Well-Engineered ADSL-Router for File Sharing.

I'm having problems with my D-Link DSL-504T ADSL router. It doesn't seem
to be able to cope with the number of connections used by P2P clients.
What I'd like to be able to do is run Azureus (bittorent) without
shutting down MLDonkey (eD2K, Kad & Overnet). In practice I
can only run one at a time, with limited connections - otherwise my
browser starts timing-out, and the the router itself stops responding on
its web and telnet interfaces.

I'm looking for a replacement that:


1. Can cope with the several hundred connections created by multiple p2p
protocols

2. Is well enough engineered to run for years (I've heard that a lot of
ADSL routers go flakey after a year or so, often due to overheating)

3. probably should support ADSL 2+ for when the price comes down.


What sort of manufacturers do I need to be looking at?



Bob

> I'm having problems with my D-Link DSL-504T ADSL router. It doesn't seem
> to be able to cope with the number of connections used by P2P clients.
> What I'd like to be able to do is run Azureus (bittorent) without
> shutting down MLDonkey (eD2K, Kad & Overnet). In practice I
> can only run one at a time, with limited connections - otherwise my
> browser starts timing-out, and the the router itself stops responding on
> its web and telnet interfaces.
>
> I'm looking for a replacement that:
>
>
> 1. Can cope with the several hundred connections created by multiple p2p
> protocols
>
> 2. Is well enough engineered to run for years (I've heard that a lot of
> ADSL routers go flakey after a year or so, often due to overheating)
>
> 3. probably should support ADSL 2+ for when the price comes down.
>
>
> What sort of manufacturers do I need to be looking at?


Unless you want to have reall overkill like Cisco then Draytek is you best
bet. Mine has run and run and run.

Peter Crosland

Peter Crosland wrote:
>> I'm having problems with my D-Link DSL-504T ADSL router. It
>> doesn't seem to be able to cope with the number of connections
>> used by P2P clients. What I'd like to be able to do is run Azureus
>> (bittorent) without shutting down MLDonkey (eD2K, Kad & Overnet).
>> In practice I can only run one at a time, with limited
>> connections - otherwise my
>> browser starts timing-out, and the the router itself stops
>> responding on its web and telnet interfaces.
>>
>> I'm looking for a replacement that:
>>
>>
>> 1. Can cope with the several hundred connections created by
>> multiple p2p protocols
>>
>> 2. Is well enough engineered to run for years (I've heard that a
>> lot of ADSL routers go flakey after a year or so, often due to
>> overheating) 3. probably should support ADSL 2+ for when the price
>> comes down.
>>
>>
>> What sort of manufacturers do I need to be looking at?
>
>
> Unless you want to have reall overkill like Cisco then Draytek is
> you best bet. Mine has run and run and run.
>
> Peter Crosland

& just what is wrong with Cisco??, stable as a brick (but lighter)
problem only lies with trying to get upgrades for you firmware...you
can't without paying. Had to set mine up as PPOE as it wouldn't take
a advanced configuration without picking that option but it works &
works & works, I just hope the Cisco switch I've purchased lives up to
it's performance..

>>> I'm having problems with my D-Link DSL-504T ADSL router. It
>>> doesn't seem to be able to cope with the number of connections
>>> used by P2P clients. What I'd like to be able to do is run Azureus
>>> (bittorent) without shutting down MLDonkey (eD2K, Kad & Overnet).
>>> In practice I can only run one at a time, with limited connections -
>>> otherwise my
>>> browser starts timing-out, and the the router itself stops
>>> responding on its web and telnet interfaces.
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a replacement that:
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. Can cope with the several hundred connections created by
>>> multiple p2p protocols
>>>
>>> 2. Is well enough engineered to run for years (I've heard that a
>>> lot of ADSL routers go flakey after a year or so, often due to
>>> overheating) 3. probably should support ADSL 2+ for when the price comes
>>> down.
>>>
>>>
>>> What sort of manufacturers do I need to be looking at?
>>
>>
>> Unless you want to have reall overkill like Cisco then Draytek is
>> you best bet. Mine has run and run and run.
>>
> & just what is wrong with Cisco??, stable as a brick (but lighter) problem
> only lies with trying to get upgrades for you firmware...you can't without
> paying. Had to set mine up as PPOE as it wouldn't take a advanced
> configuration without picking that option but it works & works & works, I
> just hope the Cisco switch I've purchased lives up to it's performance..


