Torrents & internet connection problems. [Please Help!]
 

Okay this is long past due. I should have posted this about a year ago but now I am completely sick of this.

I use Azureus. I usually have 10-20 or 30 running torrents at the same time from the following trackers. Oink, TranceTraffic, BlackCatz, Torrentspy, & MusicVids.

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Usually the internet disconnects when I am downloading movies off torrent spy. I have no idea why this happens. It happens everyday when I am downloading movies. The connection always drops. Each day I get home the internet is disconnected.

I do have wireless. I do have my incoming TCP / UDP listen port set to 62222 In Azureus and I believe forwarded in my router options. I believe I have this port forwarded for one of the torrent sites. At the moment I can't remember why. That's just the way it always has been. Please help.

Torrentspy isn't a tracker, it indexes torrents on other trackers.

Do you use comcast? Your problem doesn't sound like a symptom of the bullshit comcast is pulling re: torrents, but maybe you should check your ISP against this: http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Bad_ISPs

It could just be your router or something. On our old router, everything always went fine, though on this new one, if I'm uploading at full whack, I can expect my IRC connections / MSN / torrents to lag or lose connections and etc. So I always just limit it to a little under my max upload bandwidth.

I personally think it might be the router. My experience with routers is they might 'crash' if too many connections are being made. Torrents are particularly taxing. Connections are continously made with alot of peers, and if you're downloading multiple torrents at a time, it gets even worse.

A router has a specific limit for the amount of connections it can handle. You could check the options in Azureus to see if limiting the amount of connections per torrent will solve your problems. Alternatively, you could consider downloading not as many torrents at the same time. 10-30 does seem like alot. Try using 3-5 at a time. If either of these help, it is likely the connections limit that is the bottleneck.

Agreed. You're downloading way too many torrents at once. Reduce the number and your speeds should ncrease.

Honestly. I thought 5 torrents at once was a bit much...

Your router is crapping out. Limit the number of torrents, max simultaneous connections and half-open connections.

I know it's personal preference, but Azureus is a terrible resource hog. I recommend using a lightweight client such as uTorrent.