Torrents killing internet connection on new Zyxel router but not my old netgear

[Onizuka0701]

A while ago I bought a Zyxel vmg8924-b10a off of carb to replace my dgn 2200. It works great but would drop my internet connection at seemingly random times.

I was eventually able to narrow this down to when I was downloading torrents.

I have tried limiting the number of global connections, and connections per torrent but to no avail.

What else can I try? All is well when I put my netgear router back in place of the Zyxel.

 

[howzitchris]

Don't download torrents?

 

[ThatGuy_ZA]

Get a decent router?

 

[ScorpioMan]

A while ago I bought a Zyxel vmg8924-b10a off of carb to replace my dgn 2200. It works great but would drop my internet connection at seemingly random times.

I was eventually able to narrow this down to when I was downloading torrents.

I have tried limiting the number of global connections, and connections per torrent but to no avail.

What else can I try? All is well when I put my netgear router back in place of the Zyxel.

set a download limit on your torrent app

 

[Nerforsty]

Torrents are flooding your router with UDP traffic, if you set your client to only download with tcp it should help, but a hard download speed limit is better.

 

[Cxb3r]

I guess, Piracy Sucks ?

Moer Zyxel weg, en kry ander router ?

 

[Onizuka0701]

I guess, Piracy Sucks ?

Moer Zyxel weg, en kry ander router ?

I never said what I was downloading

Torrents are flooding your router with UDP traffic, if you set your client to only download with tcp it should help, but a hard download speed limit is better.

I have also tried setting a speed limit, didn't work, I only have a 10 meg line running at about 700 kbps if I'm lucky. Will try to set my port forwarding to tcp only.
Just don't understand why my cheap netgear would be fine but this more expensive one would shit its pants.

 

[BLaaR]

Have you checked for a firmware update ?

 

[souljazk]

> $ doesnt = > quality / performance

Enable router logs, replicate the issue 5x (make note of the time the drop occures) then go through the logs at those times, and find a pattern between the times.

Do this install Internet Download Manager, then go to the Microsoft site and download a Windows ISO, make sure that IDM takes the download. This will max out your line, if it crashes, then you need to check the attenuation and noise. There is something in a ADSL modem for the line, it has options for GDMT, D.GMT, ADSL, ADSL2+ etc. Set it to Adsl and test, then do the same with ADSL2+. Be sure to reboot your modem in between each change.

 

[Off-The-Chart]

I only have a 10 meg line running at about 700 kbps if I'm lucky.

hope that is not when you are doing anything, because that doesn't sound like a 10meg line so hoping you not paying extra

also, you are saying it "drops your connection" so that would definitely indicate something wrong with router, because if torrenting was hogging your line speed limiting would have helped

also, something that happened to me few months back was, I was also getting these "disconnects" and soon realized that uploading was causing the problem

was hogging all the bandwidth and as soon as that stopped, line was fine again

 

[BLaaR]

Maybe also post your line stats. Like @Off-The-Chart said, 700kb/s does not sound right for a 10mb line.

 

[eyesuc]

Can you see CPU usage on the Zyxel? I remember mine acting up when too many wifi devices was connected, cpu too busy to allow me log in. Reset and all was well.

Ended up smashing the Zyxel.

 

[dash09]

A while ago I bought a Zyxel vmg8924-b10a off of carb to replace my dgn 2200. It works great but would drop my internet connection at seemingly random times.

I was eventually able to narrow this down to when I was downloading torrents.

I have tried limiting the number of global connections, and connections per torrent but to no avail.

What else can I try? All is well when I put my netgear router back in place of the Zyxel.

Which isp are you with? I've actually noticed the same thing on my adsl line recently. Been trying to download a windows 10 image for a while but because of the weather and load shedding I could never finish it. Thought maybe the load shedding or something f'd up my router

 

[Onizuka0701]

> $ doesnt = > quality / performance

Enable router logs, replicate the issue 5x (make note of the time the drop occures) then go through the logs at those times, and find a pattern between the times.

