Linksys Routers - Access Restrictions

OK I'll state right off this is not really a wireless networking
question, but the group has a lot of knowledge about wireless routers so
I'm hoping someone can provide information or direct me to the right
place to ask.

I have a two router setup as follows:

cable internet-Linksys RT31P2-Linksys WRT54G-wireless network

The RT31P2 has firmware v1.28.00
The WRT54G has firmware v2.04.4

I am trying to block torrent uploads. I had previously determined on my
own (using a different router), and subsequently read on various sites
that blocking ports 6881~6899 is a fairly effective way to do this.

I set up the RT31P2 to filter ports 6881~6899 under (security | filter).
I did the same on the WRT54G under (access restrictions | blocked services).

When I view the logs for the routers, I notice the RT31P2 no longer
shows outbound traffic on these ports. However the WRT54G still shows an
abundance of outbound traffic on these ports when the torrent client is
active on a machine (not mine).

So the question is, is the WRT54G really doing its filtering job? I ask
because download speeds on my PC are really hurting when torrent is
running on another PC. I'm down to 160kbps on connections that are
usually 2400kbps or better.

Does anyone have any experience with WRT54G's not filtering properly?

Thanks for your input.
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Smartin

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In <(E-Mail Removed)> on Tue, 06 Dec 2005
18:37:48 -0500, Smartin <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>OK I'll state right off this is not really a wireless networking
>question, but ...

No but -- then it belongs somewhere else.

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