Comments on: Intermittent Bandwidth Throttling

By: kyle

kyle — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:27:24 +0000

or alternatively, how many connections are qwest modems able to handle? you could always change your bittorrent settings to avoid exceeding the max.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:27:50 +0000

Yes, if someone could recommend a good 3rd party modem that’s verified to work with Qwest DSL and won’t buckle under these conditions, please let us know! Thanks!

By: Anybody

Anybody — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:51:52 +0000

But what is a good DSL modem?

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:44:06 +0000

@Kevin Davies: That definitely makes sense. I've been toying around with buying a 3rd party modem (from Newegg or something) that I know doesn't suck but I wasn't sure if that was the problem. It's very nice to know that it's just the modem, and not the connection itself.

Thanks!

By: Kevin Davies

Kevin Davies — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:37:01 +0000

Hey Robin, what your experiencing is your router crapping out due to too many incoming/outgoing TCP connections. It's not because of the speed at which you are downloading (hence why it still happens when you're only downloading at like 30k).

The most immediate solution is to simply put a cap on how many TCP connections your bit torrent client will allow. Most clients have an option for this in their preferences. Right now I have mine set to 200 max connections. I used to experience the same thing as you but it's working fine now. The only downside is that since you are connecting to less peers/seeds there is a chance that on some torrents you might not be able to download as fast.

The best solution is to just buy a router that can handle a high number of TCP connections. The DSL modem/routers that Qwest provides all seem to have problems with this, so it's best if you just put your modem into transparent bridge mode and then add another router into the mix for routing traffic. Hope that helps.

By: Davis

Davis — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:24:19 +0000

I recently purchased a new "2 wire" qwest wireless modem. Prior to this purchase, I was able to view streamed netflix movies with no problems on my home computer. With the new modem, I am virtually unable to view the whole movie without it telling me I am having internet problems. When I stay at a hotel with a good wireless connection, I have no problems at all viewing netflix movies. At home though I am hardwired and even the regular web page at netflix has problems loading. I am wondering if it could be the modem as you all have described here except that it isn't Bit Torrent but is netflix.

Any suggestions?

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:10:23 +0000

Yeah, I’ve been using a hardwire (Ethernet) lately, without any issues whatsoever.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:04:35 +0000

It most likely is your wireless. I have used about twenty different routers with three laptops, and each of them drops the connection under a heavy load such as Downloadthemall or bittorrent.