For what it's worth, I'm on Vista Ultimate, im connecting to a free public
access point. The problems is that every time i use limewire or download a
torrent to be more specific I get disconnected even more so than I usually
do. It happens right when the download starts. I'd like to know if maybe
the provider has some sort of block for downloading that doesn't even warn
me of such a thing, and just disconnects me from the network.
Fellsider
Full Member
Posts: 72 Registered: 11/11/04 Status: Offline
posted on 1/10/08 at 04:39
Very difficult, if not impossible to block current P2P altogether.
Sounds to me like you could be maxing out your providers router by the
torrent application demanding to many connections??
Either change the settings in Limewire to limit the number.
or,
Use Bittorent 6. Free to download. Read help and set it up
properly/acording to your available bandwidth/use it off peak, so you're
not hogging bandwidth on a community resorce.
Then go into options and limit the amount of globel connections.
Use speed guide to set realistic connection speed.
We had a bloke from Romania who used our hoby WISP to download only. Had to
power cycle the router twice a week till we nailed him, - and threw him
off. Never did find out what he was using, but we have responsable Limewire
and torrent users who give us no problems.
Use responsibly or your free access may well come to an end .
.