bittorrent Router

[ericlp]

Anyone know a good router to use with BT?

Problem, Got a Linksys a BEFSR41, But BT connections are crappy and the status light always is yellow never green. Even if I put the BT server on as the DMZ addy it still has bad results.

Solution, I put a Hub before the router, plug in hub, green status light and 150+ fast connection speeds. Seems I can connect to way more seeds and peers.

So, I made a old Celeron as a server machine, Put it on the hub (don't care if it gets hacked), kept the rest of the machines on the VPN behind the linksys. This was working pretty well not too long ago, then I started having problems getting BOTH Router and BT server on at the same time. I read now that the 3COM surfboard cable modem will only provide a single MAC addy to connect too.

So, how do you get around this? Buy a new/better router? I've been looking at putting in two nics in the BT server and port forward. Are there any good diagrams on how this is done? Any good links?

Thanks!

 

[cmetz]

ericlp, can you use that old Celeron box as a router too? Linux/*BSD can do it all, if you're willing to try and learn. (PAT + firewall + BT)

 

[jwaldrip]

Netgear WRT54G Works Great! Just forward the ports (6800-7000)

 

[AKA]

Have you tried updating the firmware on Linksys router?

Here is an example for using computer to route

 

[ravana]

Originally posted by: jwaldrip
Netgear WRT54G Works Great! Just forward the ports (6800-7000)

Linksys WRT54G?

I have this one and it works quite well for me doing what is mentioned above.