just let things be and actualy payed for software... mostly.

now however im looking to get cubase and im not shelling out that much frankly, anyone care to explain what i need to do or whats going wrong? 

This site has guides fore most routers and programes.

http://portforward.com/

If you have an old linksys router, WRT54G, you need something different. Those boxes can only handle a limited amount of connections in it's state table (on the order of a thousand, and once you open one, it's open for at least 60 minutes, sometimes wither or not the connection gets closed or not. Bittorrent opens and closes hundreds of connections, constantly, so you can see how the little router will simply clog up after a few minutes of use, before the torrent has any time to gain any speed.)
The hardware in those little boxes is simply too limp-wristed to handle the mass of TCP connections that bittorrent throws at it.
You can flash custom firmware on it (DD-WRT, Tomato, etc) and raise the connection limit according to how much memory the device has, but in most cases you can't because they neutered it with 8mb of ram... And it's sort of an involved process that can turn your router into a brick if you do it wrong.


Edited by bitcore - 30 December 2008 at 8:17pm

Also don't forget XP has a limit of 10 concurrent TCP/IP connections.

bitcore wrote: If you have an old linksys router, WRT54G, you need something different. Those boxes can only handle a limited amount of connections in it's state table (on the order of a thousand, and once you open one, it's open for at least 60 minutes, sometimes wither or not the connection gets closed or not. Bittorrent opens and closes hundreds of connections, constantly, so you can see how the little router will simply clog up after a few minutes of use, before the torrent has any time to gain any speed.) The hardware in those little boxes is simply too limp-wristed to handle the mass of TCP connections that bittorrent throws at it. You can flash custom firmware on it (DD-WRT, Tomato, etc) and raise the connection limit according to how much memory the device has, but in most cases you can't because they neutered it with 8mb of ram... And it's sort of an involved process that can turn your router into a brick if you do it wrong.

Sticking Tomato on my WRT54G took about twenty minutes, was dead easy and I've never had any issues with heavy usage once I setup decent L7 QoS. Thing is, almost all 'consumer grade' routers are incredibly light on memory and it's not uncommon to get a max of 4MB spare after loading the OS on most routers on the shelves today.

The TCP limitation on XP is not what people think, and any results from increasing it are just a placebo effect. It will not really impact torrent usage, let alone normal browsing and emails.

sKs: On the Belkins you have to 'save all' or whatever they call it on the settings, then restart the router. I think it's under a 'tools' page somewhere in the interface. If you don't do this it won't apply the settings and will lose them on a reboot of the router.

I'd recommend µTorrent over Azureus as well.


Edited by toastyghost - 31 December 2008 at 1:55pm

COWFOOT wrote: Whatcha all think of Windows Vista?

Soon, I'll upgrade my CPU, and double my 2gb DDR2 mem, and get a separate Windows HD, so I can run Vista at the same speed I run XP now, without an upgrade.