Do this install Internet Download Manager, then go to the Microsoft site and download a Windows ISO, make sure that IDM takes the download. This will max out your line, if it crashes, then you need to check the attenuation and noise. There is something in a ADSL modem for the line, it has options for GDMT, D.GMT, ADSL, ADSL2+ etc. Set it to Adsl and test, then do the same with ADSL2+. Be sure to reboot your modem in between each change.

Not implying that it does, it also has decent reviews. Will try these when I get home, still frustrating though when the netgear is essentially plug and play.

 

[Cxb3r]

I never said what I was downloading

I assumed so ? because what else you doing ? seeding ?

I was eventually able to narrow this down to when I was downloading torrents

 

[Onizuka0701]

hope that is not when you are doing anything, because that doesn't sound like a 10meg line so hoping you not paying extra

also, you are saying it "drops your connection" so that would definitely indicate something wrong with router, because if torrenting was hogging your line speed limiting would have helped

also, something that happened to me few months back was, I was also getting these "disconnects" and soon realized that uploading was causing the problem

was hogging all the bandwidth and as soon as that stopped, line was fine again

Its either 400 kbps on a 4 meg or 700 kbps on a 10 meg, syncing at 6000 something, too far from the exchange apparently.

All lan connections say connected but no internet connection, use unifi AP's for Wifi and they too lose internet connection, will try limiting upload speeds because even in these conditions the torrent continues to download so it might well just be hogging all the bandwidth.

 

[Onizuka0701]

I assumed so ? because what else you doing ? seeding ?

I was referring to your jibe about piracy.

 

[Cxb3r]

I was referring to your jibe about piracy.

Torrents still Piracy my friend.

 

[Onizuka0701]

Torrents still Piracy my friend.

That is false as there are many legal files to be downloaded and shared via p2p, and I'm only covering my ass as per the no piracy rules

 

[el3venth]

Torrents still Piracy my friend.

Nope. I download a load of Linux images a months to keep all the various embedded IoT devices at work up to date. I prefer using torrents, since it offloads bandwidth from the dev's servers.

Torrents are not Piracy. And downloading is not a crime. (It's a civil suit, not criminal, different to uploading.)

 

[raskad87]

My sister in law has a telkom zyxel modem with adsl 4mb line, wifi and general internet speed feels like a 1mb line. I bought a tp link router recently for like 400 bucks to replace faulty telkom modem. Made a world of difference...

 

[nagapie]

Torrents still Piracy my friend.

You can torrent linux iso's just fyi

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[ThatGuy_ZA]

Torrents still Piracy my friend.

This is an incredibly ignorant statement.

I use a P2P transfer protocol (similar to that used by torrents) to backup the photos from my phone to my NAS. Does that count as piracy too?

 

[Oops!!!]

 

[Onizuka0701]

I meant 700 kB/s, still not optimal but what can you do, no fibre in these here parts. Speeds are the same with both the Zyxel.
I have limited my upload speed and that seems to have solved the problem.

Thanks all.

 

[Gabushna]

Set up your torrent device as a dmz on your router if it can be done on the firmware you have


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[Off-The-Chart]

I meant 700 kB/s, still not optimal but what can you do, no fibre in these here parts.

no we knew what you meant, because if it was Kb/s, then there would have been something seriously wrong with your line

however again, even 700KB/s is not what a 10meg would give you, so if price was an issue for you, I would check that out

10 would give you about 1.25MB/s (obviously with some loss), 8 would give you 1MB/s so you are already reaching the 6 region

 

[JollyJamma]

Torrenting is a protocol that even Microsoft uses to deliver Windows updates to other computers, but everyone has pretty much covered the basics.

You can torrent linux iso's just fyi

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Oooh, yes. I downloaded 2 last night. ParrotOS (updating my laptop) and Deepin.

Deepin is beautiful!

Meet The Linux Desktop That's More Beautiful Than Windows 10 And MacOS


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[The King]

Torrents still Piracy my friend.

Absolutely not true. It is a file distribution system that can be used for piracy. To say that its piracy is like saying everyone who uses a gun is a criminal or something to that effect.

 

[SCHUMI4EVER]

Torrents still Piracy my friend.

With a name like that I'm not sure you're qualified to make any such calls.