Torrents & ADSL Router

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Hi there, I'm looking to get a new router as my current WAG200g disconnects whenever I even think about loading up uTorrent, I tried searching but the only results were a few years old and probably not relevant.

Which adsl router would you guys recommend that would be able to hold up well when downloading torrents and also have wireless G functionality, also has to have good range as that's one thing that our current linksys model does have.

Thanks very much for any replies.
 
There is no specific router thats good with torrents afaik however yes, DG834GT, few years old but always solid as a someone on viagra ;)

Iv been mine for years
 
DJMK4 said:
There is no specific router thats good with torrents afaik however yes
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There are several which are excellent however they are because they can run the newer tomato builds i.e. are cable routers like the RT-N16 with it's 128MB of ram.

For adsl, the gt is still the cheapest choice, but anything capable of running the dgteam will do. Just make sure you get your hands on 1012 :)
 
If you don't mind a little tinkering, you can pick up a second hand Cisco 877w for around £100. That's not too bad compared to the cost of premium mainstream routers.
 
I would love to see where you get your 877w's for £100 from.
Occasionally on 'a popular auction site' they're £180, but usually over £200.

Torrents like lots of open connections which gobble up RAM, the RT-N16 is a top notch router for these purposes.
 
DG834PN RangeMax™ Wireless

I download torrents at max 800-1000 kbps using this (using bittorrent), it is good at wireless G as well.

I do get nearly all my 8Mbps connection speed though with talktalk
 
Yamahahahahaha said:
I would love to see where you get your 877w's for £100 from.
Occasionally on 'a popular auction site' they're £180, but usually over £200.
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Popular online auction site.
Buy it Nows frequently come up for around £120, but the standard auctions usually go for around £100.

Maybe they've only recently come down in price, but that's been the situation for the past few weeks, I was keeping an eye on them and picked one up last week.
 
Limit the connections in your client.

Global connections: 200
Connections per torrent: 50
Upload slots: 5
 
Routers failing under torrents is almost always caused by bad time-out values in the firmware, limiting the number of connections simply increases the time required to crash the router.

Also, fyi, the umber of connections a client sets is based on line speed, it sets a number where overheads don't become detrimental. In reality, with throttling, other traffic or simply multiple users the number of simultaneous connections is determined by the router e.g. tomato builds with the speed mod can handle 8k although something like the RT-N16 can do more thanks to increased ram.

In any case, given the ops router I think cisco suggestions might be overkill :). Anyway that things so old it's be discontinued :-/

Edit: Actually, while you really should replace than ancient router, simply using a vpn will solve the crashes (router only sees one connection) but that's a temporary solution only.
 
Azuse05 said:
Also, fyi, the umber of connections a client sets is based on line speed, it sets a number where overheads don't become detrimental. In reality, with throttling, other traffic or simply multiple users the number of simultaneous connections is determined by the router e.g. tomato builds with the speed mod can handle 8k although something like the RT-N16 can do more thanks to increased ram.
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Increasing the number of connections can help if one is on a poorly seeded public torrent. Too many connections can be detrimental to HDD performance and reduce throughput.
 
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