Nothing wrong with Cisco but it is expensive and difficult to set up unlerss
you have experience. IME the Draytek is more than sufficient for most users
even in a commerical environment.

Peter Crosland

Peter Crosland wrote:
>>>> I'm having problems with my D-Link DSL-504T ADSL router. It
>>>> doesn't seem to be able to cope with the number of connections
>>>> used by P2P clients. What I'd like to be able to do is run
>>>> Azureus (bittorent) without shutting down MLDonkey (eD2K, Kad &
>>>> Overnet). In practice I can only run one at a time, with limited
>>>> connections - otherwise my
>>>> browser starts timing-out, and the the router itself stops
>>>> responding on its web and telnet interfaces.
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking for a replacement that:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1. Can cope with the several hundred connections created by
>>>> multiple p2p protocols
>>>>
>>>> 2. Is well enough engineered to run for years (I've heard that a
>>>> lot of ADSL routers go flakey after a year or so, often due to
>>>> overheating) 3. probably should support ADSL 2+ for when the
>>>> price comes down.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What sort of manufacturers do I need to be looking at?
>>>
>>>
>>> Unless you want to have reall overkill like Cisco then Draytek is
>>> you best bet. Mine has run and run and run.
>>>
>> & just what is wrong with Cisco??, stable as a brick (but lighter)
>> problem only lies with trying to get upgrades for you
>> firmware...you can't without paying. Had to set mine up as PPOE
>> as it wouldn't take a advanced configuration without picking that
>> option but it works & works & works, I just hope the Cisco switch
>> I've purchased lives up to it's performance..
>
>
> Nothing wrong with Cisco but it is expensive and difficult to set
> up unlerss you have experience. IME the Draytek is more than
> sufficient for most users even in a commerical environment.
>
> Peter Crosland

Expensive, not neccesarily try shopping around & looking at some of
the online auction houses you just may get lucky (I know I did). As
for difficult to set up, it can be as easy as a Netgear DG834 click on
the setup wizard & let it find it's settings. You can make it more
complicated if you wanted to (I know I did) but for straight easy non
techy set up no problem, other than having to have a java compliant
browser, so XP is out unless you download the java applet from Sun..

While not including the ADSL part I have had difficulties with a Dlink
DI-604.
We used several for remote access to telephone switches.

We found, only by trial and error, that if there was no outgoing traffic at
all then it refused to route any inbound traffic - which meant it was
useless for the purpose. When the router first started up it _did_ route
inbound traffic but after a period of time we couldn't connect any more.

I have since changed to Draytek and there is no problem anymore.

To this day I will never use Dlink again.

--
obsidian


"Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm having problems with my D-Link DSL-504T ADSL router. It doesn't seem
> to be able to cope with the number of connections used by P2P clients.
> What I'd like to be able to do is run Azureus (bittorent) without
> shutting down MLDonkey (eD2K, Kad & Overnet). In practice I
> can only run one at a time, with limited connections - otherwise my
> browser starts timing-out, and the the router itself stops responding on
> its web and telnet interfaces.
>
> I'm looking for a replacement that:
>
>
> 1. Can cope with the several hundred connections created by multiple p2p
> protocols
>
> 2. Is well enough engineered to run for years (I've heard that a lot of
> ADSL routers go flakey after a year or so, often due to overheating)
>
> 3. probably should support ADSL 2+ for when the price comes down.
>
>
> What sort of manufacturers do I need to be looking at?
>