Every time I tried to download a file using BitTorrent, my internet connection would slow to a crawl within minutes, if not seconds, making surfing the web impossible. This affected every computer on the network, not just the one I was using.
For ages I assumed this was caused by Virgin Media traffic shaping, even though everyone says they do that. A couple of days ago I finally found the real reason for the problem: my Netgear (WGR614v6) router can’t handle DHT being enabled. As soon as I disabled this (Options > Preferences > BitTorrent in µTorrent) I could download at normal speeds again!
Comments
1. PaulSabrini
Netgear wire line and wireless routers have memory management issues and are amazing piece of craps. I can not believe how incompetent these people are and after all these years have not figured this out…Don’t they have embedded firmware and system guys who can look this over?
Posted on 15th July 2009 at 10:28pm.
2. Leigh
Thanks for your tip, been struggling with this for a while.
Posted on 13th August 2011 at 10:34am.