PLEASE HELP MEHi all, i have a major internet/bittorrent problem at the moment and im hoping someone here might be able to help me, check my profile out for details, thanks in advance to anyone who even reads the problem....
sorry to use the board for this but i'm going nuts here.
Heres an angry kitten by way of thanks/apologies
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Wed 21 Apr 2004, 20:46,
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sorry to use the board for this but i'm going nuts here.
Heres an angry kitten by way of thanks/apologies
you using a dial-up modemor a broadband one?
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lazygamer VS tittybiscuits,
Wed 21 Apr 2004, 20:48,
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BroadbandBroadband, the whole description of what's up is in my profile (didn't want to hog the board)
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Wed 21 Apr 2004, 20:50,
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one of two reasons in my eyes then:1. your modem is having a problem with the port bittorrent uses to access the net. find out (using google for example) what port your bittorrent prog uses, check its allowed access via any firewall you have running e.t.c
2. your ISP is monitoring connections and blocking file sharing, including bittorrent. this would explain why it would download so far then pack in, as your connection would be refused, requiring you to reboot.
(2. your ISP is monitoring connections and blocking file sharing, including bittorrent. this would explain why it would download so far then pack in, as your connection would be refused, requiring you to reboot.
lazygamer VS tittybiscuits,
Wed 21 Apr 2004, 20:55,
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2. seems most likely to meyou could try using a client which allows you to choose which port you use for bittorrent traffic to try and eliminate both problems
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lemony,
Wed 21 Apr 2004, 20:58,
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I had something similarIt was caused by the fact that the DSL Modem was USB2.0 and the PC only USB1.1. The modem kept swamping the USB bandwidth of the PC causing the connection to die (and only resume after a reboot). I put a USB2.0 card in the box and it sorted all my problems.
In the interim, I found doing a ping -t of a well known site (pref. someone you hate) kept the connection alive, with the downside of slowing the bloody connection.
Not saying that's the problem, but might be useful?
(In the interim, I found doing a ping -t of a well known site (pref. someone you hate) kept the connection alive, with the downside of slowing the bloody connection.
Not saying that's the problem, but might be useful?
Linbox has a serious dunk habit,
Wed 21 Apr 2004, 20:58,
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I don't think thats itif its the same as my problem it only drops the connection when im running Shareaza and downloading Torrents
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Wed 21 Apr 2004, 21:01,
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CheersI'll check it out, anythings worth a try at the moment!!
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Wed 21 Apr 2004, 21:08,
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sounds more like a problem with your isp/modem/connection to me(
lemony,
Wed 21 Apr 2004, 20:50,
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CheersI'm starting to think it's my ISP too, though i do know other people with blueyonder broadband who aren't getting this problem so i'm still stumped
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Wed 21 Apr 2004, 20:52,
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happening on AOL too (for me)no comments needed about the quality of AOL broadband, believe me i know :(
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Wed 21 Apr 2004, 20:53,
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HmmDo you use a router as well as a modem? I'm a blueyonder user and a few weeks ago my connection kept falling over. It turned out that it was my bloody router/wireless gateway. Despite the fact that the fix was rebooting the modem. One new wireless router later and everything was happy again.
Don't use torrents, so don't know if Blueyonder are arsy about them.
(Don't use torrents, so don't know if Blueyonder are arsy about them.
foop,
Wed 21 Apr 2004, 21:03,
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No router..just the modem, might be using a router in the near future though so cheers for the advice, that goes to everyone who's replied, thanks people
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Wed 21 Apr 2004, 21:07,
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can't help you with your stealing problembut any chance of the sgt. pepper beta.com as a 1280x768 wallpaper?
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Wed 21 Apr 2004, 20:50,
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..I'll try and get one on my profile ASAP (in the next hour at least)
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Wed 21 Apr 2004, 20:54,
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Is it just the torrentor the entire web connection that stops?
If it is just the torrent, are you set up to automatically reseed and share the downloaded pieces? In some clients, download speed is limited by upload speed.
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Wed 21 Apr 2004, 20:51,
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If it is just the torrent, are you set up to automatically reseed and share the downloaded pieces? In some clients, download speed is limited by upload speed.
..It's every torrent i try, and then the whole connection goes kaput!!
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Wed 21 Apr 2004, 20:53,
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im having a similar problemmy connection just keeps dropping, it happened about 8 times in the space of an hour earlier
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Wed 21 Apr 2004, 20:51,
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Having read only the replies I am going to suggest something that's probably irrelevant.My router/modem kept dying recently and it was exaserpated by use of bit-torrent. However the actual problem was the fact that I was using the proxy DNS in my router/modem (a D-Link DSL 504).
The thing is that the proxy DNS could not handle more than a certain number of 'live' DNS requests (ie, those that hadn't timed out).
Using bittorrent was causing it to thrash the DNS proxy which eventually lead it to die on its arse (the router was running out of memory).
So, it's probably nothing, but it might be worth trying turning off any proxy DNS you have and pointing your machine at your ISP's name servers.
(The thing is that the proxy DNS could not handle more than a certain number of 'live' DNS requests (ie, those that hadn't timed out).
Using bittorrent was causing it to thrash the DNS proxy which eventually lead it to die on its arse (the router was running out of memory).
So, it's probably nothing, but it might be worth trying turning off any proxy DNS you have and pointing your machine at your ISP's name servers.
Hagbard ... it's been a long time.,
Wed 21 Apr 2004, 21:27,
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