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Old 27-01-2006, 14:14   #242
kq501
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Re: ntl home:120 hanging from today

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Originally Posted by DieDieMyDarling
Just as a side note, for all those people having problems with torrents, you do know to set your upstream limit a lot lower than your maximum upstream, right?

For example on 10mb the upstream is roughly 60k, but your maximum allowable upstream in torrents (combined) should be about 20k (if you plan to get fast downloads) or around 50k (if you're only seeding). Otherwise your upstream will cause a bottle neck effect, and your modem will reset.
These are the settings I use also. It doesn't stop the modem crashing though when upload speeds and connections pick up. Are these settings applicable to the 120 modems only, or would the 250 be able to handle higher settings?
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