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Gareth · 16-03-2007, 01:38

Yep, the Linksys WRT54G range is a good choice. Check the firmware version, as there used to be a bug with the early firmware that wouldn't track IP connections correctly. By default, it would keep track of connections for 5 days. For bit torrent users this is a problem because of the high number of connections you get, which overwhelms the router and causes it to hang (whilst it's waiting for the 5 day limit to expire so it can free up the conncetions). The only way around it was to reboot the router when the limit was exceeded.

16-03-2007, 01:38	#3
Gareth cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Age: 50 Posts: 7,101	Re: which router Yep, the Linksys WRT54G range is a good choice. Check the firmware version, as there used to be a bug with the early firmware that wouldn't track IP connections correctly. By default, it would keep track of connections for 5 days. For bit torrent users this is a problem because of the high number of connections you get, which overwhelms the router and causes it to hang (whilst it's waiting for the 5 day limit to expire so it can free up the conncetions). The only way around it was to reboot the router when the limit was exceeded.