What is the best router for bittorrent?

[Asun]

buy an old P3 computer and install IPCOP on it. Make sure the P3 has a second NIC...

Buy some junky router with wireless and disable DHCP.

Voila!

a router that wont get overloaded because it has 32 megs of ram! And wont always need a reboot..

Mind you, you'll need to know a little bit of linux

I did this, but then the hydro bill stops me. Afterwards, I realized that I'm using linux on my desktop anyways and it's always on, so I put my desktop facing the Internet, plug in a second NIC, enable DHCP on that interface and put wireless router with DHCP disabled behind it. Voila, no more problem with bittorrent

[vinciman1215]

For me, I have found that the Linksys WRT54G is one of the best for bit-torrent.

However, I think the problem doesn't just lie in the router, as it also lies in the ISP.

I was previously using Rogers Cable extreme, and every time I used bit-torrent for longer than a couple of hours, I would have to manually power-reset BOTH the modem and the router (using the Linksys WRT54G at the time).

Of course, this can get a bit annoying, as everyone knows that once you have a decent amount of traffic coming in, and going out from a bit-torrent download, your internet pretty much either STOPS, or gets incredibly slow regardless of whether you are using simple DSL, or fibre optics.

While no ISP that I've managed to encounter offers decent speed while using bit-torrent, I can tell you that by using simple ADSL from Bell sympatico, I realized that I didn't have router/modem clog-ups anymore. In fact its been a good 6 months since switching, and I've never had to reset the modem/router ONCE, and I'm a heavy bit-torrent user.

Anyways, my 2 cents

[jimmyzaas]

can anyone point me to the best firmware for the wrt54g version 5? There are so many on the webpage im not sure which to pick

http://www.bitsum.com/openwiking/owb...T54G5%5FCFE#h9

Step by step instructions on what to do with a v5 router.

According to Utorrent's faq, bittorrent should not affect v5+ routers no matter how intense the activity. On v1-4 hardware, it tracks connections up to 5 days and hence causes the router to either hang or slowdown.

Those running on v1-4 hardware should flash their firmwares to DD-WRT v23 SP2, Tomato 1.0x or Hyperwrt Thibor. Personally, I'm on v2 hardware with DD-WRT v23 SP2 running a month solid and going.

To fix the router slowdowns and hangs on wrt54g/gs/gl, I again refering to the utorrent faq with no real input of my own:

To upgrade to DD-WRT, follow the instructions on this page. WRT54G v4 Installation Tutorial.

* The following instructions are for DD-WRT v23 or later only.
* Enter the following values at 'Web-Admin -> Administration -> Management -> IP Filter Settings'
* Maximum Ports: 4096
* TCP Timeout (s): 300 (decrease if you have many TCP connections)
* UDP Timeout (s): 300 (decrease if you have many UDP connections)
* Save Settings and then Reboot Router