i am using flashget as a torrent client and i have a paradyne router. everything was working well until recently when every time i start a download my entire dsl connection crashes forcing me to reboot the router and even less time the more torrents i download simultaneously. can anyone help?
2007-03-19 15:02:25 · 5 answers · asked by Luke S 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
It's probably not your ADSL service per-se. It's probably your router crashing.
check to see if there is a firmware upgrade to that thing. If it continues, I suggest you buy a router from a more mainstream manufacturer like Netgear or D-Link.
2007-03-19 15:49:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This also happens to me sometimes. Definitely set an upload limit if you haven't already. Also try switching the port being used, and make sure your firewall isn't blocking it. Also try downloading large files at night or early in the morning, or contact your ISP- some of them are douches and pull the plug on excessive bandwith use at "prime" times for downloading.
2007-03-19 15:17:07 · answer #2 · answered by Joe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a problem like that. I switched to Azureus and set the download and upload speed to 10 K. Then after a while if it doesn't crash, I up the speed one step at a time. It takes more time, but it doesn't crash anymore.
2007-03-19 15:10:26 · answer #3 · answered by cffdrnkr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try lowering the number of simultaneous connections and the upload speed. You are killing your router with too many connections
2007-03-19 15:12:45 · answer #4 · answered by axo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would advise getting rid of flashget
and get either
http://www.utorrent.com/
or
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
and download either of them or even try them both out to see what suits you better
use that for torrents
REMEMBER its all FREE
as long as YOU SHARE back what you take ;)
you may have to portforward you router
atb
2007-03-22 01:06:41 · answer #5 · answered by stevelaing 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