uTorrent Straight Kills My Internet

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 17:57    Post subject: uTorrent Straight Kills My Internet Reply with quote
My internet keeps dying when I turn on uTorrernt. I'm using WRT54G v5 with DD-WRT v24-sp2 (07/22/09) micro.

I really just want my internet working normally again. How can I adjust the settings so the router acts as stable as it was with the Linksys firmware?

I've also adjusted my IP Filter Settings so they are 1000/600/120 as recommended by some wiki article on here.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 21:36    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Insufficient_ram
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 21:55    Post subject: Reply with quote
WRT54g v5 shouldn't even be included in the supported routers. Made those changes and internet is just a piece of shit in general.

How do I revert back to the Linksys original firmware? Uploading it through the DD-WRT control panel doesn't work and neither does pushing it using TFTP.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 22:27    Post subject: Reply with quote
You killed the vxworks bootloader that linksys firmware needs to run. You have to revert back to vxworks or jtag the vxworks firmware back on. Not simple.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 23:48    Post subject: Reply with quote
Your best bet would be to follow the "P2P Solution" on the link phuzi0n gave. The multiple connections is what takes up a lot of the RAM on your router. Reducing the amount of connections is one of the *best* ways to reduce RAM usage on that router.

After that, just disabling the services you do not need would be next best. If you are looking at purchasing another router, make sure the router you choose has plenty of RAM.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 23:57    Post subject: Reply with quote
signature16 wrote:
WRT54g v5 shouldn't even be included in the supported routers. Made those changes and internet is just a piece of shit in general.

How do I revert back to the Linksys original firmware? Uploading it through the DD-WRT control panel doesn't work and neither does pushing it using TFTP.


1/2 way down the page.. the same link should be available in the dd-wrt wiki..

http://www.bitsum.com/openwiking/owbase/ow.asp?WRT54G5%5FCFE#h18

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 0:18    Post subject: Reply with quote
signature16 wrote:
WRT54g v5 shouldn't even be included in the supported routers. Made those changes and internet is just a piece of shit in general.

How do I revert back to the Linksys original firmware? Uploading it through the DD-WRT control panel doesn't work and neither does pushing it using TFTP.

The router is the p.o.s. Stock firmware is even worse on 8MB RAM models because you can't do anything about its memory usage and last I checked stock sets TCP timeouts to a few DAYS so it's easy to fill up the connection count and have your net 'die'. Besides these changes, you also need to set utorrent to use a reasonable connection limit.

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 0:25    Post subject: Reply with quote
phuzi0n wrote:

The router is the p.o.s.


QFT

Also to solve the problem is very simple, just don't use utorrent until router upgrade.

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