P2P kills my network

AWBbox · 15 Aug 2007 at 18:53

Whenever I use P2P on any computer on my network (I use BitComet 0.91 as a client) the internet becomes pretty much unusable throughout the house even if the download speed is something like 10kbps (I cap the upload at 15kbps) Our connection is with Virgin Media and is an 8Mbit speed (apparently) Can anyone explain this and suggest a way to make it stop? Thanks.

allllec · 15 Aug 2007 at 19:01

what router you using?

also try limiting the number of connections your torrent client can make

AWBbox · 15 Aug 2007 at 19:04

The program limits the number of connections to 50. And my router is a Netgear DG834.

Street · 15 Aug 2007 at 21:38

Try limiting it to a lot less than 50.. I've found the Netgear routers very inefficient at dealing with too many connections, they just bog down completely.

I tend to use 2 upload and 15 down connections on my torrents, does the job fine and other people on the network can still browse the net and play games.

sidethink · 15 Aug 2007 at 21:58

Limiting your upload speed is likely more important too - means you need to seed longer to contribute but those are the breaks with ADSL.

Tripnologist · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:21

I had the same problem and it didn't matter what I capped my upload/download at either. I increased my TCP connection limit and it was all sorted.

doozer · 16 Aug 2007 at 12:19

If all that fails use a decent client like utorrent hehe.

ns400r · 16 Aug 2007 at 13:38

doozer said:
If all that fails use a decent client like utorrent hehe.

Utorrent isn't immune to this problem either.