On 19 January 2011 23:31, Barry Titterton < barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 23:11 +0000, Bill Cumming wrote: > > > > > I've a Netgear DG834gt Router with custom firmware, > > > > It does the same! With me It's a problem with the way the router > > handles ports, > > It only happens when i'm downloading many torrents, causes the routers > > wireless not respond. > > > > My router stands vertically with a 4inch gap all around it in a room > > with no central heating on (it's around 16c in the room) so don't > > think it's not an over heating problem. > > > > It sounds more like a problem with the drivers of the wireless, Can't > > remember where I read it but there's something about the number of > > ports the router can open and the speed the connections are recycled > > causes the drivers to effectively "crash" if it happens too quickly. > > > > As I said, it only happens with me If I'm downloading multiple > > torrents and they all try to open more than 256 ports each.. > > > > -- > > Regards > > > > Bill Cumming > > > > Twitter: @s0l_uk > > Skype: s0litaire > > eMail: b...@s0l.co.uk > > I have also had a problem recently with my DG834GT, which suddenly > started dropping connections. I traced this to the channel that I was > using. The router defaults to channel 6. I changed to channel 11 and the > problem went away. I think that one of my neighbours must have bought a > wireless device such as a base station telephone which was swamping the > signal for channel 6. It is worth a try as it is simple to change and > will not cost you a penny. > > Barry > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > My setup is a WRT54G2. If I try to torrent a distro, my Missus can't access the internet at all. I have always assumed Virgin where "traffic shaping", basically stopping people downloading torrents (most of which are probably illegal!) and swamping the network. This also happens if I download a torrent in Windows, so it is not just a linux thing.
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