[mdlug] Torrent and routers

Rich Clark rrclark at rrclark.net
Thu Sep 11 21:04:19 EDT 2008


On Thu, September 11, 2008 8:56 pm, Garry Stahl wrote:
> Rich Clark wrote:
>> On Thu, September 11, 2008 4:12 pm, Garry Stahl wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any reason that using a bit torrent client would shut my
>>> router
>>> down?
>>>
>>
>> Your ISP doesn't like you and your torrent hogging all their bandwidth?
>
> Except as said, it's the router, not the modem.
>
> I'm thinking as was said, ancient router.

Well, I'd try the earlier suggestion and see what a firmware update does
for ya. If not, get your credit card out and go shopping. Decent one that
won't mess with your connection would prolly run ya $40 or $60.




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